The Ultimate X-Terraine Challenge
So the New Balance Real Run is over!
Mgr was late, onli woke up when i called her...sheeesh, i think it's reallie my fate to hafta wait for pple
Last Sunday, Jj kept me waiting for more than an hr when we went for gym sesh too...
Haaizzz...
The lockers were out jus when i was abt to reach e front of e queue, i was mighty miffed..
In the huge tent
Initially, tot of jus putting it in a corner bt decided agst it so had to carry it n run...
N tt was reallie my biggest peeve thr'out e race.
It singlehandedly spoilt e race for me...
The first leg had quite a no of slopes n though nt exactly veri steep, I still hated them with a vengeance n it was made much tougher by e fact tt i had to handle a slipping n bouncing backpack whilst making my way thr e hordes of jostling runners...
N the sun was jus scorching today...
Bt e ultimate had to be e sand leg...
I had forgotten hw tortuous running on e sand was, no wonder i cud nvr forget tt sand training day @ Sentosa tt Devil Neville took us on.
It was impossible to even jog, most of e hardcore runners were jus ambling on..
The sand was so fine n slippery tt e feet just digs in, sinks n every step u take, u' feel like u're sinking into e sandbed.
The most relaxed one was e last leg, cuz by then one had more space to run bt still, i din much enjoy it cuz my bag was still a HUGE hindrance to me....
Honestly, whilst i was running n adjusting my bag for the tenth million time.....i felt like just throwing e entire baggage on e ground n run forward.
Ching Ling n Shizhi caught up with me in e last km , they had started later since their bus arrived after e start off time n it was great to hv company for tt last stretch.
Special thanks to Shizhi for cheering n egging me on during tt last 500m...
This is e first race i've done in which I noe there wun be anione waiting for me at e finishing line n by then, my shin was troubling me so it reallie gaf me tt burst of adrenaline i needed to sprint towards e end.
Met quite a few pple at this race....QP, former Track n field team-mate, Robyn, Lin Teck, even my former Rv students,some current RV students...n of cuz Chingling, Li Wei n Shizhi
Headed for some eats after e grueling race..
Ching Ling tucking into her nt so nice Hokkien noodles..
A dishevelled hag postrace, hahaha
The Happy Couple
I din even look at e timing...cuz i jus wanted to finish e race, my legs were fairly screaming out in pain..
jus noe tt it shud be below 1.5 hrs, haha...since i took this pic after e race with e timing on it.
Trudged hm...did a bout of vacumming n mopping b4 i took a refreshing shower, flopped on bed for a half hr snoozzie.
Woke up jus in time for my telly show...n...
headed out for another run at 630...
Hiakzz, i felt reallie tired, actually, perhaps cuz of e scorching sun, e treacherous sandbed, e crowds of runners n e 10km run
Bt perhaps, i felt i din hv a gd run today, it was worse than my normal more leisurely run..
So went for a short 5k....
n i think i've been ill-treating my legs long enuff...my left ankle, shin n knee is falling apart.
So i've decided to gif them a well-deserved break.
No more running for a while...
To summarize this wk, it has been quite a decent one.,
The Hwachong Crowd : me, Na n Soph met up on Friday nite n ate at e Italian restaurant Menotti at Raffles City, nt bad..
I had e crabmeat n tomato linguine, Soph had fetuccini whilst Na had some cheem-sounding pasta.
Headed for drinks after din n e original plan was alcoholic drinks bt we felt tt e Clarke Quay area was reallie quite unslovenly so settled in Coffee Bean for some caffeine dosage n some lovely blueberry cheesecake.
Decided we'll try to meet up once a mth, haz..we'll see whether we can carry tt thr..
n Monday, whilst i was suffering frm Monday bluesies, i gt hm n felt grumpy n grouchy.
Saw a parcel for me on e table, all e way frm London!
It contained wad i had always yearned for ever since age 7..A witch's hat with a silver buckle!
Thanks to 'You Know Who', haha, the Harry Potter bug has gotten into me since I gt e witch's hat.....thankie!
Tried it on once i tore open e paper wrapping, it was might big n dwarfed my head
bt it's velvety n soft n cool n best of all, it had my silver buckle!
I lurrve it!
N hw cud i forget the major BLOOPER i made this wk...
"Want an orange" became "Want an orgy?"
...................................................
n best of all, e recipient was e guy....
I wish i cud jus transform into jelly n melt into e ground at tt moment...
Somehw, after this run, i'm thinkin twice abt joining Standchart Marthie..
cuz felt tte thousands of runners tt will turn up for this event, e hot weather conditions n everything will jus make it certain tt i wun exactly hv a gd race...
n if tt's e case, wun jus sticking to my normal running regime be more productive..
Oh well, i still hv time to think abt it
Races r fun, though, esp e postrace feeling...quite shiok, esp with e green light to indulge in a face-stuffing feast..
Listening to my mp3 songs on e com nw, been such a long time since i last listened to these songs...
Those songs bring back memories of a nw gradually distant yet veri happy past for me..
Yet, sometimes, e harder u try to forget sthg, e more those memories force themselves to e fore, stop u in ur tracks n make u realise tt it had been a facade all along...
Tt's why i dun try to forget animore...time will do e job n erase 2003 even as songs from those times play on..
I'm positive.
A new wk ahead, heads up n hope it'll be a gd one..
