Real Run 2009

This is my 3rd Real Run and this year's Real Run was especially special for me! I achieved my personal best time of 1 hr 21 min for 15 km. I also kept a decent pace of 5:25/km throughout the race. According to official race results, I came in 337 out of 2373 runners who completed. Not too shabby at all!

The strategy today was pretty simple. I was chasing after a friend who was a more powerful runner. In fact, I was chasing after him for 2/3 of the race. Well, it showed on my face that I was really pushing myself very hard for this race.

As part of the race, runners had to run on trail, road and sand (beach). The trail was not too bad as it was not muddy and the beach section was quite nice as the sand was quite compact near the water's edge. Somehow, this year's race seemed much "shorter" for me than previous years. Maybe, it could be due to the fact that I completed a much tougher race 2 weeks earlier, The North Face 100 (50 km Duo), and that made today's race seemed easier than usual.

Well, the important thing was that I had a splendid time today having a Real good run with Real good friends!

Next race, the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon! My 5th full marathon!