Sports Day

Today we had the company sports day. Got up same old routine, as I was early, both the wife and me went out together to the bus-stop. On the way she keeps telling me, 'you know you better put my number on speed dial number 1, in case you collapse they know who to call'. 'TTSH is nearer, try to get warded there' -- wah see me no up one. Last words from her before she boarded the bus was 'Run, Forest, Run'. Afternoon was the event, weather was cooling, they held it at Yio Chu Kang stadium, hey that's near my old office ha ha ... pretty professional setup they have fitness people around to do warms ups and organise the events. They even had a medical team on standby. (and they were needed) CIO came to the event in track pants and tank top to give her support, pretty sporting of her althought she did not participate. They provided snacks even. (ok here is where I try added an image) They had a can isotonic drink, plain water, a power bar and a banana (not in picture, hungry ate it already :) Noisey bunch of people, one department even had their own cheer leading group, you know those type of "Everywhere you go ohh, people want to know ohh ....." or the "North, South, East, West, Who is the best ...." type of cheers. First event of the day 50m Men's open. Horn goes off and one guy crosses the finishing line and falls down (slip) picks himself up and has to be attended by the medics who tape up his bruisers. Ladies open 100m, after the first 30m one lady falls down, then at the finishing line my department's runner was leading and she FELL, the finger tips were inches, INCHES from the end line, you know how close that was, everyone pass her, so sad. Mens 200m open, another casualty and again from my department, falls at the 150m mark. All had to be attended to by the medics. The other fall was in the management race, one of the HOD's fell over. Finally the 400m, my race. there would be 7 runners. Horn goes off, race starts, I felt ok 100, 200, 300, at the 325 mark that was when the mind says go but the body says no. So in the end I finished 3rd .... from the back, ya ended up 5th, well not too bad, at least not last. BUT totally exhausted. Later it was the 4x400m, I started, this race I felt much better, maybe first round enough warm up already, anyways there were 5 teams and we missed out came in 4th. At least not last ha ha... Final thing I played in was Telematch was suppose to play Human Table Soccer, the other being Captains Ball. Now the mix match bunch of us made up of 3 guys and 7 girls. Going up against a team with 6 guys and 4 girls. Of course totally out class in those 5 mins of play, and I was playing defence with 2 other ladies, a guy was in goal and our attack made up of 3 ladies with a midfield of 1 guy, 2 girls, the hardest job was in defence man as the other team practically camp in our half, firing shot after shot, and we had to block shot after shot, one almost took my head off. In the end they managed to get in 1 goal. Well overall I survived the ordeal, it was fun, enjoyed myself. Will see how when I wake up tomorrow and how sore the body will be :)