Lame n idiotic: Vertical Marathon

Tuesday, February 22, 2005

After all my 3 wks of quite vigorous trainin, i woke up n prepared myself 4 the vertical marathon. After washin up, i left my hse 2 hawker centre 4 a fishball noodle breakfast. After tat, take mrt all the way 2 tanjong pagar 2 meet my teammates. Once i stepped out frm the mrt station, upon mi is a damn high buildin which i was going 2 climb later. I was quite nervous abt it @ tat time. While waitin 4 registration, i heeded caimin advice n we went 2 buy a red bull 2 drink s it can relieve fatigue. blieve mi it realli works 4 mi durin the race. After a while, time 4 registration n our sch so suay 1st 2 report n 1st 2 start the JC category. b4 the race, Our pres, Gk leaded us wif a prayer n i happened 2 start after aaron's odac grp. Grps r released @ every 2 min interval. Soon we were next. My heart rate starts increasing. I keep tellin myself juz treat it like norm trainin but 2 no avail. B4 i can realli settle dwn the race alreadi started. we ran n turned a few times b4 reachin the stair case. caimin qiong 1st followed by mi huihan n vicki n sharon. After climbin 1 flight of the stairs, huihan n mi was damn pissed lor. He voiced out behind mi quite loudly tat we always train @ staircase that req riteward turns but temasek tower is leftward turn 2 another flight of staircase. 4 mi, s usual, curse loudly s the the flight of staircase 4 half a storey is double the flight of HDB staircase 4 half a storey which we usually train lor. Wah after piaing up 2 17 storey i started 2 use handrails on the side 2 push myself. S i go up, air get less dense n harder 2 breathe. Wah that was realli the 1st time i heard myself breathin so loudly. Finally stopped @ 35 4 water. But once i drink the water dunno y i cannot swallow it dwn n it juz spit out n unfortunately on2 other cups of water. But i heck care liao time is crucial. I tried nt 2 look @ the storey numbers such tat i can push myself. Howeva, rd marshals keep sayin things like 25 storeys 2 go which totally turn off mi but cant blame them coz they juz wan 2 encourage us 2 push on. Finally reached the top n c huihan n aaron up there. wah huihan timing damn fast 7 min plus while aaron claim my time is abt 8 min plus. Wah the feelin up there n completin the comp is undescribable. Damn tired but relieved n happy 2 conquer the buildin n the view is magnificent. Soon all my teammates arrived n after restin we went dwn luckily by lifts. Sigh the result is disappointin coz i tot we can get in2 top 10 but aiyah. our sch suay oso coz no team get in2 top 10. if we can train more i tik our team can definitely get in2 top 10 but thx 2 pple like baba who confirm the teams so late. Now i can juz hope tat my real individual time is 8 min plus like wad aaron says coz it will prove 2 mi tat my trainings didnt go dwn the drain n 2 me it is realli an achievement 4 mi 2 join tis comp 1st time n get tis timin.