William Chong

A marathon is 42.2 km in length. A halfmarathon is 21.1 km in length.

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Hi everyone – I’m running in the Auckland marathon in less than 4 weeks’ time.

Over the weeks I’ve changed my perspective of a long run.

When I first started, a long run was running further than the local dairy or corner store to get the milk or takeaways.

Now, a long run is when you’ve gone through two 40-minute audio sermons on your music player, your sweat begins to leave a fine salt film on your forehead, and your sugar and electrolyte cocktail in a bottle ran out 20 minutes ago.

That’s a long run.

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Got the chance to run my longest route yet on Sunday: a�large loop around Howick, Pakuranga, Bucklands Beach.

Right now, I’m feeling great. I’m fitter and make up for my open-plan office sedentary lifestyle. It’s good to run.

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Week 8: Training Record

29.9.08 – Route – 23 min – 6:51pm – 3.95 km Jog
30.9.08 – Route – 25 min – 7:29pm – 4.00 km Uphill training
3.10.08 – Route – 46 min – 5:34am – 8.15 km Tea Run
5.10.08 – Route – 1 hr 32 min – 2:20pm – 15.46 km Run

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I’m running for the NZ Heart Foundation. Check out my HeartRacer page here.

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