Taking Stock

I’ve entered and ran 12 road races so far this year, of varying distances. 

The farthest was 42.38km (according to my Timex) at Malaysia Women Marathon in April and the shortest was 7.46km at the Milo Breakfast Run in May. Technically, the Pisang Relay is the shortest as we (me, hubby and Raimie) ran 2 x 2.72km loops per person but I decided to run along with Son while he did his and raked up almost 11km that day. Talk about being “kiasu”. Hahaha

A few races that I signed up for got postponed this year. 

I’ll forgo Borneo International Marathon, which will be held this Sunday. I really am not fated to run this marathon I guess. It clashed with Malaysia’s General Election the first time around. I flip-flopped in deciding whether to buy airtickets for the second date but finally decided against it. Good thing I didn’t because I had not been running at ALL for the past four weeks! To still go ahead to do a full marathon after weeks of no training would be foolish not to mention foolhardy.

I DNS (did not start) New Balance Half Marathon last weekend and could just look at friends’ happy faces achieving PBs bitterly. Everyone I know that ran at NB HM seems to smash their own personal best time. *me jealous!* T___T

My next race will be with the family, running in the McDonald’s Olympic Day Run on Sep 15th. I am so thankful and relieved upon hearing that CICM Responsible Care Run; which is supposed to be held on the same day (and which I also signed up for) is now postponed to Dec 1st. Hopefully I’ll be able to do it come December.

I have great plans for September as it is a special month for me but it’s not meant to be. In my eagerness to participate in everything, I’ve forgotten to listen to my body. Lesson learnt.

I re-looked into my training plans and tweaked them with the hope to be able to use them soon, in time for Putrajaya Night Marathon, Penang Bridge International Marathon and… Malaysia Women Marathon next year! Ha!

I have two other events next month. Well, they aren’t races actually because both do not offer prizes (if I'm not mistaken) or even timing chips. What we runners look forward to, at these two events will be a safe and organized venue to run and in a controlled manner with like-minded people.

River Jungle Marathon on Sep 1st.

Pacesetters’ Back to Basic 30K on Sep 8th.

Zaini had volunteered to run the River Jungle Marathon on my behalf. I was skeptical at first. Why would he want to do this? My response to him was by making him complete a 3-hour run last weekend! Talk about being a slave driver! LOL

He ran his first race at Siemens Charity Run in 2009 for his son.

He ran his first half-marathon in 2012, to show that he can do it and he did.

He will run his first full marathon in 2013. For me! Good luck hubby!

I’m crossing my fingers (and toes) that I’ll be able to do Standard Chartered KL Marathon at the end of September. If I’m running, I still need to finish well before 3 hours if I am to cheer for son at his start of the 2.5km Kids’ Dash. Otherwise, I probably would have missed his finish too. Wouldn’t want that, would we?

A look at my races I've done so far, up to July 2013:

January : 

Multi-Purpose Insurans Run (12K)

March : 

Brooks Half Marathon (21K)

April : 

Malaysia Women Marathon (42K)

World Kidney Run (12K)

May : 

Pisang Relay (2.72K x 2)

Milo Breakfast Run (7K)

Standard Chartered Fun Run (8K)

June : 

UKM Victory Run (15K)

Mizuno Wave Run (16K)

Alpha Run (8K)

Perodua Run for A Cause (15K) thanks Aina for the bib!

July : 

Seremban Half Marathon (21K)

What’s in store from Sep – Dec:

September: 

Pacesetter Back to Basics (30K)

McD Olympic Day Run (3K) with family

Standard Chartered KL Marathon (21K)

October: 

 Putrajaya Night Marathon (42K)

November: 

Penang Bridge International Marathon (42K)

December: 

CICM Responsible Care Run (21K)

And oh yeah, I’ve registered for the Skyhawk Nature Run 2014. My first half-marathon in Melaka! My first race in Melaka, as a matter of fact.

Who else going? ^^