Raw Duathlon:
completed!
Woke up at an
ungodly hour before 6am..and
waaaay before the sun even rose. Reminiscent of jc days. Haha.
Caught the gloriously full sun halfway in the sky when we reached changi coast road; the vermillion orange was really
gorgeous and brilliant! The first complete sunrise I've ever seen with no clouds in the way.
That place is
really beautiful in the early morning; the sparkling sea on the left, and rows of trees swaying in the morning breeze. Even if I didn't have the race to attend, it'd be worth waking up super early just to catch the sunrise there.
Considering that I've actually tried to train a little for this race..I didn't expect it to feel so difficult. 5km isn't exactly far..sometimes I run more than that at ecp.
But strangely, I felt damn slow and tiredd during the race. Maybe it's relative..this has gotta be the first race I've joined which felt so darn competitive!! More than half the participants were racing to
win laa. Like seriously professional..alot of power athletes from overseas too. Got abit taken aback..haha.
And seeing as how I don't know my timing..I can't tell if I was actually faster or slower than normal. All I know is that I was targeting to complete in around half an hour..which is fairly slow actually. But aiyah, never really train la. One week before doesn't produce miracles. Lol.
Glenn and minnbo both did a good job! I think our team did pretty well, considering we're in no way professional, and we lacked the proper training. Haha. The 40km cycle was pretty tough..we didn't expect it to be 4 laps of 10km. Glenn certainly didn't expect it; kind of slows you down when you keep repeating the same lap. Doesn't really help to have all the pro athletes whizzing by you, whether on foot or bicycle. >_<
And the weather was crazily
scorching..I swear it was at least 35deg. It was completely
mad!! In the end, I was damn tired not from the run, but from the sweltering heat. Needless to say, had a pounding headache after the race. Bleahh.
But settled that with a nap in the afternoon..completely K.O.ed haha. Sleeping off a headache is good!
Not sure if this is the first time they're organising this event race..but it's quite lousy, in my opinion. Their so-called race kit only consisted of the number tag and some CD talking about dunno what. Super crap can! Might as well ask me to make my own number tag. Dots. And after the race, also nothing given..not so much that I
die die also want some finisher's medal or freebie cap or what; it's more of the fact that they prepared nothing for the participants. Maybe I'm too used to hearing about races which give you rather decent items before and after the race. Ohwells. Maybe they're on a budget.
Went bugis for dinner and some shopping with my mum in the evening. Totally not my shopping day! Super willing to spend today, but everything doesn't have my size! Sad to the max can..there was this pair of ultra gorgeous heels beckoning to me but..no size! Sians. I could have bought the bigger size and put padding in the heels, but I don't like to do that laa.
And other things I saw which similarly didn't have my size..it didn't help that so many items were on sale. Favourite lehh. Haha. What can I say, I am damn "auntie" and cheapo when it comes to shopping sometimes. I love sales! =p
Still kind of tiredd even after the 3hour nap. Strange..hmm. Maybe it's because I'm not used to running in the sun. They should hold more races at night or in the evening..I'm a night runner! The sun kills me. Hahaha.
And I have this omgoshh
hugeee-ass bruise from hitting the side of glenn's bike.
Baskettt...it hurts to the
max!! Larger than two 50-cent coins put together. =(
I think the next company event might see us engaging in a
paintball war. Haha. Not that it doesn't appeal to me; it sounds like great fun, but the only drawback is that the bruises can be damn terrible. It doesn't help that I bruise super easily! Just that slight knock against the bicycle gave me such a bad bruise. Imagine being hit by
many many paintballs. I think I'll be disfigured all over, really. =x
Anyhows! Shall go shower and have an early night..the coming week may be short, but it's going to be damn
xiong I think..what with my lady boss on leave and my temperamental
other-boss having alot of meetings and shoots scheduled..tempers are going to run
prettyyy high. Or rather,
one temper. Haha. *cross fingers*
Next up: passion run! This one no joke...15km..must overcome this in order to start working towards my full marathon ambition..
Ganbatte-ne! =) 
