Woke up early this morning and I didn't even have to drag myself out of bed. Guess I was excited for the upcoming run. Got ready with lots of time to spare and made my way to Vivocity for the 2XU Compression Race.
Took my time to find a good car park lot, smear on Sun Screen, took the lift up to the Sentosa Train Express Station and got to the Beach Station (free entry with the running bib!! Cool man!!), visit the loo and walked to start point with still plenty of time to spare. One of the rare occasions where I make it to a run EARLY. Normally after having to find a carpark, visit the loo and walk/jog to the start pint, the race would already have started:) so this is a first.... for this year!! haha
My second Race of the year (the first was the NE Run last month)!! I covered the 12 km undulating terrain of Sentosa in 1 hr 5 min. Hmmm.... should have done it under an hour but having just recovered from a flu on Thursday, I didn't dare push it too hard for fear of keeling over!! Not worth dying just for a run haha. Even then, I was pushing my heart rate close to 95% quite a fair portion of the race.
This was truly a fun run and I enjoyed myself tremendously - I've not run in Sentosa for quite a while - since the New Balance Real Run moved to Changi. Even tho I ran on my own (the rest of the gang didn't want to run this race), I still had a great time. Met many familiar faces - Team Fatbird runners and also an ex-colleague (who'd have guessed!!)
Plus there were not so many participants (first race by 2XU so I guess not enough hype) so it wasn't so crowded. Running was a breeze and the pace was smooth and steady. Other than the late start (AND I CAME EARLY) and the slightly disorganised directions, this race ran rather smoothly.
I will surely came back next year.... if they organise it again :)
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