last friday NIE had a Directors relay run...it was a 12 hour run.. from Friday 9 pm to 9 am on saturday... Initially my team consisted of Natanail, Bala, Satiish, Jazreel (SMU), Eileen and me... we were actually not on advantage because our team is a mixed team and had to compete in the same category as the mens team...but we were determined to do our best...
Then the worst fear came... on Friday morning... Eileen called to inform me that she is injured... had to find a replacement... then i was like!!! oh no... then i looked around... finally found Lao Ba-Zhiyong... my partner of NIE biathlon... fastest runner in NTU last time.. last year grad le... I was so happy when he told me ok... then even worst came... it was 7 pm when he told me he is sick... cannot take part.. and the race was starting in 9 pm! oh no... then how..?... no choice... i called Da ge-Andrew... and he agreed to come at 5 am... but after some discussion, ZY decided to come.. at 3 am...
that means my team had to tahan the race from 9pm to 3 am till he comes ... well... our team started off well... the guys started... and i just took a break in order for them to take the lead...but Jazreel had chest pain after his 5th run (each of us must run a 2.4 km .. then pass on to the next member)... oh no.. then came down to 3 guys who had to tahan the race... after that i came in because they were a little tired...
then we took turns to run... was still leading... top 4 positions... ahah... we were like mad people... Natanail was so competitive.. wanted to win first! but then as time went by.. as each of them began to feel tired and injuried coming up.. no choice... we aimed for the top 8 only!
I only started to run like at 12 am... the guys had already completed about7-8 2.4 km... then I started... it was fun... we were tracking each other's time... and they were running a 8-9 min 2.4km on average,,, and I was running a 10min plus... yeah...tahan till zhiyong came at 3 plus.. then he took over most of the jobs... he ran intervals which meant he an a 2.4 km then one of us took over to run 2.4km .. after that he runs again... wah.. he had only less than 10min of rest before he had to run again... STRONG! hah... after 7 times... he had to tune down.. he ran once, then 2 of us run, then he runs again.. BUT STILL IT WAS NOT EASY! ... the guys were starting feel pain already... Natanail was in pain, Satiish was still ok.. Bala had to stop because of his ITB... then Jaz stopped... So Yizhou came to take over.. really happy though! ... because Yizhou is a pro soccer player! haha... then we tahan until Natanail and Satiish had to stop.. then me, yizhou and Zy had to take over most of the job... ZY stopped at 7 plus... and then Yizhou and me took turns to run...
took a break in the tutorial room in the mids of the run!
wah i could really feel the intensity in Yizhou and me.. was really tired...then finally the time reached le...9 am! finally all over... and i realised I ran 15 times...which equals t0 36 km... lucky no pain in the legs... maybe I am a long distance runner thats why ... and I really look up to the guys because they are mid distance runners and can tahan 10-12 times of 2.4 km... not easy!...
IN THE END... we won 3rd! losing to MR25 (my running club which consisted of all caucasians) and VJC .. all guys team.. we felt so proud! hahaa... our whole team won 480 bucks! yeah man,,, its not the price .. its the effort we put in as a team.. it was fun to get all the IVP runners together to run.. I dun regret putting in the effort to get them together! fun! thanks guys you were great!!!!!!!
BIRTHDAY PARTY!
oh yeah... we went to Cynthia's bdea party too! she had so many NUS friends.. we felt like some ourcast... I remembered I had to rush from Bukit Panjang plaza after discussion with Buddy then head to JP to print this for her... ahaha...
then some pictures...
and then cynthia and her darling Jiawei!
