Weekend updates - Carbo Loading 2 / AHM 2006

Sat- Carbo Loading Session 2

As promised hedgehog organise the final round of carbo loadin a day prior to the AHM at pizza hut. I was first to arrive and immediate went to queue up for a table ( part of the kiasu traits we possessed) . then came roonz, ripley, alec chua, weishan and last but not least hedgehog. Special guest was TLR and FD who came unannounce luckily we still have extra seats available.

Had 2 family meals of pizza ( seafood and hawailian) and a main dish for each of us. Service quality was rather appaling for both the captain and the waitress who served us. Waitress was frowning everytime we requested something or while serving us. The captain on the other hand well did not smile at all.

Despite that we all had a great time makaning, chatting and i believe this session helped me in my AHM the next day.


















Hedgehog making a bold effort remembering all our orders.. thou mine didn't came out as planned













Food galore... well not everything is out yet .. but still looked tempting












And one for the road..

Sunday - AHM 2006 - A series of unfortunate event



















After carbo load headed home and tried to sleep but as usual anxiety attack sets in and i could not sleep till abt 1am. With only 2 hours of sleep i woke up at 3.20am to pick up the rest of the gang, SV, Weishan , Roonz and james.

Reached at about 4.20am hoping to get a lot at capital center but instead was greeted by the security guard who simplily wave his hands to signal that carpark lot is full. Argh i had to drive down 2 streets to get a parking lot. After rendevous with angelica and daisaki to put their bags into the car.














Flag off

We hurried down to esplanade bridge for the flag off after that. And that was when i realised that i left the race chip in the car. Plus it was rather late to run back and get it , i had to make the painful decision of just running without it. What a boo boo.

Amidst the crowd we managed to find the sgrunner group there. As usual sotong's head was the indicator for the group he is so tall. Flag off at 5.30am , started off the same route as last yr but the twist was at eastcoast , where we headed downtown instead. Tragedy sets in once i started running there was a sharp pain on my right ankle. which comes in on and off thru out the whole race.. had no choice but to bear with it at the same time i felt my feet was wet and blister started to set in.

Unlike last year there weren't any traffic and almost smooth sailing route. This year has traffic light planted all over the route. But thankfully i was stopped by the traffic police only once or twice thru out the race others weren't that lucky (some sgrunners were stopped 7-8 times).












The runners jostling for position

At one stage , some where turning into Havelock road, me , charmane and nemo was pitching our speed and endurance at each other. We seems not to be able to move ahead and was on par for a rather long time till after chinatown. I decided to open up my stride after encountering with tekko who told me the end was near. I speed off with my last breath ( probably a mix of nitrogen and oxygen) , with 500m left i spotted another speed monster RSM. She was fast and i think i came in only meer sec ahead of her. Looking at my timing wow 1hr 53mins a new PB, thats more then 30mins of improvement from last year timing.



















The Medal













The drinks

At the finished line i did some warm down session before heading to grab my cuppa milo and banana .. Was first to be greeted by IMD who came in way ahead as usual while waiting for the rest to get back i got back to my car and took out the DSLR and race chip. Took some photos and after we had washed up. We head down to marina square foodcourt for another get together makan session. As usual sinful food are up on our list.














The parting shot

Went home with a sense of satisfaction and achievement. Till next year..

"on a different note : my IPOD nano just well malfunctioned.. sigh"