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The time right now. The time right now is 6:08 am. Mm... It's May 17th, Sunday. I'll be going there.
♪ I really shouldn't have done that ♪
♪ I didn't know any better ♪
Yesterday we had our show. I'm running a 12K today and performing again later. I'm going to give it a shot. Let's go get ready.
[Still frozen in place]
Let's go.
[Time for the pre-run routine]
[Bib number]
[Time for the pre-run routine]
[Time for the pre-run routine]
I have to put on sunscreen. Don't put sunscreen on your forehead.
[Pro tip]
Or else you'll be crying later.
[Pro tip]
[All ready]
[Perfect]
[And while he's at it, a camera test too]
[Very satisfied]
I'll head out now.
[SUGA arrives at the starting line]
There are a lot of people. It's cold, so cold. There really are all kinds of people here.
[People in all kinds of outfits]
When else would I get to do this? They said three minutes. What do I do? I'm heading to the starting line. Let's go.
[Will today's run go without trouble?]
[Final check]
Three. Two. Go!
[Start!]
[Start!]
Let's stick to our own pace. I'm off.
[A relaxed start]
[Pace]
Wow, what's that? Is that an uphill?
[The start of the hellish HAYES HILL CHALLENGE section]
[Extremely hopeful music]
[Huffing and puffing]
Agh.
[A battle against himself]
Wow, this uphill... Why won't this uphill end?
[And then came the first crisis]
[The end is in sight]
[SUGA reaches the top]
That uphill was rough. I can finally breathe now. The uphill is over.
[Peace returns]
[Peaceful]
[Getting encouragement and cheers]
[Pace]
Water, water, water.
[Hydration is a must]
[Hydration is a must]
[Pace]
Why did I slow down so much?
[Pace]
I should speed up a bit. 700 meters left. The finish line. I can see it now. Almost there. 500 meters.
[Not much left now]
[The finish line is right ahead!]
[I completed a 12K]
Ah... so close. That was impressive. The uphill...
[Plenty to say about the uphill section]
That uphill almost took me out.
[Plenty to say about the uphill section]
-I think you did about 1:04:00.
-Okay. Yeah, so close. I hit a wall once during the uphill.
Should we have a banana?
-Thank you.
-Congrats!
[Refueling with banana-carbs]
[Refueling with banana-carbs]
If it hadn't been for the uphill, I think I would've finished under an hour.
[Still reeling from the uphill attack]
-Totally.
-Wow, I didn't think it'd be that...
[Still reeling from the uphill attack]
It was way too long.
[Still reeling from the uphill attack]
I was like, "The uphill is over now!" but then there was another one at the top and then another one after that. Just how many are there? Whew.
Now I have to go perform. And there's the ocean.
[Wanting to show ARMY the ocean]
This... is nice.
[Wanting to show ARMY the ocean]
When I first hit that uphill, I started to wonder why I was even doing this. But now that it's over, I feel better. I'm done with the 12K. I think I could've been faster. My record was 1 hour and 4 minutes.
[Nom nom]
Let's go get our medals.
-Good work, good work.
-Thank you.
I'll get a shot of this later. Congratulations.
-How'd it feel?
-I'm good. Wow.
[A nice, energetic start to the day]
I was so close... Wow, that was really tough.
[On the way home]
Wow...
[On the way home]
I've never run an uphill like that.
[On the way home]
-Me neither.
-[On the way home] in my life.
[On the way home]
Maybe it's because I always run on flat ground.
[On the way home]
It was way steeper than I expected.
[On the way home]
Honestly, it was just...
[On the way home]
It was basically a mountain.
[On the way home]