The Human Race 10K

Nike Human Race 10km

Headed down to The Padang on Sunday afternoon to meet Lee and his friends for the Nike Human Race 10km. It was probably my first official race after injuring my ankle tendon. Not that it had recovered though. Was feeling rather excited for the run yet worried hoping that the run will not aggreveate the injury much worse.

And so I rushed down to City Hall hoping to be the first 5000 to be able to put my bag at teh baggage claim. Yes limited to 5000 runners only on the first come first serve basis. So being a typically Kiasu Singaporean, I headed down at 220pm hoping to beat the crowd. Everywhere you went from City Hall MRT to the Padang, everyone was wearing red as though it was some auspicious day of the year! But it was kind of cool to see so many people up for the 10km challenge for charity.

And so the race was split into 3 categories. The red section for runners running below 50mins, blue section for those under 60mins (which was my section) and the green for leisure runners. This was to ensure that most runners do not block the way of the faster runners. But once the race started all hell broke lose! All those school kids with their friends were like chionging for the first part to act "seh" and probably show of to the girls around there and by 4oom or even 800m, they started walking and blocking the way of the faster runners who were caught at the back. Worse still they didn't even have the simple courtesy of walking to the side of the running lane. They had to walk side by side blocking up the whole traffic behind them. How inconsiderate. I had to push one guy to the side and shout "if you wanna walk walk to the side larhh and not hog up the traffic!" It was so getting on my nerve already. Coupled the fact that I wasn't able to run at my normal speed at the start due to the traffic made me exploded. Yes I have a bad temper.

So the race route was ok. Just a little crammed up at the start. But it was an eye opening route running through the city into Clarke Quay. The little bout of rain at the mid point of the race made the run ever so refreshing for me. Oh and I smiled for every single camera I saw on the way hahah hoping to get a nice pic of me while I was running. As you know, I never had a good pic for any of my races. They were always pictures of me and my shagged look. Hahaha.. Yeah and so the race ended quite quickly for me. Yeah being a season runner, the 10km was considered a short run for me. Moreover I did 2 marathons already! I was quite satisfied as I sprinted pass the finishing line and seeing the clock at 1hr 3o plus seconds. At least I know I still got what it takes to run a 10km with an ankle injuring and without proper training for like 3 months. It probably would also be faster if I wasn't held up at the start of the race. So hey it wasn't that bad.

Now I'm just hoping that my official time hits below an hour =)