I went, I ran I conquered 21KM!
I would never have expected myself to finish running such a long distance! I have set records in my own history books to have cleared 21km! As I look back it is indeed amazing even how run and walked through. Just to think before I ran the 21km, I wanted to challenge myself for 42km next your actually, however I am really thinking twice, three times harder about it now. Haha!
I conquered 12km constantly running, and walked run the rest of the 7 plus KM with the other 2km running and fighting my way back. Frankly speaking, I thought 21km would not be of much sweat to me, but I was wrong when I embark onto it. It seems to me like running a race that is never ending. I just know that me and my good friend ran together as we both set a target for ourselves to hit 12km before we started walking. The journey after 15km was long and really mind challenging. I could feel that my muscles could get cramp any time. I understood now what some of my 42km runner friends meant when they say you will run till you find it even hard to walk. Yes! Even walking was like dragging of my feet when I hit the 17km mark. I still tried running, but stopped after a short while. I do not want to push it till my legs really get cramp, as I experience camps on calf muscles before and that feeling is really really not something you want to get! I remmebered my friend jokingly told me: "My mind say can carry on, but my legs are not listening!"
My good friend who ran with me is actually around 6 years older then I am and I am indeed amazed and inspired by the perserverence she have to win the mind over the body. She is not someone who goes for jogs like me, plus she is also older then me, but yet she just kept running on even though I know her body cant really take it already. What kept her going was really the goal set before the run as well as the challenge she gave to herself. Hence no one is too old for anything as long as you have set your focus right.
One thing which I learn form this run is that no matter how tired you are, how much you really want to give up, it is the end in mind that you have that is the most important, as this will keep you going. Not only that, dont expect to do things of the same intensity when you are tired, but learn to space out and pace out to allow yourself to complete this race.
Should I still take on the challenge of 42km next year.. well thats for me to see how next year!
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