Photos by Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports and Marvin Tang.
Upper Seletar Reservoir Park, Sunday, March 15, 2009 – Sunday morning at Upper Seletar Reservoir Park saw hundreds of people taking part in the Sprint Duathlon, the second race in the Singapore Sprint Series.
Here’s a picture story of the day.
Enjoy.
The sunrise at Mandai Road greets racers before the start. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Goto Tatsuya stretches before the race. (Photo 2 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The racers take a slow warm-up ride to the race venue in the early hours of the morning. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
A family takes a slow walk to the venue in the cool of the morning. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
As the sun broke over the horizon, many more athletes started arriving. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Yue Sze Min (#802) tries out products at a sponsor’s booth. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
While others were warming up, participant Graham Ford catches up with the financial news. (Photo 7 © Marvin Tang)
A couple take in the sights of Upper Seletar Reservoir while warming up. (Photo 8 © Marvin Tang)
Volunteers help out at the bag deposit. (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Chua Kee Kng blends in quite nicely with the foliage. (Photo 10 © Marvin Tang)
Nirmal Rajagopalan wheels his bicycle back to transition after a warm-up. (Photo 11 © Marvin Tang)
In what seemed like the longest transition zone, the bicycles were lined up as far as the eye could see. (Photo 12 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Going before going… (Photo 13 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
James Wood crunches down on an apple before the race. (Photo 14 © Marvin Tang)
“Now when is it gonna be our turn?” Athletes from the second wave wait for their flag off. (Photo 15 © Marvin Tang)
Some athletes sneaking off to the bushes to relieve themselves. (Photo 16 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Eliza Tan finishes the first leg of the race in 13 minutes 8 seconds. (Photo 17 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“Hi Daddy!” Two girls cheer on their father. (Photo 18 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Waiting patiently… (Photo 19 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Nice boots… No, he wasn’t running. (Photo 20 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Runners head down the long final stretch to transition. (Photo 21 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Brett Verschoor gears up for the bike leg. (Photo 22 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Yusoff Syafiq wheels out his bicycle for the start of his 15km ride. (Photo 23 © Marvin Tang)
Starting out on the bike leg. (Photo 24 © Marvin Tang)
Michael Irwin Vidalstarts starts on his second round just as several athletes emerge from transition. (Photo 25 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“Hey I’m missing a wheel…” Cai Jia Hui starts out on the bike leg with a unicycle. (Photo 26 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Athletes make the U-turn to start on their second round… (Photo 27 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
… before heading out onto shady Mandai Road. (Photo 28 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“Dismount!” A race official reminds athletes of safety rules. (Photo 29 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Glen Donnelle starts on her second round. (Photo 30 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Jason is a face of determination as he approaches the finishing line. (Photo 31 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Kristen Lim is all smiles as she approaches the final stretch. (Photo 32 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Srinivasan Rangarajan pushes on in the final stretch despite running with a limp. (Photo 33 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Finishing the final 3km leg along the reservoir. (Photo 34 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
German Benedikt Heintel flies his flag high as he comes in with a timing of 1:01:41. (Photo 35 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
“I’m number one!” Gerald Soo finishes the race. (Photo 36 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Lim sprints to the finish, a face of determination. (Photo 37 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Bleeding from the knee but still finishing the race with daughter in tow. (Photo 38 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Kenneth Guan sprints to the finish. (Photo 39 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Duncan Ashford runs hand-in-hand to the finish with wife Sheena Ashford. (Photo 40 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Peter Wan “flies” to the finish. (Photo 41 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Arnold Leong runs to the finish with his daughter. (Photo 42 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Running steadily on. (Photo 43 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Siti Nurhajijah finishes the race with friends encouraging her on. (Photo 44 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
A volunteer handing out medals to finishers. (Photo 45 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Cai Jia Hui finishing her bike leg on her unicycle in 1 hour 9 seconds. (Photo 46 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
More pictures in the gallery.
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