yeah, finally after like 6 months of waiting, my first marathon for the year 2011, Sundown Marathon! yes, my last run was during last year November, and after that i've got no more run anymore, until this May!
waited for so long, and to be honest, this was my second time running 10km. the first 10km was Nike Run last year, then followed by Yellow Ribbon and Run for Hope which was like 6km and 4km respectively. yup, i was pretty excited for my second 10km run, of course hoping to break my last 10km record :D
and Sundown was actually an evening run, so we need not wake up extremely early in the morning and rushed our way to Expo. yup, and i have Saturday duty that morning, and then after work i accompanied my parent to Novena Square to settle their travel package things, and then rushed train over to Expo to meet the rest of my friends.
shuttle bus which brought us in to Changi Exhibition Centre
inside the bus with all the runners
The Changi Exhibition Centre was located so far inside, and the place was pretty ulu. while on the bus, the running route can be clearly seen, it's a one whole stretch of straight road, with no beautiful scenery, no building, nothing but trees, trees and more trees.. ah ya, maybe can see the planes take off and touch down! haha.
immediately after we alighted from the bus, we started putting up our race bib, took some pictures together before depositing our bags to the baggage area.
Baggage Area
Are you guys ready to run?!
yay, towards the starting point :)
and poof, off to run our 10km. the run was really.... nothing but one straight road. maybe it's like 3.5km straight road, 1.5km turned left... then reached the mid 5km, we U-turn back to the same road again.
Daphne said she really saw plane taking off, haha. i think i'm too engrossed in running that i don't even know what's happening around me. i recall when running that last 1km back to the finishing point, there's this malay guy who suddenly challenge me to run.
not wanting to get look down by a guy, he overtook me, and so i speed up and compete with him. yup, by the time we were already both running in full speed. imagine how shagged are we when we have already ran for 9km. and now we were both speeding for like close 200m. anyway, he gave up and stopped. boooo!!! i can hear his friends behind all laughing at him LOL!~
well, i stopped too after i know i'm far from him. shats, the speeding has eaten up my energy to finish my last lap. i walked for awhile before i started running again, die-die crossed the finishing line before i completely stopped.
the U-turn point for 10km runners
finished loh!
after running, i went to look for Moo and Shawn, and waited for the rest to come back. the place was so ulu until the network there was horrible. i cannot reached any of my friends by phone. we were sitting there for close 30 minutes and couldn't find any of them. sms an call all couldn't get through.
we even have to walk around and locate for network and once we found it, we cannot even move a single bit. quickly made a phone call to the rest, telling them where to meet.
yup, SLEEP CAN WAIT
the 10km runners were mostly back
finally, after waiting and finding for close to an hour, we at last found everyone. and Audrey looked so dead, she feeling very bad, threw up and even ended up visiting the medic.
Daphne have to accompany her all the way, while the rest of us have no choice but to leave first because there's a last train to catch. we have been staying there for quite sometimes already. we ran back at around 7.30pm, but only left the place at 10pm. woahh
i completed my 10km, and ALL THE BEST to Orville for his upcoming 42.195km run at 10.30pm next :)
whee, all the girls are back!
and a group photo
the picture before Audrey went to the medic
well, Dickson, Ginnette, Moo and me left first to catch the last train. we took the shuttle bus back which was caught up in a jam, but still, we managed to catch the train back to Tiong Bahru. Audrey and Daphne who were lucky enough too, they managed to catch the next shuttle bus, and meet up with us at the Expo Station.
inside the shuttle bus
and we managed to catch the last train towards Joo Koon!!!
and lastly, Dickson, Ginnette and me decided to walk to Henderson Market to eat the 24hours Yong Tau Foo which Dickson recommended. but who knows, we got conned by him :( that stall closed down already loh. that was how his conman nickname came about :)
ended up eating Wan Ton Noodle, and walked home from Henderson. it took me like 30 minutes to walk in the middle of the night, at around 1am plus. so brave of me, isn't it?!!! hahaha
supper with them :)
and.... WALK HOME LOH!!!!
my finisher medal :)
my Certificate of Appreciation
Labels: HSS friends, marathon, running, supper
Sundown Marathon 2011
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