Completed my first marathon with Kev who was doing his second marathon though his first attempt was about a decade ago. Was targetting to complete it in 6 h 30 mins but took 7h 7 mins. Nevertheless was elated to have done it ! The first 21 km was okay but started to feel pain in my right sole shortly after. Had to remove my right shoe to massage the sole. Had to walk-run until the 25km mark when even walking was getting painful. Walked 5km from the 25km mark to the 30km. The sole felt better and managed to run 1km/walk 1km for the rest of the run. Met 2 colleagues about 500m before the end and we pushed one another to run towards the finishing line.Immediately after the run, I felt the intense pain (it got worse the following day...very painful indeed). The kids did the Kids' Dash and I had to get my wife to drive us home as my legs were completely gone.
Now that I have experienced it, it was painful but I would like to do it again. Kev did very well, running non-stop until about the 35km mark and managed to finish in about 6 h 50 mins. He too had decided that he will be doing it again. Even though we were slow, we were satisfied with being able to complete it without as much training as most people would recommend and our next marathon will probably be the Lion City Marathon in Jun 08.
