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I woke up earlier this morning than what the time im supposed to wake up every wkday morning for the shape run. Earlier this wk, i comtemplated not turning up for today's event coz 5km run is more tedious than it sounds. haha, eventually, i was talked around by linda, as usual. and im glad we made it to the run.

When we were at the holding area for the runners, i realized that there are so mnay women who are willing to wake up early in the sunday morning just for a run! haha, so women are also trying to keep fit de. There were 2 cateogories to this morning's run, the 5 and 10km run. The number of participants who opt for the 10km run aren't any lesser than those choosing the 5km route.

Pretty soon, it's time to go. i find it easier to run on such routes than asking me to run around the stadium tracks. the latter can kill, thou linda felt that running around the tracks is easier. However, our theories are all based on one concept. For me, running on such routes is better coz i get to see the variety in the landmarks and then mentally, u will push urself to reach that certain landmark. and for today's run, at the 2.5km mark, all of us were supposed to make a U-turn back. so on the return route, you will have in mind 'oh i reach this landmark liao, i still have approximately xkm to finish'. haha, so to me, it's easier. i told myself to press on, i have yet to see party world @ shenton way, lau pat sat or wda signboard....

but anw, we managed to finish the race so 3 cheers for us both! and we dint do that badly. at least it's the time we took even when we were 'training' a wk ago in gyms. at one pt, i was running in front and linda said that she wanna kill me coz she saw me from behind and was running faster to catch up esp so when she saw me slowing down. then just when she catches up with me, i ran faster again. haha, coz i was taking slow breaks in bet ma. haha. then i told her, good too lar, at least got a target for u to 'chase'. muahahhaa.

and when i reached the final pt, there were pple who were coming in after the 10km run! haha, see how fast they run lo. i took 40 mins for the 5km run, some of the women took 47 mins for the 10km run! (coz 10km participants started running 7 mins before us) that will amount to just 4.7min per km. fyi, 1km is 2.5 rounds around the stadium.

hhaha, these group of fast runners indeed do the women proud. haha. Then after the run, we went to collect the runners' kit and wah, so many freebies. haha. we ended up each carrying 2 bags home. while having breakfast, i told linda i felt so healthy after the run. lol. she said im crazy. hee, i think i will want to join such runs again, thou i think 5km is just nice for me. haha.

so ladies out there who are reading this entry, we realie shd join such runs. nvm if u cant run and walk instead, coz there are also many pple who do the same thing as u. if u have never try such runs before, you wouldnt know where's ur limit. Not to mention the glee satisfaction of completing the run. It's not bout competition with others, to me, i see it more as a good way to challenge urself. esp so when you are exhuasted and ur inner self keeps asking u to give up lar, why so xin ku for what? but eventually you overcome that 'self' and emerged stronger (?) :D

oh i saw one participant putting on makeup for the race, i saw another carrying her camera with her just before the start of the race, at the holding area, snapping photos and her fren even asked her "eh are u coming here for the run?". haha, so u see, these women join for more than just the reason to run.

sighs. ultimate auntie lookalike? with 2 bags. The orange top is the nike tee & the crumpler-look alike bag is the goody bag. Tons heavy!

Cant stand this woman & her signature victory sign. When the emcee scream 3-2-1, many professional cameraman were snapping away, trying to capture the start-off moment. This woman here keep asking me to look at the cameraman and posed and smile. haha, i rmb there was this cameraman who stood in the middle of the road lo then trying to snap runners running passed him. haha, when i saw him (coz he was just standing 5 steps in front of me), i immediately pulled down my cap. lol

our number tags. mine is 8668. very nice no, hor? lols

ok, this is taken in botantic gardens. one of my department outing day. we were there at botantic gardens treasure hunting. Ran a lot that day too. and even with flats, my feet hurts. The victory sign is because we were the champion team for that day's event.

There was once when linda and i went to the ktv at grassroot club, yck. We did not opt for the room package coz we felt that the price quoted to us were a tad too ex. So in the end, we sang in the lounge. and guess what, the lounge is 100% uncle and aunties infested and the songs they were singing is 95% hokkien songs. nevertheless we wrote down the songs we wanted to sing and while waiting for our turns, i wanted to chicken out coz so paiseh to be singing in the wrong crowd, though we were still be given the chance to sing. But its like the crowd is singing hokkien songs and suddenly, there are 2 babies singing chinese songs. Then linda bet with me and said that we were received applause after our songs and i told her flatly "cant be de lo, cfm". in the end, we did receive applauses. haha.

Great workout to last for the next one week. hoho

a little bit of narcissism won't hurt, and vanity isn't a sin.




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