“Look! I got new shoes!”

Mercifully, there was no queue at 2.45pm on a Wednesday afternoon. (Photo 2 © Joseph Lee/Red Sports)

I met a couple of REDSPORTS.SG readers — ballers Daniel Tan (right) and Chew Song Yu of River Valley High. I even got a photo of Song Yu in action for River Valley High too! (Photo 3 © Joseph Lee/Red Sports)

Caris Tan taking care of my confirmation slip and giving me a briefing on the race pack. (Photo 4 © Joseph Lee/Red Sports)

Trying on my new ride, the Lunargilde+ 4 Shield. Pity it’s not in red, though. They didn’t have my size. (Photo 5 © Joseph Lee/Red Sports)

Getting ready to run 500m in less than 4 minutes. I eventually did it in 2 minutes. In the background, Samantha See (right) of Nike and Katherine Kee of Fulford PR must have sighed with relief this old man didn’t fall off the treadmill. (Photo 6 © Joseph Lee/Red Sports)

Loy Liang Xun (left) and I having a laugh at the tee shirt design station. As it turned out, we had interviewed him for a rugby story on REDSPORTS.SG when he was playing for SJI. (Photo 7 © Joseph Lee/Red Sports)