Team Malaysia Rain Run ???

Race Title : Team Malaysia Fan Run

Date: 17 June 2012

Location: Dataran Merdeka

Running Buddy: Yana (although Tina and Along sign-up for the race they decided not to run.... sad!)

At the finishing line

Running in the haze and rain hopefully a once in a lifetime experience. Last week KL was having some haze problem. I think we need to include it as part of our season since we are almost having a "haze season" on a yearly basis nowadays. 

Anyway my race day start at 6.00 am in Pulau Indah, as it was my BIL engagement the day before. I drove myself to Dataran Merdeka and contacted Yana so we can start the race together. Maybe it was cloudy during the start of the race but I can't tell for sure because of the haze.

Anyway the race start on time and I was running / walking as I don't want to push myself since I have a half marathon next week. Everything was going find until i felt rain drops at the 4th km.... yups and it rain heavily in the middle of the run. Since it was at the 4km I can't go back so I  ran. It rain for about 15 minute was drench and cold. 

People in the cars, must think we are crazy to run in the rain but seriously what are we suppose to do? Looking back I think I finish all my races is simply because I don't know how to stop. How do you stop in the middle of the race? Just sit on the road side and wait for help or stop at on of the water station or first aid station. I really need to find.

Pinjam dari Angah - Peace out !!!

Burger Bakar Kaw Kaw

Arif & Tina waiting for our burger at 11.30pm

Hmm the first time I went to this burger stall, I waited for 3-4 hours to get our burger. The queue was murderous, we queue just to get a number to able us to order our burgers. The waiting period from ordering to actually getting our burger was not that bad. 

Anyway after that experience, I decided the burger was nice but I will not be lining up any time soon for the burger. Anyway never say never :-) 

I end up going there 2 twice more, once with friends (girls night out) and the other one with Tina & Arif. This time around we went around 10.00pm and there was no longer a longgggggggg line just to get the number.

The burger ? For 8.50 per normal burger, it is to me just a nice burger.

Energizer Night Trail SG & PJ Dawn

Sorry ..... been very lazy in updating my running activities and sadly I have also been very lazy in my training. The last time I went to the gym was 3 weeks ago and I have 2 run this month which are the Team Malaysia Fun Run @ 7km and Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2012 @21k .... sigh.... I am truly worry about the SCKLM. Hopefully I will complete the race within the specified time.

Back to business

Race Title: Energizer Night Trail 

Distance: 6k

Location: Singapore

Race Date:  28 April 2012

OMG! My first trail run and it is was at night. The race was AMAZING and I will be there again next year! The race started at 8.00pm but we left the house around 5pm, we reached the race location at 7.30pm yups it took us that long to reach the race location. 

So I pick up my race kit at the race location but they did not have my running vest. The girl said "Finish already give us your address and we will mail it to you" but until today I have yet to receive my t-shirt. This is my only upset for the race everything else was great.

The race start on time, there was abundance of water stations, they have light sticks along the race course which was comforting... at night and in a forest can be somewhat intimidating ..... my imagination at certain parts of the race did went a little bit wild but it became my motivation to run faster so I can be a part of the larger group :-) 

Part of the race we had to climb a hill there was lots of volunteer to help pull us up and that was the best part of the race.... really make me feel like a trail runner .... kewl  

COOL COURSE !! See you guys next year .....

Race Title: PJ Dawn 2012

Distance: 12k

Location: Subang

Race Date: 13 May 2012

I ran this race with Tina and Yana. The race was Yana first 12k... Yeay Yana and I think it raise her confidence to register for 21k for Penang Bridge Marathon end of this year.

Anyway after this race I really start to think that I need to get a running watch to monitor my distance because at the end of the race I feel that I can still run some more and I don't really feel at all tired. Like I should have push myself harder, running at a faster pace or something.  

Anyway after the race we had Roti Canai in Kampung Baru yummy.......

