The Shape Run 2006

It was my first marathon. Previously, I was only at marathons, cheering people on from the sideline and I told myself I wanted to be the one running and having loadsa people cheering me on. haha, that's the cheerleader me then..

No doubt it's only 5km, it was a personal challenge for myself to see how far I can push myself. Furthermore, the usual distance I cover was only 2.4km the most and the longest distance I trained for the run was 3.2km (and I did that only once! *lazy*) I'm glad to say that I managed to run most of it, stopping only when the stitches kicked in real bad and I had to stop and walk for a short while for the pain in the side to subside. Am even happier when my tendonitis didn't even act up during the entire run! It felt really good that *bounces around like a happy bunny*

The downside was that I was alone throughout the entire run because mag and shuling didnt manage to submit their entry forms in time. =( But it wasn't too bad, I had my trusty iPod nano with me, blasting fast-paced music. :) and Bern woke up early and accompanied me to the run and waited patiently for me to cross the finishing line with the camera in his hand. :)

Some pictures from the run:

All ready for the run!


Crossing the finishing line in a bit... And I notice I've been smiling throughout the entire run haha (:


I like this picture (:


Taken with bern's new N70!

Then off we went to Marina Square to queue up for the runner's kit and certificate. Had a bad experience because there was this very bitchy lady who was screaming at people to get in line and not cut queue. The situation was that there was two lines now at 10:30am and somehow everything's kinda messed up. So when everyone from the second line went to queue up behind that first line, they CUT my queue!!! *tsktsk* kiasu singaporeans. It's not as if the kits will run out or what.. But other the poor organisation, the freebies inside the goodie bag rocked! :D Almost everything was useful to me in the bag and that bag was really heavy hahaha! Love the nike towel, nike bottle, Kenzoki samples, yadayada. :)

And I got my timing at the end of the very long wait and it was.... 41 mins and 50 secs. :) Not fantastic I know, but I'm happy that I did it and enjoyed the process.

Then we took a bus down to Harbourfront and had dimsum buffet at Dragongate Restaurant! My first time trying dimsum at that place... (: By the time, all our dishes were served, we were stuffed and bloated!




At Dragongate!


With some of our dishes

After that, we walked around to let the food digest... Went into Big by Safe megastore and explored... haha love the OSIM iSqueez!! My aching feet were well-massaged and both me and Bern fell asleep while resting.. haha shiokness (: then we headed home and slept on the bus...

"nites baby. you deserve a good rest for the good work you've put into the excellent run this morning. can't tell you enough how very proud of you that i am. sweet dreamz baby. missing you already. muacks" - bern's sms after he sent me home to rest after dim-sum buffet. absolute sweetness