Saturday, March 7, 2009
Whoa ok ok gots lots to talk about today. i went for the Milo TRYathlon today and its was great,overall.
it began at around 5am in the morning where i woke up to get ready. it was too damn early for a Saturday:( oh well. luckily shireen aunt was kind enough to pick me up at ard 6:45am. thought that we would be late, wanqi was already reaching.
Then it began to rain.
now im sure all of you know how much i love rain(not the singer). but believe this was one time i DID NOT WANT RAIN! it was like walking in a full scale storm,raindrops were hitting the car left and right. me and my cousin were like " oh great time to head back"
thankfully the rain stopped just before we kicked off. alto the bridge was fairly packed with cars motorcycles lorries and some random ppl, we made it to Tanjong Beach at 7:40am. it was there that we have to wait for the bikes.
it was then that i thought we could'nt make it on time,cuz the bikes were like so long. but thanks alot anw uncle,could'nt have done it without you.
so we were off! honestly speaking i have no clear recollection of my swim. all i remember was running full steam into the water,and apparently i was swimming a great distance even though it was pretty short. the waves kept on striking me in the face and mouth and i just wanted it to end. i walked the last 50m(the water's pretty shallow so can walk all the way). then met up with Wanqi and started the cycle part.
during the cycle someone crashed in a horrible way. it happened like this. as i was taking a small corner, alto i was looking straight ahead from the corner of my right eye i saw one guy swerve directly into the other guy's bike path. the guy went down and skidded for quite a distance. in that same moment he also knocked a cone directly into my path less than a metre in front of me. i muttered "F@#$!" and swerved as well. i slowed and turned, as i wanted to offer help,but marshalls were alrdy running towards him. i really really hope he's alright.
after that i did the run and honestly i was on my last reserves. after which i finished! then rested for abit and went to go see the junior event. the kids were so enthusiastic! they were counting down and then they raced forward in a great blur. some fell down,thank God nothing happened to them. Saw my cousin running and finish. so that makes both of us champions!
then after that had to get the bikes back across to HarbourFront. dont ask me how me and Wanqi did it, but it was one hair raising ride!
finally i just wanna say thanks to everybody who helped me out: shireen aunt for the lift, uncle for the bikes you came in the end this i had no doubt. and cherie's dad for your helmets. and everyone else not mentioned but certainly not forgetten.
and also to Wanqi, for sticking together with me. there were times both of us wanted to give up, but we pushed on together. and after today i realise that true partners are rare to come by and she is one person i know i can totally rely on,no matter what. so this is just a simple thanks:)
Darmuis blogged at 4:07 AM
