Dear bloggie,
I know I quite long no update, so here's a lazy update just for update sake....
Ran the SCKLM 2012 10K today morning... Managed to get 1 hour 2 minute time. Better than last year by 3 minutes but still far from my goal of 50 minute. Actually, my ran was hampered by my left knee, dunno why got a muscle there feel weak after running for around 30 minutes. Had this problem since last year Penang Marathon but took a break and it vanish... Mana tau, now reappear... Yea, lousy update... :(
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Dear bloggie,
I experienced the longest 1K in my entire running career... Mcjesus...
Overall, a well organized event with one major complain/mistake... The organizer screwed up as they distribute 42K finisher tshirt to non 42K runners. I got one also despite running 21K onli. I expect alot of 42 finisher to be b*cthin soon in facebook coz most likely not enuff t-shirt for them. I'm not sure if it's the organizer fault, coz I think the people distributing it are volunteers tat aren't from the organizer side. Other complains or constructive criticism is perhaps
1. The lack of a proper goodie bag.
2. Rather far distance marker in the route, each water station is 3K from each other. Rather hard for ppl like me tat dun have cool iphone gps to calculate pacing.
3. No pain spray at water stations. I think quite alot people will cramp at around the last 2 water station, so I think make sense to have tis.
4. Paper bib. Well, lucky today no rain... else I dun think the bib will endure it.
Ok, I b*tched the bad, now the good...
1. Water station every 3K, Awesome
2. Cheering team, Having people cheer u one is a very motivating
3. Water, 100 Plus, Watermelon, Banana. I have to say the kudos at the variety of refreshment they prepared at the water stations.
4. Spiderman, The Hulk, Batman, Superman. These superhero were perhaps a surprise along the route. Cheering and giving high 5 to the runner.
5. Small hifi placed at certain quite quiet part of the route, char khan loud songs gives u perhaps a temporary distraction from the pain.
6. Water sprinkler. A dude dressed in a clown outfit was firing water at the runners to cool em down using what looks like to me like a odd looking water gun.
7. One of the organizer boss, Anand aka Orange Man standing in the middle of the route at around 500m from the finish line giving high 5 and encouraging the runner, says a lot on the organizer of this event.
8. Running with the majestic views of the buildings in Putrajaya is perhaps a experience I won't forget.
Moving on to my personal running experience, the 21K route reminds me of my nightmare KOTOR 2008 run. Damn a lot of hilly route. For this run, my plan was to experiment a few things like 7 min perK pacing, carbo loading, pre run hydration, and running strategy. My plan was to run the first 10K at a 7 min perK pace non stop before taking a 5 minute break, then continue the 7-8 K at the same pace before taking another 5 minute break before dashing the last remaining K. I sadly f*cked up big time... I managed onli a 9K non stop at a hour timing. Like in the sunway run a few weeks ago, I ran outta gas at the 15K mark. I had to dig hard to tank the remaining 6K. My forefoot was hurting for every step I take after the 15K. I had to change my running style to my old one which have a longer stride. The 3K to the last water station seem to take forever. After the 18K mark, I had to again change my running plan as my forefoot was really hurting. I had to do quick dashes for 4-5 minutes before taking a 1 minute walking break. Repeat and rinse. I think I cut quite a lot of people at the final 3K as a lot of people also habis minyak de and was walking. When I saw the 1K left sign, I was like "Thank god!". But as I dig out every remaining glycogen left in my body to finish the 1K, the finish line was no where in sight. I was thinking, WTF? Why does running tis last 1K feel longer than running the 3K at the start? Then when the route make a sharp right turn, I finally saw the finish line... OMG!? It tat really 500-600m? I saw Anand and he gave me a high five. I could taste the finish line... Then I felt it... My left calf cramped up. F*CK! Lucky for me, I still could run, but just couldn't open my stride long. Had to take small steps again. Every step, send a sensation to my forefoot. It felt like everything was running on slow motion... One step at a time, I neared the finish line. When I crossed the line, I was really worn out... Didn't even energy to raise my hand in triumph for the cameras. Probably will have 1/2 death pix of me... :(
Carbo loading and hydration strategy was okay but I need to tweak my eating schedule couple of hour pre marathon, as I fell hungry during the run. I recon a full marathon
which will last longer will make me feel even hungrier. Probably need take a small snack to eat before the run to curb this problem.
My time? 2 hour 24 minutes... 9 minute out of my goal time of 2 hour 15 minute. But a 6 minute improvement from my last 1/2 marathon run. Am I happy on my time? Frankly speaking, a bit happy coz I think the route is more tough compared to Penang Marathon which is less hilly. Things however dun look very encouraging for my 42K tat I will be doing in 1 month + time. I need to go back to the drawing board and figure out a more suitable pacing + running strategy for my full marathon...
I experienced the longest 1K in my entire running career... Mcjesus...
Overall, a well organized event with one major complain/mistake... The organizer screwed up as they distribute 42K finisher tshirt to non 42K runners. I got one also despite running 21K onli. I expect alot of 42 finisher to be b*cthin soon in facebook coz most likely not enuff t-shirt for them. I'm not sure if it's the organizer fault, coz I think the people distributing it are volunteers tat aren't from the organizer side. Other complains or constructive criticism is perhaps
1. The lack of a proper goodie bag.
2. Rather far distance marker in the route, each water station is 3K from each other. Rather hard for ppl like me tat dun have cool iphone gps to calculate pacing.
3. No pain spray at water stations. I think quite alot people will cramp at around the last 2 water station, so I think make sense to have tis.
4. Paper bib. Well, lucky today no rain... else I dun think the bib will endure it.
Ok, I b*tched the bad, now the good...
1. Water station every 3K, Awesome
2. Cheering team, Having people cheer u one is a very motivating
3. Water, 100 Plus, Watermelon, Banana. I have to say the kudos at the variety of refreshment they prepared at the water stations.
4. Spiderman, The Hulk, Batman, Superman. These superhero were perhaps a surprise along the route. Cheering and giving high 5 to the runner.
5. Small hifi placed at certain quite quiet part of the route, char khan loud songs gives u perhaps a temporary distraction from the pain.
6. Water sprinkler. A dude dressed in a clown outfit was firing water at the runners to cool em down using what looks like to me like a odd looking water gun.
7. One of the organizer boss, Anand aka Orange Man standing in the middle of the route at around 500m from the finish line giving high 5 and encouraging the runner, says a lot on the organizer of this event.
