SCSM 2009 Kids Dash

Woke up excitedly in the morning to go for the SCSM 2009 750m Kids Dash.
Boss had diarrhoea and felt nauseous so mummy decided to call cab to bring Clarence for his first run (not confident to drive there cos not sure what roads were closed).

Met Isaac and Ryan there. Posing before the run.

Clarence surprised me when he started doing warm up. I had no idea he knew how to do warm up. Must have learnt it in school.

The runners with the parents running with them. (see the tags on our hands)

Went to assemble. It was a rather long wait cos we still need to wait for the other categories to move off before it was our turn.

When do you get to lie down on the road? During the SCSM! The kids demonstrating:

Met Luke at the starting point.

Our turn soon. While waiting for the race to start, Clarence and Isaac talked about the Ben 10 show (Power of the Omitrix) and played silly games.

They played Barney song and the kids danced to the music while waiting.

The race has started:

Running:

Throughout the run, the only word from Clarence was : TIRED.

Mummy ran with Clarence and was shocked to find that running 750m could be so tiring. But I was very glad Clarence persevered and finished the race. He only stopped to walk for less than 5 seconds. Good job, son!

Finally reached the finishing point: This was the longest distance Clarence has ever run!

Yes, both mummy and son survived the run! Mummy was very tired after the run, partly because of lack of exercise for so many years and running without breakfast. I never thought I was so unfit now. I used to run and win 1.5km in my secondary school days and always came in top 3 for cross country run. What happened to me?

We all finish the race, Yeah!

The boys each got a medal for completing the race.

After the race, we walked over to the Kids Zone for some games. No pictures of the Kids Zone cos mummy was too tired to take any pictures. Clarence jumped in 2 bouncing castles before giving up. Mummy was totally shag out under the hot sun after the run. So when Clarence told me he did not want to play anymore, I gladly said yes. Although he didn't want to play, he still want to get the free visor so mummy went up to a staff mending one of the stalls and requested him to help me chop 3 more stamps on Clarence's card so that he could redeem the visor. (5 stamps to redeem the free gift)

Chill out at MacDonald's after the race to replenish our energy. Clarence kissing his first medal.

The free gift: visor

After his shower and nap, Clarence woke up complaining of leg ache. The filial daddy massaging his son's leg.

I asked Clarence if he would like to run again next year, his answer was no cos it was too hot and tiring. So we told him we will run a shorter route next year and he agreed. My theory: He will be a year older so the same distance will seem shorter for him. Ha ha! Next year daddy will run with Clarence while mummy will walk with Vincy in the below 3 years old category.