Anyway, lets start off with....MY FIRST RUNNING EVENT FOR YEAR 2009! AND ITS
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10th of MAY 2009
So here we are in May and I've just ran my first 10KM event. How sad is that? I couldn't make it for Larian Seri Amal back in March. I couldn't run for BHP run back in April because I had to go to church for Easter. Kinda tough when you have other commitments ain't it? Nevertheless, we are all running :)
To kick things off, Larian Bomba was held earlier this morning at Dataran Merdeka. I woke up at 5.00am...snoozed my phone once.....toss and turn as usual. By the way, I was at my gf's place. So I finally dragged my ass out of bed, showered and changed into my running gear. Went downstairs to have something; a piece of bread I bought from Breadtalk @ Mid Valley and a cup of coffee. I tried to drink ALOT of water before the run because I attended some Standard Chartered Running Clinic previously and the expert said to drink lots of water prior to the run to hydrate ourselves properly. With that all done, I started my slow drive to Dataran Merdeka.
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10th of MAY 2009
So here we are in May and I've just ran my first 10KM event. How sad is that? I couldn't make it for Larian Seri Amal back in March. I couldn't run for BHP run back in April because I had to go to church for Easter. Kinda tough when you have other commitments ain't it? Nevertheless, we are all running :)
To kick things off, Larian Bomba was held earlier this morning at Dataran Merdeka. I woke up at 5.00am...snoozed my phone once.....toss and turn as usual. By the way, I was at my gf's place. So I finally dragged my ass out of bed, showered and changed into my running gear. Went downstairs to have something; a piece of bread I bought from Breadtalk @ Mid Valley and a cup of coffee. I tried to drink ALOT of water before the run because I attended some Standard Chartered Running Clinic previously and the expert said to drink lots of water prior to the run to hydrate ourselves properly. With that all done, I started my slow drive to Dataran Merdeka.
w00t? Good morning peeps!
Of course, traffic was extremely smooth. Doh, its 5.54am. I manage to park EXTREMELY NEAR Dataran Merdeka. I parked near a church called St. Mary's church, which was practically beside Dataran Merdeka. It was way too early ...so I walked around to snap some pictures
Dataran Merdeka
The starting line. W00t Look at the skid marks. Fucking rempits!
Ding Dong Deng Dong
Reporting area for the 10KM category
Da Faiyer twuak.
Nice bikes.
They were actually serving Nasi Lemak for their staffs.
Dataran Merdeka
The starting line. W00t Look at the skid marks. Fucking rempits!
Ding Dong Deng Dong
Reporting area for the 10KM category
Da Faiyer twuak.
Nice bikes.
They were actually serving Nasi Lemak for their staffs.
Oh and before I forget, Let me say thanks again to MiloAisChaser for helping me to register for the run. Now that I remember, I forgot to pay MiloAisChaser the registration fee. OMG SORRY!. OK next to the report. Once again, I'm not that good with reports and location so bear with me.
I waited for MiloAisChaser near the Clock tower area. Spotted her running from the other side so I ran to meet up with her as well...she was holding my bib mah :) Manage to quickly put on the bib for the front and back of the vest and it was close to 7.20am. Phew! We reported ourselves to the 10KM category "cage" and waited for the run to start. The clock strike 7.30am and BOOM! off we went.
Damn, it was a slow start as usual as there were "people mountain, people sea" - Ren San Ren Hai?. I started with a slow run to further warm up my body(I already warmed up before but...you get the point) and soon enough, I manage to break free from the crowd little by little. Some usual sights came after the first few corners after Dataran Merdeka.. BANK NEGARA!!! I manage to maintain my pace by pacing with some of the people. First was a guy which was running about the same speed as me. Soon after, I felt like I could run faster and so I did, and found another couple to pace with. All in all, I maintained pace and ran for a good 45minutes which includes all the hills at Jalan Tungku till Jalan Duta area.
