Borneo International Marathon which was held in Kota Kinabalu (KK) was a story dated a few months ago. It was really ancient story when I am looking at it right now, actually I was in KK yesterday watching movies, The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider Man.
Well, this particular marathon was the fastest marathon that I have ever run. Mostly because it was my third marathon, where I have some experience on the runs in addition I knew the road well as I usually took bus rides back and forth along the road during my stay in KK for my diploma studies back in the year 2007. I knew how long the road was, I anticipated the landmarks and paced myself accordingly, and I managed to to have enough energy left to sprint on the finishing line on the track of Likas Stadium.
The marathon started and ended in Likas Stadium. I stayed at my grandmother's house and managed to have a good rest before the run and my aunt took me in her car and drove there at 2am. Arriving at 2.30am is considered early because there were so few runners compared to most marathons races that I have entered before. This particular marathon was sponsored by my aunt's husband, maybe he saw my passion in running and started to cash in on it. I have never thanked him properly for it.
I managed to get some brief warm up and stretches. However there are others with a much more thoroughly done stretches for the run, and they are sweating all over their body. I never been good with warming up before the races, I even don't do warm-ups for my "training" (which are actually some jogging runs on roads everyday), my "cooling down" is my shower; water cools down the muscles and that is what I believe. I like keep things simple, making it as a relaxing past time instead of hard work.
I saw a paralympic athlete on a specialized wheelchair (he is faster than me, and managed to pass me after the 5km into the run). I also meet the fastest man in Sabah (at that moment) Fabian Osmon Daimon, he finishes first on the race with a time of 2:48 hours if I'm not mistaken.
I have seen elite runners in action and the way they run is like the speed of a bicycle. I only managed to snag a humble 4 hours time for the race. I wish someday I will be able to break the 4 hour mark, and maybe get a sub 3:30hours finish.
PS: I should have write this post sooner, I will check this post again for any grammatical errors tomorrow. Next post will be my fourth marathon run, the Standard Chattered KL Marathon 2012.
Well, this particular marathon was the fastest marathon that I have ever run. Mostly because it was my third marathon, where I have some experience on the runs in addition I knew the road well as I usually took bus rides back and forth along the road during my stay in KK for my diploma studies back in the year 2007. I knew how long the road was, I anticipated the landmarks and paced myself accordingly, and I managed to to have enough energy left to sprint on the finishing line on the track of Likas Stadium.
The marathon started and ended in Likas Stadium. I stayed at my grandmother's house and managed to have a good rest before the run and my aunt took me in her car and drove there at 2am. Arriving at 2.30am is considered early because there were so few runners compared to most marathons races that I have entered before. This particular marathon was sponsored by my aunt's husband, maybe he saw my passion in running and started to cash in on it. I have never thanked him properly for it.
I managed to get some brief warm up and stretches. However there are others with a much more thoroughly done stretches for the run, and they are sweating all over their body. I never been good with warming up before the races, I even don't do warm-ups for my "training" (which are actually some jogging runs on roads everyday), my "cooling down" is my shower; water cools down the muscles and that is what I believe. I like keep things simple, making it as a relaxing past time instead of hard work.
I saw a paralympic athlete on a specialized wheelchair (he is faster than me, and managed to pass me after the 5km into the run). I also meet the fastest man in Sabah (at that moment) Fabian Osmon Daimon, he finishes first on the race with a time of 2:48 hours if I'm not mistaken.
I have seen elite runners in action and the way they run is like the speed of a bicycle. I only managed to snag a humble 4 hours time for the race. I wish someday I will be able to break the 4 hour mark, and maybe get a sub 3:30hours finish.
PS: I should have write this post sooner, I will check this post again for any grammatical errors tomorrow. Next post will be my fourth marathon run, the Standard Chattered KL Marathon 2012.
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