My Cross Country Experience

On Friday, the 19th of April 2013, my school (IISKD) organized a cross country event. Before we depart, I took a small breakfast at Syed Hakim's house. Then, we moved to a park named Taman Rimba Riang, which was just a few miles away from school. By the time I arrived, I saw a lot of my schoolmates already. As 8:00am arrives, the park metaphorically flooded. We then took another breakfast, which was sandwich. Mmm, it's very yummy!! After we had ate, we watched the P4, 5 and 6 boys running around the park for about 5 times if I'm not mistaken. How sweating they were!! With their efforts, Abdul Fatah (brother of Abdul Malik, new student in my class) came in 3rd place! Immediately, after the race, it's time for the primary girls to race. Some of them walked in exhaustion. To be honest, I actually don't know ALL the primary girls' name... Then comes the race for secondary girls, where they should run around the park for 8 TIMES. I observed that some of them were impressively fast, but some were tired so quickly. The first place for this race was Aliah Faisel (close friends with Syifaa' Musa). I was quite impressed by her efforts. When the race for secondary boys started, I actually don't know where was the starting point. So, during the race, when I saw the boys running, I immediately entered the race. The race covered more than 3km, WHICH WAS TIRING!!! I kept drinking a bottle of water with me when running, but it was used up quickly. Luckily, there were checkpoints along the way. But, I ignored some of them because I knew that the water left in my bottle was still enough. Halfway during the race, we were slowly separated, leaving me further behind. I looked behind, and there were no people behind, making me thought that I'm the last place. I ran and I walked. Finally, as I got close to the finish point, I saw the park, hearing the girls cheering the boys ahead. Once I got into the gate, I can feel the relief in my heart, while the girls were cheering me. Then, I ran around the park. I almost can't defend myself from running, and I was lucky that Syed Arif was beside me. He wiped my face with ice, so I could cool myself, and it did encourage me to run. This process repeated until I was close to the finish point. When I was near, I ran with happiness and I finished, with Luqman Hakim Nor Azam (brother of Hariz Azam) in 1st place whilst the third is Azmil Afifi (Fadhilah's brother) in the race. By the time I finished running, I realized that I wasn't the last place. Actually, there were still some more boys behind me from a distance while the race was on. Because I was too tired after running, I became fainted. Some boys splashed me with some water for me to cool. During the prize giving ceremony, the top 10 students got medals whilst the top 3 got money!  WOW!!! So, congrats to these students... :D The event so far was tiring and exhilarating.... I hope that this kind of event will be organized again, Insyallah...