I specially went down office early that day to queue in order to be within the 100 pax. After the sponsored 100 pax, we can still signup with company co-pay of $10.
I was lucky to be within the 100 including my family members to get the free registration paid by the company! It was snap up within 1hr+ after the start of registration.
I was all excited about this event because it's our first family run event. To be exact, it's actually a family 3.5km walk.
Finally the day arrived (8th Sept) with a bad weather in the early morning as it was raining. We left the house at 8.15am and reached around 9.10am. Our category starts 9.30am. Luckily the rain stop when we reached the venue and started drizzling when we were 1/2 way through the distance. But at least the weather was cooling and great for a nice stroll with the kids admiring the beautiful scenery at the same time.
I thought Andre would be our biggest obstacle as we did not want to bring stroller along. So we expected to carry him walking for long distance. Infact I didn't want to sign him up initially and thinking to place him with mum while 4 of us go for the run. I'm glad I changed my mind.
Unexpectedly, he was the most sportive one who did not complain tired and walked throughout the journey! We did carry him for just awhile to chase after the sisters as he's walking too slowly. But at least he did not ask us to carry at all and always wanted to get down when we carried him. The eldest was doing great too till the last 1 km where she complained that her leg was very tired. So Daddy carried her for a short distance so she can rest her leg awhile. My number 2 was the one complaining and nagging the most. End up Hui had to carry her on and off till we finished the whole journey. Truly a princess character! I think we had to bring her for more such outdoor activities!
Overall the experience was great except for the whining from number #2. I would love to participate more in such events but Hui said it's an expensive event unless we get to run for free like this time. So he suggest to do more jogging-by-the-park during the weekends with the kids. Yes, it's free to jog in the park and feed the mosquitoes! But it's more fun to see many people wearing the same outfit and jog/walk together mah!
Our number tag! This is important to the kids because behind contains information like the name, birth cert number, emergency contact num etc. So if the kids get lost, people can help to contact us.
The starting point. 10 more mins before the 3.5km family walk starts.
"Por Por"...the race started and it was very crowded at the starting point.
Andre: "Daddy, wait for me!"
WE are running walking for kids!
He's really my little idol. Enjoying the run/walk more than his sisters without any complain throughout the long distance. Yes, he's my 2 years old boy!
Some shots in between the walk/jog.
To motivate the girls, I started to have a mini race with them.
Pretending to lose the race so I could take photos of them and let them be happy for winning mummy. :)
It started to drizzle and this little boy wanted to take the umbrella all by himself!
He pushed his sisters away when they wanted to share a place under the umbrella with him!
At first Andre was happily running towards the finishing line. When the people there started to cheer for Andre when they saw him coming, he stop running and stared at them. He got scared by their loud clapping and cheering! It was a funny scene!
Finally completed the 3.5km distance! Little boy is more interested in the wafer biscuits on his hand which he took from the event crew FOC.
Free caps for the kids by showing my pass. IBM is one of the sponsor for this event.
I can take as many as I want but I only took 3 for the kids.
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