Cross country in Macritchie Reservoir ( Singapore )

I had my annual cross country run in MacRitchie Reservoir yesterday and it was pretty fun. To those people who do not know about MacRitchie Reservoir, it is actually located near Lornie Road so if you want to check that out be my guest.

This is an annual school event and so we have it once a year to promote a healthy and active lifestyle among the students and teachers. It was also meant for us to bond with our friends and teachers.

So the run was 3.2km for the lower secondary pupils and upper secondary girls. Well for me, I had to run 4.8 km now that i'm in Secondary 3.( Yeah... expectations gets higher when you're older... and when you're a guy... )

But here's the catch, you don't really have to run, u can choose to jog, run OR... to just walk. You just have to COMPLETE the distance that you're supposed to cover.

So naturally when my friends and I heard about the distance that we have to cover, we immediately choose to walk throughout the entire cross country. Besides, we spend most of the time in the forest whereby there are a lot of uneven surfaces, mud, slippery rocks and all that kind of stuff so, yeah. We would not take the risk of getting ourselves injured.

No offence to those who chose to run, there were a lot of people who won medals yesterday but for me, the entire thing was not even graded or anything, so just chill out and take it as a casual activity.

But don't get me wrong, just because we walked, doesn't mean that it defeats the whole purpose of the event. We still sweat as we walked non- stop so that was still considered as a physical activity. Also, walking with friends was also an opportunity for us to bond, especially when we share our food among the others during the walk... yeah that's bonding..

To all of my readers out there who haven't been to Macritchie Reservoir before, I really recommend this place for you guys to have a walk, run or recreational activities with your friends and families. The place is pretty clean and their café sells really awesome food.

But WARNING : There are a lot of monkeys out there so whatever you do, please do not feed the monkeys unless you want to have a whole lot of monkeys following you then go ahead.