8. Running with the majestic views of the buildings in Putrajaya is perhaps a experience I won't forget.
Moving on to my personal running experience, the 21K route reminds me of my nightmare KOTOR 2008 run. Damn a lot of hilly route. For this run, my plan was to experiment a few things like 7 min perK pacing, carbo loading, pre run hydration, and running strategy. My plan was to run the first 10K at a 7 min perK pace non stop before taking a 5 minute break, then continue the 7-8 K at the same pace before taking another 5 minute break before dashing the last remaining K. I sadly f*cked up big time... I managed onli a 9K non stop at a hour timing. Like in the sunway run a few weeks ago, I ran outta gas at the 15K mark. I had to dig hard to tank the remaining 6K. My forefoot was hurting for every step I take after the 15K. I had to change my running style to my old one which have a longer stride. The 3K to the last water station seem to take forever. After the 18K mark, I had to again change my running plan as my forefoot was really hurting. I had to do quick dashes for 4-5 minutes before taking a 1 minute walking break. Repeat and rinse. I think I cut quite a lot of people at the final 3K as a lot of people also habis minyak de and was walking. When I saw the 1K left sign, I was like "Thank god!". But as I dig out every remaining glycogen left in my body to finish the 1K, the finish line was no where in sight. I was thinking, WTF? Why does running tis last 1K feel longer than running the 3K at the start? Then when the route make a sharp right turn, I finally saw the finish line... OMG!? It tat really 500-600m? I saw Anand and he gave me a high five. I could taste the finish line... Then I felt it... My left calf cramped up. F*CK! Lucky for me, I still could run, but just couldn't open my stride long. Had to take small steps again. Every step, send a sensation to my forefoot. It felt like everything was running on slow motion... One step at a time, I neared the finish line. When I crossed the line, I was really worn out... Didn't even energy to raise my hand in triumph for the cameras. Probably will have 1/2 death pix of me... :(
Carbo loading and hydration strategy was okay but I need to tweak my eating schedule couple of hour pre marathon, as I fell hungry during the run. I recon a full marathon
which will last longer will make me feel even hungrier. Probably need take a small snack to eat before the run to curb this problem.
My time? 2 hour 24 minutes... 9 minute out of my goal time of 2 hour 15 minute. But a 6 minute improvement from my last 1/2 marathon run. Am I happy on my time? Frankly speaking, a bit happy coz I think the route is more tough compared to Penang Marathon which is less hilly. Things however dun look very encouraging for my 42K tat I will be doing in 1 month + time. I need to go back to the drawing board and figure out a more suitable pacing + running strategy for my full marathon...
Dear bloggie,
In less than 12 hours, I'll be running my 2nd 1/2 marathon... 21K of puresuffering estasy. My goal time is 2:15, try to shave of 15 minutes of my 2:30 benchmark time from PBIM 2010 last year... Maybe a bit too ambitious but have to take into account last year heavy rain may cause me some time and my recent encouraging 16.8K run time...
The PNM vest is perhaps too simple (or rather dun have any) design?
Looks abit too tight on me, feel like wearing a singlet... I ditched my usual "L" size here goin for "M" coz so far tis year, keep getting oversize vests mana tau... :(
In less than 12 hours, I'll be running my 2nd 1/2 marathon... 21K of pure
The PNM vest is perhaps too simple (or rather dun have any) design?
Looks abit too tight on me, feel like wearing a singlet... I ditched my usual "L" size here goin for "M" coz so far tis year, keep getting oversize vests mana tau... :(
Dear bloggie,
Just survived KOTR 2011 16.8K run. Clocked a 1 hour 40 minute... Meet my goal to run a average 6 min perkm pace.
I remember 2 years back when I ran my first KOTR in Shah Alam. Till today, that run is without a doubt the worst run I ever ran. Clocking a 1 hour 30 mins + for a 10K... Really char... Last year I was looking forward to buried this bad run but mana tau cancel tim the ran. So KOTR continued to be a bad spot in my running history. When I heard tat KOTR was being revived tis year, I was so glad I finally had the chance to take revenge.
Ok, my run start at 6.45am, but the road to Sunway Piramid was all closed starting from 5am. Since I dun wanna go there and wait 1 hour + doing nothing, I decided close mah close loh... I park opposite sunway piramid at the shop lots there. Anyway, I had problem sleeping (Yeah, having same problem from recent runs also)... But lucky I sleep afternoon from 2pm to 6pm de since I exhausted from gym, so atleast got in a few hours of nap. I drag myself from my house to sunway piramid but found the route from Subang Parade to Piramid tutup. So I had to use the hanging bridge route instead. Lucky, the shop lot area alot of parking... Park my car and bla to the start point. Then I felt a urge to "piss"... Tiu lor I thought, too late to go find toilet de coz gonna start de. Somemore is 16.8K (maybe a 2 hour run), can't hold piss that long one. Decided to gamble on the route got portable toilet or petrol station toilet.
So normal "3, 2, 1... Peeettt"!!! Start race lor. Alot of chicks (All sweaty n wet... Ok, I know I overuse tis joke de), even the 16.8K category... Nice field day for eye... 1st K was pretty slow due to heavy traffic, normal la coz all people at start raging to go fast... After 2nd K, managed to a slightly higher 6 min perKm pace, slowly make up for my slow 1st K. Have a water station every 3K mark (DAMN GOOD!!! KUDOS). Every station somemore got portable toilet, but I decided not to go coz all full so risk "paip bocor" for some time. A very vibrant group of people running tis run tis time around. Got someone run wearing pajamas (damn fast he run), got other wear leopard... LOL.
I ran a consistent run, stopping and walking onli at water station till the 12K mark... I saw portable toilet empty, make pitstop... 2-3 minute pitstop, wanna broom out of toilet but when hit to paip to wash hand... CB... No water... Had to run with "dirty" hand... Lucky not far, the water station, use the drinking water from cup to wash hand instead... LOL
My stamina finally hit the wall at the 13K mark. Decided to take my walking break which I originally plan at the 10K mark but managed to drag my body another 3K. I was ahead my planned pace by 6 minutes... So decided to cash in this time advantage to recover my leg, lungs n heart. RNR by walking for 5 minutes. Alot people potong me here... *Sigh* Time out time out de, continue running. My shin starting to sore, and dunno why my shoe feel damn hot at the sole area... Overheat due to stepping too much? Ran slower due to no gas, but somehow my time still 2 minute ahead my planned pace time. At final water station, drank ALOT of water... dehydrated de coz feel thirsty (Next run need plan water consumption better to avoid tis)... The final 1.8K feel like the longest 2K I ever ran... I keep asking, why I still dun see the piramid one, onli 1.8K left shd can see de mah, kanne... I breath a sigh of relief when I FINNALY saw the tunnel (infront of the piramid one). Crossing the tunnel gave me a headache due to the dark and glaring yellow light... dunno why, feel giddy... Lucky I tanked through it and just 200m from the finish line I saw the big timer was "1 hour 38 minute xx seconds"... OMG!!! I thought, I muster the last of whatever I had left and push ahead to cross the line before the 40 minute mark. I managed to cross the line with 30 secs to spare... WOOT!!!
The best part of the run however is probably when I was running on the NPE highway. The highway kena tutup for tis run, so ur running ontop of the highway on the elevated road and pass the highway toll on the car lane. The feeling is damn song... Feels like "Nin peh NPE Highway Eh Ong"... Wakakaka... Really feel like my father own the NPE one coz all NPE is closed for me to run on it.
Finish run de, go collect medal. Grab a few bananas (x4) to replenish lost carbs... Later regret eat so much banana coz at back got Nestle Finesse Cornflakes to eat. Overall a very organized run, every 1K got put board so runner know. One water station per 3K, I very like... Post run medal distribution, flow very well. Sponsor food and drink are placed further behind from finish line so no traffic after finish line. Pre run, bib and vest collection in Sunway Piramid also very organized.
If I had to b*tch will probably b*tch bout the vest onli. I fail to understand why got size limit on vest size during registration. I mean u asking size so u can produce tis much rite? So why must there be like a limit to "M" size? As if the vest is already produced and now is who fast who get...?
