Birthday Half Marathon
Sunday, 12 January 2025 18:48![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elusivek"It's my birthday and I'll run if i want to" LOL suddenly thought of this song (but it's crying, not running).
I actually completed a half marathon! With time to spare! The run was around the Hong Kong Disneyland area. It wasn't the Disney Run though.
Stayed the night in the Disneyland Hotel and got a gift from Mickey Mouse LOL. It's cute, but stupid me forgot to bring a towel with me for my run, so I kept the card and took the towel apart.
Woke up at 4am and got ready to be at the starting point around 5.30am. The run started around 5.45am.
Got to see the sunrise. All was going well-ish in the beginning, good pacing, good breathing.
There wasn't a lot of recharge stations though. My friend told me in other marathons/half marathons there are food stations. I would have appreciated if not food, some Gatorade/pocari sweat drinks though. On the official event information sheet, they said the half marathon time limit was 2H45M, so by the last stretch of the run I was like.... need to cross the finish line......!!!!!! And yes, I did it with some time to spare!
My friend was further behind and she finished almost at 3hours but still got her medal.
I didn't wait for her and headed back to the hotel first for a shower and cleanup. Then she arrived and I was thinking we would hang out. But then she decided she'd take a nap until checkout time. It was just before 11am so I figured if it's early enough I might as well go back home to Macau, since I have no plans for Hong Kong.
Actually managed to get back in time for the family lunch.
I actually completed a half marathon! With time to spare! The run was around the Hong Kong Disneyland area. It wasn't the Disney Run though.
Stayed the night in the Disneyland Hotel and got a gift from Mickey Mouse LOL. It's cute, but stupid me forgot to bring a towel with me for my run, so I kept the card and took the towel apart.
Woke up at 4am and got ready to be at the starting point around 5.30am. The run started around 5.45am.
Got to see the sunrise. All was going well-ish in the beginning, good pacing, good breathing.
There wasn't a lot of recharge stations though. My friend told me in other marathons/half marathons there are food stations. I would have appreciated if not food, some Gatorade/pocari sweat drinks though. On the official event information sheet, they said the half marathon time limit was 2H45M, so by the last stretch of the run I was like.... need to cross the finish line......!!!!!! And yes, I did it with some time to spare!
My friend was further behind and she finished almost at 3hours but still got her medal.
I didn't wait for her and headed back to the hotel first for a shower and cleanup. Then she arrived and I was thinking we would hang out. But then she decided she'd take a nap until checkout time. It was just before 11am so I figured if it's early enough I might as well go back home to Macau, since I have no plans for Hong Kong.
Actually managed to get back in time for the family lunch.
