the new balance real run is over and im alive. yay.
the day started at 0330 hrs when tm, rudi, james and me woke up at my hse cos they decided to camp over. here's the supposed RO.
0330-0430 hrs : wake up, bath.
0430-0530 hrs : head to mac, grab some chow, catch the 1st train to harbourfront.
and so happily we went down, ate. frigging crazy. ppl actually study at 4am in the morning at mac, i mean, wtf? dont u ppl have a life?!
but nvm. so happily, we ate, and at 0530 exactly, went to the station to get the train.
den to our horror, this little sign outside the station was staring at us.
Sunday/Public Holiday First Train: 0619hrs.
OMG.
that BUGGER DERICK SAID THAT THE FIRST TRAIN WAS 5.30. NOT 6.19.
so technically we woke up at the godly hour of 0330 for nothing.
bah. fast forward until the race.
damn damn a lot of people. got singapore sports school, got cjc odac, got dunno what. the junior's cat got little ppl though, like about 500+. for a moment i was worried about getting last. LOL. but nt bad. the girls in SSS not bad. LOL.
ok. nvm. flag off.
it was meant to be a cross terrain run, but there wasnt much of a terrain. the first 2 slopes were steep, but ok. there's this idiot in a black singlet who kept sprinting den stop den sprint den stop etc etc. damn no brain. lol.
den came the sand.
sick i tell u. kept sinking in. let's not talk about it. lol.
ok sand over. there was the trail part. by that time i was sweating alr. like damn sian. den i heard a voice over a mic.
yes! the finishing line!
or so i thought. so i chionnnnngeddd like fuck, only to find that it was coming from another event and i had bout 3km more to cover.
fuck fuck fuck.
water point. i couldnt get any 100-plus into my mouth, not that it would do me any good anyway. i jus poured the thing over my head while running.
den came the trail.
if case u didnt know, the trail consisted of a more or less 1.5km trail road inside a jungle like thing. the road was curvy with gentle ups and downs here and there. u would think it was cooling and nice to run in. true. but the bends made it fucked. u see a bend, u think its going to finish, chiong, turn to find another bend that looks exactly the same like the one u just covered. super fucked. that was a point of time i was feeling super sianed den 2 girls overtook me, one from each side. zzz.
den the trail ended. i thought it was a short sprint to the end. den i saw a big fat poster that read "9.0km".
10km - 9.0km = 1KM.
1 more frigging km.
bah. i finished it anw.
standard chartered half marathon in dec. 21km worth of pain and torture.
i'm going to have to start training.
@ 21:48