OKF11: The Night The Track Was Owned!

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Photo Slideshow (c) CK Chin, AC Leong

It was a good turnout by the Operation Kingfisher trainees (aka Kingfishers) for their first track session in the program. Many went early as it was their first time to the stadium, and was all 'eager-beaver', in anticipation of a hard workout of their cardio as well as legs....and they were not disappointed!
As there was no soccer match this evening, the flood-lights were not fully on, but still gave sufficient lighting for our purpose. To set the tone of the night, the trainees went for a warm-up followed by a mile time-trial - a gauge of their base as well as giving them a taste of racing on the tracks.
The main course was served at 7.30pm with the accompaniment of 3 lap-timers and a few photographers. The runners felt like they were in a race, and if the spotlights were any brighter, they would feel like 'stars' in their own right :D After the first few 800m sets, a few professed they saw some sparkles and stars....but generally, all were taking to the intervals like ducks to water...felt like they have done this before somewhere, just that they were 'shy' to say so.

The fast and furious runs by the Kingfishers caught the eyes of some of the regular runners at the track...a couple of them actually jumped in to give chase and pace to the runners and we even had a mini competition among ourselves...haha. Well, we had a runner with a 2:55h marathon finisher tee running alongside...so that might have stirred even more interest? ;) A few asked about the group and the type of training we were doing....they sounded they were interested in all the fun we were having doing these hard workouts...hmm...haha

We completed the whole exercise in good time...and then the stadium horn sounded. The Kingfisher trainees did very well, and even the first-timers completed the full workout with nary a whine....all looking so satisfied in their sweat-drenched running gear. We guess they didn't expect themselves to survive this with a smile. From the stadium, they excitedly dispersed into the night in smaller groups, in search of good food to satisfy their grumbling tummies and refuel all those calories and fats expended. The lights of the stadium dimmed as the caretaker bid farewell to the happy Kingfishers, who were glad they went to 'own the track'.

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