Mizuno wave run 2012 at UPM

This is my first time ever that i join a Mizuno Run. Since i cant find the route, i surfed to get runners reports of the previous one. They said its hilly. And damn how true that is.

So i arrived early this morning, with my friend. We parked at 9km mark so its 1km uphill to go to starting line. I slow jogged. Then i warmed up bla bla bla. I started from the third line. I was pushed hard that i went out of the timing mat. I tried to get back in the sea of people. Still didnt know if it detected my timing chip :(

I started quite okay, listening to my playlist and the coach from adidas micoach apps. Truly helpful. I set a workout and it told when i should speed up or slow down based on the pace that is set. For example my blue zone is from pace 10:06 to 5:42 minute/km. And my green zone is from 5:42 to 4:22 minute/km. My workout for today is an hour workout. 5 minutes in blue zone, 50 minutes in green zone and finish with 5 minutes in blue zone.

After the first 5 min i have to maintain a pace faster than 5:42. If i am not running in this zone, the coach will tell me. And he will also tell me that i have reached a quarter, half n three quarter of the workout. Nice huh?. And i also put a setting where he will read my stat every 1km. The stats include the km, the time since i started, the pace, the zone im in and the target zone. But you can set what you want it to read or when. Sounds like a review for Adidas MiCoach iphone apps.

Oh did i mentioned i forgot to stop the time after i arrive? Dang. I arrived, they told me im not in top 10 position, get frustrated, held back tears, took off shoes, threw up, oh THEN i remembered and stop the timing. So i dont know my exact time. have to wait for the result to came out in the net.

I stopped the timing at 54 min plus. But i think i actually arrived at around 52 min plus.. Thats good enough for this race cause of the killer hills. So my next 10k i must n must get sub-50 minutes. InsyaAllah.

Today, there are some foreigners. So i still cant compete with them. Obviously. They train twice a day. I train once a day :(

Hmm this gets me thinking. I want to win so badly. Should i train like them to win like them? But its a HUGE commitment for me. I have to wake up super early to run. Then get ready for class at 830. Go home at 4 or 6, depends on the schedule. Then run again for evening session. At night, study, assignment and teach upsr kids. Repeat for 5 days per week. Uh oh. Im not quite ready yet.

Im tired. Gonna doze off. My knee hurts so bad, so im gonna take 2 days off to rest and let it heal. Bye all.