Made myself wake up at an unearthly time of 0550 hrs this morning... For the SAFRA Sheares Bridge Run... Meeting six other Masters at City Hall MRT Station at 0630 hrs...
Very reluctantly, pealed myself out of bed... Reached AMK MRT at 0618 hrs... Train cabins were surprisingly packed for a Sunday morning... On closer look, there were quite a few in running gear and some army boys... So we were all heading for the same thing...
We got to find out that the run was actually 6.9 km, instead of the 6 km which we were made to believe when we signed up... Grhhh...
Anyway, I intended to just take it slow and easy and not push myself too hard for the run... so I started off just jogging slowly, letting those who were more hurried for time to overtake me...
It's been a while since I ran such a distance... Almost 4 months, I think... But I guess slow and steady helped me last the entire run...
The last 900m really reminded me of the last lap for the SOC (Standard Obstacle Course)... Almost there, but never reaching there kind of feeling... Once I turned into the road beside the Padang, I tried to open up my strides and I did overtake some Army boys who are much younger and supposedly fitter than me... But 900m was no joke... I slowed down again after reaching the last 600 m mark... Finishing point was still not quite there...
BUT... I'm 'Most Spontaneous' Master, remember? I have the ability to rise to the occasion... With about 200 m left to go, I somehow managed to summon untapped energy within me, and did a sprint towards the i-gantry... I was overtaking the rest like a hot blade cutting through butter...
I reached the end point at 0840 hrs... Flag off was shortly after 0800 hrs... hmmmm, I used to take slightly over 30 mins for 6 km... But hey, I've aged alright... Just pick any guy my age with similar work habits and I'm quite confident I can beat them flat...
I was the 2nd to return among the 7 Masters today... All Masters returned safe and sound and still able to walk properly... After collecting our well-deserved goodie bag (consisting some wonderfully useless stuff which were stuffed in there by the sponsors just for the sake of advertising) and a nameless certificate, we headed to Techno Geek City for a little washup and breakfast...
Masters disbanded at 1015 hrs... returning to their respective Motherships to recover quickly to get themselves ready for the start of a brand new final term tomorrow... Not a very nice thought... But haiz.... life goes on...
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