All i wanted from this year's marathon was to finish the run with Kevin and have our photo taken side-by-side, towards the finishing line.
Of course, we did worst than last year!
No preparation what-so-ever , just whack. Oh.. the only prep we did was, that we went for a neck-shoulder massage and foot reflexology on the night before the run.
Kevin was down with flu for the past few days and still not well till today. It's the weather, these days.
Very bad of me .. made him run the full marathon.
As for me, I was recovering from lower back strain. Was on medical leave for 7 days prior to the marathon day. My back does not cause much pain at all while running or walking. It hurts only when trying to sit and getting up from a sitting or lying position. So i don't really care much about my back pain while running.
We were running at a very comfortable pace, until we reached 21km mark, Kev started to have his cramps. And that was it. At 30km, my turn to have aches and cramps. We jogged, walked, stopped for stretching.. applied muscle rubs, took pain killers..
... oh yes.. we were very hungry too. ..
The cramps kept coming very 2 to 3 minutes, so we decided to power walk the rest of the 10km or so, till we reached the end.. finally..
Satisfied that I get to have this photo taken in this year's run. We may not be doing this together next year, so this could be ours, one and only.
