201A

yap, thats me, n 201B is pete, my buddy in legs n paddles 2006..

we were scheduled for the first wave to flag off at 8.30 (actually is i arrange one lar, cos not as hot compared to the 12.30 wave mah.. hee).. suppose to report 1hr in advance, i took 70 from my house n reached at 6.50!! haha.. tat was freaking early.. so i took a stroll ard kallang basin..


den along came pete.. too bad, we din hav telepathy to wear the same adidas black running singlet.. (he lar, go wear the chio orange nike singlet.. damnit..) haha..

there was a delay so we flag off at ard 9plus.. the race format is 201A will run 5km, followed by both 201A and 201B kayaking 2.4km in a pair kayak, followed by 201B running another 5km.. yap, off i went n oni completed the 5km in 25mins(coming back ard the 8th person in the wave of 20).. sian.. i tink the route is longer den 5km.. haha.. anyway, yar, came back for the kayaking with pete..


den after less den 20mins of kayaking, we came back in(7th position).. pete did his changing while i rest waiting for him to return from his run..



at 49:49, the top team of our wave came back.. (they got overall champion in the end)

den the 2nd, den the 3rd, all mins apart.. pete was nowhere seen.. i tot he could catch up.. a sudden bad hutch tat he might hav lost his way.. cos 20plus mins le n i dun c him anywhere near the end point.. true enough, he HOLANDED n took 26mins to come back.. he missed the stairs up the Merdeka bridge n down back to the end point, went to PA n made his debut detour ard it can came in ard 12th position of our wave.. timing, 1:08..

he was in pace, or rather catching up with a black figure until suddenly tat guy disappeared (or rather he juz climb the correct staircase).. to rub salt on the wound, tat black figure's pair was the overall third.. thus, bye to our 3rd (wa, our first legs n paddles not bad sia..) n harlow to embarrassment.. haha..

of cos, we can blame the organisers for not having sufficient marshallers, or road signs or dumb routing, or the uncle who cheated pete by saying he is on the correct oath.. but end of the day, who can we blame but ourselves.. moral of the story?!?! its not abt how fast u run, its abt running the rite route.. haha..

the biggest loser is not our team, but the 2XXB(the one in maroon army singlet in the previous pic) who decided to follow pete n got HOLANDED together.. haha.. he was damn tu-lan when he came in n realised tat he got led the wrong way by the bugger in front(which is of cos champion pete).. haha..

for me, ok lar, without pete, i wouldn't hav joined the competition, much less even dream of winning sumthing (imagine my run so lousy, well, bad enough i guess).. summore i guess its wat i call team spirit.. 9yrs of frenship, its definitely not worth throwing it away due to a race..

so the 2 of us made our way to the toilet ot hide almost IMMEDIATELY.. haha.. well, shower?!?! not yet!! haha.. juz for "picture perfect".. haha..

a little nudity wun kill lar, hor?!?! haha, well, we took off the shirts for the previous photo mah, so din really bother to put back on.. n my phone got timer function sia!!! haha..

after cleaning up was LUNCH!!! well, the race was over for us when pete took the wrong route.. so no point going for the prize presentation.. yar, we r sore-losers.. haha.. anywayzz, yar, had a hearty meal at Kenny Rogers Marina Square..
another wrong decision made.. we ordered one quarter chicken each, plus shared a pot pie.. god, we were so so full!! pple out there, dun ever underestimate the generousity of the kenny rogers' staff!!



its quite an experience actually.. if pete dun look for another partner, i guess we will take part as a team again next year.. hehe..