Adidas King of The Road 2009 - Preview 2

2day i've been told by them dat it's 11km, not 10km! So i'm confused now.. Blur..........

Hopefully it's 10km, but i'll just take it as 11km and try my best 2 qualify... God bless!

Adidas King of The Road 2009 - Preview

Yes! Adidas King of The Road (KOTR) is back!

A few days ago after the Men's Health Run, i was feeling kinda disappointed as i was unable to achieve my target and on the way i hurt my knees.. Aiks..

2day, i'm feeling quite motivated! I'm not sure y is it so.. Mayb bcos i just collected the running vest, feel more semangat d..

Btw, this will be my 3rd time running in KOTR..

My 1st time was during secondary which i ran 7km and i remember i was running badly and stopped a few times..

My 2nd time was in year 2007 which i think was kinda good, running 10km non-stop in 53minutes..

This time, i'll be running the 10km!

Yup, it's 10km...

The weird part is...

I remember the time i register was 11km and the qualifying time is 50minutes, but 2day when i check out 4 the latest reg from, it's written 10km..

Apa terjadi?

They changed it 2 10km?

Ya, mayb many ppl complain about the qualifying time, 11km in 50minutes which was kinda hard.. Rite now, it's 10km in 50minutes which is achieve able 4 me, but only if i push myself hard enuf, den i'll qualify and of cos, get the medal!

I've decided, this run will be my last! Yup, the last 1 of this running period, mayb will continue running in 3 o 6months time.. Hv 2 rest my knees, i'm feeling the pain.. Ouch!

Alrite, my last run! Let's push myself and stay SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Men's Health Run 2009 - 11.5km

Finally, it's time to blog about my run! Lately i'm feeling very lazy, lazy to study, lazy to go uni, lazy do dis, lazy do dat and i'm very lazy to run!

This is the 1st nite run of my life! Was feeling very excited before the start, but after running 4 a while, i'm getting lazy and my knees are hurting so for this run, not a very good effort as my time for 11.5km was ard 1hour 20minutes which was kinda slow..

Although i did very badly in this run, i'm stil very grateful and thank God that i finish without any serious injury.. Yup, my knees are in pain, maybe stil have not fully recover from the full marathon.. Rite now, i'm still hesitating, thinking shd i run the Adidas King of The Road on nex sunday..

Should i stop running starting 2day? Or should i stop after adidas? Any suggestion?

Anyway, here are some pics i taken (lazy to take pics oso)..

SHAKELINGAM!!!™

Siemen Run 2009!

Yup, 2day is Siemen 10km Run 2009, Dataran Merdeka..

How's my run?

Well, i din't run. Due 2 some mistakes, i wasn't signed up for the run..

But i think it's alrite..

Mayb it's a hint from God, asking me 2 rest.. Serious! My knee was hurting a few days back so it's good dat i din't run 2day..

Dis saturday i'll b running Men's Health Run! Woohoo!

Of Brains and Muscles..

Starting 2moro, it's all about brains and muscles..

For the nex few weeks,

i'll hv 2 endure the pain from reading, studying and running..

Here's a list of what i'll be facing in the next few weeks..

2moro:

Numerical Methods and Statistics mid-term test

Next week (week7):

Engineering Material mid-term test and lab

Fluid Mechanics mid-term test

Basic Electronics mid-term test and lab

Siemen Run (Dataran Merdeka - 10km)

Week 8:

Hand in Basic E lab report

Pengajian Malaysia presentation

Electrical Machines mid-term test

Men's Health Run (Putrajaya - 11.5km)

Week 9:

Hand in Engineering Material lab report

Electrical Machines lab

Fluid Mechanics lab

Pengajian Malaysia mid-term

Adidas King of The Road (Shah Alam - 10km)

And the list goes on and on and on.......

Hopefully i wont become this.....

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Bless me.....

Bless u.........

Bless us.........

God bless every1....

Bad Parking Spot!

