I woke up at 530am last Sunday to go for my 5km SHAPE run with some of my colleagues. And being the ever sweet hubby that he is, K woke up together with me and drove me there.
4 years ago, my timing for 10km at the Standard Chartered run was 1hour 10mins. Last Sunday, i took 43 minutes just to run 5km.. Boy am i out of SHAPE!! = P
At first, i thought i could do it, but after running for the first 4km, i had to walk. My shins are still hurting me now. And you know what's the worse part? I actually had a white out plus a mini puking session after the run. The ironic thing was, it was AFTER the run and not DURING. And it happened because of the stupid queue to collect the goodie bag. The whole thing was so badly managed that I don't think i will go to a SHAPE run again. Firstly, there were no ushers there to guide people to the proper queues. The queue for the goodie bag was snaking like nobody's business. So much so that i literally couldn't find the end of the queue. Worse part was, part of the queue got mixed up with the queues for the other stalls that were giving free Bioterm samples and Marigold yogurts. So one could be queuing up for half an hour thinking she's collecting her goodie bag, only to realize after that she's queuing for some stupid yogurt samples.
Secondly, the sun was burning hot. Plus the fact that it was super packed at the queues. There wasn't another way out after you collected the goodie bag, so people had to u-turn and squeeze their way out through the queues again after they got the bags. With everybody squeezing and perspiring like mad, there wasn't not much ventilation at all. After queuing for 45 minutes under the hot sun, i finally saw the bags with 4 people in front of me. It was then that i i felt nauseous and then everything went white and i felt vomit coming out. I couldn't see anything, and kept bumping into people as i pushed my way out of the queue again after collecting my bag. I felt like a bird freed from its cage when i finally pushed through the sea of sweaty women and found a shady spot under a tree where i just sat and buried my face in my hands...
It took me a full 5 minutes before i felt okay again to walk to the MRT station an take the train home.
When i reached home, i took a quick shower before heading off with K for our Sunday movie date. With the M1 1-for-1 movie ticket at Cathay, K and I have made it a point to watch a movie every Sunday if we can. Last Sunday was "Despicable Me". This time round, it was "Sorcerer's Apprentice". It was an okay show with more romancing than magic. The show even had a lame attempt at re-enacting the trademark "broom and mops come alive" scene.. I think "Harry Potter" has more magic than this show. Sigh.. Lucky i only paid half price for it! = )
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