I'm not sure where the water station came about but it was definitely BEFORE entering Jalan Duta. I took 1 bottle of mineral water....drank afew gulps and threw the bottle away. Dang, wasted right? Anyway, Tried my best to run through Duta but as soon as I passed the Duta Bus station, I started to pancit =.= Had to walk + run for a couple of times. I started to get comfortable again when I was entering Jalan Parlimen which leads back to Lake Gardens/Dataran Merdeka. I was pretty steady and ran all the way...passing by Lake Gardens.....Padang Merbuk and finally, entering the last corner for Dataran Merdeka.
I didnt push myself to run faster even though I was nearing to the finish line because honestly, what for? LOL. I knew long before hand that I'm not going to get the medal because for the 10KM category, there are only 75 Medals so WTF right? Nevertheless, I walked after crossing the line, stopped my watch and collected my certificate. Stopped to look at my watch and it was showing 1:18" 47 <== 1 Hour 18minutes 47 seconds. WOW hahaha Damn slow right? But you know what, I don't really care about timings because I know that I've accomplished something good. It's not that I don't strife to run for a better time but for me, I enjoyed the run and the challenge / question at the end of the day is, can I do it? So call it an excuse or lame reason, its fine. My objective is different. :) so there you have it, the super simple race report.
Next news? Well, not really new but...MY NEW SHOE!!! Its new Balance MR1063. Check out the design.
Cool bag huh?
RM429 on retail, RM300.30 after discount with NB + pacesetter card.
Love the color combination
Back
Abzorb® this and that
N Lock
Quite comfortable
Easy for the front feet
Erm, nice to have?
The tyre :D
Double Back shot!
I waited for MiloAisChaser near the Clock tower area. Spotted her running from the other side so I ran to meet up with her as well...she was holding my bib mah :) Manage to quickly put on the bib for the front and back of the vest and it was close to 7.20am. Phew! We reported ourselves to the 10KM category "cage" and waited for the run to start. The clock strike 7.30am and BOOM! off we went.
Damn, it was a slow start as usual as there were "people mountain, people sea" - Ren San Ren Hai?. I started with a slow run to further warm up my body(I already warmed up before but...you get the point) and soon enough, I manage to break free from the crowd little by little. Some usual sights came after the first few corners after Dataran Merdeka.. BANK NEGARA!!! I manage to maintain my pace by pacing with some of the people. First was a guy which was running about the same speed as me. Soon after, I felt like I could run faster and so I did, and found another couple to pace with. All in all, I maintained pace and ran for a good 45minutes which includes all the hills at Jalan Tungku till Jalan Duta area.
I'm not sure where the water station came about but it was definitely BEFORE entering Jalan Duta. I took 1 bottle of mineral water....drank afew gulps and threw the bottle away. Dang, wasted right? Anyway, Tried my best to run through Duta but as soon as I passed the Duta Bus station, I started to pancit =.= Had to walk + run for a couple of times. I started to get comfortable again when I was entering Jalan Parlimen which leads back to Lake Gardens/Dataran Merdeka. I was pretty steady and ran all the way...passing by Lake Gardens.....Padang Merbuk and finally, entering the last corner for Dataran Merdeka.
I didnt push myself to run faster even though I was nearing to the finish line because honestly, what for? LOL. I knew long before hand that I'm not going to get the medal because for the 10KM category, there are only 75 Medals so WTF right? Nevertheless, I walked after crossing the line, stopped my watch and collected my certificate. Stopped to look at my watch and it was showing 1:18" 47 <== 1 Hour 18minutes 47 seconds. WOW hahaha Damn slow right? But you know what, I don't really care about timings because I know that I've accomplished something good. It's not that I don't strife to run for a better time but for me, I enjoyed the run and the challenge / question at the end of the day is, can I do it? So call it an excuse or lame reason, its fine. My objective is different. :) so there you have it, the super simple race report.
Next news? Well, not really new but...MY NEW SHOE!!! Its new Balance MR1063. Check out the design.
Cool bag huh?
RM429 on retail, RM300.30 after discount with NB + pacesetter card.
Love the color combination
Back
Abzorb® this and that
N Lock
Quite comfortable
Easy for the front feet
Erm, nice to have?
The tyre :D
Double Back shot!
Check out the gels!
My right forefeet is quite painful at times but today seems okay. Till the next run on 17th Of May 2009. I'm off!~ Have a good day
