Start : Orchard to F1 Track Drink Station – So Far So Good The Elites were first to be flagged off at 5:01AM ! I just feel so much more mentally prepared going thru my ritual. As always, I failed to find space to go thru my short warming up routine. I soon caught sight of my fellow JustRunLah blogger John aka sinaistrider (aka Without Limits). It was great meeting John for the very first time! He soon made his way ever closer to possibly try to rub shoulders with The Kenyans! I rid myself of the empty 500ml (mineral) bottle of my Nuun drink just prior to flag-off. The strangest thing isn’t it … time always seemed to just go by ever so quickly when you are waiting in the Race Pen. The 3 of us made our way closer to the front after Alex got back from his short stint of being interviewed by a media coverage group. I soon spotted Alex Ang with his fanciful Xmas cap. Where previously I entered via the Red bib entrance (Patterson Rd) … this time I got in thru the rightful Blue one (Orchard Rd). To be continued in 2015 ………….Īt Orchard station, bumped into Ethan and later Angelina Then. William soon arrived and we decided to make our way to our Starting Pen. I thanked my Sifu, and will remember his final lesson and come back ready in 2015. I do not do enough waking-up-at-2/3AM-runs-which-starts-at-5AM! My body is not conditioned, nor battle hardened! I am still a rookie when it comes to race events flagging off at unearthly hours. Some can go on without sleep and (yet) perform, some like me … cannot. He told me : No 2 individuals are the same. My Master’s final Lesson (3) : NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF REST !!! Boy, I was in for a surprise! This time around, there was a lot more lackies & Big Boss hasn’t even showed himself yet! In the end, I failed to totally defeat the Big Boss, but instead it ended in a stalemate. With daylight breaking, I was confident I would be able to repeat that feat by the next few KMs. But then the race decided to throw me a big baddie ! Stomachache ! Something I’ve never experienced before during races! A worrying and alarming first for me! After putting this baddie away at the 13th KM, I recovered and was confident I could yet make up for it in the last 12KM! My master had something else up his sleeves : Zzzzz Monsters! Wow totally underestimated this little villains! I’ve met these fellas before during Sundown 2013, and emerged victorious against them then. So the protege heads to SCMS 2014 feeling as ready as he’s ever been … and to lay the ghost of 2013 to bed.

2014 – Pre-SCMS events : Objectives 1 & 3 … met during SAFRA Bay Run, Craze Ultra, TNF100 !.2013 : I was quietly confident I could come close to or break the 4-hour barrier, but I did not have a race plan! I started too fast and cramped up after just 15KM in (I never cramped on training runs of up to 30KM).I was down with ITB ! I went into the event heavily taped and finished in 5:40 ! Lesson 1 : DO NOT OVER TRAIN !!! My target was to at least equal my previous Marathon timing from ’91 – 4:41 ! I trained hard after signing up on the last day of the early bird promo, and did 2x 40KM DIY runs, and on the final week … stupidly got myself injured by trying out a new routine in my training. 2012 : My comeback (main) event : SCMS 2012.

The master always imparts knowledge, but never experiences. A common theme would typically portray a Master-Protege situation.

pace control – not to go fast from the startĪs a boy, I grew up watching a lot of Hong Kong Martial Arts movies.

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