HK SCM -- Half Marathon
Pre Race
Woke up at 2.50am today.. Finally the day has come! Went thru my chklist for the last time making sure I had all the travel documents with me before setting off.. Mummy fetched us to the airport.. picked kumaran n Jimmy along the way.. Arrived T1 at 4.15am.. Wong n Peter reached slightly before us n we met at BK.. Had my super early breakfast(cup of milo n BK Big Fish).. Met up the rest at T1 R13 too.. all were very punctual.. without further adew, we proceeded with our chk-in n got our boarding passes w allocated seats ;) As there was still ample time before boarding, i surfed the net while Dear n Jimmy found a good spot to catch a short nap.. Our flight departed at 6.50am.. n I got to enjoy 3+ hrs of beauty sleep.. just when we are about touch down at HKIA, dear told me a bad news.. his Gout relapse! of all times, it attack today! our kind Jimmy contacted his relative where can we get the medication for him.. we were struck for >1 hr at the custom before we meet up with our transfer driver.. after another 1/2hr held at chk-in, we quickly proceed in search for the medication.. after hiting the nails for the 1st few pharmacy, we hit lottery at one of the pharmacy along Cameron rd.. proceed with our lunch at one of the Cha Chan Teng before dear can take his medication. Thks all for being so patient n caring to help us in e search.. We carried on with shopping n makan at Ladies St (Mongkok) before dear decided to go back for an early rest as he felt kinda drowsy after the medication..
Dear felt slightly better n we went to Lantau Island by Cable Car... after a disappointing monkey tale show, we decided to skip the next show to a later time.. walked up 228 flights of stairs n visited the Great Buddha.. took some nice group pics n proceed to our fulfilling vegetarian lunch.. it was a super long queue when we went back to the cable car station.. luckily it was a moving queue n we reach Tung Chung MTR at ard 5plus.. had a 1 hr grocery shopping at the supermarket before we headed back to Hotel. Met up with CM n, Alan, Anthony, David's group.. as some of us were too tired to walk any further, we just settled our dinner at e Cha Chan Teng opp of our hotel before turning in for an early rest for tml's race.
Race Day
Peter gave me a morning call at 4.30am.. after a quick washup n breakfast, i am all geared up for the race.. dear n i met up the rest at the lobby before we proceeded for our warm up at the start pt... dear helped to take our pre-race photos before returning back to hotel to prepare for his race.. the humidity was high.. abt 95%.. CM found a great spot for us to start.. e elite area which was oni 10m away from the start line.. got a bonus photo taken with the superb Kenyan elites! chk it out :D haha got specific instruction from CM.. just take it easy.. go for the completion.. haiz.. yah tt's the oni hope tt i had for this race.. as i hadn't been training much due to my ITB.. Booor! the race started.. it oni took me 10 secs to cross the line.. n soon i was overtaken by many many runners as they sped off .. after the 1st 500m, Peter, Cm n Julie were already out of my sight.. alvin was with me for the 1st km but i lost him after 3km.. i kept a consistent pace n was very patient.. chking at every marker.. abt 6:30min pace.. at 6km, i start to felt e tightness at my ITB.. oh no.. it's still quite early .. dun panic .. e oni thing i can do was to stay relax n calm.. at 7.5km, i spotted Cm n Julie.. at the opposite side.. they are abt 1km + ahead.. I look up the sky.. n spotted and eagle.. recalled the Buddha show i watched at Ngong Ping 360.. prayed hard to last thru the run.. at 14km, i was surprised to see a big group of 10km fun runners/walkers merging with the 21km runners.. they were walking n enjoying themselves taking photos.. was very disappointed with the Organisers this year.. felt it was poorly organise as the 21km runners have to run in zig zag manner and squeeze thru the walkers.. could feel the anger of many local runners as they shouted at the walkers to be considerate n give way.. think this is the oni race that i get to overtake so many ppl no matter if it was a upslope or downslope.. saw tony at 20km and we increased our pace for the last km.. haiz.. din get to have a solo pic for my finishing.. so disappointed.. but quite satisifed with my timing.. haha couldn't walk properly after tt.. have to limp as my ITB was tight again.. Julie n Peter did very well.. PBs for their 21km :D thumbsup to them! :D
Distance -- 21.195km __ Chip Time -- 2:14:00
