Complete Runs for 2013

Back in 1992 and in 1994 (Form 2 and Form 4), I ran for Merdeka Run. Then in 2002 I ran for a Subang Jaya 10km which I finished last after I decided just to walk it from 3rd km onwards. I have always been a sprinter 100m and 200m back in school days, but running a mere 400m makes me vomit afterwards.

Fast forward to 2012, as I started losing weight from 93.6kg to 73.6kg from April 2012 to August 2012, I took up a "Couch to 5km" which I completed in September 2012, and started to try registering for a run. My first run ended up being the Desa Parkcity Run 2012. Logically, I should be doing this as an annual run for a "check-up on my performance", but seeing that it's one week AFTER the Penang Bridge Run, I'd decided to skip it. I was too late to register for any other races in 2012 at that time.

Now in 2013, I joined nearly all the races I can. Yeah, a new runner's fallacy. Too caught up in the excitement of running. However, I made sure of the following.... priority is injury-free first and foremost, and proper running form and economics second, personal bests can come later. That's why my target has been a slight improvement every time.

Few more things I need to achieve before I can put all out on improvement. I'm very very scientific in my approach. I'm like those people... heck, it even shows in my cooking. I prefer to prepare ALL the necessary ingredients in respective bowls before I start to light the fire. In running it seems to be the same. Few other areas I need to improve is my breathing (I'm going for 3-steps of breath-in and 2-steps of breath-out) and finding a speed that will enable me to run non-stop 10km on road. I have done it on treadmill, but still can't find the proper pace on road.

Anyway, here are my races for 2013.

I decided to run with someone else's bib for Standard Chartered KL Marathon. I consider it a 42km LSD. I don't consider this my maiden Full Marathon.

Here's to a crazy time after my Hari Raya. 2014 I will try my best to only go for those above 10km only, with maybe one or two 10km just to see if I can go sub-60.


Summary of Things to Improve:
1. Breathing while running (taking a 3-steps breath-in and 2-steps breath-out)
2. Constant forefoot strike or mid-strike even when tired, since I always go heelstrike when tired.
3. Slow-down on pace for a 10km. I will still keep to my run-walk-run for 21km.