The Race
on 8th march, it was our school cross-country race. Being in the track and field team, I was quite confident of getting the top 15 but I was still a bit nervous at the starting line. I did not know why of course. With Mr Paul Lim standing in front of me, I was even afraid that I may knock into him or maybe even trip him. Looking around, I saw many of my friends and run mates and a person who was extremely tall. WAHH!!! my heart started beating even faster... Then all of a sudden, the horn went BOOHHH....and everyone started raising their legs to move... I started sprinting off as well. I think I lagged a bit which delayed me, resulting in many people being in front of me already.
Siaming everyone in front of me, I ran to the grass as Mr Chew told me that it was better to run on the grass. Cutting many people, I got myself to the front, leading the whole crowd. That feeling was both GREAT but STRESSFUL. Who knows when you will get overtaken right?
part 2---the jungle...
As the leader all I could do was to run and look ahead. UNFORTUNATELY, I was overtaken by ZHI RONG, my minotaur teammate. After a while, Hendy overtook me as well and I was sad, a bit demoralised but I kept going as I knew I was able to catch up with them. Oh ya!!! Together with the two people was the guest runner... As we approached the BOYS-GIRLS split road, the gap between me and the group started to grow bigger. HOWEVER, I continued running, opening up my strides, taking bigger steps to close up the gap. As I got nearer to ZHI RONG, I started to run faster in order to overtake him. 1 down 2 more to go... THEN... I saw light! It was the opening of the jungle, which leads to the expressway, the tar road, the heat and hardness of the road!
part 3---the insolation of the SUN
As I struggled my way through all the small rocks and pebbles, I arrived on the hard land. I slowed down as I was already exhausted. AT THAT POINT, Min Zhang overtook me and zoomed pass me! I was like 'WAH, sian 1 down 1 increase...' so I continued running with the motivation from a marshal to catch up the guest runner. Passing the 1st bus stop, I got nearer to the guest runner. Out from no where, was the FEARFUL PRC!!! He was as good as walking as he 'walk' passed me... at the point, it was the battle of the fitest between the 3 of us... the guest runner, the PRC and the person who got 3rd...haha. With his HUGE strides, the PRC overtook both of us in just a matter of STEPS. I tried pacing him and we both overtook the guest runner.
Soon, the space between the PRC and me started opening up. I was tired, fatique overwhelmed me as I struggled to continue running. I was slowly fading off... Focusing, I tried to concentrate and started running even faster... At the 3rd and last bus stop, I saw Mdm Lalitha who was cheering for me!!! With that morale booster, I gathered my last bit of strength and started opening up my steps... I saw Min Zhang getting closer to me and tried to chase him. I got closer to him everytime I put my feet on the ground. Down the slope and up again... At the steep and long up slope, I managed to catch up with Min Zhang and I showed the 'GOOD' sign with my hands and continued on. Finishing the up slope, I was left with just the downslope.
part 4----the LAST stretch _______
ALL OF A SUDDEN, it started to get noisy, with all the cheering and everything...it sure did gave me the energy to finish up the last stretch with all the might I had. At that point, I DASH DOWN THE SLOPE, running as fast as I could. Everything around me all remained blur as I could not concentrate on so many things at that moment. All I heard was noise. With my spectacles bouncing up and down, I finished the race!!!! Despite the nauseous feeling within me, I felt a sense of achievement!! 3rd was what I got...
Siaming everyone in front of me, I ran to the grass as Mr Chew told me that it was better to run on the grass. Cutting many people, I got myself to the front, leading the whole crowd. That feeling was both GREAT but STRESSFUL. Who knows when you will get overtaken right?
part 2---the jungle...
As the leader all I could do was to run and look ahead. UNFORTUNATELY, I was overtaken by ZHI RONG, my minotaur teammate. After a while, Hendy overtook me as well and I was sad, a bit demoralised but I kept going as I knew I was able to catch up with them. Oh ya!!! Together with the two people was the guest runner... As we approached the BOYS-GIRLS split road, the gap between me and the group started to grow bigger. HOWEVER, I continued running, opening up my strides, taking bigger steps to close up the gap. As I got nearer to ZHI RONG, I started to run faster in order to overtake him. 1 down 2 more to go... THEN... I saw light! It was the opening of the jungle, which leads to the expressway, the tar road, the heat and hardness of the road!
part 3---the insolation of the SUN
As I struggled my way through all the small rocks and pebbles, I arrived on the hard land. I slowed down as I was already exhausted. AT THAT POINT, Min Zhang overtook me and zoomed pass me! I was like 'WAH, sian 1 down 1 increase...' so I continued running with the motivation from a marshal to catch up the guest runner. Passing the 1st bus stop, I got nearer to the guest runner. Out from no where, was the FEARFUL PRC!!! He was as good as walking as he 'walk' passed me... at the point, it was the battle of the fitest between the 3 of us... the guest runner, the PRC and the person who got 3rd...haha. With his HUGE strides, the PRC overtook both of us in just a matter of STEPS. I tried pacing him and we both overtook the guest runner.
Soon, the space between the PRC and me started opening up. I was tired, fatique overwhelmed me as I struggled to continue running. I was slowly fading off... Focusing, I tried to concentrate and started running even faster... At the 3rd and last bus stop, I saw Mdm Lalitha who was cheering for me!!! With that morale booster, I gathered my last bit of strength and started opening up my steps... I saw Min Zhang getting closer to me and tried to chase him. I got closer to him everytime I put my feet on the ground. Down the slope and up again... At the steep and long up slope, I managed to catch up with Min Zhang and I showed the 'GOOD' sign with my hands and continued on. Finishing the up slope, I was left with just the downslope.
part 4----the LAST stretch _______
ALL OF A SUDDEN, it started to get noisy, with all the cheering and everything...it sure did gave me the energy to finish up the last stretch with all the might I had. At that point, I DASH DOWN THE SLOPE, running as fast as I could. Everything around me all remained blur as I could not concentrate on so many things at that moment. All I heard was noise. With my spectacles bouncing up and down, I finished the race!!!! Despite the nauseous feeling within me, I felt a sense of achievement!! 3rd was what I got...
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