
Sleek raindrops
danced on our backs as clouds gathered above a
massive sea of red.
The air was humid, but thick with
festive anticipation; groups mingled in their corners,
smiles were traded and tucked away quickly.
The day was
just beginning.

An endless wave of crushing bodies surged forward as
excited feet tapped in time to the loud, mind-numbing music.
The sticky air relented as we exchanged warm words all around. I tipped on my toes to glance over the
countless heads; I could not see the racefront.
A DJ blared over the speaker as we started the
imminent countdown.
The
game was
on.

56 minutes later,
I looked back on the race:
The constant
distraction of cute boy marshals;
shit. which direction was I supposed to go again?the constant distraction of cute boy
runners;
the
susurrus of my devil saying,
"
come on, just walk lah";
there was no other player,
just me and myself.

And we
celebrated life.
And the start of
something crazy.
More
runs to come.