Mgr was late, onli woke up when i called her...sheeesh, i think it's reallie my fate to hafta wait for pple
Last Sunday, Jj kept me waiting for more than an hr when we went for gym sesh too...
Haaizzz...
The lockers were out jus when i was abt to reach e front of e queue, i was mighty miffed..
In the huge tent
Initially, tot of jus putting it in a corner bt decided agst it so had to carry it n run...
N tt was reallie my biggest peeve thr'out e race.
It singlehandedly spoilt e race for me...
The first leg had quite a no of slopes n though nt exactly veri steep, I still hated them with a vengeance n it was made much tougher by e fact tt i had to handle a slipping n bouncing backpack whilst making my way thr e hordes of jostling runners...
N the sun was jus scorching today...
Bt e ultimate had to be e sand leg...
I had forgotten hw tortuous running on e sand was, no wonder i cud nvr forget tt sand training day @ Sentosa tt Devil Neville took us on.
It was impossible to even jog, most of e hardcore runners were jus ambling on..
The sand was so fine n slippery tt e feet just digs in, sinks n every step u take, u' feel like u're sinking into e sandbed.
The most relaxed one was e last leg, cuz by then one had more space to run bt still, i din much enjoy it cuz my bag was still a HUGE hindrance to me....
Honestly, whilst i was running n adjusting my bag for the tenth million time.....i felt like just throwing e entire baggage on e ground n run forward.
Ching Ling n Shizhi caught up with me in e last km , they had started later since their bus arrived after e start off time n it was great to hv company for tt last stretch.
Special thanks to Shizhi for cheering n egging me on during tt last 500m...
This is e first race i've done in which I noe there wun be anione waiting for me at e finishing line n by then, my shin was troubling me so it reallie gaf me tt burst of adrenaline i needed to sprint towards e end.
Met quite a few pple at this race....QP, former Track n field team-mate, Robyn, Lin Teck, even my former Rv students,some current RV students...n of cuz Chingling, Li Wei n Shizhi
Headed for some eats after e grueling race..
Ching Ling tucking into her nt so nice Hokkien noodles..
A dishevelled hag postrace, hahaha
The Happy Couple
I din even look at e timing...cuz i jus wanted to finish e race, my legs were fairly screaming out in pain..
jus noe tt it shud be below 1.5 hrs, haha...since i took this pic after e race with e timing on it.
Trudged hm...did a bout of vacumming n mopping b4 i took a refreshing shower, flopped on bed for a half hr snoozzie.
Woke up jus in time for my telly show...n...
headed out for another run at 630...
Hiakzz, i felt reallie tired, actually, perhaps cuz of e scorching sun, e treacherous sandbed, e crowds of runners n e 10km run
Bt perhaps, i felt i din hv a gd run today, it was worse than my normal more leisurely run..
So went for a short 5k....
n i think i've been ill-treating my legs long enuff...my left ankle, shin n knee is falling apart.
So i've decided to gif them a well-deserved break.
No more running for a while...
To summarize this wk, it has been quite a decent one.,
The Hwachong Crowd : me, Na n Soph met up on Friday nite n ate at e Italian restaurant Menotti at Raffles City, nt bad..
I had e crabmeat n tomato linguine, Soph had fetuccini whilst Na had some cheem-sounding pasta.
Headed for drinks after din n e original plan was alcoholic drinks bt we felt tt e Clarke Quay area was reallie quite unslovenly so settled in Coffee Bean for some caffeine dosage n some lovely blueberry cheesecake.
Decided we'll try to meet up once a mth, haz..we'll see whether we can carry tt thr..
n Monday, whilst i was suffering frm Monday bluesies, i gt hm n felt grumpy n grouchy.
Saw a parcel for me on e table, all e way frm London!
It contained wad i had always yearned for ever since age 7..A witch's hat with a silver buckle!
Thanks to 'You Know Who', haha, the Harry Potter bug has gotten into me since I gt e witch's hat.....thankie!
Tried it on once i tore open e paper wrapping, it was might big n dwarfed my head
bt it's velvety n soft n cool n best of all, it had my silver buckle!
I lurrve it!
N hw cud i forget the major BLOOPER i made this wk...
"Want an orange" became "Want an orgy?"
...................................................
n best of all, e recipient was e guy....
I wish i cud jus transform into jelly n melt into e ground at tt moment...
Somehw, after this run, i'm thinkin twice abt joining Standchart Marthie..
cuz felt tte thousands of runners tt will turn up for this event, e hot weather conditions n everything will jus make it certain tt i wun exactly hv a gd race...
n if tt's e case, wun jus sticking to my normal running regime be more productive..
Oh well, i still hv time to think abt it
Races r fun, though, esp e postrace feeling...quite shiok, esp with e green light to indulge in a face-stuffing feast..
Listening to my mp3 songs on e com nw, been such a long time since i last listened to these songs...
Those songs bring back memories of a nw gradually distant yet veri happy past for me..
Yet, sometimes, e harder u try to forget sthg, e more those memories force themselves to e fore, stop u in ur tracks n make u realise tt it had been a facade all along...
Tt's why i dun try to forget animore...time will do e job n erase 2003 even as songs from those times play on..
I'm positive.
A new wk ahead, heads up n hope it'll be a gd one..
posted by Witchy at 8:14 PM
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