My first half marathon(@Ddukseom Park, Seoul)



Two weeks ago, on 17th of July,2016 there was a half marathon competition at Ddukseom Park in Seoul.  I participated in this competition to check my ability to run before Chun Cheon Full Course Marathon in October.(This is one of my goals to acheive before my 30)

▲ Half Marathon Finishers Medal.



▲ My running record : it took 2 hours and 16 minutes.

This is my first time to participate in marathon competition. Thus, I was worried about not finishing out 21.495km of half marathon course. Lukily, I made it even with the better running record than the one of my practice.




▲ 7:59AM of one Sunday morning, right before competition start

The start of competition was in the early of morning and it was drizzling at the day. I didn't expect many people come to Ddukseom park for marathon competition. However there were a lot of people - Old and young guys and ladies and kids. I could feel the popularity of this sport, marathon.




▲ While running around 10km point.

Thanks to the cool cloudy weather, more than 15km of running was not tough as usual. On top of that the scenery around the marathon course was beautiful, I couldn't feel bored at all. Even though there was a minor pain in my legs due to tiredness from running two days ago, I kept my running face and finished without taking a rest!

 

 

To be honest, it seems have a very long way to be able to finish, after I finished this half marathon.
21.495km of running gave me a glimpse of how 42.195km would be. I realized that I need to practice a lot.

 

90days are left before Full course marathon in Chun Cheon. Until then, I will do my best to finish it and to acheive one of my goals.