Marathon was suppose to start @ 10 and we all reached around 9 and off course i was the last one to reach on spot ( how come a Dog's tail can become straight, its my habit, it will die with me ). Actually this time, since this time i traveled on my Bike instead of MRT and traffic was too much in orchard area. So got late. Oh you don't believe me :( . Once i reached there everyone wanted to take a snap on my bike, so guys started taking pictures like Vikram, Hari, Narinder and Ravi !
Offcourse gals were also not able to resist.
P.S : I don't even know how to ride a bike properly, so sorry for lie, we all took snaps after we were not able to resist after seeing mechanical beauties ! Who says mechanical is the line for handsomes only , it may be, but they do produce beauties :)After reaching i started talking with my friends ( that's my favorite hobbie) and once i noticed people around me are doing all sorts of stretching exercise, even i followed them and tried to make by body like a rubber band however my stiffed Indian Body was not able to do so !
Race started from Singapore Plaza(SP). We all have to run for 2km towards Far East Plaza(FEP) from SP. Then Climb 27 floors by stairs and then come down by lift and then back 2km running from FEP to SP.
As soon the race start most of people form my group ( like Hari, Abhik, Narinder, Vikram and Monica ) all ran like anything. However a person like me who follows "Slow and Steady wins the race sometime" started according to his pace.
While running on the way i found that i am not the slowest one , there are people who like to walk rather then run. Sorry only picture has been provided, i cant tell you his name !
The 2km running from SP to FEP was good, we all runners do follow traffic rules ( I am afraid of Singapore Police ). I thank organizers from bottom of my heart since all the running pathway was shady , i didn't become more TANNED, ha ha ! 1 shade darker was saved ! My Mom must b happy :).
One good thing that i was feeling while running was many tourists and people and specially respected Filipino ladies were all looking at us ( marathon buddies) with a gentle smile and i was myself felt as something like a great personality whom people are appreciating ( i hope so) for doing something good. There was a Father Son duo and i appreciated Father's attitude instead of telling his son to sit at home in Air Con, he carried him for race and son was also equally enthusiastic !
Ok Some how i completed my 2 Km running and then most difficult part was to climb the 27 Storry Building. Since i feel stairs and Room heights in Singapore are small so its like climbing 14 stories in India ( again exaggeration). I somehow completed that also, although people were coughing, breathing heavily however due to God's graciousness i was just sweating profusely. After reaching at the top floor i was anxiously waiting for Lift. While coming down from lift from 27th to 1st floor, i realized Lift was apparently like a sauna rather then any comfort and performance of any algorithm or mechanical device is checked in extreme conditions.
So i started my backward journey from FEP to SP which was again fun as along with me was a malasian couple. The guy could have won the race but he was more interested in been toegther with his partner rather then winning. So i felt sometimes journey is more enjoyable with a good partner rather then reaching at destination alone. It was fun ! People who reached already were all drenched and were making themselves comfortable.
Some people were hungry like anything after race. As soon they complete they start eating :(
After taking enough rest, we also helped local authorities to lift some vehicles parked unauthorized !
Anyway i was not the last one in my group to reached back, sorry no offense to girls but she reached late along with some more enthusiastic people. Again sorry no name just picture, but i was happy to see they ran finally the last 15 steps.
Monica was not happy about the length of race, she wanted to run more and felt bad about this as seen in picture. Vikram was more then happy to complete the race somehow. Different people!
However later Vikram and we all told her that lets go back to NTU while running instead of through MRT and that made her really happy. Some people like running alot and She is one of them.
Once we all reached back and everyone was suggested to wear Red T shirt given by organizing committee to take group snaps. So you can see some of our group snaps down. Here you go ...
P.S: My sincere thanks to Abhik dada who registered for all us, spending from his pocket generously for the sake of running and for our health. Guys Keep the spirit and i hope we all will pay him back ASAP .. ha ha ha.
P.S: My sincere thanks to Abhik dada who registered for all us, spending from his pocket generously for the sake of running and for our health. Guys Keep the spirit and i hope we all will pay him back ASAP .. ha ha ha.