Another complain I heard (not me), is the color of vest. This year, got 3 different color design for both male n female. The color you get is based on first come, first get basic. Means, they will first release color 1... When finish color 1 size "M", will onli release color 2 size "M". Quite a lot of people not happy with this coz, they can't really get the color they want unless they come at the time when the color they want is available. I didn't get the color n size tat I wanted for my vest. Color I dun so kisah la, but size matter coz it will affect ur running.
Overall... A great run, my hats of the organizer and all runners for tis KOTR... Till next year KOTR...
Run Forrest, run...
Just survived KOTR 2011 16.8K run. Clocked a 1 hour 40 minute... Meet my goal to run a average 6 min perkm pace.
I remember 2 years back when I ran my first KOTR in Shah Alam. Till today, that run is without a doubt the worst run I ever ran. Clocking a 1 hour 30 mins + for a 10K... Really char... Last year I was looking forward to buried this bad run but mana tau cancel tim the ran. So KOTR continued to be a bad spot in my running history. When I heard tat KOTR was being revived tis year, I was so glad I finally had the chance to take revenge.
Ok, my run start at 6.45am, but the road to Sunway Piramid was all closed starting from 5am. Since I dun wanna go there and wait 1 hour + doing nothing, I decided close mah close loh... I park opposite sunway piramid at the shop lots there. Anyway, I had problem sleeping (Yeah, having same problem from recent runs also)... But lucky I sleep afternoon from 2pm to 6pm de since I exhausted from gym, so atleast got in a few hours of nap. I drag myself from my house to sunway piramid but found the route from Subang Parade to Piramid tutup. So I had to use the hanging bridge route instead. Lucky, the shop lot area alot of parking... Park my car and bla to the start point. Then I felt a urge to "piss"... Tiu lor I thought, too late to go find toilet de coz gonna start de. Somemore is 16.8K (maybe a 2 hour run), can't hold piss that long one. Decided to gamble on the route got portable toilet or petrol station toilet.
So normal "3, 2, 1... Peeettt"!!! Start race lor. Alot of chicks (All sweaty n wet... Ok, I know I overuse tis joke de), even the 16.8K category... Nice field day for eye... 1st K was pretty slow due to heavy traffic, normal la coz all people at start raging to go fast... After 2nd K, managed to a slightly higher 6 min perKm pace, slowly make up for my slow 1st K. Have a water station every 3K mark (DAMN GOOD!!! KUDOS). Every station somemore got portable toilet, but I decided not to go coz all full so risk "paip bocor" for some time. A very vibrant group of people running tis run tis time around. Got someone run wearing pajamas (damn fast he run), got other wear leopard... LOL.
I ran a consistent run, stopping and walking onli at water station till the 12K mark... I saw portable toilet empty, make pitstop... 2-3 minute pitstop, wanna broom out of toilet but when hit to paip to wash hand... CB... No water... Had to run with "dirty" hand... Lucky not far, the water station, use the drinking water from cup to wash hand instead... LOL
My stamina finally hit the wall at the 13K mark. Decided to take my walking break which I originally plan at the 10K mark but managed to drag my body another 3K. I was ahead my planned pace by 6 minutes... So decided to cash in this time advantage to recover my leg, lungs n heart. RNR by walking for 5 minutes. Alot people potong me here... *Sigh* Time out time out de, continue running. My shin starting to sore, and dunno why my shoe feel damn hot at the sole area... Overheat due to stepping too much? Ran slower due to no gas, but somehow my time still 2 minute ahead my planned pace time. At final water station, drank ALOT of water... dehydrated de coz feel thirsty (Next run need plan water consumption better to avoid tis)... The final 1.8K feel like the longest 2K I ever ran... I keep asking, why I still dun see the piramid one, onli 1.8K left shd can see de mah, kanne... I breath a sigh of relief when I FINNALY saw the tunnel (infront of the piramid one). Crossing the tunnel gave me a headache due to the dark and glaring yellow light... dunno why, feel giddy... Lucky I tanked through it and just 200m from the finish line I saw the big timer was "1 hour 38 minute xx seconds"... OMG!!! I thought, I muster the last of whatever I had left and push ahead to cross the line before the 40 minute mark. I managed to cross the line with 30 secs to spare... WOOT!!!
The best part of the run however is probably when I was running on the NPE highway. The highway kena tutup for tis run, so ur running ontop of the highway on the elevated road and pass the highway toll on the car lane. The feeling is damn song... Feels like "Nin peh NPE Highway Eh Ong"... Wakakaka... Really feel like my father own the NPE one coz all NPE is closed for me to run on it.
Finish run de, go collect medal. Grab a few bananas (x4) to replenish lost carbs... Later regret eat so much banana coz at back got Nestle Finesse Cornflakes to eat. Overall a very organized run, every 1K got put board so runner know. One water station per 3K, I very like... Post run medal distribution, flow very well. Sponsor food and drink are placed further behind from finish line so no traffic after finish line. Pre run, bib and vest collection in Sunway Piramid also very organized.
If I had to b*tch will probably b*tch bout the vest onli. I fail to understand why got size limit on vest size during registration. I mean u asking size so u can produce tis much rite? So why must there be like a limit to "M" size? As if the vest is already produced and now is who fast who get...?
Another complain I heard (not me), is the color of vest. This year, got 3 different color design for both male n female. The color you get is based on first come, first get basic. Means, they will first release color 1... When finish color 1 size "M", will onli release color 2 size "M". Quite a lot of people not happy with this coz, they can't really get the color they want unless they come at the time when the color they want is available. I didn't get the color n size tat I wanted for my vest. Color I dun so kisah la, but size matter coz it will affect ur running.
Overall... A great run, my hats of the organizer and all runners for tis KOTR... Till next year KOTR...
Run Forrest, run...
Dear bloggie,
About 2 years ago, when I ran Centro run 2009, I clocked a 33 min for my 6K. Today I ran a awesome (Yea, yea, yea... Syok sendiri) 7K in 34 min 28 sec. Woohooo... Can you calculate the my improvement... Holy shit 34 - 33 = 1 min! Tat means, I ran the extra 1K in 1 min... Wahahaha... Anyway, jokes aside... I probably managed to improve my average pace to 5 min per km pace which I hope to be able to maintain for a 10K.
Overall, a rather flat route run. From wat the organizers said, got around 2200+ runners. Didn't see any familiar faces, most likely coz they run last week Run4It de.
For tis run, my actual target was 6 min perkm pace hence a 42 minutes finish time goal. With my shin pain resurfacing and with a recent shaky knee (Thx to my new addiction to Body Step), I didn't expect to be able to run a my max speed. Lucky tis time around, onli my shin sorta bother me, no shaky knee (Especially since I last nite stupidly gatal go join Body Step class some more).
My main goal for this race is to gauge my ability to maintain a fast pace in a short run. In tat aspect, I failed as I had to take 3 stops (around 1 min per stop) as I was unable to sustain tat pace. I started quite slow as a lot of traffic but I decided at around my 2nd Km, to turbo up instead of after the water station (Which is at the 1/2 way point). I ran like da wind... I dun think I ever ran so fast in a long distance run before... And nothing unexpected ran outta gas around the 3K+ mark. My ran went to holland after tat, my body already taking the toll of running the fast 2K, even running at my normal pace was difficult. I somehow still managed to complete the run with a f*cked up stamina. And when I stop my stopwatch, I was delighted to see I managed 34 mins. So happy... :)
My bubble however burst when the winners medal ceremony, the fastest runner time was a f*ckin fast 23 mins!!! That's like 11 minutes faster... And for onli a 7K race. By th gods of Maths, tat's a 23 / 7 = 3.3 min per km pace!!!! While I'm rather bummed at the CLEAR difference in ability, it's sorta makes me more committed to train harder.
