Rereading my previous post, I sounded kind of angsty (and there were many typos once again). Hmm, well, but that was what I was truly thinking at that time of writing.

Anyway to all who struggled to complete the 42 and 84 km, I think it was nonetheless still an admirable effort for your courage/foolishness to put yourself through so much pain. And most of all I thank the supporters for being out there for more than like 12 hours, many-a-times, alone, sleepy, and standing in the dark.

My ITB feels oddly not painful but conscious. My calves feel destroyed. Stairs are my enemies. But i should be ready for 'work' come Saturday....

I realised through yesterday's run, the main fault still lay with preparation. No amount of cross training can really make up for the lack of pure, consistent, and progressive mileage un the legs needed for a marathon. In the past, the one marathon I did with *1* 22km run as prep was done after only 3 months after AHM, and I was totally non-aggressive during the run. This time was really quite different. And yeah, I shouldn't ask for too many miracles at once.