aha! i found you!

stanchart singapore marathon 2008

my first time in a public run! i did the 10k one, and it was pretty darn annoying. i dont know how some people have the patience to go year after year in this obstacle course, really. tripping over loads of cups littered around the drink stations, (come on, its 10km, you dont need to drink anything!!) trying not to crash into people who suddenly start walking and swinging their arms real wide, weaving in and out of the crowd, or rather sea of blue adidas shirt wearing people, so i can actually RUN. but it was an interesting experience. i have never seen so many people altogether, for a run! after the starting gun/horn/whatever was sounded, it took me 5 mins to reach the starting line lol! and i guess a lot of people werent serious about running, coz many of them walked shortly after starting and went for the 1st drink station already! and there were guys in the women's 10k run (and boy, they sucked) many of them starte walking early on, and even some professional looking ones (tights/bike shorts, sunglasses, tight sleeveless shirt, tanned, armband, wristband, small sporty mp3 player) stopped around 5 or 6km to bend down, holding their knees or the barricade for support and panting, contorting their faces in pain/exhaustion. and i go "coughposercough". heehee.
10km wasnt much of a big deal, but i guess it was for the people who dont train/are weekend athletes. i didnt really train much for it, maybe running once or twice a week, but i guess its enough. i rushed 8km in 50 mins the other day so that i could catch avatar at 730 on tv hurhur. my average speed on normal runs is 8km/hr, and i think i took about 1hr 15min for the 10km stanchart run though i know i could have done better, if conditions were better hahahah. i think i did more than 10km, looking at how i was zigzagging through the crowd. i helped pack the first aid bags, so everytime i passed first aiders i was like, 'hey i packed those bags!' hurhur good feeling eh.
i'll be in the US from 12th to 29th! snowwwww!!!! but i dont like long flights argh. and ohno i have to pack):

posted by 2jo @ 5:45 AM