New Balance Real Run 19 Oct 2008

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We arrived at the hall quite early. Yet there were already throngs of people all set to run the race....very enthusiatic lot they were. My students were rather quiet and subdued. We had met very early and boarded our chartered bus at Jurong MRT. Most of them were not in form. All were sleepy including myself. They had just finished their EOY exams. I wonder whether they could finish the race.... These are the students that participated in the real run.

1200 Chua Zhi Han (Men Youth 15 km)
1201 Nur Farhana (Women Open 10 km)
1202 Teng Jian Hong (Men YOuth 15 km)
1203 Faiz (Men Youth 15 km)
1204 Yap Yun Han (Men Youth 15 km)
1205 Jeff Koh (Men Youth 15 km)
1206 Kong Zhen Yong (Men Youth 15 km)
1207 Leng Kenn Siang (Men Youth 15 km)
1208 Yeo Jun Hian (Men Youth 15 km)
1209 Kuah Kai Xiang (Absent)

Faiz and Farhana had just celebrated the the Eid Fitri and therefore had fasted for whole month of Ramadhan. Silently I had hoped that they had all done their personal training during the exam period. I only saw Faiz at the gym regularly.

And so the day has come and all shall be revealed.

Only Faiz finished at 15th position in the Men Youth category at 15 km. The rest had given their best and finished the race. In the end we do have something to celebrate about.... :). One thing for sure, in future, I will insist that they put in an hour run...exam or no exam.

We had taken nice pictures of the event using my super duper new Sony camera purchased at cheap price at the Esso gas station....of Faiz and his prized trophy, of the boys eating the bananas and sipping 100 plus, of Farhana with her consolation smile, of the celebratory mood of the participants....Alas I have lost it all. The camera and all the priceless images went missing at Club Med Bintan. Nothing was more painful than losing your memory....

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