ultra 50k

well....here we go, first big event of the year....organized by the team, well, more by teammates......thanx butter, mike, and erin.....the event consist of 10mile run, then 35min bike on the trainer, another 10mile run, another 35min bike and then another 10mile run.
as always for me, i didn't sleep well enough the nite before. not sure whether i was jst excited, or what; something to solve b4 the ironman race....
i woke up around 4.30am, got ready and head over to the 'gym'. got there and got things ready, especially the bike. try to relax a bit. talked with some teammates, ppl, and brothers that i hd not seen for a while...
i started running with the first group jst b4 7am. a bit dark, cold, temp was @the 20s, but not too bad. i ran with mike, dan, nev, and nancy....thanx group.......stop by around mile5, by nev's place. first loop done, it was fine, even tho there were some areas with smooth pavement and others with bunches of snow all over the place that made it hard to plant the feet. got back to the transition in abt 1hr46min. and, i thought to myself, nice, good pace. then, i got ready for the bike. rika put down my starting time on the board to mark the start and end of the first bike leg....thanx rika.....along the bike, i ate powerbar, banana, took my energy drink, and some gel. tlaked some other teammates that i had not talked beforehand. then i got ready for the second loop of the run. i used abt the same wardrobe as i used for the first loop. not sure whether it was a good idea, or not. i waited a bit for some teammates, since we were to run in 'buddy' system, which i thought it was a great idea, and it was....
on the second loop, i started running with mike and j. this time, we stopped in nev's place........thanx nev........i hd 2 'go' and i thought it was a good time to fuel up a bit. then, as we got to around mile7/8, when jeremy pull up with the car.....thanx jeremy.......i started to pull back, not sure whether i was not able to keep going, or i was jst feeling the cold and tiredness, but then from my last experience of marathon that i did before, this was abt the time where i usually slow down. then again, i just realized, maybe i shld'v change my clothes, oh well.....too late now....
i got back to the transition in abt 1hr51min. 6min slower, so i thought to myself...all rite....so far so good....then off to the second leg of the bike. this time, rebekkah put my time on and off the bike on the board.....thanx rebekkah.....as i pedaled for the second 35min, i pondered to myself....i would like to do the third loop, but not sure whether i could. a couple of my teammates encouraged me....thanx bob and storr.....so.....i decided to go for the third loop. this time, i changed all my clothing to dry ones.
by this time, there were five of us left to do the third loop. well.....basically, i jst realized i went from 3? to let's go....i started with mike, j, erin and butter.....we were accompanied by stephan....
in the beginning, i already pulling back. i really really did not want to go as fast as my teammates on this third loop, but then, mike started to run with me and paced me. at that time, i knew i hd 2 push myself. then again, it was good tho. if it weren't for running with him, i would b in the way back and well.....u never know, i could quit.....but i didn't.....i started talking with mike abt what's up with my body during that run. i told him i hd a knee pain, so he gv the little pink pill.....not sure what it was, then again, i took them and mike was telling me to shortcut the course, then i went to nev's place again........thanx again, nev........and again i had to 'go'. as soon as i got out of nev's place, i felt so good that i missed the turn on the course.....at that time, i realized and decided that i was going to finish this third loop without shortcutting the course. as i got close to mile4, rebekkah and rika came by in a car to check on the runners.........thanx, rika and rebekkah........4 the encouragement along the way.........that was really really helpful......
as i got closer to mile 5, not sure where he came from, mike caught up to me.....so, we started to run together for the next 3miles until he gave me another little pink pill......then i ran along all the way back to the 'gym'.....as some teammates ware waiting.......thanx, kerry, storrs, rebekkah,, and rika......and this time, the time was 1hr54min.....and i thought to myself......what was i thinking of doing the third loop....? oh well......
overall...........it was a great experience. this event actually taught me to push myself even more. it helped me to understand my limit even more. it made me to know and understand what i shld/shld not do in certain circumstances. it made me realized more abt myself......all in all.....for me, in my opinion, it was a success.....not jst success for me, but for the event, the organizers, the coaches (thanx mike and j), the training plan (thanx j) that lead to this event, the support, the course, everything......from beginning to the end......thank u all of my teammates in humanpoweredracing that made this a great experience.......God bless......all......