As for organizer for this run, I can't say I seen nor have any complains I wanna b*tch about. No problem from start to end. Kudos...
Till the next run... Run on!!!
#Update: Discovered tat tis run is onli 6.3K... Sigh...
About 2 years ago, when I ran Centro run 2009, I clocked a 33 min for my 6K. Today I ran a awesome (Yea, yea, yea... Syok sendiri) 7K in 34 min 28 sec. Woohooo... Can you calculate the my improvement... Holy shit 34 - 33 = 1 min! Tat means, I ran the extra 1K in 1 min... Wahahaha... Anyway, jokes aside... I probably managed to improve my average pace to 5 min per km pace which I hope to be able to maintain for a 10K.
Overall, a rather flat route run. From wat the organizers said, got around 2200+ runners. Didn't see any familiar faces, most likely coz they run last week Run4It de.
For tis run, my actual target was 6 min perkm pace hence a 42 minutes finish time goal. With my shin pain resurfacing and with a recent shaky knee (Thx to my new addiction to Body Step), I didn't expect to be able to run a my max speed. Lucky tis time around, onli my shin sorta bother me, no shaky knee (Especially since I last nite stupidly gatal go join Body Step class some more).
My main goal for this race is to gauge my ability to maintain a fast pace in a short run. In tat aspect, I failed as I had to take 3 stops (around 1 min per stop) as I was unable to sustain tat pace. I started quite slow as a lot of traffic but I decided at around my 2nd Km, to turbo up instead of after the water station (Which is at the 1/2 way point). I ran like da wind... I dun think I ever ran so fast in a long distance run before... And nothing unexpected ran outta gas around the 3K+ mark. My ran went to holland after tat, my body already taking the toll of running the fast 2K, even running at my normal pace was difficult. I somehow still managed to complete the run with a f*cked up stamina. And when I stop my stopwatch, I was delighted to see I managed 34 mins. So happy... :)
My bubble however burst when the winners medal ceremony, the fastest runner time was a f*ckin fast 23 mins!!! That's like 11 minutes faster... And for onli a 7K race. By th gods of Maths, tat's a 23 / 7 = 3.3 min per km pace!!!! While I'm rather bummed at the CLEAR difference in ability, it's sorta makes me more committed to train harder.
As for organizer for this run, I can't say I seen nor have any complains I wanna b*tch about. No problem from start to end. Kudos...
Till the next run... Run on!!!
#Update: Discovered tat tis run is onli 6.3K... Sigh...
Dear bloggie,
My 1st 15 min test run on these babes was an awesome experience. Almost like barefoot running, except got the cushion protect your feet but can still feel the ground.
The interior was F*CKIN nice, and oddly while there's less padding in the heel area, I don't feel pain unlike my current NB shoe where when I first wore I can really feel pain due to less padding compare to my previous Nike one. Also running on these is like wearing sandal to run, damn lightweight. While I was initially worried by the rather tight feel near the plantar fascia area, but when I run dun feel it at all. Still running on these babes feel a bit odd, mainly cause feel like running barefooted but with a soft material wrapped upon ur leg like a 2nd skin. Best part, little shin pain... As there is no padding in the heel, it would be suicide to slam away on the ground, hence I adjust my landing to be lighter = less impact = less shin pain... Awesome...
One regret is I maybe brought wrong color design, the black and red is a bit too flashy (should choose the less flashy and more adaptable white blue one)... A lot of people keep seeing my shoe when I jog today... :(
Feet a bit sore at some odd places, so will not use this shoes yet for my long run yet. One danger of this shoe is tat running on em is f*ckin nice, you might overdo it... Hence I will ramp up training time on these shoe incremental so my leg muscles have time to adapt to it.
#It seems I overdone it indeed, sore feet
My 1st 15 min test run on these babes was an awesome experience. Almost like barefoot running, except got the cushion protect your feet but can still feel the ground.
The interior was F*CKIN nice, and oddly while there's less padding in the heel area, I don't feel pain unlike my current NB shoe where when I first wore I can really feel pain due to less padding compare to my previous Nike one. Also running on these is like wearing sandal to run, damn lightweight. While I was initially worried by the rather tight feel near the plantar fascia area, but when I run dun feel it at all. Still running on these babes feel a bit odd, mainly cause feel like running barefooted but with a soft material wrapped upon ur leg like a 2nd skin. Best part, little shin pain... As there is no padding in the heel, it would be suicide to slam away on the ground, hence I adjust my landing to be lighter = less impact = less shin pain... Awesome...
One regret is I maybe brought wrong color design, the black and red is a bit too flashy (should choose the less flashy and more adaptable white blue one)... A lot of people keep seeing my shoe when I jog today... :(
Feet a bit sore at some odd places, so will not use this shoes yet for my long run yet. One danger of this shoe is tat running on em is f*ckin nice, you might overdo it... Hence I will ramp up training time on these shoe incremental so my leg muscles have time to adapt to it.
#It seems I overdone it indeed, sore feet
Dear bloggie,
Bought myself these...
"New Balance Minimum - Road"
Decided to spoil myself with tis rather expensive (RM 300) b'day gift to myself... A bit pricey but heck who else will buy for me if not myself.
This shoes comes with a rather amusing warning tag in the shoe box:
"Caution: This product increases the strain on the foot, calf, and Achilles tendon. Overuse of this product or use of activities outside of running and walking may increase the risk of sustaining injury.
This product should be introduced slowly into a running exercise routine. New Balance recommends limiting initial use to 10% of overall running workouts and very gradually increasing training time and distance."
This shoe is a "barefoot" transition shoe. To run barefooted, one will need to restrengthen the weaken leg (due to our excessive modern shoe padding) and tis shoe is a great in between shoe for those making the transition as the padding is a lot less than normal shoes but there is still there so you don't over do it too much to get injured instead.
There are 2 other designs, but I fell in luv with the red + black one at first sight. Also in terms of weight, very light... almost as light as New Balance light weight trainer sneakers. A rather cool feature of this shoe is it is design tat you can wear it without socks (interior well padded). Already look forward to taking this shoe to a spin this weekend... :)
Bought myself these...
"New Balance Minimum - Road"
Decided to spoil myself with tis rather expensive (RM 300) b'day gift to myself... A bit pricey but heck who else will buy for me if not myself.
This shoes comes with a rather amusing warning tag in the shoe box:
"Caution: This product increases the strain on the foot, calf, and Achilles tendon. Overuse of this product or use of activities outside of running and walking may increase the risk of sustaining injury.
This product should be introduced slowly into a running exercise routine. New Balance recommends limiting initial use to 10% of overall running workouts and very gradually increasing training time and distance."
This shoe is a "barefoot" transition shoe. To run barefooted, one will need to restrengthen the weaken leg (due to our excessive modern shoe padding) and tis shoe is a great in between shoe for those making the transition as the padding is a lot less than normal shoes but there is still there so you don't over do it too much to get injured instead.
