Copyrighted to Eric Sim
Copyrighted to Eric Sim
Copyrighted to Eric Sim

Sunday, March 8, 2009
cross country

Taking part in the cross country for the very first time in my live was an eye opener. Actually, I have never really intend to be a competitor ever. However, due to the lack of participants, I was selected to be a runner. Almost all the pupils in Integrity 2 had an important role to play. No one was let off as an ordinary participant. I thought that it would turn out to be the worst day of my life. That day, was Friday the 13th. many believed that Friday the 13th was unfortunate days. Unfortunately, I was one of a believer to. I dread the arrival of that day, especially because I was unwell.

Rather different from the pass years cross countries, this year took place in the afternoon and took place in Nanyang politechnic. At the beginning of the event, the uniform groups of our school displayed some self-defences, and some bandaging methods.After awhile, we proceeded to the track.

The first batch of runners were the upper-secondary girls, us. Followed by the lower-secondary girls, lower-secondary boys and the upper-seconday boys. We did some warm-up excerises and were also told that the top 40 competitors will be given number tags. We first had to finish two rounds around the track, followed by one round, around the outside of the polytechnic and lastly three quater around the track.

Due to my lack of stamina, after the two rounds around the track, i was already tired. I ran with Zhijun during those two rounds but during the one round outside the polytechnic, Vivian joined us. During the last 300m, i was extremely tired. Before knowing my position, I thought that i will definitely come in with a horrible postion and will not be given a tag, but supprisingly I came in 34th.

Tiresome will be the first word that will come to my mind if anyone says the words 'Cross Country'. However, I think that it is very meaningful to take part as a competitor as it is a way to represent my class.

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