Jeu de Pistes
The title for the inaguaral SMUX Adventure Race. I had a good time with Charlene and Jason. Thanks for being such great teammates guys. =)Just a brief overview of what we did. We swam at the old Chinese High swimming pool, ran from Chinese High to Macritchie, kayaked at the reservoir, trekked from Macritchie to Rifle Range Road, and cycled from Rifle Range Road to Dairy Farm, via the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve biking trail. The race started at 9am, and we finished it in 3 hours and 30 mins.
We could have gotten 1st if we pushed harder initially I felt, but ah well 2nd's alright, and it was quite a good timing I guess. The first team came in 10 minutes ahead of us, and we actually caught up with them at Rifle Range but they pulled away on the bike trail. The 3rd team finished half an hour behind us, so I guess it was quite a good result overall.
It was quite fortunate that Jason's pretty experienced on the Bukit Timah Trail, and I've been on it a few times before too, so we sort of knew what to expect. I must say I really respect Charlene for going through the whole race. She did say she wasn't very confident on a bike. To make matters worse, Charlene has quite a petite built, so the bike was too big for her. Plus anyone that's been on the Bukit Timah Trail knows that it's not good enough to just know how to cycle, you really have to have a keen sense of awareness of your surroundings. Throughout the whole bike trail portion, Jason and I ended up taking turns to sprint forward and then come back for Charlene's bike, while she ran forward. Good strategy.
All that running in the initial stages from Bukit Timah to Macritchie, and from Macritchie to Rifle Range sorta gave us a huge lead on the others, so that made up for the time spent on the bike trail thankfully. I gotta say it was quite well organised, even if it was a small scale event. So kudos to the SMUX committee! Good job guys!
It was too late to go to PUNJ by the time the prizes were given out, so went straight home after the race, and made my way down to Chinatown with my folks for Ah Ma's 83rd Birthday celebration.
Was great to see the whole extended family again. Leave you guys with some photos.
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