There are 2 other designs, but I fell in luv with the red + black one at first sight. Also in terms of weight, very light... almost as light as New Balance light weight trainer sneakers. A rather cool feature of this shoe is it is design tat you can wear it without socks (interior well padded). Already look forward to taking this shoe to a spin this weekend... :)
Dear bloggie,
Just finished watching "Feel the wind"... A random j-movie I saw, bought and watched.
The story in short is about 10 japanese average joes (Ok, 2 ain't just average joes) and their road to Hakone Ekiden (Relay Marathon). A 10 x 20K relay marathon...
While the movie is quite char... But one thing tat it really captures well is the essence of running... I get inspired to run especially when I see the main actor run. Really, you can see the guy is a real runner by his running style.
The movie does bring up a quite interesting question... What is running? The spirit of running is portrayed through all 10 runners. Each displaying their own unique aspect of running, let it be to just finish the race, to set a record time, etc... But it all comes down to one single elements... "To push yourself through walls you never knew you could push through"
The movie however is flawed, we see that these 10 people changed from when they 1st started training to the real run itself, but due to the limited length of the movie, there isn't much space for a more detailed character development. Hence 10 main actors perhaps is a bit too much for the movie time. While there's a sense of teamwork among this 10, but with the main focus split into 10, you do feel a sense of disconnection. Almost 1/2 of the movie, the actors do nothing but run... Almost 1/4 of the movie is on the final relay marathon itself. There is perhaps, what I feel lack of plot as much time is spend on the training program that the runner went through... Jog, Cross country, etc. There's a hint of romance, but it never took off... Which is perhaps good...
Overall, I can onli give a so-so rating movie but I highly recommend you watch if your a runner as you will most likely enjoy it...
Just finished watching "Feel the wind"... A random j-movie I saw, bought and watched.
The story in short is about 10 japanese average joes (Ok, 2 ain't just average joes) and their road to Hakone Ekiden (Relay Marathon). A 10 x 20K relay marathon...
While the movie is quite char... But one thing tat it really captures well is the essence of running... I get inspired to run especially when I see the main actor run. Really, you can see the guy is a real runner by his running style.
The movie does bring up a quite interesting question... What is running? The spirit of running is portrayed through all 10 runners. Each displaying their own unique aspect of running, let it be to just finish the race, to set a record time, etc... But it all comes down to one single elements... "To push yourself through walls you never knew you could push through"
The movie however is flawed, we see that these 10 people changed from when they 1st started training to the real run itself, but due to the limited length of the movie, there isn't much space for a more detailed character development. Hence 10 main actors perhaps is a bit too much for the movie time. While there's a sense of teamwork among this 10, but with the main focus split into 10, you do feel a sense of disconnection. Almost 1/2 of the movie, the actors do nothing but run... Almost 1/4 of the movie is on the final relay marathon itself. There is perhaps, what I feel lack of plot as much time is spend on the training program that the runner went through... Jog, Cross country, etc. There's a hint of romance, but it never took off... Which is perhaps good...
Overall, I can onli give a so-so rating movie but I highly recommend you watch if your a runner as you will most likely enjoy it...
Dear bloggie,
Yea, joined my 3rd Orange Run at the curve tis morning. Time... A pathetic 1 hour 4 minutes... Same as last year... Sad case...
Comments on this year's Larian Jingga? A lot more runners, I feel. Tis is good and bad... Good, more chicks to kap, bad more uncivilized "Malaysians" during collection of goodies...
Same route as last year, I think I too slow 1st half, caused my time to SUX. Anyway, experimenting with smaller steps running style, have to say a rather slower pace, but with this change, managed to tank the whole 11K without stopping (with exception to drink at water station).
Goodies bag, ok la... RM 5 registration, wat can one expect wor. One change this year is no 100 plus, instead Gatorado sponsor. Complains, only one... I think the placement of the goodies bag, food and drink collection near the small route near Fitness First and The Laundry is a bad decision. Cause alot of jam when the runners all come to collect this things. Quite tulan at the "sakai" at the goodies collection place... I hope this doesn't become a custom at running events. Grab the things, then throw behind to distribute as if like war time. Just sad la... Just queue up to collect the thing la, no need be sakai go push till table also can collapse... Really WTF!?
Overall, like the prev editions, a good run + event. Kudos... Look forward for next year's one.
Yea, joined my 3rd Orange Run at the curve tis morning. Time... A pathetic 1 hour 4 minutes... Same as last year... Sad case...
Comments on this year's Larian Jingga? A lot more runners, I feel. Tis is good and bad... Good, more chicks to kap, bad more uncivilized "Malaysians" during collection of goodies...
Same route as last year, I think I too slow 1st half, caused my time to SUX. Anyway, experimenting with smaller steps running style, have to say a rather slower pace, but with this change, managed to tank the whole 11K without stopping (with exception to drink at water station).
Goodies bag, ok la... RM 5 registration, wat can one expect wor. One change this year is no 100 plus, instead Gatorado sponsor. Complains, only one... I think the placement of the goodies bag, food and drink collection near the small route near Fitness First and The Laundry is a bad decision. Cause alot of jam when the runners all come to collect this things. Quite tulan at the "sakai" at the goodies collection place... I hope this doesn't become a custom at running events. Grab the things, then throw behind to distribute as if like war time. Just sad la... Just queue up to collect the thing la, no need be sakai go push till table also can collapse... Really WTF!?
Overall, like the prev editions, a good run + event. Kudos... Look forward for next year's one.
Dear bloggie,
My pathetic timing for tis run:
An average 6 min perkm pace... Managed to hit the 5K mark in 30+ mins, but sadly when I hit the hill (around 7-8K mark) engine mati...
Next run: Orange Run 2011
My pathetic timing for tis run:
| Rank | BIB No. | Name & Category | Gun Time | Net Time |
| 345 | K-16752 | K** Y** H** Men's Open - 10 km (Men) | 01:06:12 | 01:05:10 |
An average 6 min perkm pace... Managed to hit the 5K mark in 30+ mins, but sadly when I hit the hill (around 7-8K mark) engine mati...
Next run: Orange Run 2011
Dear bloggie,
My leg is out of commission, chest sore, my core is aching, my body fatigue, my hair balding & my heart numb...
Tat about sum my retirement run experience... aka Emkay Green Fun Run 2010.
Around 300-400 people appear for this fun run. No one single familiar face though. I was hesistant to run tis run as I actually should get at least 13 days rest off running before running again after my climatic 1/2 marathon. But heck, when I heard there was a run at Cyberjaya and I saw the route, I knew, I had to run.
The race started around 7.45am, which is rather late for a run. And I regretted immediately during the race to not have brought my cap, as the morning sun was already scorching hot. Around 2-3K of the race, it seems my leg has not fully recovered and experience a stinging pain on my tibia anterior. My stamina also seem weak, maybe due to running at a much faster pace.
The route was a mixed bag one, some part up and down while some straight stretches. I managed to cover 5K in under 30 minutes, but my leg and stamina was really depleted at that point. But having experience the rainfall run in Penang, I somehow manage to continue on mental strength. I finally reach the part of the route that make me run this race. The route which pass by my office building. Yea, an odd reason to race, but u know me. Odd ball = Odd reason.
It was a rather odd feeling, running past my office on the route to the bus station which I often would walk by for lunch. Mostly I ran as a lonely runner as the front and back runners from me were separated by quite a distance.
