14 Sept : Swing KPE

14 Sept: Swing KPE Tunnel Fun Run

Last Sunday morning.

After sa’ur, we left for a 5km fun run which we signed up for free. The exciting part of this event which i was looking forward to was to walk in the tunnel in the dark with a lantern.

The event was to celebrate the completion of the longest underground vehicular tunnel in South East Asia and,

to break the guiness world record for the longest lantern parade.

The 10km run started off at 8am followed by the 5km fun run. Since we were fasting, we signed up for the 5km event. We didn’t even give an attempt to run.. just walk all the way to the end. The 12km Tunnel is the longest tunnel in Southeast Asia, the ventilation was quite bad. Perspiring so much and I wonder how the runners cope with it. I’ll definitely have an asthmatic attack.

Most of the participants for the 5km were in their mid 40s onwards. They came in groups representing their community clubs, the old-old generation that you will find in your neighbourhood exercising in the parks , doing their daily tai-chi.. the old and elderly with unsteady gaits.. holding hands, walking in the stuffy tunnel.

There wasn’t any mobile toilets and drinking stops to hydrate along the 5km route, not too sure about it 10km.

Towards the finishing line, an ambulance siren was heard.

It was told that a photographer collapsed!

So was it exciting after all?

:) with kevin with me and lantern in my hands, even with no food, no drink and no air! .. of cos, i enjoyed my day!

but running or worst, getting the older generation to participate in such an event, with hundreds of participants in that tunnel.. in a tunnel with poor ventilation+++ and with little air to breathe, can be health threatening, everybody SOB (shortness of breath) .. then major collapsed.. no enough oxyen tank to share.. not enough AED machines to resus.. luckily only one casualty reported.

This event was really not a good idea even for healthy walkers or runners.. !