Sheares Bridge Run/Army Half-Marathon 2006

I was feeling terrible for the past few days.. dear tot might be due to my anxiety for the race.. We got up early today as the start time is 5.30am... I took a salt tablet, Banana Blitz Gu gel and half cup of 100 plus before my lovely mum fetched us to the starting pt.. We met up with Chase n some other officials at SRC.. Cm, Enghwa, Goola n Roonie also turned up shortly... They will be running with the MP today.. Roonie, Dear n me went off to the start pt n took some nice pics with the whole bunch of Safra runners.. TP, Tamp n MF.. =)



We saw Uncle Chan n Adrian too! Haven't seen them for ages.. so glad to see them there and have a nice catchup with them b4 the start.. dear n ricci moved up closer to the start pt.. kumaran arrived just shortly b4 5.30am with his boss Philip.. n the 1st phase he said is.. "Where's derrick!!" hahaha.. his rabbit for today..

Soon the race started... it took us abt 2-3mins before we managed to cross the start pt.. it was really super crowded.. Wong, Adam, PS and I were running together.. but we lost sight of one another after 1km.. the bottle neck exit from Marina to ECP was really terrible.. everyone was running on the spot/walking to squeeze thru the single lane..

It was easy for me to go up the sheares bridge.. My stomach started to give me problems as I headed towards fort rd.. the cramps comes and goes.. i tried to divert the pain n refocus on the run. but the cramps were getting worse after the U turn.. n I slowed down my pace.. i endured until nicoll highway when i knew i just can't run anymore.. as my pace was reduced to walking speed and i had to grasp on my stomach. i kept to the extreme left lane so I wun block the other runners.. Enghwa, Goola, Yean, Andre and some stopped/ran by to asked if i am ok.. thanks! but really felt the agony tt I can't complete the race.. the distance marker display 13km.. it's so near yet so far.. i walked back disheartening to the finishing pt.. it's my 1st time to uncomplete a race.. Uncle Lim joined me at suntec part as he was suffering from his knee problem.. hope he get well soon as it had tagged him for sometime.

I saw Dear, Roonie, Ricci, Elaine and many of our runners at the finishing pt.. he did great today! very happy for him to break his PB.. =)

As i pen down the race I felt I was hitten badly this time due to my health conditions... just not good enuff.. must try harder the next time..