Second 10km ;

Nottingham Charity Run 2015 - checked!

It's been so long (months!) since I last joined a marathon and here I go again, another 10km at Nottingham University. I was expecting a 21km run but meh there isn't any.. so yeah.

I don't know it was due to the weather or the route itself, I felt very demotivated to run (I did feel the same during my Standard Chartered run but the feeling doubled this time). There wasn't any motivational board says something like, "YOU HAVE 2KM MORE, YOU CAN DO ITTTTT" or anything that's similar in every 1km or at least 2km.. (I secretly wish there is though) but the motivation is just... not there.


All I see was just a plain (endless) road with lots of construction sites, trees on my left and right, and a blurry, hazy weather. So, I did a lot of walking, rather than 'running'/'continuous jogging' this time. As I had already exceeded my personal targeted time, I was like..

"Ugh, I'm not gonna make it."

Besides, I saw many people who were ahead of me, I guess I was one of the hundred people that were still left behind, running at our own pace. (The #sobs moment when that angmoh surpassed me and was wayyyyyy more consistent than I am)


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When I was at the last checkpoint (2.5km away from the ending point), I told myself,
 

"It's okay, self. Let's walk."

70% of walking, 30% of running. I can say my thighs are pretty sore now! Hahaha

For the last 200 metres before the ending point, my thought was just : C'mon. Let's finish this and meet the rest!

When I reached the ending line, a girl passed this to me and said,
 

"Here's a medal for you. 

Congratulation!"

O_O

REALLLLLLLLLLLLLY??

Like whoa. 

W.H.O.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.

I was really surprised.

Top 100 for Women's Category? NOT BAD. lol
My timing this time was between 1-1.6 hours, 5-10 minutes later than my timing for Standard Chartered Run. Obviously, there was no improvement :( #sobs

A friend of mine said,
 

 "The more important fact is that you didn't give up, and to me that trumps timing! Keep it up and you'll be in top 10 in no time!"

Well, HOPEFULLY! *finger-cross*
Hahaha. I am aiming for 21km run next and colour run perhaps?
I really need to find the 'running' motivation for myself. 21km is double the distance of 10km duh o_o


Anyways, it feels good to sweat again :) A good activity to destress myself, definitely!