Today, as usual, i parked my car beside the masjid at TBR.

Is not that i like 2 park my car there,

it's bcos thr is no where else 4 me 2 park.

After attending classes,

i walked towards my car

(5-10minutes walking distance, depends on speed).

I saw a few DBKL ppl cutting grass by the road.

My 1st thought:

"Better keep a distance,

cos small stones might fly and hit me!"

So i kept my distance.

I reached my car,

reached 4 my car keys,

and i saw THIS....................

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The window, it's broken!

Ar................................................

The stone dint hit me but it hit my car!

Suprisingly, i'm ok with it!

Mayb my mood was not dat bad?

Haha.. I jus continue my journey home..

Dropped by at the workshop, asked bout the price,

RM70..

Hv 2 korek my wallet d...

Haih...

Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2009

Finally, i'm taking my time out to write about the run..

I think i did badly in this marathon.. The total distance was 42.195km but i ran only half, the rest i walked!

The main reason?
Muscle cramp! This is very common when running a full marathon, that is the reason why there are water stations and medical assistance along the route. Main purpose is to prevent runners from dehydrated and prevent muscle cramp (by applying plenty of heat rub).

I ran about 20km and started to feel my muscles pulling.. Was hoping to drink some water and put some heat rub, but, there was NO water and NO heat rub at 20-30km mark. What a suprise! The organiser (Octagon or better known as Otak-Gone) promised the runners water stations every 2.5km after the first 3km (written in the booklet), but there was NOT ENOUGH water in the race day! This is a very dangerous thing to happen, the runners like me need plenty of water after running for 20km, we need water to prevent dehydration, which may lead to muscle cramp or maybe pengsan!?

The other reasons?
Poor organising by Otak-Gone. There are many funny things to be laughed at throughout the whole marathon..

1st - NO water and NO heat rub at 20-30km mark. This is simply amazing! The organisers said they provided 50000 litres of water but i think wat happened is... 25000 litres for runners, 25000 litres for organisers? Haha..

2nd - Bad route.. There was a part where runners run through the city centre.. There is nothin wrong about that but there were many cars (they shd hd block the traffic!), and the route was very confusing.. At 1 point, i almost went to the wrong route but thank God i u-turned, and i found 2 policemen standing and chatting, not doing their job of controlling traffic and guiding the runners..

3rd - Inexperient volunteers.. It's very obvious that the volunteers are part-timers which were hired from some agency.. They don't really care much about the runners, they lack of passion! At 30km mark, i ran passed 2 volunteers, they were sleeping! I can't imagine what's more tiring then running a marathon! Besides that, my frn, Cheu Chyong muscle cramped at 28km mark, he asked the 1st aid ppl to help him stretch his leg but to his suprise, the ppl asked him: "Do u wanna give up?" Funny stuff!

4th - Lack of supporters.. Along the route, i did not see many supporters, just a few.. We need support! I need it too.. If there were ppl cheering along, i think most of us will improve our run..

5th - Low quality stuff.. The design of the finisher-T looks very normal to me, i expected somethin nice, something catchy like Singapore Marathon but it was no match.. The designs of the finisher-T and medal are ugly, and the quality are poor.. The quality of the shirt is cheap stuff, maybe it only cost them RM10 to get that shirt..

The vest which look kinda OK!

The bag..

Finisher-T (front)

Finisher-T (back)

I'll be back in 2010 (let me think twice!)

Ok, those are the critism i have.. I can't bliv i'm doing this, critising (i'm not used to it)..

Although it was a badly organised event, but i'm still grateful to have finished the run without any serious injuries.. Besides that, i found out that there are many kind hearted ppl around us, especially during the run.. Some went to convenient store to buy drinks for us, some runners willing to share their water and heat spray wif each other and i'm glad that i met those during the marathon..

Lastly, i'll still say this...

SHAKELINGAM!!!™ and PRAISE THE LORD!!!