Inter Con 2008 Results

What the heck! The Inter Con results are out and what a screw up! First, our team was supposed to be in 8th place but it was subsequently revised to 9th.

Then the individual results were released and my time is stated as 29:28 but my watch time was 27:38. There was no way my timing is off by almost 2 minutes even if I used chip time which I did not! Further, one of my team mate's time was stated as 29:26 placing him in front of me when I saw him finish behind me!

The photos taken are the evidence. The time stamped on my photo at the straight line to the finish line - roughly 50 metres away was 5:54:35 while my team mate (who finished faster than me according to the result)- the time on his photo was 5:56:30 a clear 2 minutes behind. There is no way he could have caught up with me over 50 metres and cover a 2 minutes deficit unless I had fell down or slept on the floor! Further evidence, another team mate, Zco who was in front of me - (his official result was 27:01) and the time on his photo was 5:54:07 so I couldn't have taken 2 minutes to run the 50 metres. Even my grandmother, God bless her soul, could have walked faster than that!

Although there is no prize and I am still unplaced no matter what timing, it is a matter of principle to me. Of course, all this ranting is not going to do anything or alter the result but if any of the people in charge of the timing system is reading this, your timing program sucks! And I truly hope it will be more accurate come the AHM.

One thing for sure, this is truly my last inter con run.

Shape Run 2008 Video

My daughter said this has got to be the most boring video she ever seen but hey it's better than watching cheese matures. But true be said, the first time I reviewed it after the race, I felt asleep halfway. The next instance when I was editing it, I also fell asleep midway through it!

So be warned - this is for the insomniac and those who got absolutely nothing to do but want to sit through a solid 15 minutes of non stop ladies running. But than again, who knows, you may just catch a glimpse of yourself.

Part 1: (Under 55 mins runners)


Part 2: (Above 55 mins runners)

One more to go

Me: Oi - 3 more days to go before loyalty discount ends. So how?

M: Anything.

Me: What is anything? Half or Full?

M: I think Full lah.

Me: Good. I take your photo at the finish line when you come in:)

M: No no you have to run with me!

Me: But I don't want to do the full leh. I too lazy to train

M: You already signed up for the PI run what. That one is progressive training already you know!

Me :-s Yeah and who signed me up for the PI?

Woman's logic:-@

So another 4 more months of huffing, bluffing away. My poor legs.;_;

So from promising myself not going to do any, I am going to end up with 2. (_*_)

Mizuno Wave Run 2008

Approached this race with apprehension. After last year screw up, originally didn't want to sign up. But then M went to sign up after persuasion from a friend who told her she might get a chance to come in top 10 since there was not that many runners in her category. So to keep her company, managed to swindle a complimentary entry courtesy of Running Lab.

As things turn out, the race was much better organised this year except for the route. There was no road closure and on certain part of the route, we had to run on a narrow pavement 2 abreast. Also, thought they were going to do the race in waves but ended up they did not do so. Still other than this, everything else was pretty okay. Weather was good. It threatened to rain but did not and was cloudy throughout. Did a pretty consistent run throughout and finished in 52:43 (self timed). There was an announcement before the race that the actual distance was 10.3km so this will likely be a PB for me. Yeah! M came in slightly slower than last week Shape Run at 55+. That put her out of the running for a top 10 finish. Ha ha she need to put in more effort than this if she want to finish top few!

Bummed into many sgrunners and also M's boss' husband. Took a photo with him. He said he's going to run next year race. The official with him looked skeptical lol but this big shot, got money anything also can.

A sneak preview of some of the photos taken by Alicia:

All the complete photos here