** I did not run Sundown which was schedule 26 May 2012 sad .....

 

Start Slow Finish Strong

Hmmm .... that was the plan for my Brooks Half Marathon .... Nope, never happen. Hampeh my time was 3:21. Terrible

On race day, Tina and I woke-up at 4am got ready and left the house around 5am. We were a bit late because there was a huge jam entering Bukit Jalil Stadium. Found out later that it was cause by the Parking Attendants collecting the parking fees. Parking space was abundance. Hopefully next time they will think to collect the fees when we are leaving the place, as we will have more time to spare.

Anyway, lucky for us they delay the starting time so we manage to be at the starting line just in time.

The race course was murderous! Hills on every corner huhuhuhu ... The person in charge mapping the course is one crazy bugger.

Conclusion after the race:

1. I need to start using the incline button on the treadmill
2. No panic training; hahahaha on Friday evening I decided on do a 3hrs training; 2hr rpm 1hr run. Slept like a baby that night. Then on Saturday, my leg hurts but it was Saturday so I went out with Tina doing errands and a little bit of window shopping; not resting as I should have.... sigh...
3. If the race venue name starts with Bukit (which means Hill) you should be prepared to encounter some hills in your race course ... hmmmmmmm

Oh well, I did finish the course even though my hopes of getting a better time then 3:05 so obviously did not happened. I should be happy completing my second half is still something  J

Running Error - Kidney World Day Run & Brooks Half Marathon

Everything went wrong in my running world this month !

First, I left my bib for the Kidney World Run last Sunday. The race Marshall was kind enought to let me participate in the race but they say I can't claim the goody bag, certificate or the medal. I was ok with not being able to claim the goody bag but really wanted the medal ... it has a nice design .... sigh ..  What to do atleast they let me run the race.

Second, sadly I will not be able the participate for the Brooks Half Marathon which I am really looking forward too. I wanted to print out the race slip today to collect the race kit and SURPRISE !!! The only email I have concerning the race  said 'Error in Payment'... I was so shock! I never really check the status notification email they send me because it usually says the same thing, 'congratulation your registration is complete yada ... yada ... yada ... please bring along this notification sheet . yada ... yada and yawn'.... but not this time huhuhuhu this time there was an error in my registration process ... the payment did not went through ..

So I call them today just to reconfirm and hope that they are wrong but sadly NO ... My name is not registered for the run....... arghhhhhhh.......

Hopefully this unluckyness in my running world will end soon .....

U RUN + Vertical Climb

This is my first race in Singapore and NO I did not do the vertical climb. 

The race details:

Date:25 February 2012

Time: 8am

Location: Marina @ The Float Singapore

The race was not a fun one. I don't know why but it left me with a taste of disappointment at the end of the day.

The vertical climb category starts in waves, 10 minute apart I think. Starting in waves is so not right to me and in the middle of it they told us that further delay is required as there is a bicycle race going on near our place and is starting so we were ask to wait and let them go first. As a result my category that should have started at 8am end up starting later as well. 

Me and Nurman. Thanks dear

I also have issue starting at 8am. HOT!!! Singapore is hot and it is not helping when you start at 8, maybe next time they should start the race at 7am. 

There is 1 good thing about the race, every 2km there is a water station with no water shortage which sometimes happens in KL... water station with no water duhhh .....

Everything about the race is sooooo structure like there is no spontaneity so somehow the fun is like limited. I can't explain it there is no relax-ness in the race. I feel like a cattle in a cattle ranch being guided by fence and people. 

Oh well maybe the bigger races are better ..... 

 

Running Buddies - 2012 Race Schedule

Today I have decided to publish mine as well as my running buddies race schedules. As you can see the current total is 9 but it will surely grow as we are waiting for a few annual runs such as the Penang Bridge International Marathon, Siemens Run and the Malakoff KL Run ...... well at least I am ......

I will also be adding another 1 or 2 more runs that will be held in Singapore later on in the year.  Actually, I am quite looking forward to run with Angah again this July as Mak, Angah and her family have plan to visit us in Singapore.

This year I will be missing the Borneo International Marathon and Energizer Night Race in Sepang, just can't make the schedule work for me to include these 2 races. Oh well... maybe next year.

The colour code system for this race schedule is simple, just like the traffic light with the additional blue

• No Color = Register to run
• Red = Not Running
• Yellow = Decided to run but have not register
• Green = Completed the run
• Blue = Have not decided to run