woke up at 4am to the chilling wind blowing at my face. The sleepy head unwillingly went to the bathroom and had a super cold bath to wake up his idea. With the first splash on the face, i only got this in my head: THIS IS MADNESS! wth am i doing at 4am and running against the chilling wind.
took cab to gee hoe, jason and then jason's friend place before heading to the place. Met up with edmund. and the 5 of us went to the start point. Saw gl, willis and one more guy from the 03/07 batch at the start point. decide to run with them instead. the feeling is different when i was with with. 1 yr ago, it was me leading them, pushing them along the way. 1 yr later, they are the fitter ones, though i think i am still mentally fitter than them. LOL. but thanks to them i have a constant pace throughout. i heard GL saying," wah nv train still always in front of us. Must be 'chi yao'." LOL. all i can say is Mind over Body, which one guy beside us heard and laugh. i feel like slapping him but seeing how he stopped and walk after 5 mins at the 3km mark, i know he is just F*** UP. To think he is wearing a Guards formation singlet. What a disgrace!
despite No training, i managed to jog all the way till 14km, stopping only when one of them feel leg cramp and the whole grp of us began to walk. One more thing i am proud of is, i only drank at the 10km mark, which i complete at 1 hr 01 mins. A big improvement from passion run time of 1hr 19mins. as we start walking, we begin to pick up several Plt 1 guys along the way. people like Jo and darryl. As we reach the marina barricade, darryl and i decided to continue our run and we left the 6 of them behind. hitting the 18km mark, i saw edmund and stopped once more to walk with him. Only when i saw the "500m" sign, i left edmund alone at the water point and just continue to finish it. Though the official timing is not out, i guess it should be around 3hrs. Considering, the 18% fats i am carrying and the No training before the race, i am quite happy with my accomplishment. With it, i feel that despite not meeting my target of 2hr 45mins, i still think i deserve the finisher medal. WAHAHA. And of cos i didn't RUN 10KM AND WALK 11KM which i told a few of them that i want to do it. Instead i Run 14, walk 2, run 2 walk 2 and run 1.
Whatever it is, i didn't regret signing up, though i guess it will be my last SBR.
Finisher medal. Something i feel that is deserving despite not meeting the timing.
after the run, went to meet sw to collect the Nike+ run race kit. A super 2 hr long queue await us despite reaching there only slightly past 10am. Thanks to JiaLiang, i manage to cut what i think will cost me 1hr of queue And i got my race kit at 1pm.
here the nice personalised Shirt number:
after the collection, went to have my lunch, which i greatly need after the expension of all my energy. And then it is home sweet home, slacking in front of the com, Tv and of cos my lastest addiction: band of brothers book.
went to LB yesterday as mentioned. find it hard to mix around initially, maybe becos of a new environment and of cos it's elderly now instead of the familiar youth or children. But after a while, i managed to find myself talking to them with ease. Actually was quite impressed with the volunteers: how they interact with the elderly in dialect, playing games and joking around. suddenly i feel that my Hokkien is also not that powerful afterall except in the vulgarities part. LOL. interesting stuff was how LB got the volunteers involved and also to keep them in LB. One thing which clementi cannot do it no matter how much budget with have. This bottle is very important. One which give them a chance to see how many times they attend the sessions in a yr.
i got mine, and 2 peddles to signal my first LB visit. Wondered how long would i have to take before i filled up the bottles. Hopefully, it is not more than a yr.
after the visit, went to ABC market for some snacks before heading home for an early night.
Olympics had ended by the time i complete this post. caught the basketball finals. Got to say, Team redeem Finally did it and YEAH!! USA basketball is BACK! Nothing much for Olympics since i did not follow it as closely as i wanted. Hmm, before i forget,one more. Argentina won the football gold after messi did it for them. WOOO!
Alright, feeling sian now, need to clear numerous tutorial and lab report on hand. Seriously i need to have better time management. i wish i have just enough time to do what i want to do.Time wait for no man and yar, i am not going to let it slip off this time round. Will figure out the ultimate perfect way soon. I hope.
some people are just doing things which i detest, but i am not vocal enough. All i can do is do it silently. Bad!
Weekend is over, week 3 begins with a free day so it's an extended weekend as i intend to rest my aching legs at home while clearing the pile of work and of cos to figure the best possible way.
Stoning Mood!
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