You can imagine how glad I was when I saw the Neo Cyberjaya shop lots from a distance. I try to push my body to go faster at that point for a strong finish, but it seems I was running at emergency energy de. I run into the shop lots and into the final route to the finish line. And I managed to finish the race at a time of 51 minutes 11 seconds + 1-2 minutes (Forgot to start the clock timer when I started). Hence my time is around 53 minutes mark, which makes me think the actually distance for this race isn't 10K, but around 8K onli. Anyway, upon finishing the race I was actually given a prize... A cert my my trophy, a small tree... -_-'
Somehow I feel unsatisfied with this run. Can't run at full capacity, and didn't get the adrenaline & endorphin rush I was seeking for. Hence here I am, sitting infront of this laptop, worn out and depressed... Wat a sh*tty retirement run...
My leg is out of commission, chest sore, my core is aching, my body fatigue, my hair balding & my heart numb...
Tat about sum my retirement run experience... aka Emkay Green Fun Run 2010.
Around 300-400 people appear for this fun run. No one single familiar face though. I was hesistant to run tis run as I actually should get at least 13 days rest off running before running again after my climatic 1/2 marathon. But heck, when I heard there was a run at Cyberjaya and I saw the route, I knew, I had to run.
The race started around 7.45am, which is rather late for a run. And I regretted immediately during the race to not have brought my cap, as the morning sun was already scorching hot. Around 2-3K of the race, it seems my leg has not fully recovered and experience a stinging pain on my tibia anterior. My stamina also seem weak, maybe due to running at a much faster pace.
The route was a mixed bag one, some part up and down while some straight stretches. I managed to cover 5K in under 30 minutes, but my leg and stamina was really depleted at that point. But having experience the rainfall run in Penang, I somehow manage to continue on mental strength. I finally reach the part of the route that make me run this race. The route which pass by my office building. Yea, an odd reason to race, but u know me. Odd ball = Odd reason.
It was a rather odd feeling, running past my office on the route to the bus station which I often would walk by for lunch. Mostly I ran as a lonely runner as the front and back runners from me were separated by quite a distance.
You can imagine how glad I was when I saw the Neo Cyberjaya shop lots from a distance. I try to push my body to go faster at that point for a strong finish, but it seems I was running at emergency energy de. I run into the shop lots and into the final route to the finish line. And I managed to finish the race at a time of 51 minutes 11 seconds + 1-2 minutes (Forgot to start the clock timer when I started). Hence my time is around 53 minutes mark, which makes me think the actually distance for this race isn't 10K, but around 8K onli. Anyway, upon finishing the race I was actually given a prize... A cert my my trophy, a small tree... -_-'
Somehow I feel unsatisfied with this run. Can't run at full capacity, and didn't get the adrenaline & endorphin rush I was seeking for. Hence here I am, sitting infront of this laptop, worn out and depressed... Wat a sh*tty retirement run...
Dear bloggie,
Imagine...
Urself gasping for breath,
U feel a tingling cramping sensation on ur left shoulder,
U are surrounded by the darkness of the early morning only guided by the dimly lit street lights,
Ur vision is a constant blur due to the fogs & water in ur glasses,
It takes ur complete effort to take a just step for each step sends shockwaves to the ball of ur aching feet,
Ur are drenched wet from head to toe, inside and outside,
U feel like ur weight + a ton due to the resistance of the wind, heavy rainfall and water soaked into ur clothes,
U are exposed with no protection what so ever to the bombarding of heavy raindrop from the heaven skies,
U know u had barely finished 1/2 way through...
Ur spirit starts to dampen, ur willpower starts to erode, and doubt starts to haunt ur mind....
U start to ponder....
"WTF am I doing here? I should be in my bed with a thick blanket and sock on my cold feet"
This is how I felt during about 13K mark in my 1/2 marathon run last Sunday. For ur information, it started to rain when I reached the 10K mark and by 11-12K+, it started to rain heavy. When I say heavy here, I mean really heavy. The rainfall where if u sit in ur car, u can heard loud sounds of raindrops bombarding the roof of ur car. Imagine urself outside ur car dressed in just a vest, a short sport pants, socks and shoes. To be honest, tis is the first time since I started running in these events, I thought about quitting a race. Each step at that moment were like the hardest steps I ever took in my life.
Some of u are probably lost, so let me start tis rather tall tale (for me la) from the start...
I was awoken from my sleepless slumber by the sound of beeping alarm. My body automatically arose and I see my room mate, Daniel also arose from his slumber. He exclaim "It's 2.30am de". My mind was still 1/2 asleep but those words were enuff to send it into a frantic panic mode. OMG!!! We had overslept!!! Daniel and I quicky got ourself dress into our war gears and rush outta the room. Our poor hostess (Sori, dunno spelling for her name) was sitting 1/2 asleep at the dinning table. I felt a slight pangs of guilt back then, but that guilt was replaced quickly by the panic to get to where we are supposed to be right now. Our hostess drove us to our destination, in the car all sorts of thought of arriving late played on my mind. Enduring a journey more than 300K+, arriving 1 day earlier, sacrificing 1 day of vacation... only to be late...!?
Anyway, more panic ensues as we almost arrive at our destination, there was a road block. It seem this is as far as our hostess could drive us. Daniel and I had to make the rest of the journey to our destination on foot. We started of walking, there were also a few others like us that was heading to the same destination walked the same road. The road seem to stretch forever, as when we heard the loud sound of countdown, Daniel and I started to shift a gear up and started jogging. I was undecided at that point to shift another gear up or remain the stable jogging pace as I fear going to fast now would cost me dearly later. We remained at rather slow jogging pace. I sighed a silent sigh of relief when we finally arrive at our destination and there were still many people dressed in bright yellow vest walking around. We weren't late. We stop jogging and started walked (nice warm up I have to admit) among those of our same brethren, that just like us are heading to the same destination. We were JIT (Just In Time)...
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4,
I feel the adrenaline +1
3...
My heart pumping faster
2...
This is it
1!!!
It's finally has began... Like bees being provoked from something threatening their hives, huges waves of peoples in yellow vests swarm pass the destination to embark on their own fight and journey for their holy grail...
Daniel and I kicked off with an easy walk as it was hard to jog or run in this swarm of peoples. After 3-4 minutes of walking, we finally reached our destination, the end of our early morning little adventure... Yet, as I step my foot onto and crossed the destination, a journey has ended but a new one has just began... The destination has became the start point for this new journey, and at the same time it is also the final destination of this journey (Very ironic, noes?)... Looking forward to the route in front of me, I feel the excitement, electricity & [insert watever positive energy u can think of here] of being at this event. I was running in the Penang 1/2 Marathon 2010...
(Incase if ur wondering, our destination was the starting line for the Penang Marathon 2010...)
[To be continued...]
Imagine...
Urself gasping for breath,
U feel a tingling cramping sensation on ur left shoulder,
U are surrounded by the darkness of the early morning only guided by the dimly lit street lights,
Ur vision is a constant blur due to the fogs & water in ur glasses,
It takes ur complete effort to take a just step for each step sends shockwaves to the ball of ur aching feet,
Ur are drenched wet from head to toe, inside and outside,
U feel like ur weight + a ton due to the resistance of the wind, heavy rainfall and water soaked into ur clothes,
U are exposed with no protection what so ever to the bombarding of heavy raindrop from the heaven skies,
U know u had barely finished 1/2 way through...
