Singapore Bay Run 2008...

the alarm went off at 4am sharp...
shut it off and went back to bed...
by the time i woke up, it was 4:30am...
rush rush...
had breakfast, packed my bag and took a cab to Raffles City to meet Joseph and KC...
slight drizzle while i was waiting for them...
luckily we found a lot in no time...
but we were still late by the time we reached the starting point...
was at least a good 15 minutes behind...
bad mistake cos we were stranded by the runners in front...
could not run our own pace at all...

this year's Bay Run had its route changed...
introducing the first time running across the Marina Barrage...
it was a bad idea cos the trail that leads to the Barrage was uneven...
felt like running in MacRitchie Reservoir...
had to stop and walk instead...
the number of isotonic water points was also reduced...
last year they did a great job...
this year has to be my worst run in so many years...

and just when our Prime Minister was talking about social graciousness during his National Day Rally last week...
we met so many ugly Singaporeans during the race...
running couples who were walking right in the middle of the trail...
but at least they were not holding hands...
a father pushing a pram while running...
what was he thinking??
and of course, those Indians and Caucasians who do not believe in deodorants...
could hardly breathe whenever we run past them...
finally those poor army boys who were forced to participate...
they ended up walking and blocking the serious runners' way...
sometimes you can even have three of them walking side by side yakking away...
very sad...

finished the run in 2 hours 44 minutes...
taking me longer and longer time to finish the run each year...
KC reminded me that we are also getting older as the year goes by...
the Padang was muddy and wet...
very bad conditions...
changed and headed home...
to quote KC: one milestone completed... one more to go...
the December Standard Chartered half marathon...

bought Joseph's car number 3693...
won the consolation prize...
S$300 in the pocket...
will give you a treat when you return from California, dude...
lolz...