i was super nervous the night before. i packed my race gear and went to bed. i had my alarm set for 530 ish, but i think its the super pre-race jitters, i was wide awake at 340 in the morning. i tried going back to sleep, but to no avail. i got a little fedup with rolling and tossing and turning, so decided to get out of bed early and head to the race site early to get parking. i got to lake gardens around 6 ish, with 90 minutes before flagoff.
and of course, the pre-race ritual - i had my breakfast in the car, which is always moolabar and a hot cup of milo. very consistent pre-race meals hehe. then of course headed to use the toilet, and then gear up. since we had plentiful of time on our hands, i walked a loop of the race course to refresh my memory of the route. and wah, the hills, the staircase, gosh! i was panting just walking the course. when done, i had about 20 more minutes, so i did some striding. i felt a stabbing pain in my ankle, and checked my watch for my pace, and saw a mere 520 pace. yes i was definitely worried about whether id be able to perform.
i kinda visualized how i was going to run the race. well its not a super -plan, but the plan was to not die at the end of the race. so upon flagoff, i just tried to keep up with the 2nd pack of girls. the 1st pack was well, let's just say i never saw the 2 girls from beginning to end.
i tried to follow them closely. when we met an uphill, yeah at times like those i wished i were lighter. felt like death. the staircase after, yeah i saw everyone walking, so i walked as well. i didn't want to push the stairs to die at the downhill section. i am so bad at uphill and stairs really, i was the last of the pack out of the stairs.
it was during the downhill that i picked up my speed and went all out. i last kicked too early though. so, when i turned the corner and saw that i had another 200m to go, i really had nothing more in me. i was so so glad to pass off the baton to vishnu. i managed to come in 4th.
our team did a great job. all of us gave it our best and we managed to come in 5th. and it was great fun supporting one another, cheering one another and pacing one another. it was superb that coach, sinyee and gordon came to cheer for us as well. really, you can see sinyee it alot of photos. she has more photos then the runners honestly haha. she really is like..everywhere! and of course, to be able to run on my birthday, of course made it a smashing day for me.
of course congratulations to don and darren's team who made 1st runner up. it was a good fight.
can't wait for the next one. it's going to be major fun. hope my ankle heals by then.
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