nike runaholics - just follow imd
sonntag, 07:30 a.m., 10 km
shortlegs & mun picked me up at chinese garden mrt station. we were supposed to meet the sgrunners at the same point where we met yesterday. todays event was 10 km nike runaholics last run. do suggested to us yesterday that we should come and maybe we could get a t-shirt from the sponsor.
as we arrived there, it was almost 7:20 am. we did a quick change into our running gear and registered. for the first time i met ultraman. brokie, do and others were all getting ready to run. the organizers were briefing the participants about the route and et cetera. after depositing my stuffs, i went to the starting line. exactly about 15 seconds later the run began - damn, i had no time to do some warm-up!
i ran quite slowly at first, side by side with ultraman. he mentioned that there were quite a number of fast runners here taking part. and true, some of them sped off really quick. i decided to start slowly as all my muscles were still stiff. after about a kilometer or so, i managed to hang on to a group of runners in front of me and paced with them. one by one fell behind but two. later one imd joined me and i led him lead the way after the first turning point. damn, my legs were tired. lucky for me, imd's pace was bearable. so i followed closely behind him till the halfway mark where we received our drinks. imd took the drink and slowed down. hmm.... why he slowed down? i decided not to take the drink (as i usually do for short distances) and zoomed past imd and continued my pace. i never looked behind. the faster runners were already making their way back towards the finishing line but i still yet to reach the last turning point. after the final turn, i saw imd about 15 to 20 meters in front of me. we greeted each other and i decided to give a little more speed. the guy in front of me was not that far but i didn't think i could catch up with him. nevertheless a try worthwhile. i didn't even know where the finishing line was and didn't do any last meter sprinting. i only found out that about 5 meters before the so-called finishing line.
stopped my stopwatch and i was really damn happy to see the time i produced. wow. my new personal best, whether it was really officially measured, i don't know and didn't even care cos i was really, really happy. got my stuffs and took some photos from the sgrunners guys and chit chat with some other participants. it was really a nice atmosphere. till today, i still don't know who celestron was. sorry dear, please show yourself or at least tell me where we talked with each other. i couldn't remember all names at one shot!
after the run, there was buffet for the runners and a lucky draw. too bad i didn't win. those who had participated in at least 3 nike runaholics run were rewarded with a running nike singlet. but thanks to do's sweet talk to one of the organizer, me and shortlegs were also given the privileged to get that most sought-after running singlet.
here are the photos for you :
nike runaholics
shortlegs & mun picked me up at chinese garden mrt station. we were supposed to meet the sgrunners at the same point where we met yesterday. todays event was 10 km nike runaholics last run. do suggested to us yesterday that we should come and maybe we could get a t-shirt from the sponsor.
as we arrived there, it was almost 7:20 am. we did a quick change into our running gear and registered. for the first time i met ultraman. brokie, do and others were all getting ready to run. the organizers were briefing the participants about the route and et cetera. after depositing my stuffs, i went to the starting line. exactly about 15 seconds later the run began - damn, i had no time to do some warm-up!
i ran quite slowly at first, side by side with ultraman. he mentioned that there were quite a number of fast runners here taking part. and true, some of them sped off really quick. i decided to start slowly as all my muscles were still stiff. after about a kilometer or so, i managed to hang on to a group of runners in front of me and paced with them. one by one fell behind but two. later one imd joined me and i led him lead the way after the first turning point. damn, my legs were tired. lucky for me, imd's pace was bearable. so i followed closely behind him till the halfway mark where we received our drinks. imd took the drink and slowed down. hmm.... why he slowed down? i decided not to take the drink (as i usually do for short distances) and zoomed past imd and continued my pace. i never looked behind. the faster runners were already making their way back towards the finishing line but i still yet to reach the last turning point. after the final turn, i saw imd about 15 to 20 meters in front of me. we greeted each other and i decided to give a little more speed. the guy in front of me was not that far but i didn't think i could catch up with him. nevertheless a try worthwhile. i didn't even know where the finishing line was and didn't do any last meter sprinting. i only found out that about 5 meters before the so-called finishing line.
stopped my stopwatch and i was really damn happy to see the time i produced. wow. my new personal best, whether it was really officially measured, i don't know and didn't even care cos i was really, really happy. got my stuffs and took some photos from the sgrunners guys and chit chat with some other participants. it was really a nice atmosphere. till today, i still don't know who celestron was. sorry dear, please show yourself or at least tell me where we talked with each other. i couldn't remember all names at one shot!
after the run, there was buffet for the runners and a lucky draw. too bad i didn't win. those who had participated in at least 3 nike runaholics run were rewarded with a running nike singlet. but thanks to do's sweet talk to one of the organizer, me and shortlegs were also given the privileged to get that most sought-after running singlet.
here are the photos for you :
nike runaholics
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