Sundown Fam LSD

picking up laser at 715, we proceed to CV to park. once park, the group had already started the run. I quickly put on my shoe and bring in the fuel belt, proceed to join the group.

joining the group, i asked a fellow runner which pack she is in, she is in the mid pack. OK, i am in the right pack. :) saw kayano during the run, we ran together for a while, until i went to the toilet. when i was out, the group had already ran passed me. i try to catch up.

while running out, i saw another familiar faces. laser. how come she so slow? haha.. good i went up to her and ran together down the coastal road. running at a pace of 7mins, we passed many runners until we join up with kayano again. laser, unstoppable, she run ahead. I company kayano and a lady runner keep the mid pack keep the pace at 8mins. while reaching the coastal road, i manage to link up with the "Ultra Train" consist of ultra, dreamrunner, DO, prata and some others, they are doing a 30-5 strategic. saw roonz in the pack. she complaint she drink too much sea water in the morning biathlon.

the "Train" continue into the ECP, chatting along the way. it felt good to run with a group. upon reaching carpark C4, i stop for the "drink" station set up by sotong and gang. really good supports. thanks guys. while the "Train" continue into big splash, i met up with ST and fennel, with laser we proceed to the park connectors.15km.

running into the park, fennel and laser pace off fast, i continue my pace. while reaching the mrt station, laser had already stop, fennel already disppear. haha. while reaching siglap connector, the "Train" came again, i hope on to the "Train" and pace them to bedok park. happy to hop onto the "Train" again. they proceed to bedok park, while i continue to tampine ave. i am running alone. at this point, i wish i had my mp3 with me. running along the tampine ave is really mental, i was doing a 30mins run, 5 mins walk by myself. keeping the pace, while reaching Tampine ave 10 turning into bedok pcn, cfred come alone. bid our greeting, i could see he power off strongly.

i continue my way into the bedok park connector, with another 2 more runners. stopping and checking our way, it gets confusing for a while. after we had storted out the way, we continue again. while reaching the exxon station, I went for a toilet break, coming out, i saw a familiar face. ST. she told me she is quitting and going on home. time: 12am. distance: 28km.

last 12km. reaching the bedok pcn via paris ris pcn, the road is really mental, running onto the pavement, the road really take some of leg, it was bad for me. mentally, i felt like giving up a few time. luckily of some runners that passes by, giving encouragement, i held on to it. Finally reached the up slope of the paris ris via loyang way, which i am familiar with during the bike recce with LT. i decided to walk up the way and run down the slope. looking at the pcn marking, 7km more to changi beach. i knew i am reaching soon.

running down the slope, i cover another 2 more km. Finally fennel caught up. she is running the full 42km (i guess she had done more than that). I told her i am walking back, she decided to join me. walking in the early morning, we chatted and walking relax. reaching commando camps, 1.5km more. picking up our walking paces. we finally reached the finish pt. we Felt like we had finish a marathon race. took a drink in the support table, we waited for laser and we headed home.

reached home: 4am.

distance: 40km
time: 6hours

most of the time, the runner would be running alone in the route, i would expect that there would not be much crowds as suuports, would be very much like last nite. a mp3 and some power gels is a need in this events.

i hope the water pt is enough for the whole race. like some said, some hot milo/kopi and buns is also a welcoming treats for the runners.

woke up at 10am in the morning, feeling fresh, not much blister, only some in the groin area. the leg only felt tired, but no pain, i should be able to do a recovery on tuesday soon. The long tights and NB 762 shoe really hold well last nite.