Mizuno Wave Run 2007
I reluctantly got up at 6:00am today, only after Jessie's repeated attempts to drag me out of bed. It was raining heavily. Cold. Dark. We drove to McDonalds for breakfast. It's been a while since I had breakfast at this odd hour. It was nostalgic seeing those underaged secondary school kids sleeping at the tables, after a hard night of partying, waiting for the first bus home.
Pang's dad threw away his number tag, but he still came, even though he was uncertain if he could take part in the race. We picked stranded Mr Pang up from the bus stop before going down to Temasek Poly. Every car park there was jammed packed with cars, and I gleefully drove up a grass patch to park. FWAHAHAHA! So many people were doing that, so it was impossible to get clamped!
We bid Pang farewell as he went off to defend his 10km competitive title for Kenya, Jessie and I joined the 5km fun run.
Time passed really fast and we thoroughly enjoyed the early morning Bedok Reservoir scenery around us. Even though our shoes were soaking wet and muddy, both of us were pretty much pleased that we completed our first race together. More of such events to come!
However, there were two things that screwed up during the event:
Running Route
8000 people running through a small Bedok Reservoir path! There were choke points all around where people could only stop and walk because the people in front were all walking. Wet and muddy people were hopping over puddles of water like frogs.
Goodie Bags Tentage
Temasek Poly stadium was already jammed packed with 8000 participants The Goodie Bags tentage was a bit larger than a coffeeshop drink stall. The queue was horrendous. Everybody just shoved their way around. And… the organizers ran out of singlets!
I just hope Wave Run 2008 will turn out to be a better one.
After the run, we took a long soak in the pool (we didn't even shower before entering), and the feeling was simply fantastic. Pang, being a real gentleman, did not masturbate in the jacuzzi this time round Jessie was present.
