Finally Trail Run

Did my first trail run yesterday with buddy, Lam at MacRitchie. We were intended to do 10km road + 1.5 loops of trail. However, i overslept (and thus giving Lam to tease back at me). We had to abandon the 10km road and just did the 1.5 loops. It was the first time Lam used the front pack and it was a trial and error for him. We did the first 11km run in 1hr 04mins. My legs were feeling tired and lethargic. Thoughts like "Am i over trained or under trained?" etc..were creeping in my mind. We saw SK, Danny and Reeves at the car park and chatted for a min before we left our remaining 0.5 loop. Oh man..could not find the rythmn and my legs were struggling. At the 2km mark, saw one runner past me and told myself to get on his pace. Was pacing behind him and overtook him at one of the climbs, afterwhich i left him behind til i reach the turnaround point. Finally saw Lam coming and we rested for another min. With the last 3.8km back, we pushed on and reached the car park. Time check was approx 2hr 02mins. Well, we did not bothered that much as we know in a ultra, we are not going for speed but endurance. Yay.. a good run!

PS: For the first time, we wore our Powerbar caps and drank our Powerbar drinks! Good stuff and we will be expecting more.