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| Energizer Night Race 2014 – A Fun Family Day/ Night Out |
Ever
fancied a completely different fun family day out? Give the
Energizer Night Race a try next time! The
day has finally arrived for us after months of training and
practicing. The Energizer Night Race 2014
is into it's 4th year of event. 26th
July 2014 marks the day where all the enthusiastic marathoners
and families gathered together at Lorong Asrama ( to be exact is in
the forest opposite Mandai Lake Road, along Mandai Road, yup you read
me “in the forest”! )The run officially starts at 3.00pm in the afternoon, also
means hot weather, so lots of hydration needed too.
Prior to
the event, participants can start signing up for the different
categories from 7th April 2014. The prices varies for the different categories. Each member
is entitled to a race pack that consists of exciting items like an
Energizer head lamp with batteries, Singapore Night Trail runners'
T-shirt, Schick discount voucher, Finisher medal, Treasure hunt
ticket and ESNT souvenir.
What is
so special about this trail run? For a start, we
are talking about a fun family activity, so there is a
family category, YEHHHHHH. The family category (Parent &
Child Obstacle Race) enables 1 parent and 1 child to participate
together. There are 2 choices of distance, i.e. the 1.5km and 3km
trail. During the trail run, the participants will have to conquer a
few obstacles courses like tyres, hurdles, the swamp, jungle descent,
giant slide, high crawl etc. Nothing is too difficult for the
children though. Don't worry if your legs or shoes get dirty as this
year they provided a washing area for cleaning up.
It was
such a joy to see many
families doing fun things together. There were
cheerleaders around (other parents hehhhehe) and other marathoners
cheering for the young children. The smiles and the enthusiasm
expressions on the children’s faces tell you how much they love to
run with their parents. Hint ! Hint ! Parents.
Personally,
I would HIGHLY recommend parents to sign up this event with
their children. It is truly a time to promote parent-child bonding,
and a time to realise your child's abilities and limitations. To our
children, this will be an event that will be treasured in their
hearts for a long time. At the same time, you will be glad to know
that this is an altruistic event; the company will donate S$2 to
SportCares for every signed up participant.
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| A fun family activity promoting parent-child bonding |
Of course
there are other categories like 3km open obstacle race (for the
individual adult) or the 6km, 12km & 18km trail race. We didn't
stay too long to witness the start of the other categories as there
are other activities around the premises. YIPPEE for more fun games
for the children and
entire family. The treasure hunting station is the best
activity for most children, therefore the queue was quite long. Fret not, as 20
children are allowed per round of hunting, the queue moves pretty
fast. Why do I say this station is the hightlight? Well in the
treasure hunt, the children are supposed to collect different value
of the tokens. When the time's up, they can use these tokens to
exchange some gifts. There are also a raging bull machine and the
trampoline station, etc. Therefore,
the fun with the entire family is rather endless.
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Fun treasure hunt rewards for the entire family
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| More fun treasure hunt rewards for the entire family |
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| Fun remote car racing station for kids |
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| Never-ending fun remote car racing station |
Thumbs
up for the company. The organiser did a fantastic job for this
yearly event. There are game stations around for the children to
have a blast of their time, FREE
Aquarius isotonic drinks for the thirsties, FREE
ice cream for the participants, FREE
fruits,
FREE
cereals, by the time we had all these snacks, we were not hungry for
dinner anymore. If in the event anyone is still hungry, don't panic
! Yup, you might have guessed it. This year we have The Travelling Chef on Wheels (C.O.W)
at the event. Didn't really try the food as we were so full from all
the free snacks.
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| Cute van of The Travelling Chef on Wheels |
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| Menu from The Travelling Chef on Wheels |
As the
evening starts to seep in, more of the night marathoners started to
arrive at the scene. It is also time for us to say goodbye as we
ended the day with an accomplished feeling. We
thoroughly enjoyed a fantastic fun day out with the entire family.
More
information of the race is at the following links below. Hope to see
everyone at the 2015 Energizer Night Race. Thanks for visiting my
blog. Have a blessed week everyone.
How to
get there : Getting to Singapore Night Trail
Additional items to consider : Towels, change of clothes, water, camera.
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