RUN NUS 2009, which I had eagerly awaited for so long was cancelled today morning due to rain! It felt really disappointing since our race was to start in a few minutes when it began to rain. The Running Clinic, held last week had really amped me up, what with triathlon winner Mok helping with training information and all that!
I arrived with Harish at the NUS tracks at ~0815 for our 12K NUS Mens race, which was to begin at 0900. I stood in the baggage deposit queue, which was long and was moving slower than a snail. The 12K Mens Open had been flagged off at 0800 already. At this point, ominously dark clouds moved in, turning day to night and the skies opened up. My heart sank and we took shelter in the grandstand at the side of the tracks. Our hopes of the rain passing by faded with time and at ~0930 the organizers announced the races cancelled due to inclement weather.
Not one to give up so easily when I had been so close, I waited for the rain to stop. It petered down to a drizzle at ~1100 and Harish and me decided to run the 12K route on our own, to fulfill our satisfaction of having finished the run. But, Nature was not on our side this day and after ~2K the rain turned up the knob to hellish again and we had to beat a hasty retreat. All in all, a dull day!
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