This post is a little late but I just have to post this! I did my 2012-2013 PR for 10km in this run!!! HOORAY.
For this run, I wasn't with my usual running girls Van and Les (actually it's been awhile since we all ran together, haha). Instead, I ran with Mishi who was kind enough to register for me. We met up in the parking lot across SMX and walked to the starting line at around 4:45AM. Gun start was at 5:00AM so, no rush. For this run, I was targeting a time of 1:10 since my last 10KM in UP (just a week ago) was at 1:13. So I thought shaving off 3 minutes would be an attainable goal. I ran the first KM super relaxed (now I realize I could have ran it a bit faster to finish at a better time. Yabang ba, haha) and sped up a bit at 3KM and kept going a little faster as each KM progressed. I stopped to drink Gatorade at 5KM and then water at 7KM. After that second water break, I tried to run a bit faster and went for a 5:45mins/KM at 8.5KM. All that for a total time of 1:07! 6 minutes faster than the week before... and 3 minutes faster than the time I thought it would take for me to finish! :) :) :)
Praise God! Next race is not until RU3 so until then, it's train, train, train for me to get to that Sub2 goal!
