Yesterday was the 21km Singapore Bay Run Challenge aka Army Half Marathon. I have managed to complete the run in 2 hrs 58 mins. I have took more time than I have anticipated as I expect myself to run within 2.5 hrs. However, I can say it’s a great run with lots of cramps happening in terms of legs cramps and human traffic cramps. haha.
As usual like the previous 16km run, I am going to share with you what I have noticed during the run.
– Something that I have learned through this run is to have sufficient rest before the run. I did not have enough rest before the run as I reached home late and this resulted to lots of cramps I experienced during the run.
– Keep on looking at signs board around to motivate yourself to run further as normally there will be banners put along the road sides by marathon organizers to motivate you to reach your destination.
– Put on your mp3 to run as it will keep you moving forward. Previously, I have mentioned about the mind chatters that want to stop you from moving forward during my 16km run. During this 21km, I have actually put on my mp3 player to listen to audio book on Napoleon Hill’s Your Right to Be Rich and I can say my mind did not have much other thoughts as I am focusing on moving forward and listening to the principles listed in the audio books.
– Pain is temporary. If you focus your mind on the pain, you will really feel the pain but I choose to focus on finishing the race. This really move me towards the finishing point and although I felt the pain of the cramps during the last 3km, I managed to finish the run with lots of relieves. When you managed to bear through the pain, what is left is the joy of relieves and experiences you have gained.
– Spraying of muscles relieve solutions really helps to relieve my aches but it brought cramps to my legs instead. During the last 3-4km, I was having aching feelings in my legs and I saw medical post helping people spraying muscles relieve solutions. Initially, I was thinking I should just carry on without spraying it but I can’t stop the urge of trying it out and in the end, after a few steps of run immediately after spraying it, my legs started to cramp and I think I should have just carry on instead of having instant relieve. This kind of instant relieve is just like instant gratification in life where you may feel relieve temporary but right after that, you will feel the pain of getting the instant gratification.
– Do more stretching along the way when you feel cramps as it really do help.
– You can definitely achieve more than what you think if you push yourself further or setting a higher limit point. Just nice I saw a posting by one of my online mentors about EXACTLY what you SETTLE FOR!
Cheers
Javier
P.S. Just a disclaimer, what I have experienced may not be the same as what you have in your own run so make sure you make your own decision before carrying out any of the suggestions mentioned in my blog. Anyway, hope it helps.
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