Ur spirit starts to dampen, ur willpower starts to erode, and doubt starts to haunt ur mind....
U start to ponder....
"WTF am I doing here? I should be in my bed with a thick blanket and sock on my cold feet"
This is how I felt during about 13K mark in my 1/2 marathon run last Sunday. For ur information, it started to rain when I reached the 10K mark and by 11-12K+, it started to rain heavy. When I say heavy here, I mean really heavy. The rainfall where if u sit in ur car, u can heard loud sounds of raindrops bombarding the roof of ur car. Imagine urself outside ur car dressed in just a vest, a short sport pants, socks and shoes. To be honest, tis is the first time since I started running in these events, I thought about quitting a race. Each step at that moment were like the hardest steps I ever took in my life.
Some of u are probably lost, so let me start tis rather tall tale (for me la) from the start...
I was awoken from my sleepless slumber by the sound of beeping alarm. My body automatically arose and I see my room mate, Daniel also arose from his slumber. He exclaim "It's 2.30am de". My mind was still 1/2 asleep but those words were enuff to send it into a frantic panic mode. OMG!!! We had overslept!!! Daniel and I quicky got ourself dress into our war gears and rush outta the room. Our poor hostess (Sori, dunno spelling for her name) was sitting 1/2 asleep at the dinning table. I felt a slight pangs of guilt back then, but that guilt was replaced quickly by the panic to get to where we are supposed to be right now. Our hostess drove us to our destination, in the car all sorts of thought of arriving late played on my mind. Enduring a journey more than 300K+, arriving 1 day earlier, sacrificing 1 day of vacation... only to be late...!?
Anyway, more panic ensues as we almost arrive at our destination, there was a road block. It seem this is as far as our hostess could drive us. Daniel and I had to make the rest of the journey to our destination on foot. We started of walking, there were also a few others like us that was heading to the same destination walked the same road. The road seem to stretch forever, as when we heard the loud sound of countdown, Daniel and I started to shift a gear up and started jogging. I was undecided at that point to shift another gear up or remain the stable jogging pace as I fear going to fast now would cost me dearly later. We remained at rather slow jogging pace. I sighed a silent sigh of relief when we finally arrive at our destination and there were still many people dressed in bright yellow vest walking around. We weren't late. We stop jogging and started walked (nice warm up I have to admit) among those of our same brethren, that just like us are heading to the same destination. We were JIT (Just In Time)...
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4,
I feel the adrenaline +1
3...
My heart pumping faster
2...
This is it
1!!!
It's finally has began... Like bees being provoked from something threatening their hives, huges waves of peoples in yellow vests swarm pass the destination to embark on their own fight and journey for their holy grail...
Daniel and I kicked off with an easy walk as it was hard to jog or run in this swarm of peoples. After 3-4 minutes of walking, we finally reached our destination, the end of our early morning little adventure... Yet, as I step my foot onto and crossed the destination, a journey has ended but a new one has just began... The destination has became the start point for this new journey, and at the same time it is also the final destination of this journey (Very ironic, noes?)... Looking forward to the route in front of me, I feel the excitement, electricity & [insert watever positive energy u can think of here] of being at this event. I was running in the Penang 1/2 Marathon 2010...
(Incase if ur wondering, our destination was the starting line for the Penang Marathon 2010...)
[To be continued...]
Dear bloggie,
Ok, maybe these ain't war cry, more like motivational quotes...
"Sometimes the moment that challenges us the most, defines us."
"You go through that mental struggle, and physical struggle. And you say geezzz... This is really, really, really hard."
"The marathon is like life. You gonna hit hiccups and rough period but it's about you handle them and come through them."
"When you cross the finish line, no matter how slow, no matter how fast, it will change your life forever."
"It's a physical challenge for sure, but it's also a mental challenge. It's fighting through those walls that you don't think you can fight through. That's what the marathon teaches, it teaches you to keep going."
"People run the marathon to prove that there is still triumph and there still is possibility in their life."
"We triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. And therefore we know that there not anything in life we can't triumph after that."
"You think there some many other things in your life that you look at and they look like things that 'I can't do that, there no way I can do it' and all of a sudden, you realize what you are able to do."
Really pumped up for the 1/2 marathon... Trying my best to resist the urge to run now as I'm already in my tapering period...
Ok, maybe these ain't war cry, more like motivational quotes...
"Sometimes the moment that challenges us the most, defines us."
"You go through that mental struggle, and physical struggle. And you say geezzz... This is really, really, really hard."
"The marathon is like life. You gonna hit hiccups and rough period but it's about you handle them and come through them."
"When you cross the finish line, no matter how slow, no matter how fast, it will change your life forever."
"It's a physical challenge for sure, but it's also a mental challenge. It's fighting through those walls that you don't think you can fight through. That's what the marathon teaches, it teaches you to keep going."
"People run the marathon to prove that there is still triumph and there still is possibility in their life."
"We triumph over adversity that's what the marathon is all about. And therefore we know that there not anything in life we can't triumph after that."
"You think there some many other things in your life that you look at and they look like things that 'I can't do that, there no way I can do it' and all of a sudden, you realize what you are able to do."
Really pumped up for the 1/2 marathon... Trying my best to resist the urge to run now as I'm already in my tapering period...
Dear bloggie,
Yea, my bad patch streak continues... Screw up tis run, only managed a 1 hour 12 min 40 sec. SUX!!!!
A 2 minutes 40 sec slower than my last run and 40 seconds off my target time. The last 3.5K was the most hardest I ran for quite some time. Have a lot of work to do in this 2 weeks if I intend to run the 20K Penang Marathon...
Decided to cut down my bodybuilding for this 3 weeks and focus instead on running. I think I abit too late also de, but better late then never.
This year, very lonely Run 4 It. No see any familiar faces except a Yoga+Pilates regular. Guess everyone too busy frying BIGGER FISH in life to even bother joining events like tis. Onli a loser like me that got nothing to do + no fish to fry onli join this kinda events.
Anyway prove of me finishing tis run...
Yea, my bad patch streak continues... Screw up tis run, only managed a 1 hour 12 min 40 sec. SUX!!!!
A 2 minutes 40 sec slower than my last run and 40 seconds off my target time. The last 3.5K was the most hardest I ran for quite some time. Have a lot of work to do in this 2 weeks if I intend to run the 20K Penang Marathon...
Decided to cut down my bodybuilding for this 3 weeks and focus instead on running. I think I abit too late also de, but better late then never.
This year, very lonely Run 4 It. No see any familiar faces except a Yoga+Pilates regular. Guess everyone too busy frying BIGGER FISH in life to even bother joining events like tis. Onli a loser like me that got nothing to do + no fish to fry onli join this kinda events.
Anyway prove of me finishing tis run...
Dear bloggie,
My Run4It Shirt and pose...
I can't believe tis "L" (Asian Man) size tshirt, neckline so DAMN kecil! Have to squeeze my head through... Siao
XL neckline seems better but the side too baggy. And they decided to change the red stripes on the side to green. Abit less flashy feel de...
I excluded my head because I going to experiment a more aggressive hairstyle since most gals tend to look at me and see a loser botak...
My Run4It Shirt and pose...
