MR Ultra Marathon 2005

It was a wet Christmas morning. I woke up and woke my sleepy sweetheart up.

I arranged to meet Agnes, Tracy, Simon and Francis at MR 6:40am. Due to rain, they decided to chicken out. Nevertheless we arrange to meet later at 8am for our Macpherson prawn noddles. I have to go MR to meet up with Sgrunners no matter rain or shin, even though i might not be running. Off i left home about 6:30am with rain pouring down. The rain was heavy and it was difficult to drive, i am sure i crossed between lanes w/o knowing about it much. Fortunately not much traffic then.

I arrived at MR around 6:45am with my sweetheart. Get her to rest/sleep in the car, while i bring along an umbrella, camera and HP out. The first sgrunner i saw was ultraman. He is trying to unload the 100plus he is sponsoring. I would love to help but my hands are full.

I saw the rest of the Sgrunners hidden in the tent, hiding from the rain. Without wasting much time, i took some pictures of those diehard runners. As time come closer, the rain start to slow down abit, but thunder and lightning are observed far away. Around 7:15am, the race actually started in raining conditions. Runners.......what can you say about Runners...rain or shine, they still move on.

At that moment, i feel a sense of sadness sending them off in the rain. I wish i could have stick to my orginial plan and run. I want to get wet and muddy just like everyone else. My heart want to run. My brain telling me i can't or else i might be looking at long term injury. At least i can do 1 lap, alas my sweetheart waiting in the car, and i have an appointment make prior to coming over. . Timing just suck


James is there for the first part of the support crew. We chatted and later send off the rest of the late comers from Sgrunners. I left about 7:50am to meet my friends at Macpherson. The prawn noddles standard is good today, maybe due to early hours(soup not strong enough), or is it that just have no appetite for the food. We have a good makan and gossiping until 9am+ before we make our seperate ways.

I got Don Pie exact address from Balasing through sms , since i know he should be awake and about to come over to take over the support crew from James. I drove over to Far East Square with sweetheart & purchase 2 boxes of Chicken Pie. It smiles nice. Alas that is not for me. I sent the Don Pie back to MR around 2:20hrs(according to the timing clock) and pass on to James. I meet Sukami and DO on the way out and informed them about Don Pie awaiting those hungry souls. I left with an unfilful heart towards in-law place at Yishun.

I was back at MR around 5:40pm after i managed to get time off from my sweetheart. I saw a few of sgrunners finishing their run and the delighted expressions grow fondly in my memory. There are Astrogirl, Taz, Gentle, mythos and superboy. The scene cannot be describe, but their joy is felt by everyone at the moment.

Next year, minus another injury, i gonna have a date on 31 Dec 06.