Sunset Run

Last Sunday, several friends and I went to East Park to participate in Sunset Run which was a pre-run of the coming Singapore Passion Run in late May. We intended to leave Eton Hall at half past two in the afternoon. However, the dark clouds descended and it began to pour cats and dogs. After a short discussion, we decided that we must go because it seemed that the rain would not last long. Before we got the bus stop, we were all wet, but no one show any sign of giving up.

It was often mentioned by others that Singapore had a good transportation system. However, it still took up more than one hour to get to East Park. The air conditioning in the bus made all of us frozen since we had already been wet. Our “fire to run” almost went out. Fortunately, it had stopped raining and we were in time to be registered. We were going to run five kilometers!!!

Since I had been exercising every Sunday morning after I came to Singapore, I did not find the race quite challenging. I ran with Yiping for the first four kilometers. I dared not run fast because I found the rate of Yiping’s breath was quite high and his breath was rather shallow. After we past the sign of 4 kilometers, I asked if he wanted to gained a little speed and he said he would rather keep the present speed. So I speeded up and overtook several people. I got completely wet again, not because of rain but sweat. However, to accomplish such a distance in a real race really made me feel well-being.

I was really looking forward to the Singapore passion run. It will be 10 kilometers, doubling the sunset run. It is another challenge. What’s more, it kept be exercising regularly.