Graveyard run recap

Finally got some time this week to write up about the 7k run...

So, it started with me getting up at 6.15am (after a night of restless sleep lasting about 3 hours) and arriving at the race venue by 6.35am (after the blunder at Jalil, I became paranoid)... Sis and brother dropped me off and walked around the place and waited for the rest... Got a call from Waiz and went down to meet Waiz, Xiu, John and John's sis, Rebecca...
Then, the loooong wait began... After hanging around for a while, it was warm-up dancing galore!! :) Most of the people were pretty gung-ho about doing the dance (including John and Waiz's hilarious interpretations... hehehe...)...

After a restless wait till 8am, there was a sudden rush to the starting line for the 7k.. Xiu and I waited together somewhere in the middle of the starting line group and waited for the blowhorn...

Then, we were off! This time, I was able to pace myself from the start.. Some people shot off, of course.. Managed to pass some of them a few minutes in (when they got tired... hehehe...). Was weird running down the road I have been taking for eons to get back home.. but was a nice feeling :).. Continued running till I arrived the graveyard enterance... Was by passed by some school kids... Hahaha...

From the graveyard entrance, I started running slower cuz it was getting slopey... Took short breaks in between... The graveyard was really nice... very serene... And it was my first time in a Chinese graveyard, so it was interesting to see what it was like... However, I was wondering whether it was ok for us to run over some of the graves at some points... :/

The first part in the graveyard end and I was getting pretty thirsty at this point and was tempted to stop and buy from a person selling water by the side... It was really really hot! But, I pushed on and went on to the 2nd part of running in graveyard... This one was a little easier (initially that is)...

While running downhill at one point, some dude saw me running and yelled "Gambate!".. Hahaha.. Then, came the toughest part of the run! A freaking steep uphill stretch... I walked up this part... Then, joined the the main road and made my way to the final stretch... Got to the final stretch, passed a whole bunch of people (around 30-40 of them)... However, was forced to stop by the traffic police and the all the people caught up.. :(

Jogged/walked my way to the finish line and got ambushed (and shoved) by Waiz... hehehe... Did better than I expected... Target time was around 70 mins.. Finished it in 66... Hoorah! :)

It was a fun race, with some interesting elements thrown in (the dance shall remain in the my memory forever... hahaa...) Will be probably try and join next year's one... :)

Looking forward to the 10k... Should be a bit of a challenge for me... :D