Last week, I was electrified by the personal best that I made in my last marathon in NICE.. now, I'm sitting in London and rekindling this sweet memory.
I actually still can't imagine that I have achieved 4 hours 15 mins in this difficult course. It's truly a major encouragement for my 2012 marathon preparation and a wonderful way to finish my first year of marathon running. I was reading my diary again about that day and I still can taste the tiredness on my both legs, the cheers from the crowds, the electrifying feeling and the thrill... I think it's gonna to be in my memory bank for the rest of my life.
Back to London after another 2 days in Nice. The first thing that I did was to celebrate another completion of the marathon... what did I do?? Hahaaa... a BIG HUGE Bunch!!!! It's kinda routine for me now... a BIG HUGE BUNCH in this funky eating place called... The Breakfast club in Spitalfields market. They truly know how to make a nice and yummy English breakfast (well.. I'm vege, but they do have vege twisted fired up!), with eggs (proteins), hashbrowns (carb), tomatoes (Vit C), mushrooms.... Yum Yum Yum! These all help me to recover after the 26.2 miles of running! This time, I had my lovely friends, my fellow workers, Lianne and Polly to go with me! Can't be better than this!
Before heading to Nice for this amazing run, I did think about what I'm going to do after the race. After all, I have been training for marathons, one after the other from the beginning of this year. I still remember how I spoke to one of the following runners in my church about training for my first marathon (Paris) at the beginning of the year. I sounded so naive and inexperienced. After all the races, I was planning to have 2 weeks off from running so that I can recover properly. How can I resist the temptation especially the sun has been so lovely in London? On Thursday, for the month of Movember... my running club, Nike had a Movember run. For guys, no shaving for 1 month and running with the mustache; for girls.. well, no hair to grow.. so stick one on! Like this...
I won't say that I looked handsome... but I do think that I look better without it!! Would you agree?
Back to London after another 2 days in Nice. The first thing that I did was to celebrate another completion of the marathon... what did I do?? Hahaaa... a BIG HUGE Bunch!!!! It's kinda routine for me now... a BIG HUGE BUNCH in this funky eating place called... The Breakfast club in Spitalfields market. They truly know how to make a nice and yummy English breakfast (well.. I'm vege, but they do have vege twisted fired up!), with eggs (proteins), hashbrowns (carb), tomatoes (Vit C), mushrooms.... Yum Yum Yum! These all help me to recover after the 26.2 miles of running! This time, I had my lovely friends, my fellow workers, Lianne and Polly to go with me! Can't be better than this! Before heading to Nice for this amazing run, I did think about what I'm going to do after the race. After all, I have been training for marathons, one after the other from the beginning of this year. I still remember how I spoke to one of the following runners in my church about training for my first marathon (Paris) at the beginning of the year. I sounded so naive and inexperienced. After all the races, I was planning to have 2 weeks off from running so that I can recover properly. How can I resist the temptation especially the sun has been so lovely in London? On Thursday, for the month of Movember... my running club, Nike had a Movember run. For guys, no shaving for 1 month and running with the mustache; for girls.. well, no hair to grow.. so stick one on! Like this...
I won't say that I looked handsome... but I do think that I look better without it!! Would you agree? |
| Fellow runners in the Nike running club in Stratford |
What next? To be honest.. I don't know. I have started to look into different training programs and then to plan my training program for next year. Meanwhile, I will take running easily. Just enjoy the moment of running, lovely winter sun shinning on the face, gentle wind breezing onto my face, the sound of the trees like dancing with the wind...and there is nothing, no pace, no distance, no time, in my mind, but just let the body to take control and run as the body is pleased.... A little rekindle of running.. why not? I love running...
P.S. if you are reading this, and having any good marathon training program, please let me know!
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