NTUC Dual-thlon 2006

Organiser: Young NTUC
Event NTUC Dual-thlon 2006
Date: 30th April 06
Time: 9am
Distance: Swim 200m Run 3km
Who can take part: This event is open to all between the ages of 21 to 40 years old.
Reporting Location: Open area behind DXO, 8 Raffles Avenue, #01-13F Esplanade Mall.

The cost of taking part is $30, abit expensive, therefore i didnt bother to take part, until our Mt kk team decided to sponsor us for the event. It is a kiddie distance, i guess SNW is related to Young NTUC, we have to support each other.

The event is part of the celebration for coming Labour Day (May Day) and my office(rather myself) have decide to take advantage of this extended long weekend to do IT Migration.(I forget about this event when i make my decision a few weeks back) My present to this event is in doubt, since i have to go overdrive during this period of time. In fact i am working non stop since Friday and managed to catch sleep around 12:30am++ which is after 43hrs since i last shut my eyes.

I woke up at 07:10am startled. The alarm didnt sound off. I have set the alarm but forget to activate it. I guess without sleep for such a long time, a bit of blurness should be excused. Fortunately i still have time in my side.

I parked at Marina Square, since we are suppose to come over here for makan after the event and have our shoe measurement at Mizuno(Mt kk sponsoring). I meet Timothy on the way to Clifford pier. We reached there around 8:10am. We meet the rest of the team, David, Anthony, Roland, Yee Shen, Yulan, Sabrina, Xavier, Zul, Sim, Hamidah and Wilna at there. Pom Pom crew like Xavier's gf, Sabrina's hubby are there as well.

We have photos session and body marking and the rest of the ritual before we left for the start point at Merlion. Myself, Yulan, Sabrina, Roland and Zul are on the same wave(7). The rest are on wave 6. This is not a competitive event, no timing will be recorded. Each after another dive into the water and off we go straight on towards clifford pier about 200 meters away.

I jump in slightly after 9:30am with everybody and came out 7 mins later. A bit slow i would say, but nevertheless given the circumstance, it is okay lah. Yulan was much faster than i am, while Sabrina came out of the water 2 steps in front.

I took a bucket of water and wash myself before heading straight into the transition area. Put on my shoe(without sock), grab the Tee and off i went to the running route(pretty fast transition i would say). I abit surprised to see DO and Dream at the transition while i am there and seem to be taking their own sweet time.

Anyway, i run conservatively, even though this is a short distance, towards NTUC club house which is about 1 km away. I saw other team members, Sim, Xavier, Yee Shen running the return leg while i am on the front portion. Yulan is about 150 meters in front of myself, before i decided to give it a chase after the U-Turn point. It was a good pace after that till the end i was just less than 10 meters behind her. I didnt want to push too much due to my conditions. I am worry about my injury and lack of sleep. I reached the end point with a total combined time of 17 mins.

We took photos, drink, chit chat and rest there. The rest of the team mates came back in good spirit.

We left on foot to Marina Square shortly. Clean up at Marina Square toilet, before taking breakfast at the food court. It was the first time have meals together as a group.

We proceed to get our foot measured in Mizuno after that. I was given a thumb up on Mizuno Inspire.