Milk Run 2005
Yes, there are a lot of children at the Run, but there are nothing
Milk about it. They are pretty fast, even for the girls. I am
impressed with the young ones doing 10km instead of shorter
distance (5.3km).
It was a Hot day, well it seems hot, but it doesnt bother me as I
think I am used to it by now. Anyway I arrived at 3:10pm with
Francis, 20 mins before the official starting off. Dont even
bother to register and just deposit with baggage with do.
The field isnt hugh for the 10km event, which is a blessing, as I
believe most runners would have taken part in the OSIM Triathlon
this morning, and dont even bother to run this. In fact, only
people (loser) like me, ended up taking part in this event. Dont
get me wrong, this event is for a good cause, and folks should join
in and spread the world about youth commitment to the society. We
do make mistake here and there, to know we have make a mistake and
learn from it is part of growing up.
The 10km race starts shortly before 3:30pm by the Minister (no
ideal what is name). It started slowly along the Riverwalk. Narrow
road and mass people(I estimate about 500) jam up the space in
front and I slowly ease my way forward. Saw a few foreigner with
amusing eyes following our movement while having lunch or dinner or
Brunch or whatever.
The route starts from Zouk, go along Riverwalk, then proceed to
Esplanade and move on to the ECP bridge(somewhere near the 1.4km
mark) and make a U-Turn back. The route at Esplanade is very crowd
as I believe there is a dragon boat competition and lots of schools
are involved.
I am glad that about 1.5km down the road, I am virtually overtaking
everyone in front. I was feeling okay, dont dare to chiong to much
as the weather is going to be hot. I reach the halfway mark(U-turn)
around 27mins I think(not too sure), but the 2nd part is a bit
tough, where the body get tired and the heat snap at the energy
every steps I make. I predict a 50-55mins finished today, of course
I want a better finishing, but sometime life is just like
that.
It is until the last 1 km, where there are 2 persons overtaking
myself, they overtook me, not from behind, but after I overtook
them. I guess they are just conserving their energy for the last
part. After I have overtook them, somehow their competitive nature
have crept in and off they fought back (1 men & 1 girl).
Anyway, it is good that I lure out their sleeping strength and push
them on.
I finished the run in 54:40. I think it is a decent run as a whole.
Francis came in around 63:00, which is very good. Saw Sukami, David
& Max there.
Till next year, can someone pass me my MILK !!! 
