Reflections on KLIM 05

I am very glad that I had joined the KLIM 05 marathon event as it had been a good experience for me. I had managed to pull through the marathon and below sums up my total experience and what I have learned:

Training is very important not to mention the race pace that we are going at. As KLIM 05 was my first marathon, I do not expect myself to set a good time but nevertheless, I could have improved my timing if I had made proper preparations. I experienced not only cramps but after the race, I discovered that I have injured myself as well. I managed to give some proper thought as to why this had happened and I had only two conclusions, race pace and training.

Firstly, for race pace. I had gone too fast in my first 30K because I felt damn good. I clocked a 3hr10min 30K time and subsequently, hit the wall at 32K. Not only I felt drained out but I pushed myself to run and hence, injury occurs.

As for training, more mileage equals to higher ability for the muscles to cope with stress. And I believe insufficient milage only contributes not only to slow times, but also injury.

To me, KLIM 05 is an eye opener as to what a Marathon is. Everybody must respect a marathon race as it is really demanding. 3 hours of pain is really a lot to take in at times but as PM19 says, we runners love pain. I am fine tuning my training now hoping that this would not happen on my second marathon.