Guys will be guys!

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Fight for the captain's ball not over the game of captain's ball... What a joke!

Damn unlucky!

I need to learn how to tie knots again man

2km more to go

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It's here! I nearly cried at this point! I've made it here ! Two more km .. And I can go have my breakfast cum lunch.. No matter how hard i've try, I can't lift my legs to jog .. Not even at the sound of cheers and horns.. Then it happened .. I passed the finishing line!!! At the last 100 m, I mustered all the last remaining strength and courage to 'sprint' to the finishing line, with a 'smile' too! I seriously told myself.. No more man , no more!

Less than 10km to go!!

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With a strict diet of water, isotonic drink, power gels & bananas, I managed to reach this ironic milestone.. Neither here nor there, cannot turn back and another 1hours or so more!!!

I will survive

Push on.. Run,jog,walk,crawl whatever it takes to cross the finishing line was what I constantly shouted to myself!!! With a shrill combination of jog & brisk walk I made it to the 21 km turning point.. Now the real challenge starts ! Before the race I told myself, at my pace I need at least 5hrs to cross the finish line. Therefore mentally I told myself to just drift away before daybreaks so as to 'waste some time' my legs are cramping up badly with each step.. When I try to run, my thigh cramped. When I try to jog, my inner thigh cramped. When I do brisk walk, my calves and hamstring cramped. Lol!

Slow and steady..

Along the way, I maintained a steady pace.. And i've encouraged a whole deal of racers to strive on by giving them a pat on their backs.. Boy! You can see their tired demeanor morph into a smile! To be realistic, I know my body could not take the beating of 42km thus I decided to split the KM into segments, 3 segments of 15kms each. Never did I know that upon reaching the 15 km mark, the cramps had dwarfed on me.. I was a poor soul in need of tiger balm or relaxant spray! Thus I half staggered to the first aid tent which was damned far btw for some relief.. At that point I knew that my legs were gone.. And I was damned dehydrated! But I have a whole deal in front of me.. At least 30km more!!!

Woopee it's over ..

Yeah! I've accomplished the goals that I've set for myself at the start of this year. That is to complete a triathlon and a full marathon. The event of the year- standard chartered Singapore marathon 2009. I've completed it in 6hrs. It was a early morning for me on the race day. I've had to wake up at 3.30am so as to catch the shuttle bus to the venue from cck stadium at 4am. Free bus ride in the end due to some cock up. Reached the Padang. Walked towards the esplanade to look a toilet.. But to no avail so had to make do at a nearby bush. At 5.15am, got ready at the starting point to flag off.. The feeling was nervous and surreal as this is it.. No turning back now! Got ready my mp3 player.. Final min.. Silence in the crowd.. And off we go!