Be Cool Runner

It was a really lonely race for my first 21k, first of all I went there with no running buddy my lone running buddy is in camsur ironman, I met a few people I know but I dare not pace them, their freaking fast, ben chan and some MTR participants last year.

I had the goal of just finishing, despite the fact I felt like i’m really slowing myself for the first 10k, thinking I will do a negative split, somehow I did pretty bad on the second half, for one I was exactly the lone runner between  all the fast ones and the really slow ones. the first half was a little fun coz I can still see runners ahead of me, and some runners at my back, I finished it 1hr 11mins, just about my regular 10k run. But the second half all those runners must have run pretty darn fast I totally lost sight of them, and the runners at my back must have run pretty darn slow that it was just me and my waterboy in a motorcycle, I just felt really lonely starting 14k, people in the sidewalks started yelling “Last ka na?” I just lost my adrenalin during this time, I kept looking at my garmin and it was like a really long process of getting from 14k-15k…each 100meters felt like a mental torture, physically I’m fine, my legs a bit heavy but mentally I felt like a loser, constantly doing math on whether or not I can make cut off. my pace from 6:30min/k at start of turn around turned to 8:30-to as low as 9 mins, and this is where I lost a lot of time. So I did a 1hr 11mins first and 1hr 28 second pretty bad, to think that the second part was downhill.

Seeing that I have 30 mins to run a 5k to make cut off I tried picking up the pace, but that was it, not much juice left felt like I was alone doing long runs. I finished the race 2hr 39 mins, not making Milo cut off, and felt really bad knowing I can do a 1hr 10k in my trainings, but then again I didnt work on my long runs maybe that’s why. But at the brighter side of things I finish my first 21k, and they were nice enough to give me certificate and giftpack..YES!!!

And I fullfilled a personal goal to run the Milo 21k this year.

Pro’s on Milo

Lots of participants on the 10k, 5k and 3k, cheap registration

Cons

Less than 100 runners in 21k I think, and not much recreational runners, mostly qualifiers.

Maybe three water stations that are really far apart.

98 percent concrete roads.