Sacuony 100 Plus Passion Run

This morning was the Saucony 100 Plus Passion Run held at East Coast Park. It began at 7.30 am. The guest of honour was MP Fatima Lateef, MP for Marine Parade GRC. The special guest was Senior Minister Mr Goh Chok Tong.

This is a view of the stage before the prize presentation ceremony.

I reached East Coast Park about 7.20 am. Then i met up with a few of my CJC running mates and we did our warm up together at the beach. The sea is less than 50m away. Our race was the competitive boy's junior below 19 years and the distance was 5 km.

This is a view of the finishing point . The start point is just behind. All runners had to run on the running track first then u turn and run on the bicycle track which was side by side. We had to step on the mat to start as we were using championchips. At the 2.5km mark which was at McDonald's we u- turned and there was a mat. Finally when we reached the finishing line, there were two mats. The official then requested we return our championchips...

This was taken just after the finishing point. Many runners just sat on the grass and rested. Cups of 100 Plus (the main title sponsor) were given out.

The Saucony Booth....

The goodie bag collection area...

The man holding the banner is none other than Senior Minister. MP Lateef is on his right. The banner holds all the sponsors' signatures... Can you spot SM's signature? (Hint: It is just above the lowest man's head on the banner)

These are the winners in my category. Congrats to Calvin, Reuben and Jackie for being in the top 10. Recognise the 5th guy from the left? Yes, he is none other than Mok Ying Ren... so far on e of the best runners below 19 in Singapore. Any race for boys below 19 he will always be first...

A photo for keepsake.... I did not dare to run very fast as the Nationals (800m ) is tomorrow. I did the 5km in 25 min.... Aunty Roda was 3rd in her race and Uncle Kalai was 6th. Congrats!

Aunty Josephine, Uncle Hafiz and Uncle Tan also ran in the 10 km race.

This is my Saucony t-shirt.

In my goodie bag there was:

1. a specially designed drawstring bag

2. A Passion white colour bathtowel

3. Filliz Pasta

4. A DIS Paper fan

5. COmplimentary Tan from Fabulous Tan

6.Get Active Get Healthy booklet from Health Promotion Board

7. 30% discount voucher from Saucony

8. Ricola sweet

9. Protect yourself and your family from Dengue booklet from National Environmental Agency

10. 15% discount voucher from Polar Heart Rate Monitors

All this plus the satisfaction of running a race cost only $12. I really enjoyed myself today.

Till my next run tomorrow...