Race Review: SIA Charity Run 2017
The SIA Charity Run was the first run that I took part in back in 2014. It was a 5 km fun run then and I joined it after much encouragement from my friend back then. This introduction to the running community in Singapore have brought me back and again for more races and this is also how I started training for longer distances and shorter timings. After waiting for 3 years, the SIA Charity Run is back and of course, I am excited to join it! The starting point this time was at area beside the Singapore flyer (the F1 pit building was the start pen for 2014). As I was part of the 10 km race, we were flagged off at around 7 am. The sun has already risen and it was getting hot. But nonetheless, the weather remained rather windy that day. As it was during the rainy season, I started to notice really dark clouds forming while I was at the 5-6 km mark. With about half the race to go, I started to worry that I would get caught in the rain mid race. Half of me wanted to try running in the...