Okay, I'm back!
So the annual 50 Hour Non- Stop Run started off yesterday. JL and I joined again this year which is the third year we are attending this run if I remember correctly. First off, many of you might already be wondering what's the 50 Hour Non- Stop Run and will participants be required to run for 50 hours straight non- stop? That's over two days of running!
Haha fortunately no. The concept is something much more interesting and rather light. Basically, this running event will last for 50 hours and participants have to finish 10 rounds (or for this year there's an additional category to do 15 rounds) around Bedok reservoir to get three medals - bronze, silver and gold. This is OTOT(own time own target) though. For instance, one could do three or four rounds, collect his silver medal, head out somewhere for lunch then go back to finish another two rounds and call it a day and head home. He can then come back the next day to finish up the remaining few rounds.
This year's race started at 9am yesterday which was also supposed to be our start time, but I got there late so we started only at 10am. After our first time, we knew better than to select a start time too close to noon haha! We then did three rounds to start off and ended off a little later than we had intended but still not too late for lunch. By the way, we were just walking rather than running. After a quick lunch at a nearby Mac's, we then headed back to complete four and a half more rounds before heading home. It was already almost 9pm when we were done.
As compared to previous years, this year's seemed a little less torturous. From what I remember, in the last two events both our legs were aching really badly, with sharp pains here and there, even after the third round and our lunch break was a lot longer as we needed time to rest our legs before continuing. Needless to say, we were both hobbling by the time we finished our target 6 or 7 rounds during those two events. Comparatively, our lunch break yesterday was really a quick bite and we were back walking. Moreover, my legs are feeling quite alright now and I'm sure I would have no difficulty completing the remaining two and a half rounds later.
I'm not too sure if the improvement this year was because we chose to walk for the whole race this year or it was due to our legs more adapted to running and walking long distances, but I sure hope it is the latter.
Day 2 - Saturday
As mentioned earlier, my legs felt alright when I woke up this morning (no aches and pains in my calves and ankles) so the last two and a half rounds were a breeze. Woooo.. we got our Gold medal by late afternoon and then headed home. Glad that we didn't need to use up the remaining hours of Day 3 this time round. More importantly, our legs aren't giving us problems. Looking forward to the next 50 Hour Run, Labour Day 2018!
