we call it a great way to end the year.. the ultra marked the final milestone for our endurance race calendar 2007.within 10hrs 46mins, dearie and i hung on and completed 7 laps totalling to 73.5km macritchie trail run. to us, it's a great accomplishment as we weren't exactly trained up to do such a distance (the furthest distance we've clocked is the 42km marathon of running) and we were apprehensive if we could stay through the run.
doubtful as we were, we still went ahead, determined to stay together in the run, for as long as we can. dearie came up with a wise strategy to approach the entire run and having him by my side made all the difference.
we began with the goal to earn a finisher tee shirt (min 5 laps) and it was not before long, from 5 laps we calculated we would have suffice time for another 2, and that's what we did.
personally i thought the breaking point for me was at the 4th round - i could feel my body protesting and on top of the sultry sun baking us, it was quite a turmoil. but after we got through the 5th lap, the next 2 was alot mental.
by the 7th lap, we were limping off the stairs and celebrating at every water checkpoint. we know, every step ahead is one step nearer to the finishing line.
it was a great run, no cramps, we ran on feeling strong, we had fun and we promise we'll come back stronger next year.
after almost 11hrs of pain and sweat, we earned ourselves the right to be called "ultramarathoners".
2 comments:
Congrats to you and Billy on the completion of ur Ultra-Marathon.
Thanks for the encouragement along the way.
Happy 2008!!!
same to you jodan..happy new year. hope to see you around at more runs! :)
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