The North Run 2017 was held in the One North area, Bouna Vista on 5th Nov 2017 ( Sunday). Categories are 5k, 10k, and kids dash with parents of 800m.
Its been sometime since I took part in Singapore races, the last one was POSB kids run in September. My results was not what I had expected, but it was a nice run with my Tortoise running club friends.
This time round for the North Run was because it is near my neighbourhood and it is about one of the cheapest runs I can find in Singapore.
The Race Course
The 10km was quite full of slopes, but the windings were the real challenge, there were really many winding loops.
Although it was supposed to be a 10km, my watch had clocked it to be 9.5km only. I guess the many buildings around the area had caused the mis calculations. One north is now a media and hi technology hub with many start ups around. This race was organised and sponsored by all the businesses in this area.
Waking up early about 5 am, I reached the start point by bicycle, the now O bike which is an app driving company.
People were strolling in to the start line. 6:30 am was the flag off, and many of the booths were still not up yet. As I have not collected my bib, I went forth to the information counter to collect them. There was a shoe time chip provided too.
The weather had been good with a heavy down pour the night before, making it cooling for the runners. The best part was being able to take a shot with my favourite Media corp idol, Zheng Ge Ping! Kym Ng was also there too.
After the run, get to enjoy the various interesting items that the booths have to offer, from halogram photograph souvenir, ballom sculpting, to face painting. There was also food trucks around and of course the Milo truck.
On the whole, the race was well organised and not too crowded, the best part is that the proceeds collected from the race was all given to Charitable organisations.
I will definitely come back again next year.