Woke up at 2.50am today.. Finally the day has come! Went thru my chklist for the last time making sure I had all the travel documents with me before setting off.. Mummy fetched us to the airport.. picked kumaran n Jimmy along the way.. Arrived T1 at 4.15am.. Wong n Peter reached slightly before us n we met at BK.. Had my super early breakfast(cup of milo n BK Big Fish).. Met up the rest at T1 R13 too.. all were very punctual.. without further adew, we proceeded with our chk-in n got our boarding passes w allocated seats ;) As there was still ample time before boarding, i surfed the net while Dear n Jimmy found a good spot to catch a short nap.. Our flight departed at 6.50am.. n I got to enjoy 3+ hrs of beauty sleep.. just when we are about touch down at HKIA, dear told me a bad news.. his Gout relapse! of all times, it attack today! our kind Jimmy contacted his relative where can we get the medication for him.. we were struck for >1 hr at the custom before we meet up with our transfer driver.. after another 1/2hr held at chk-in, we quickly proceed in search for the medication.. after hiting the nails for the 1st few pharmacy, we hit lottery at one of the pharmacy along Cameron rd.. proceed with our lunch at one of the Cha Chan Teng before dear can take his medication. Thks all for being so patient n caring to help us in e search.. We carried on with shopping n makan at Ladies St (Mongkok) before dear decided to go back for an early rest as he felt kinda drowsy after the medication..
Dear felt slightly better n we went to Lantau Island by Cable Car... after a disappointing monkey tale show, we decided to skip the next show to a later time.. walked up 228 flights of stairs n visited the Great Buddha.. took some nice group pics n proceed to our fulfilling vegetarian lunch.. it was a super long queue when we went back to the cable car station.. luckily it was a moving queue n we reach Tung Chung MTR at ard 5plus.. had a 1 hr grocery shopping at the supermarket before we headed back to Hotel. Met up with CM n, Alan, Anthony, David's group.. as some of us were too tired to walk any further, we just settled our dinner at e Cha Chan Teng opp of our hotel before turning in for an early rest for tml's race.
Race Day
Peter gave me a morning call at 4.30am.. after a quick washup n breakfast, i am all geared up for the race.. dear n i met up the rest at the lobby before we proceeded for our warm up at the start pt... dear helped to take our pre-race photos before returning back to hotel to prepare for his race.. the humidity was high.. abt 95%.. CM found a great spot for us to start.. e elite area which was oni 10m away from the start line.. got a bonus photo taken with the superb Kenyan elites! chk it out :D haha got specific instruction from CM.. just take it easy.. go for the completion.. haiz.. yah tt's the oni hope tt i had for this race.. as i hadn't been training much due to my ITB.. Booor! the race started.. it oni took me 10 secs to cross the line.. n soon i was overtaken by many many runners as they sped off .. after the 1st 500m, Peter, Cm n Julie were already out of my sight.. alvin was with me for the 1st km but i lost him after 3km.. i kept a consistent pace n was very patient.. chking at every marker.. abt 6:30min pace.. at 6km, i start to felt e tightness at my ITB.. oh no.. it's still quite early .. dun panic .. e oni thing i can do was to stay relax n calm.. at 7.5km, i spotted Cm n Julie.. at the opposite side.. they are abt 1km + ahead.. I look up the sky.. n spotted and eagle.. recalled the Buddha show i watched at Ngong Ping 360.. prayed hard to last thru the run.. at 14km, i was surprised to see a big group of 10km fun runners/walkers merging with the 21km runners.. they were walking n enjoying themselves taking photos.. was very disappointed with the Organisers this year.. felt it was poorly organise as the 21km runners have to run in zig zag manner and squeeze thru the walkers.. could feel the anger of many local runners as they shouted at the walkers to be considerate n give way.. think this is the oni race that i get to overtake so many ppl no matter if it was a upslope or downslope.. saw tony at 20km and we increased our pace for the last km.. haiz.. din get to have a solo pic for my finishing.. so disappointed.. but quite satisifed with my timing.. haha couldn't walk properly after tt.. have to limp as my ITB was tight again.. Julie n Peter did very well.. PBs for their 21km :D thumbsup to them! :D
Distance -- 21.195km __ Chip Time -- 2:14:00
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