Mizuno Wave Run 10km at Bedok Reservoir

This morning was the Mizuno Wave Run. When I woke up at 6 am it was raining. So i stayed in bed longer. I arrived at the starting point at Temasek Polytechnic Sport s Complex at 7.10 am. It was where the run was held.

This is a banner regarding the run they displayed outside Bedok Reservoir Park .

This is Bedok Reservoir, the ending point of the run. Actually i did not know that ending point had changed. Orginally the starting and end point was Temasek Polytechnic sports complex but later the ending point was changed to Bedok Reservoir near the toilets. The photo was taken as i was leaving the park @9.40 am. At that time the weather was much better and the sun had come out.

The scene at 7.10 am at the sports stadium at Temasek Polytechnic. At the time there was still a slight drizzle and there was a massive jam to enter the polytechnic.

The scen at 7.25 am. The runners had to run thru' the arch to start the race. The sky still looked dark and overcast. This is a section of the crowd. There were 7,000 runners at the starting line. Wow!

My number tag. :) There was a baggage tag, a goodie bag tag. Also a lucky draw tag.

The race was supposed to start at 7.30 am. However, because of the rain, the start time was delayed.

Anyway a bus came in at 7.35 am escorted by the police car ( below). A gourp of people got down the bus. They were the Aljunied GRC MPs and grassroots leaders. The lady waving is MP Cynthia Phua. The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr George Yeo also came. On his left was Mdm Lim Hwee Hua. On her left was the MP and Mayor of Northeast CDC Abdul Rasheed. I think MP Yeo Guat Kwang also came.

The flag off was done by the MPs by blowing their horns, and away we went! The ground was wet and slippery after the rain earlier. Luckily the rain had stopped. But the sky was still cloudy.

I ran past the stadium grandstand and then we ran out of the stadium. There was a backgate behind the stadium which was opened . It was the link to Bedok reservoir. Oh boy! It was crowded getting into Bedok reservoir. The linkway was so narrow. I spent my time just walking as all the runners in front of me was squeezing through the gate too. The footpath was so narrow. How to run fast? It was only at Bedok reservoir (see above) that i was able to run. We ran almost one round around Bedok Reservoir, then we left it and ran out of the resevoir onto the road and to run past the polytechnic. We were not allowed to run on the road, just the pavement as there were cars. The road was not closed. When i tried to overtake on the road, a traffic policeman told me to return to the pavement. ! How to run like that? We then ran the whole length of the polytechnic. We then turned back into the reservoir at the pumping station. Still another 3 km. My shoes were already so muddy because the ground was wet.

A beautiful scene of the reservoir. It looked so calm and peaceful.

The ending point was supposed to be the mizuno ballon arch. Or was it? When i ran past the arch i slowed down to a walk as i thought i had finished. Then i found out the finishing point was some 50m away at the clock timer. Or was it at the 'finish ' banner further down? So confusing. Later the organisers took away the timer and announced the finish was the mizuno ballon arch. The finish banner was for the aljunied grc jogathon. So the MPs attended two events in one day?And was that why the finish point was shifted from temasek polytechnic to bedok reservoir?

I finished the race in 49min, way off my personal best. At least it was still below 50min, i consoled myself.

Aunty Roda came in 6th. I was very happy for her. Uncle Kalai, Uncle Jo, Aunty Moy Hong and Aunty Josephine also ran.

The stage. The guy in purple tshirt is from aljunied grc. There was a long stream of people wearing purple tshirts yesterday.

The organisers, vgo corp distributors of mizuno products donated $30,000 to Aljunied GRC. This is the cheque. I think it was for the Bedok Reservoir Dragonboat Club.

Rows of Mizuno shoes for display only. No one was buying any. Wish i could own a mizuno wave shoe...

Another fringe activity. Selling plants ...

The queue for the goodie bag. This year everyone queued up in the same queue even though the sizes of the tshirts was s,m, l and xl. Even male and female were not separated.Very very long queue...

The baggage collection area was also chaotic and unclaimed bags were thrown on the muddy ground... I felt very sorry for those owners. With with already muddy shoes and clothes and a long queue for the goodie bag, i am sure the last thing the runners want is a muddy bag or worse lost bag.

In my goodie bag, there was

1.mizuno dry fit running vest

2..mizuno shoe bag(very nice and big - can put in 2 pairs of shoes)

3. true yoga class and gym membership 7 day trial

Till my next run!