Orangeous Dailies

Post-race. Jessie and I.

Jessie and I completed our first marathon. Unfortunately the Adidas Sundown Marathon wasn’t forgiving to beginners like us. There were a lot of slopes along the way.

Nevertheless, it was a great feeling running through the 42km mark holding Jessie’s hand.

We met up with fellow blogger and seasoned marathoner, Timothy, prior to the race. At Bedok Reservoir, I bumped into my ex-army mate, Jia Guang, who was also running. At Tampines, I bumped into another ex-army mate, Yuan Shyuan, who was one of the volunteers for the race.

Shortly before the 30km mark, Jessie told me to look at my fingers. Gosh! Both our fingers were swollen and I don’t exactly know why. I still managed to lock (but couldn’t close) my fingers around Jessie’s and pull her up the overhead bridges. We kept each other awake throughout the night simply by talking and sharing jokes with one another. The best part was running with Jessie through the remaining 1.5km. She gave 101% effort and I’m really proud of her, especially when the longest distance she ran was 10km.

On the recovery side, I didn’t clock sufficient mileage prior to the event and ended up aggravating my old injury (bilateral Osgood-Schlatter disease). I only felt the damage after the race.

I guess I’ll stick to shorter races and only attempt marathons once a year. Sad to say, I lack the commitment for a marathon. I can only find time for a long distance run once a week, while skate training and gym eats into the remaining 6 days… without even a single day left for recovery.

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Found more photos of us at the finishing line. Courtesy of Snapshots.

Finish line. Jessie and I.

Finish line. Jessie.