MooMoo really a bit regret signing up 2 races back to back, one on a Saturday evening and another on early Sunday morning. It was really challenging especially when she just recover and she sleeps like a giraffe. The Great Eastern Women run actually started at 5:30am and the shuttle bus pick up is at 03:45am. MooMoo woke up around 03:00am to get ready.
The Great Eastern Women Run for 21km category is the very 1st time for this year. Therefore, MooMoo thought she would just join the fun and do the race. Anyway, it is not that bad after all. MooMoo quite enjoyed the run, except that it was quite challenging to complete the race towards the end. The route was good with very nice scenery and due to starting really early, MooMoo managed to escape Mr. Sunshine.
On Sunday, the whole place is like a sea of women in RED. This year, the crowd seems to be less, maybe due to the same race date with Passion Run for the sunrise category. Ms. Mo and Uncle Lim were doing the Passion Run for the sunrise category.
MooMoo managed to snap a nice shot on the way back to the finishing line, which is about 5-6km to go. Towards the last stretch of the race, MooMoo was basically walking her way back. When MooMoo saw everyone walking, she just felt so demotivated to run and joined them walking too. Hahaha! Uncle Lim scolded MooMoo and said MooMoo should be continuing to run to motivate the rest to run. =.=!! Suddenly, MooMoo thought of the scenarios at work. :p
MooMoo was so glad that she managed to complete her race with a timing better than expected. MooMoo targetted to finish the race within 3 hours but she managed to finish slightly earlier than that. If MooMoo were to push herself a little harder, she could have beat her own PB. Anyway, MooMoo is still happy for the completion of the race. Hooray!!!
This year, the race was organised really well. There were no congestions and everything seems to be in order. There were more than enough toilets, water points and activities for the participants, as well as their friends and family members. All of the runners were given free food after the run. There were yummy Ice creams, hotdogs, muffins and lots of fruits.
Only 1 thing that needs improvement. There were super long queue at the photo taking booth. MooMoo still prefer they do it like last year, where there are photographers going around taking pictures for everyone. Anyway, this year MooMoo didn't stop by the photo booth as she was lazy to wait and felt super tired after the race. She went home and zZz the whole afternoon. She even skipped her usual stretching at Balance class.
MooMoo is happily rewarded with her 21km medal. This is MooMoo's 4th half marathon and MooMoo's personal best timing were her 3rd half marathon with the timing 02:38:11s. It makes a difference when you train and you do not train. Hahaha! :p MooMoo would like to work towards a timing of 02:30:00s for her half marathon. Ganbatte!!! ^=^
Great Eastern Women Run
Date: 11/11/2012
Distance: 21km
Timing: 02:50:35s
Venue: The Float@Marina
* MooMoo's body is already boycotting MooMoo's action... system seems to be shutting down on MooMoo... time to zZz... hope she gets well soon this weekend... Nite NitezZz....
2 comments:
well done moo :-)
Thanks, Steph! ^=^
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