the day, the final day.
dismissed at 9am. went to acjc.. laughing, giggling at the television, the team relaxed before having lunch.. after that, we left to go to turf city at 1pm.
the atmosphere, tense. supporters were cheering while runners sat at corners, stretching up and preparing for mental training. praying. warm up, chattering away, trying to cover up the nervousness for the race. elliot stretch us up.. the team had to do immediate strides before taking the first placing at the start line. it wasn enough.. teams lined up accordingly.. the water spray was passed down quickly. before the race start.. 'kegarisn'*peeee* the race starts. seeing everyone sprinting down the start line, me and tiez sprint from there to the downhill. panting away, we reached there just enough to start cheering for the team. then came kevin, third inline followed by the tough competitors. the rest of the team was down the road, trying to keep up with the pacer in front of them. no one was willing to give way to the others, except for some muds playing a fool at the back.
by the start of the last 1.3km kevin was leading, strongly but looking pale.. the lead was big, but the rest were following close.. loong was second, khing followed up close. followed by the xide sebastain and seet. the gap was small, but not small enough. through the curve onto the gravel, speeds were increase, gaps were closed, the last stretch, the final sprint. everone jostled down the final path, fighting for their own rights.. than cheers of joy arose when kevin, followed by loong came down sprinting. but it wasn over.. kaiming took over before finishing, then ronghua sprinted pass them.. kevin was drained so was loong, but loong manage to overcome the last bit of lactic b4 pulling over at the finish faster. and so the race ends.. 3rd 4th 10th 32th 37th 38th.. i must say, it was an exciting race and i know that we have done well.. maybe not reaching it yet but will be able to soon.. next year it will be ours..
tears followed, screams enraged, sadden.. that has shown the commitment to the team.. thank you so much for everything. the spirit the dedication. my brothers i salute you.. we will get it back next year. dun be upset about it. wats pass is pass. u cant bring back time. the only thing u can do is to train hard for track..
i believe, we will
do you?
*ring ring*