Updated: 31 Aug 2003 by Yiling
One month before the Nike Real Run
1st 4000 participants get a free Nike dry-fit T-shirt? Quick quick, go and sign up! You want? You? And you? You too? Ok ok ?10 forms and counting ?
31 Aug 2003
Yes! The sun had been banished to Timbuktu for the day! Yeah! It?s luuuuurrrrrvvveeeee-ly!
730am
HarbourFront MRT station control
so many not here yet. Ah, when will all our clocks ever synchronise?
745am
Where are the lost sheep? Well, well ?
Hello? Yes? Still @ the car park? Ok ? we will wait ? some still not here yet anyway ?.
8am
Finally could make our way to the starting point. Along the way, some went to take a leak ? some got lost ?.some got found ?.ah ?. many people here already ?. First stirrings of excitement ?
810am
Ok. Dumped our bags in the truck liao. Hope HP wun get crushed
825am
Race going to start @ 845am for the 10km event. The 6km would start @ 830am. We?re stuck right @ the back @ the other end of the bridge. But who cared? We just came here for fun.
845am
Chatting chatting ?. Hmmm ? so many familiar faces ?J. Hey! Hi! You?re running too?!?!
848am Still chatting ? eh? how come the guys in front moving forward? Oh? Started already ah? Oh. Then we?d better go. Huh, we?re the last few?
855am
Wee? How come Ah thye and gang ran into the toilet? Gotta take another leak?
20 mins later
Wah ?. So many slopes!!!! Endure ... endure?die-die must endure?
40 mins later @ the beach
Sand?. !!! Arugh! Suddenly, everyone?s pace slowed to a crawl?. So tempted to walk but ? it?s even more painful. Agonising! Oh no! Sand went into shoes ? arugh! Bo bian. Gotta keep running ? running ? when will I see you again - flat, firm ground?
1 hour 10 mins later
1005am All back! Siong! Water! Water ? where?s the water stations? Oh, and goodie bag ? the dry-fit T-shirt ? must queue?.
1030am
All began to stone?. Luckily the entertainment?s started ? quite entertaining.
1130am
Looking for macho guys. Kokfai! Jay! Watermelon! Hey ? where were they running to? Alamak ? ran so fast ?
12pm
Finally! Lucky draw! What we?ve actually been waiting for! But alas! Fortune wasn?t smiling on us.
1pm
In search of food ?absolutely ravenous ?
2 hours later
Nuaing session adjourned to Starbucks @ Harbourfront/home.
Appendix: The REAL runners
Ah Thye,
Ah Kiaw,
CK,
Jansen,
Thomas, (1st: 44+ mins)
Kokfai, (2nd: 47+ mins)
Tecksiong, (3rd)
Carie,
Serena,
Yiling,
George,
Watermelon,
Jay,
Josephine,
Vincent,
Arthur,
Elizabeth,
Kokwee,
Chingyann,
Shanni
MIA: Engtat