YA✌🏻 Jack and I completed another challenge together—Taipei Marathon! Finished in 05:01:31, basically at the back of the pack 😵💫
Like, seriously—half the runners at the Taipei Marathon finished under 4 hours!? That’s insane 🤯
We were totally the last-minute cram crew, running on zero technique and all energy gels 😂
But now that we’ve finished our first full marathon, I’m feeling a bit more confident about next year’s CT Ironman 226km 💪🏻 —Long-winded thoughts below—
When we got to the start line, I instantly looked like a noob overdressed in long sleeves while everyone else was in singlets in 12°C rain🔥
Once the race started, I remembered the lessons from Wuling and Double Tower: don’t overestimate yourself.
The first 21K might feel “easy,” but that’s a trap—if you haven’t trained, it’s just warmup. Save your strength so the second half can match the pace of the first.
I still remember my first half marathon three years ago—those first 10K felt endless. But after surviving 26 hours in the Double Tower ride, my sense of time has evolved.
This time, the first 21K passed quickly. The real suffering hit at 30–35K, coming down from the elevated highway. Maybe it was the wind up there, but my legs were toast.
I wanted to walk so many times, but Jack’s pacing was rock solid, so I just clung on for dear life 😂
Most of the pain was in my ankles and calves—not the knees I’d been worried about!
After 35K, I think it became a mental game—your body still hurts, but with just 7K left, you start to push through.
Finally we entered the Taipei Stadium—as a regular civilian, stepping onto that track and seeing the finish arch actually got me a little emotional 🥹
Not quite tearful, but definitely goosebumps.
Jack’s uncle and aunts had already been waiting for us forever. Not only did they crush the race, they were totally fine going straight to BBQ and drinks after.
Meanwhile, Jack and I were inflamed and dying 😆
Will I sign up again? Probably not—I still prefer cycling 🚴🏻 YA✌🏻我和子傑又一起完成一項挑戰了！人生初馬完賽💪🏻時間05:01:31排名吊車尾😵💫！
欸乾不是，台北馬的全馬參賽者有一半都破四是啥豪洨強度🤯！我們這種臨時抱佛腳練練的弱弱組，基本上就是沒有技巧全是吃能量膠😂！完成了第一次初馬之後，對於明年的CT鐵人226km也比較有信心了💪🏻！
———以下文長心得分界線———
一早到現場看到一堆人短袖或吊嘎，我穿太多的菜味就一覽無遺，大家都無視12度和飄雨🔥！比賽開跑後，記取武嶺和雙塔的教訓，不要太看得起自己，前面21公里的輕鬆感都是假的，平常沒在練的話，這邊都只是熱身而已，不要用力，這樣下半的21公里才會有餘力維持跟上半一樣的均速。
印象深刻三年前半馬，光是前面十公里就覺得時間過很慢，但在比過雙塔的26小時後，對於時間的體感完全進化了，這次跑完前半21公里並沒有覺得很久，真正感到疲憊是在30-35km這段，這段是從市民大道高架橋下來後，不知道是不是因為上面的風比較大，消耗的肌力也比較多，這段好幾度都想用走的，還好子傑的配速非常穩定，我就死命的跟著他😂，我主要的酸痛都來自於腳踝和小腿，反倒賽前擔心的膝蓋倒還好。
過了35km之後，應該是心理影響生理，雖然還是酸痛，但因為只剩7km而已，那種快跑完的心情會讓你比較能忍受不舒服，最後終於來到了台北田徑場，平民老百姓在第一次踏進田徑場，踩在跑道上看到終點拱門的那一刻，真的會有一點感動🥹，掉淚倒不至於，但雞皮疙瘩是有的，終點子傑的姨丈和阿姨們已經等我們超久的，他們不止跑超快，賽後吃燒肉喝酒也沒問題，只有我們兩個弱弱在發炎😆，至於還會不會想再報名，應該機率不高，還是比較喜歡騎車～🚴🏻
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