i think, never has a race gone so wrong for me.
1. so, apparently the race cancelled.
cancelling the race would have definitely been the right decision. i felt like i was risking my life haha. but cancelling the race without informing the runners, is pretty unacceptable?
well, we weren't informed of this at all. we ran the entire route, not knowing the race was cancelled. what is the point of cancelling a race, when no-one knows it is cancelled? apparently the race was cancelled 15-20 minutes after flag-off. which would mean, upon passing the first water station, we could have been notified that the race was off. of course, i made a conscious decision to continue running despite the lightning. but this was a decision made without considering all facts, since i was not provided with all facts.
2. so, when the race was cancelled, apparently the marshals job was cancelled too? - because we could all find our own way back right? a couple of us ran more than 12km. we ran an entire loop around the mall, not knowing where the finishing point was.
3. and even worse, because there were no marshals, we had to dodge cars as well. there was no-one controlling traffic.
4. i heard there were issues with baggage collection. thankfully i did not drop by bag there. my friends had to wait over an hour for their bags. apparently it was distributed, auction style - with number tags being called out one at a time.
but i have to say, pre-disaster, everything else was pretty good. it would have been a good race, but for the disaster.
but of course, in all things bad, there will be something good - the yin and yang of life right. i managed to pb my 10km and 12km surprisingly despite the rain. maybe i do run better in rain. i did manage a good run in.
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