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  • Tuesday, December 9, 2008
    Oooo..

    Ouchie

    haha. thats what im feeling now physically, back ache, abs ache, biceps ache, thighs ache, ankles ache, heart ache..haha. all thanks to Stand Chart 2008. but i love the aches though, it has a weird satisfying effect on me.

    i guess i haven been blogging in awhile, and this blog's almost 1 years old! haha. not sure if there are anymore readers, but its alright. :) 

    Stand Chart 08 was great for me! i did my personal best so far of 5 hrs and 6 mins. haha.. its really really surprising considering that the conditions werent so ideal for me. leading up to the race i had alot of mental, emotional and physical stress.. spiritually too also. everything around me was a blur and just terrible in short. even up to the day before, i wasnt feeling in the best shape / mood to run the race at all, but to make my money's worth(marathons arent cheap you know), i just had to press on somehow (something i've learnt over the years..). and also because of Gab, he's then one who introduced me to Stand Chart last year. haha hooked on marathons even since.. :P

    we stayed over at senett and in the morning about 5am(grasp!), Sam picked us up and his dad gave us a lift to nearby the starting point. the interesting thing was that we walked to the starting point without putting our baggage at the counter.. haha and while we were depositing our stuff.. the commentator was going "the full marathon has started! please make your way to the starting point or run there right now!". it was funny to me and thats 530 am. 

    we made our way there and without even properly doing warm ups, off we went.. :P Sam's a great person to start the marathon with, he jokes, laughs and really lightens you up in so many ways.. :) so we were therel; Gab and his fren, Sam and me.. jogging at a pace of 8 mins/km..hhaaa. i really realise now that its not how fast you run for a distance, but its how consistent you run throughout the whole thing.

    at the toilet point, Sam told us to go off first while he did his stuff.. so it was Gab, his friend and me till about the 7km mark? we took water and were just walking along.. at the 8km mark, i "abandoned" Gab n his friend and went ahead first.. so i begin to pick up speed.. from 8mins/km i was going at 7mins/km consistently for the next 20km, only stopping to drink water and apply muscle rub whenever possible. 

    all i had in my mind was the horrible experience at Sundown. where i broke mentally at the 27km mark.. i just gave up and walked aimlessly then. (partly also my mp3 died).. ive learnt to listen at strategic points, i listened only from the 8km to 20km and then from the 32km to the end point..

    but other than that, i just need God to prove to me something. that He was really all that i needed to run this marathon, or rather in perspective, this race of life. To me, if the 27km was my breaking point previously, then God had to show me that He can help me to over come that limit point as well as go one step further. and boy, am i glad He did. in amazing fashion. 


    and oh, smiling while u run, that really works, no kidding. it actually helps to make your body less tense and helps you to run much better. :)


    and smiling was what i did as much as i could.. and also "debating" with God throughout the whole marathon. and interestingly, people tend to slow down and to just "give up" towards the end of the marathon, but i found myself going faster and faster.. i was even holding a banana for 3km at one point because i could go on and on.. i eventually hit 6 mins 30 secs /km for the last 10km. last year, i was just walking. this year, im running on and on, because of Him, He showed me that He can give me the strength and really, ALL things are possible through Christ who strengthens us.

    at the 30+km mark, i was even thinking that i could go below 5 hours.. but that didnt happen..next time! but even then, that was a learning lesson.. the last 2 km when i knew i couldn hit sub 5, my mind begin to give up, wanting to just throw in the towel since i couldn hit it anyway. 

    but i couldn.

    God bought me so far, He proved alot to me and i cant just let Him down..

    and thats when i felt He spoke to me, sometimes its not about the "target" or the "objective", its about the determination, the 100%-give-your-all attitude. if we know something isn gonna work out, then do we just give up or do we just go ahead and give it MAX and see what comes out?

    at last 500m, i stopped again, i really just wanted to give up and say it cant be done.. but again God reminded me and i picked up and ran faster than i could before, 

    "its not how well you start, its how excellently you finish"


    at that point my timing was 5:04 already i think, but heck la, its about the determination and excellence.


    and i did cross the finishing line, smiling and throwing my fist in the air. :)



    He did it, i did it with His help. :)



    i never thought hitting this timing was possible, but He made it possible. i never thought i could complete this marathon in a sane state, but He allowed me to do so.

    He deserves the best and ALL the glory for what i've achieved.


    Stand Chart 08 is dedicated to Jesus.



    Till i see You once again..,
    Time: 12:32 AM