d*****y
发帖数: 81 | 1 （经常潜水，冒泡儿一个）
What might go wrong will go wrong. Today it was my stomach.
My stomach began to get upset when I got on Golden Gate Bridge, and it got
worse as I moved every step. It became so serious that I had to walk for
half an mile. Thanks God that I safely got to the other side of the bridge
and there was not a line in front of the restroom. I thought it was because
of the GU gel I had before I climbed onto the bridge. I brought the gel from
home, and I thought it might already get bad.
After I got out of the restroom, they were distributing GU gel. I figured
these new gels must be fine, so I had one. Around the middle of bridge on
the way back, the damn stomach again got upset. Looked like the culprit was
the cold sports drink I had. It was like hell from there up to 10 mile
marker when I found restroom. Adding to this misfortune, I also got mild
headache. I was sitting in the restroom for a long time, and the sweat from
my head just dripped to the floor. I thought I was getting dehydrated. All
kinds of negative thoughts just flooded in my mind. First of all, I
definitely wouldn't be able to get a better finish time this year. Secondly,
I was not sure if I could finish it (it turned out later that I did get
really weak afterwards.). I got confused what I should do and what goal I
should set for myself. Or I should just simply dropped it right there. The
thought of giving up was so strong. But I still clearly remembered the
terrible feeling I had when I quit around 16 miles two years back. That
feeling haunted me a for a long time. What should I do? I suddenly realized
that this was exactly the point of running marathon. Things go wrong, and
everything aches. But you plod along anyway. It would be a shame if I gave
up. Considering my condition, completing the marathon was actually a noble
goal. Coming out of the restroom, I decided not to think about quitting one
more time and just ran the whole way no matter what.
When I hit half marathon marker, I began to feel better, but the 2nd half
was not easy at all. I just felt there was no energy to draw on, and felt
that my stomach was empty. I was also afraid that my stomach might get upset
if I drank too much sports drink, and so I intentionally drank water
instead. Emotionally, I was not very motivated, but I forced myself keep
going. It was a lot harder than last year. The whole second half, I just had
the feeling that marathon was damn hard. My wife often joked that I like to
torture myself. And today's marathon was a torture.
Around 22 miles, Kevin called and asked where I was. I told him I had
another 4 miles to go. Kevin did a great job today. He finished with 3 hour
30 minutes and qualified for Boston marathon. Kevin never ceases to amaze me
. I have to show my appreciation to Kevin and his families. They patiently
waited for me at the finish line for more than 1.5 hours.
Around 23 miles, there was a guy cheering us up at the sideline. He shouted:
" It is all mental!" Gosh! How true that was! But sadly I just felt I was
mentally weak at the point and seemed like nothing could change that.
Seeing the finish line from afar, I decided to speed up. Exactly then, my
right leg was having muscle cramps. I got so scared and immediately changed
to walking. Fortunately it did not develop into full muscle cramp. After
walking for some steps, I ran again but slowly since I did not want to risk
getting muscle cramps. See, I even had to run slow when I approached the
finish line.
I am not trying to describe today's run as a total failure even though I
experienced a whole lot of problems. On the contrary, it was a success
considering what I had been through.
Even though my finish time was ugly and I still want to share it to make the
whole thing complete. My Garmin 305 showed 4 hours 59 minutes (The auto
pause feature was on). The official time was 5 hours 18 minutes. The 19
minutes difference was exactly how much time I spent in restrooms.
San Francisco Marathon, mark this, I will come back next year to vindicate
myself.
Finally, congratulations to Kevin for his stellar performance. I know that
he is not going to stop here and many more excitements are coming his way. | r*******c
发帖数: 1060 | 2 CONGRATULATIONS！ YOU DID GREAT JOB！ | t*******f
发帖数: 2634 | 3 Re:)
because
from
【在 d*****y 的大作中提到】
: （经常潜水，冒泡儿一个）
: What might go wrong will go wrong. Today it was my stomach.
: My stomach began to get upset when I got on Golden Gate Bridge, and it got
: worse as I moved every step. It became so serious that I had to walk for
: half an mile. Thanks God that I safely got to the other side of the bridge
: and there was not a line in front of the restroom. I thought it was because
: of the GU gel I had before I climbed onto the bridge. I brought the gel from
: home, and I thought it might already get bad.
: After I got out of the restroom, they were distributing GU gel. I figured
: these new gels must be fine, so I had one. Around the middle of bridge on
| i*********5
发帖数: 19210 | 4 Nice report! You did well after experiencing all the mishaps. It's all
mental! | f*******g
发帖数: 3304 | 5 congrats to Mr. Submarine!
it is xx's theory --- what might go wrong it will go wrong
my theory is what might wrong I will turn it out be correct haha
because
from
【在 d*****y 的大作中提到】
: （经常潜水，冒泡儿一个）
: What might go wrong will go wrong. Today it was my stomach.
: My stomach began to get upset when I got on Golden Gate Bridge, and it got
: worse as I moved every step. It became so serious that I had to walk for
: half an mile. Thanks God that I safely got to the other side of the bridge
: and there was not a line in front of the restroom. I thought it was because
: of the GU gel I had before I climbed onto the bridge. I brought the gel from
: home, and I thought it might already get bad.
: After I got out of the restroom, they were distributing GU gel. I figured
: these new gels must be fine, so I had one. Around the middle of bridge on
| p***r
发帖数: 4859 | 6
because
from
【在 d*****y 的大作中提到】
: （经常潜水，冒泡儿一个）
: What might go wrong will go wrong. Today it was my stomach.
: My stomach began to get upset when I got on Golden Gate Bridge, and it got
: worse as I moved every step. It became so serious that I had to walk for
: half an mile. Thanks God that I safely got to the other side of the bridge
: and there was not a line in front of the restroom. I thought it was because
: of the GU gel I had before I climbed onto the bridge. I brought the gel from
: home, and I thought it might already get bad.
: After I got out of the restroom, they were distributing GU gel. I figured
: these new gels must be fine, so I had one. Around the middle of bridge on
| o***n
发帖数: 416 | 7 You are not alone. The male winner of this year's SFM (2nd place last year)
almost missed the race due to food poisoning before the race, according to
the news I saw last night. His wife asked him to quit the race but he
insisted to run. His time was 2 minutes longer than the time last year.
Fortunately, no one else is faster than him this year so he made the right
choice. | l*****i
发帖数: 183 | | w*******e
发帖数: 2651 | 9 In spite of the all the physical and mental struggle, you triumphed, you
conquered SFM. It would be a bitter yet sweet memory. Congrats! | L********e
发帖数: 1202 | 10 Congratulations!
because
from
【在 d*****y 的大作中提到】
: （经常潜水，冒泡儿一个）
: What might go wrong will go wrong. Today it was my stomach.
: My stomach began to get upset when I got on Golden Gate Bridge, and it got
: worse as I moved every step. It became so serious that I had to walk for
: half an mile. Thanks God that I safely got to the other side of the bridge
: and there was not a line in front of the restroom. I thought it was because
: of the GU gel I had before I climbed onto the bridge. I brought the gel from
: home, and I thought it might already get bad.
: After I got out of the restroom, they were distributing GU gel. I figured
: these new gels must be fine, so I had one. Around the middle of bridge on
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