The Singapore Biathlon 2007
Took part in the recent Singapore Biathlon for the very first time and I was just aiming to complete and not to compete.
I haven't really trained for it much leading up to the event, just hitting the pool as much as I can to do about 20 to 30 laps or making a trip to the gym to clock some time on the threadmill during my lunch hour.
The thought of actually running 10km after a 1.5km swim in the open sea was very new to me, albeit a daunting and intimidating one.
As I predicted, I was hit by cramps in my right calf just after my swim and into the first few hundred metres of the run, and had to stop for a few minutes to stretch.
I was thinking to myself if I could complete the run at all.
Well, the stretch did wonders and after a few kilometres in the run, I found my rhythm and it was on the whole an enjoyable 10-kilometre jog till the finish. I was surprised that I didn't really feel that drained at the end of the race.
Perhaps I did not really go all out for if I really did, I might have collapsed halfway out of sheer exhaustion.
Anyway, the photographs for the Singapore Biathlon were out a few days after the end of the event, thanks to the photographers who stationed themselves at various points of the running course to snap pictures of almost every competitor, making sure that they have at least a memento in the form of a photograph of themselves in their sprinting(or panting glory) to take away from the race.
Unfortunately I could only find one picture taken of myself during the race, compared to the many taken of my friends who had also participated. =(
Ah well, one picture is better than nothing...
And here it is, wearing bib number 4292...
I haven't really trained for it much leading up to the event, just hitting the pool as much as I can to do about 20 to 30 laps or making a trip to the gym to clock some time on the threadmill during my lunch hour.
The thought of actually running 10km after a 1.5km swim in the open sea was very new to me, albeit a daunting and intimidating one.
As I predicted, I was hit by cramps in my right calf just after my swim and into the first few hundred metres of the run, and had to stop for a few minutes to stretch.
I was thinking to myself if I could complete the run at all.
Well, the stretch did wonders and after a few kilometres in the run, I found my rhythm and it was on the whole an enjoyable 10-kilometre jog till the finish. I was surprised that I didn't really feel that drained at the end of the race.
Perhaps I did not really go all out for if I really did, I might have collapsed halfway out of sheer exhaustion.
Anyway, the photographs for the Singapore Biathlon were out a few days after the end of the event, thanks to the photographers who stationed themselves at various points of the running course to snap pictures of almost every competitor, making sure that they have at least a memento in the form of a photograph of themselves in their sprinting(or panting glory) to take away from the race.
Unfortunately I could only find one picture taken of myself during the race, compared to the many taken of my friends who had also participated. =(
Ah well, one picture is better than nothing...
And here it is, wearing bib number 4292...
posted by morningcalm @ 4:45 PM
1 Comments:
At 2:59 PM,
:: teQuila sunrise :: said…
Nice pic budd! Thanks to your company during the 2004 Standard Chartered 10km run that I have since built up confidence and hatched the ambition of competing in such endurance races! Looking forward to seeing you in the upcoming races! :)
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