Standard Chartered Marathon 2008

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Training had begun right after exam and continued after the Real run and into the holidays. Attendance was not 100% but the regulars are all that...regular in their training.



7th Dec came. As usual we all met at Jurong East MRT to board our chartered bus. This time we included our graduating students. With Jackie and company in the midst, the atmosphere is a bit more noisy and celebratory. They sure know how to pitch up the mood.

I also had with me, Ms Heriza, a trainee teacher to assist with photo taking.

Here's the list of the participants.

Teng Jian Hong
Faiz Anis
Zhi Han
Yap Yun Han
Hong Hwee
Jackie
Zhong Han
Maxwell


Kenn Siang was inadvertantly omitted during the registration. I didn't know how it happenned and was truly sorry. Especially when he had diligently put in a lot of practice time. Kenn came anyway, to cheer his friends along. Well... actually, he and Masaki who was also not in the list came and played with their PSB all through out the race. So much for the cheering.

As you can see, the sec 1 runners and Farhana was not in the list. They could only sign up for the kid's dash which was deemed too easy for them at the point of registration. I didn't signed them up and lived to regret this since they had put in a lot of training time. Withand nothing to look forward to, training becomes somewhat pointless other than to maintain their fitness. There would be no other races for them till 2009.

After the race, which all the boys completed, we met some of the ex-students of Commonwealthians. They joined our group and chatted with us. I wished I had my camera to take a group photo of them together. It is not often that you meet ex-students in any event, not with all the people together.

I didn't particularly felt well that day. And although the mood was high for all the participants, mine was at an all time low. All I wanted to do was to go home and have a good rest. It was after all a Sunday. I did admire all the participants for their commitment to their health, though. And so...I made this my new year resolution. To put in running time for the year 2009.....as often as I possibly could.

Cheers to 2009.

P.S: The pictures taken from Ms. Heriza's camera is not very impressive but will do for this post.

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