F2 run on 11 Mar`07 (Sun)

Took a lift from DR at Serangoon MRT along with DO & cokiee. When we arrived @ ECP F2 carpark, a group had gathered -- tktan, ultra, sealboon, trencen (dropped by after his bike session), alvo & meteror, teelee, sassyrunner, shutelup & his fren etc. DR lead some of them for a warm up run to the lagoon and return back in time for BR and tooty to join in. tktan n me started later as we needed more time to stretch. Time check after making a loop and back to F2 was 20min -- hmm, should be 3.5km instead of my estimate of 4km. We soon caught up with them and lead the way to NSRCC. Most of them were in chatty mood :) Then DR & teelee took the lead at Changi Coast Rd -- the demoralising stretch. DR was wearing HWA luminous orange top -- good target to follow. The road was never ending.... Was hoping to see DR turned in to Changi Beach -- but he kept going straight :( Finally, we reached the first toilet @ Changi Beach! Time check was 1hr 24min -- avg 5:25min/km pace. Took a break to refill my camelbak -- thanks to DO, BR & cokiee for helping to finish the first pack.

On the return leg, the sun was out in full blast. My knee pain kicked in abt then and I slowed down when DR & BR overtook me. When I tried to widen my stride, the pain became more -- so I kept to small stride. Was literally melting under the sun! So glad to reach NSRCC -- hope to have some shade along ECP. Caught up with tktan @ NSC -- his CPU was overheated and needed to cool down. I went on ahead and caught up with BR -- she said she wanna run 2hr only and gonna walk back to F2. Next was teelee -- he was also walking back. Yeah, finally reach F2 and completed the run -- time check was 2hr 34min. DR was chatting with meteror and tooty who did a leisure 10km. tktan came back shortly and we went for a cool down walk before joining the group. While waiting for the rest, we did our stretching. There was a van selling ice cream and cold drinks @ F2 -- thanks to DR for the 100plus treat. When most of them were back, we proceed to shower -- wah, first time I showered in the open n had lotsa fun!

Next was the hightlight of the run -- we set off for Changi Village for beef noodle lunch. I was a satisfied n happy gal after the yummy lunch -- the tough & hot run was all worth it!

Distance : 27km
Time : 2h 34min
Avg pace : 5:42min/km