My First 21 km run

It was in December 5, 2010, the event: 2nd Quezon City International Marathon at QC Memorial Circle.  The event was my 4th after I started running in 2009.  Incidentally, the first event i joined in was the 1st QC International Marathon in which I ran the 5 km category and finished it with a time of 47 minutes.  Going back to my first half marathon event, completing the first 12 kms. was a breeze but from that moment on, fatigue and leg cramps started to come it.  Although I finished the event clocking 2 hrs and 58 minutes,  I have to say I misjudged and did not respect the distance.Why? because I completed the 15 km run of Mizuno Infinity Run in April 2010 without any problem in which I clocked 1 hr and 46 min.  I also did not train enough for the 21 km event thinking that it would also be a breeze, based on my experience during the Mizuno event.  But nevertheless, I enjoyed my first 21 km and planning to run the same distance again and hopefully beat my personal time.  The QCIM 2 event was successful, thanks to QC Government headed by Mayor Herbert Bautista, Photovendo, and Runnex.org.  I love the link (http://www.runpix.info/wrace/00/quz10/ge.php) in their hope page.  I hope you will do the same in the 3rd QCIM.