Bad Run

It's a hot hot day. Wonder how pple survived running in the Death Valley.

I clocked 2:50 for a 20km this morning...no good *shakes head* We did 2 loops of 10km, from Fort Road toilet to the skating ring after food centre.

My first loop was alrite - took a 30sec-ish water break after BK. Bumped into Hadi & Phoebe, followed by some sgrunners - DO & DR near McDonalds...who were abt to start their run, i tink. I finished the 1st 10km at 1:10. Was 1-2 km away from the guys then...acceptable & expected.

Time to refuel & so i took the Coke gel i bought from Tokyo. Argh, felt my sugar level dipped. Nah, it has nothing to do with the gel, i believe. My sugar level drops every now & then. Yet forgetful me always can't remember to carry sweets for >10km runs, especially on a hot day. Haiz, seems like it takes many sugar-low-bad-runs like MR25 to make me learn my lesson.

Saw Lynette just before McDonalds & she kindly gave me her fuel bottle of Gatorade. It helped to put some sugar back into my body but not long after, i had to stop and walk again. Can't rem how many walks & how long each one lasted. I was zombified. It wasn't very bad as i could still jog a little but some other senses weren't working well . I took a while to recognise Swee Kheng & Alvin when they ran past me.

At last, i was less than a km away to the end. I stopped to walk...again *frowns* Swee Kheng "caught" me as she was running back (with some 100 plus) to check if i was alright. I told her about my situation & she advised me to take iron pills regularly. I dunno how to explain but it'll help my sugar-low issue as well as anaemia.

Then guess who i saw? Lesia! She was so focused that she din see me passed her by. I called out to her & commented that she's very diligent. Well, it's reli encouraging to see non-runners like her hit the road, especially on such a hot day like today! Thumbs up for the effort!

We cooled down, washed up & went to Sushi Tei for lunch. So embarassing...i only brought $17 with me so din have enough to pay...Alvin gotta pick up the tab for me first. Reli paiseh...

It's 3pm now and i'm sleepy. Hitting the sack soon. On a parting note, I have to say that I do feel rather shi**y whenever i ran badly like this. It's not abt the timing but attitude. This being my last long run before AHM, it also affects my confidence to be able to do well for it. Moreover, my PBs are never clocked at home. Oei! (to myself) Can u think positively?!