Our Life in Singapore: The Big Race!

Matt caught the race bug bad when we moved to Singapore. True, he was into running before we moved, but somehow he really started to enjoy it here. I'm still baffled by it...the whole long distance runs in crazy heat, but I guess there are some things that I'm just not meant to understand ;)

Well, for the past couple of months, Matt and his usual running buddy, Jason, have been training for the Northface 100 Duo. 100K duo meant they'd each be running 50K...that's 32 awful, miserable, unthinkable miles (my words, not theirs). That's 6 more miles than a standard marathon and quite honestly, I've always thought that one had to be slightly off their rocker to run a full marathon, but again...my opinion only :)

Finally, the big day arrived and this past Saturday they hopped into their running shoes, slapped on their race tags and set off for the course hoping and praying for rain and cloud coverage.

They got neither. No clouds. No rains. Instead, they had the pleasure of running under a bright and sunny sky in the lovely temperature of 91 degrees. Sounds like so much fun...wish I could have done it right along with them ;)

Anyway, they did AWESOME! Given the harsh sun and temps plus the extremely hilly trail, I am so impressed with their finish time of 7 hours (give or take a few minutes). Seriously, just to finish a race that long is awesome enough, but to finish with a decent time like that is even more amazing. Because we're leaving in 3 weeks, that will be Matt and Jason's last big run together for quite some time - and what a way to go out!

Congratulations to both guys for a job well done! I just keep getting more and more proud of Matt and all of his accomplishments! Way to go! :)