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Sunday, August 28, 2005

Real Run 05 ..Real tough..Real Steady

Woke up in the morning at 5.30am catch a ride from janice head down to sentosa. Reach there at about 7am
thats over 1hr 45mins from start off timing. so took some oppourtunity to stretch a little while waiting for the rest of the gang like kay teck , yong wei and gang to appear. The weather was alright, Well having run the realrun last year i wasnt expecting alot of different to this year run other then the reduction of the extra 1 over km beach terrain.( which i suppose is a good thing, cause its kinda tiring trudging thru the sand). This year event is sponsored by New Balance , i guess its one of their marketing strategy to kick start there new branding and revamping project.

Well as most of the guys in our group are virgin runners we decided to not run in front but some how at the back and pace other runners. As usual the super endurance runner janice and yong wei takes the front while me , kay and shirley takes the back. Tried to do some interesting manouvers like drafting but hehee its doesnt works in running.

Once we hit the beach my heart start pumping and race off the group. unfortunately after the end of the beach terrain i have to pulse a moment as i need to get the sand out. (thats very annoying to have it in your shoes).

at 8.5 km mark i lag back somemore by goin to the gents to relieve myself ..(damn bladders haha) and at that moment i bump into kay (nudge him on the back) . As predicted at janice and yong wei has cross the finish line.

how did i fare? well i forgot to look at the timing. but i know kay came in at 1hr 15 mins so i guess mine should be at 1hr 10 mins.

Well this year its slightly more organise with 4 drink station along the way 2 serving water the other 2 serving 100 plus. Aprt from that the T-shirt collection is faster this time round compared with last year, having it done out door then goin up to the hall to collect.

Well next run for me is in sept ! Army half marathon 21km here i come!





















Route map



















Dawn breaks...carpark lots aplenty ..but on a first come first serve basis




















stretching before the run



















thats me with the camera!



















Race ended everyone packing up



















Groupie photo guess where am i




















Here are the freebies...(well not really free coz the signup cost is about20 bucks)





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