Loved the "aching" feeling..
Well, completed the run! But not to my expectation.. sigh.. During the run, my SO aggravated an old injury he sustained in 2006... It made him realised that he can no longer run for long distance.. the max he could ran was 9km before his kneecap felt kinda being cuffed by a tight "grip"..the result of a stretched ligament not fully cured despite his numerous visits to a famous sinseh... It's probably the uneven ground that brought back the old injury, he thought... Even after he tried to run following a short rest, the "grip" quickly came by and locked his knee-cap.. He had to walked the remaining 12km, feeling ocassional pain.. But of course, as all runners would do, he jogged for the last 300m to the finishing line where the crowd was... can't look too lousy in front of so many people even though he has spent the past two hours walking the 12km.. Anyway, he has decided to hang his running shoes for long distance running from now on... As for me, I carried on running after I walked with him for a while. After the 16km mark, I felt pain on the sole of my left leg which caused me to walk and run intermittently till the finishing point. It was good effort still and I may still consider to go for my full marathon end of this year. In the meantime, I shall just continue with my usual runs and swims to keep fit...
I loved the after-feel from the run though! Aching all over... this means that my muscles have worked hard and I have in fact worked the muscles which I hardly used during my usual exercise routine.. yeah!