I can't believe tis "L" (Asian Man) size tshirt, neckline so DAMN kecil! Have to squeeze my head through... Siao
XL neckline seems better but the side too baggy. And they decided to change the red stripes on the side to green. Abit less flashy feel de...
I excluded my head because I going to experiment a more aggressive hairstyle since most gals tend to look at me and see a loser botak...
Dear bloggie,
Achieved my goal of 6 min perkm pace. Big screen finish line time is 1 hour 10 minutes, a lucky 2 minutes below my targeted time. Was placed 200th in my category. Not bad considering I came late and started among the few last runners in my category :-p
Anyway, saw LC at the 2nd lap around Centro (Around 7K+ mark). A pseudo contest between the two of us. He ran a very stable run, ran non stop the whole way I think. Since my engine is more speed less gas type, I opt for run faster and walk at 5:1 ratio strategy at 2nd lap. Zigzag with him till the final 3K where I decided to change strategy to run behind him and utilize his pace. Run till final 1K, his pace drop... I somehow managed to sustained the pace and finish the run ahead of him. VICTORY! Long legs beat short legs... Muwahahaha
Achieved my goal of 6 min perkm pace. Big screen finish line time is 1 hour 10 minutes, a lucky 2 minutes below my targeted time. Was placed 200th in my category. Not bad considering I came late and started among the few last runners in my category :-p
Anyway, saw LC at the 2nd lap around Centro (Around 7K+ mark). A pseudo contest between the two of us. He ran a very stable run, ran non stop the whole way I think. Since my engine is more speed less gas type, I opt for run faster and walk at 5:1 ratio strategy at 2nd lap. Zigzag with him till the final 3K where I decided to change strategy to run behind him and utilize his pace. Run till final 1K, his pace drop... I somehow managed to sustained the pace and finish the run ahead of him. VICTORY! Long legs beat short legs... Muwahahaha
Dear bloggie,
The run must go on...
Centro Run tomolo... The shirt design not bad, too bad have to b*tch bout size. My "L" one also collar there so tight, head can't go through without stretching... SuXoR...
Anyway, drove the whole way to The Curve to signup for BHP Orange Run 2010 tis afternoon. Damn unlucky, reach the BHP at The Curve, they say outta Bip de, ask me go TTDI BHP to signup. I dunno where the hell that BHP at TTDI is, so have to drive around TTDI looking for it (Yea, poor man like me no GPS nor IPhone). However Lady Luck was smiling on me, managed to somehow find it. Onli get bib though, dunno izt no shirt tis year or already ran outta shirt already. Free run like tis la, get nothing one... Dunno got medal also ar not...
The run must go on...
Centro Run tomolo... The shirt design not bad, too bad have to b*tch bout size. My "L" one also collar there so tight, head can't go through without stretching... SuXoR...
Anyway, drove the whole way to The Curve to signup for BHP Orange Run 2010 tis afternoon. Damn unlucky, reach the BHP at The Curve, they say outta Bip de, ask me go TTDI BHP to signup. I dunno where the hell that BHP at TTDI is, so have to drive around TTDI looking for it (Yea, poor man like me no GPS nor IPhone). However Lady Luck was smiling on me, managed to somehow find it. Onli get bib though, dunno izt no shirt tis year or already ran outta shirt already. Free run like tis la, get nothing one... Dunno got medal also ar not...
Dear bloggie,
Tis without a doubt the most amusing, nostalgia and 2nd toughest 10K (1st is Adidas King of TheHill Road) I ran. Quite a memorable run as I manage to accomplish 2 things.
First I managed to clock a 56 min 13 sec time, which is a HUGE improvement over last year run where I clocked 1 hour 9 min 44 sec. But in positioning however, only manage to improve 4 rungs, from 132 to 128.
Secondly, I did what I wanted to do for a long time, walk in the rain. Yea, was raining pretty hard at the 3 quarter of the run. For a brief moment, I felt 14, the age when I also happened to ran in the rain for my school's "Merentas Desa" event.
Personally, running in the rain is pretty hard. While the rain cool my body down, the rain water gets absorb by my vest, pants and shoes makes me feel heavier. Besides the gust of wind provides resistance while running, making me either slowing down or pushing my quads harder to run forward. I ran a pretty slow 1st quarter, reaching the 1st water station at the 2K mark at around 18 min but I surprised even myself when I reached the 2nd water station at the the 5K mark at 26 min! Then I ran outta gas at my 30 min limit. Recuperate for 3 min before hitting the road again. This was when it started to rain. Had to break down and walk a few times before somehow managing to cover the remaining 5K with a few minutes left from the 1 hour mark. Ended soaked wet and with blurry vision (glasses wet) when I crossed the finish line. Don't think I will get a good finishing photo (Yea, they will attach the photo to the cert, last year one my finish photo damn cacat, was with 1/2 dead face walking to finish line).
Tis without a doubt the most amusing, nostalgia and 2nd toughest 10K (1st is Adidas King of The
First I managed to clock a 56 min 13 sec time, which is a HUGE improvement over last year run where I clocked 1 hour 9 min 44 sec. But in positioning however, only manage to improve 4 rungs, from 132 to 128.
Secondly, I did what I wanted to do for a long time, walk in the rain. Yea, was raining pretty hard at the 3 quarter of the run. For a brief moment, I felt 14, the age when I also happened to ran in the rain for my school's "Merentas Desa" event.
Personally, running in the rain is pretty hard. While the rain cool my body down, the rain water gets absorb by my vest, pants and shoes makes me feel heavier. Besides the gust of wind provides resistance while running, making me either slowing down or pushing my quads harder to run forward. I ran a pretty slow 1st quarter, reaching the 1st water station at the 2K mark at around 18 min but I surprised even myself when I reached the 2nd water station at the the 5K mark at 26 min! Then I ran outta gas at my 30 min limit. Recuperate for 3 min before hitting the road again. This was when it started to rain. Had to break down and walk a few times before somehow managing to cover the remaining 5K with a few minutes left from the 1 hour mark. Ended soaked wet and with blurry vision (glasses wet) when I crossed the finish line. Don't think I will get a good finishing photo (Yea, they will attach the photo to the cert, last year one my finish photo damn cacat, was with 1/2 dead face walking to finish line).
Dear bloggie,
Yea, 2nd run of the year is cumming up next week... Went to pickup my bib and vest at Setia Alam Welcome Center tis afternoon. The vest is really... ugh... too light blue for my liking. Strangely, the size "L" seems a tad too big for me, especially at the armpits. The vest however is made from pretty good material, which is a shame since the overall design of the vest also quite nice (simple and clean) but too bad the too light blue color sorta makes the design can't see. Wouldn't mind trading tis vest for the more greenish vest which is for female runners.
Anyway, true to my custom of making lame@$$ poses with these vests...
Yea, 2nd run of the year is cumming up next week... Went to pickup my bib and vest at Setia Alam Welcome Center tis afternoon. The vest is really... ugh... too light blue for my liking. Strangely, the size "L" seems a tad too big for me, especially at the armpits. The vest however is made from pretty good material, which is a shame since the overall design of the vest also quite nice (simple and clean) but too bad the too light blue color sorta makes the design can't see. Wouldn't mind trading tis vest for the more greenish vest which is for female runners.
Anyway, true to my custom of making lame@$$ poses with these vests...
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