Sunday, March 15, 2009

"Competitive" run 1 experience

Whew~ great run guys...i had tons of fun...race xp follows...

Woke up pretty latish....bout 6:15?.....decided to spend the night over at Ash's place since i was a little worried bout the LRT/Taxi related delays....still we had everything prepper and left the place bout 6:25?....quick drive to the place...saw steff and wayne on the way....parked over at carpark B....had a nice walk through the park....got to the finishing line...met nellie and shaun (oops on our bit for not heading down....a fact we'd soon regret further~)....accompanied ren and siew li to the storage counter......thought we had tons of time so we were taking our sweet time to walk down....only to learn once we got down that the 5k pack had left~! 3+ minutes ago!....cue running burst....

Run Run run....can't see the main pack anywhere...curse curse curse....run run run.....ahhh there they are...about 800 meters ahead....curse curse....run faster....met siew li and ren (both started a little late too i think....).....feeling happier....run run....saw steff sorta skipping along (curious indeed) before starting to run in earnest....run run.....saw shaun next i think....run run....then jimmy.....then wayne.....then joa....my mental tally didn't have may and nellie....glanced back at the bend and saw may...but not Nellie....wondered briefly if Nellie was sprinting far ahead....just in case...ran faster....run run....stupid 3k family runners...admire form of some of the late 10kers...run downhill happily.....fuck...the slope....run slower....realized earlier pace was a bit too quick....ah well....run run....hoorah! turning....run run...fuck...another slope....still it's at the end...run faster.....cross line....stop time....glance at ranking card....relatively content...though for some reason I simply can't recall my position now.....still it didn't mean much given the 3+ minute delay....Hover around finishing line to see who was next and to get their time so i can figure out how delayed we were......hoorah~ up comes joa...18th place for the females i think.....her time was 37....my watch had almost 34...so delay was about 3 minutes....

Run stats

Distance : 5k/5.62k?
Time : 30:00
Speed : 10kph/6.22mph or 11.25kph/7mph

And now for our next run!....will start a forum on the facebook group....have your say on things there yar~... :P....ps jk with the elite runners line just in case anyone took it seriously~ hahahaha~....*toasts to the group*~....good run guys...the first of many God willing... :) ...

P.S. thanks for breakfast guys (in earnest...not a taunt... :P)...was a lovely gesture and reward.... =)

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