What the heck is Half Marathon?

Half Marathon adalah setengah daripada Full Marathon lah. Ok itu literal answer. Dalam erti kata yang lebih kompleks kalau Marathon adalah road running event of 42km (26 miles) distance maka Half Marathon adalah road running for about 21 km (13 miles). So biasanya orang join Half Marathon adalah untuk persediaan bagi Full Marathon or just for competitiveness edge lah kan.

So far best record for Half Marathon in the world adalah a guy name Zerseney from negara yang bernama Eritrea (pelik2 nama meke ni) dengan catatan rekod 58 minutes 23 seconds. Super laju kan? Maknanya dia ni lari dengan kelajuan tak kurang dari 21km/hour! Gilo kan? Macam naik motor sejam bawak 21km tapi ini berlari tanpa henti. Dasat!

Rekod perempuan adalah dipegang oleh Mery Keitany from Kenya dengan catatan masa 65 minutes 50 saat. Maklumlah perempuan banyak aset so lambat sikit lari. Banyak nak kene usung. But still, impressive record isn't it? Dan saya Ms Keli berazam untuk join Half Marathon ni dan finish this 21 kilometers in 3 hours or to be exact 180 minutes. Kekekekek. Janji siap ok?

Rules and regulation setiap Half Marathon ni adakalanya berbeza depend on the organizer. Tapi most of the competition will set maximum time for you to reach the finish line or you will be disqualified. Yerlah kalau sampai lambat-lambat tak boleh dah nak panggil Marathon baik panggil Jogathon or Walkaton kan.

Rasa aku lebih ready nak masuk jogathon kowts. Tapi nak wat macam mano, sendiri carik penyakit, kito harung yolah yo... Owh yer, anyway my mission to join this Half Marathon is not to win the prize (lamo lagi nak berhasil!) or untuk catat rekod dunia ker daerah ker ape. Jauh sekali nak melakar nama dimata dunia. Sah-sah berangan. At first, saja nak push myself for the Hal Marathon training so that I will lose the weight along the way.

But as time passed by, the run itself tend to be more interesting and thrilling than loosing the stubborn weight! Rasa macam best when you did something that u thought u can never done before - in my case so far the 5K. This feeling doesn't last on the thread mill but you carry it along in your other commitments. You will tend to trust yourself more and work harder for what you desire. That's how I feel throughout the training.

Nonetheless, it does show up in the scale I weigh 78.1 KG today in compare to 79.5 KG last week. Just wish I can stick my butt to this one a little more longer than usual ;)
Allah....bless me. :D