NATIONAL VERTICAL MARATHON 2006!!!

our training, once a week for 4 weeks, did not go to waste afterall... my team came in 5th out of 40 teams!!

it's so cool because before the climb, we were predicting that we will at most get 20th position out of 40.. and OMG.. it's freaking OPEN category.. with all the zai pple. haha.. pre-climb photo.. looking happy and relaxed as we (once again) wear back our odac shirts. heee.. it's been almost 2 years since i wore that!
queuing up to go to the start line... hmm.. we were damn nervous at this point.. the number 127 is our queue number. btw, that's lek, me, eleanor, meng heng and sam (from left to right!)..that's the time then. 12:08.. we were gonna start running at 12:10 i think. haha.. between each team, there's a 2 minute interval. heee... and we still have time to take photo.. haha!

here we go!! usually, pple will run to the stairs jus to look zai.. i think it's damn funny cuz when u reach the stairs, u will naturally slow down then start climbing.

anyway during the climb, we all managed to overtake pple which is kinda cool and really encouraging because as i said, there's a 2 min interval between teams.. so yupz.

i managed to overtake 2 girls. although i was damn tired, i felt kinda good. haha. and it really made me go that much further. but at the 40th storey i was gonna overtake this fat guy and he's such a bully.. he hogged the stairs and refused to let me cut him. such an ass. then what? in the end, he was only one sec in front of me.

at the top, it's amazing. there's a million photographers trying to snap pictures. and once again, it's a good feeling. haha... like some marathon runner coming in first or something and everyone wants to take a picture of her.. haha.. right. i'm imagining things and crappy. this is after the climb.. we all look so fresh still.. but actually we were damn shagged. i must say we all did well..
posing with our medals and the hamper that is full of drinks!!

i'm feeling really happy now.. think the feeling of getting a prize for our hard work is finally sinking in.. and of all the stuff that i ever joined, this is my first medal. i usually only get trophies if anything at all.. haha..
met my primary sch friend.. u might recongnize her from her marathon runs n all.. she's always getting top 3 at least for her competitions and today was no exception. she took part in individual women's category and she came in first! she took only 7:02 mins to climb 43 storeys! i'll never be able to do that!! haha..

haiz. i realize that i really miss the odac pple. although they always make fun of me. i believe and i know that it's all in good fun. i miss training every twice a week.. doing crazy stunts and runs and trekking and going for expeditions and chilling and complaining that training is mad.. and i'm tired and all that.. and it feels great to be joining this with them! i miss not being able to sleep at night cuz i'm worried abt the competition the next day. i wanna feel the adrenaline rush! i wanna do more things together again.. they're going to berkelah soon and i cant go cuz of schoolwork.. haiz. it's always like that!! booo....

oh well. at least we have one month free membership from planet fitness (cuz of NVM 2006) so i guess we can all join the fitness class tog.. at least for one more month.... :)

and i shld add that although lionel was not there physically and was sleeping at the time i was climbing, he was really supportive throughout my training. been enduring with all my complains n whines and wishing me luck and all the hugs and msgs.. thankew! heee..