Oh my Sunday.....
Firstly, I'm very happy because I completed my 21km Singapore Bay Run today. It was a totally new route this time as compared to previous years' ones. The stretch along East Coast Park was kind of demoralising though, because it just seemed so never-ending, and worse still, you see people already running back on the other side of the park. And I got so freaking hungry at the 12km mark. When I saw the 14km mark, I got kind of hyped up, cos I knew I only had 7km more to go. BUT, that marked the beginning of the horrible track trail where the ground was softer, and some parts were muddy. I was kinda put off by that because I could really smell the tar. But when the track trail ended, it was the Marina Barrage!!! I swear the view of the CBD from the Marina Barrage is extremely beautiful. I stopped running to enjoy the view, and this is the first run ever to go across this Marina Barrage.
As I went on, I met Albert, my JC classmate as well running, and also some of my previous Enciks during my NSF days along the way walking and chatting with each other. When I saw the 18km mark, I was super high already! 19km....20km.... FINISH line!! I was friggin' burnt out after that, but it was kinda surprising that I could finish in 2hrs 30mins :D Not too bad for a first-timer at his 21km run ba hahaha!! And I got my finisher's medal after that, and bumped into Dennis who was part of the organising committee.
*Uncle Dennis, Me and my finisher's medal*
One horrid thing about this year's Singapore Bay Run is the freaking muddy Padang!! Had to totally wash my shoes when I reached home.
But anyway, after the run, went to Suntec for lunch at Joaquim, which serves Porridge buffet lunch. Not too bad, but I wanted Burger King badly instead :(
*Porridge Buffet Lunch*
We took our own sweet time eating lunch, hoping that the queue for the Nike Human Run race pack collection over at Clarke Quay would go shorter, because I got info that the queue was freaking long. However to my dismay, when we arrived there at 1.30pm, we saw that the queue didn't shorten at all. In fact, some Nike guy told us that we would take about 2 hrs for us to collect our run packs! And he told us to come back at 5pm instead, when they might be lesser people queuing. I'm so glad we didn't heed his advice. We queued for a whopping 5 hours! 2 hours my foot lor, and the queue didn't seem to shorten at all by the time we collected our race packs.
*45 minutes after queuing*
*3 hours of queuing*
*After almost 5 hours of queuing, finally reaching*
*Finally got my race pack*
I so love the race pack for the Nike Human Run. A 1-litre Nike water bottle, and some other freebies along with it.
In fact, I shouldn't have had to queue for 5 hours! My friend, Zesamine, is part of the organising committee for this race and she wanted to help me cut the queue and get me my race pack. But when I told her that there were a few of us, she told me that it's tough for her to help all of us :( IrriTating~ But never mind, it was kind of her to offer her help though :D
Super tired now after standing with a very fatigue pair of legs for 5 hours. I think I should start treating my legs better soon.
And Beijing Olympics finally ended :D The closing ceremony was very nice.... kinda sad that Olympics is over once again. Looking forward to what London has to offer the world in 2012 :D
As I went on, I met Albert, my JC classmate as well running, and also some of my previous Enciks during my NSF days along the way walking and chatting with each other. When I saw the 18km mark, I was super high already! 19km....20km.... FINISH line!! I was friggin' burnt out after that, but it was kinda surprising that I could finish in 2hrs 30mins :D Not too bad for a first-timer at his 21km run ba hahaha!! And I got my finisher's medal after that, and bumped into Dennis who was part of the organising committee.
*Uncle Dennis, Me and my finisher's medal*One horrid thing about this year's Singapore Bay Run is the freaking muddy Padang!! Had to totally wash my shoes when I reached home.
But anyway, after the run, went to Suntec for lunch at Joaquim, which serves Porridge buffet lunch. Not too bad, but I wanted Burger King badly instead :(
*Porridge Buffet Lunch*We took our own sweet time eating lunch, hoping that the queue for the Nike Human Run race pack collection over at Clarke Quay would go shorter, because I got info that the queue was freaking long. However to my dismay, when we arrived there at 1.30pm, we saw that the queue didn't shorten at all. In fact, some Nike guy told us that we would take about 2 hrs for us to collect our run packs! And he told us to come back at 5pm instead, when they might be lesser people queuing. I'm so glad we didn't heed his advice. We queued for a whopping 5 hours! 2 hours my foot lor, and the queue didn't seem to shorten at all by the time we collected our race packs.
*45 minutes after queuing*
*3 hours of queuing*
*After almost 5 hours of queuing, finally reaching*
*Finally got my race pack*I so love the race pack for the Nike Human Run. A 1-litre Nike water bottle, and some other freebies along with it.
In fact, I shouldn't have had to queue for 5 hours! My friend, Zesamine, is part of the organising committee for this race and she wanted to help me cut the queue and get me my race pack. But when I told her that there were a few of us, she told me that it's tough for her to help all of us :( IrriTating~ But never mind, it was kind of her to offer her help though :D
Super tired now after standing with a very fatigue pair of legs for 5 hours. I think I should start treating my legs better soon.
And Beijing Olympics finally ended :D The closing ceremony was very nice.... kinda sad that Olympics is over once again. Looking forward to what London has to offer the world in 2012 :D
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