The journey was smooth, we passed by 2 tolls in LDP and we reached a junction where we supposed to turn into. Unfortunately, the junction was blocked! We ended up going straight into Putrajaya. We were driving around Putrajaya and thank God we found a turn to Cyberjaya and continue our journey.
The journey got easier when we were in Cyberjaya, thanks to a map by Benny. We were able to locate and park our car at P2. Half an hour later, Shane is here at P2 and we took a shuttle bus from P2 to the starting line. It was ard 7pm.
We collected our head lights, met up with Hon Sern and Cheu Chyong, went toilet, check in our bags, took some pictures and off to the starting line. It was very confusing at 1st, we were not sure where was starting line, finish line and othr stations as there were no signboards for it.
We eaten the free energy bar, drank some water, did some warm up and started our 10km Energizer NightRace!! Shakelingam!
The 1st 2km was quite easy, i was running quite fast and overtook many ppl but after a while, i slowed down. My legs were not as energetic as before, and my heart was not pumping as usual, due to lack of training.. Haih. Basically i'm dragging my legs, one step after another.
After dragging my legs for quite a while, i was thinking bout stopping (run) and walk instead, then Cheu Chyong caught up with me and was running beside me. This is when i started to feel more energetic and continue to run at faster pace. With CC around i felt more motivated. "You can run very fast when ur alone, but you can run longer with frns" is so true!
After running with CC for a while, i heard the sound of the chinese drum "Gong gong gong!!" and i decided to run faster for the final 2km and left CC behind. I was trying to hit my target which was 60 minutes. At 53th minute, the volunteer shouted 1 more km! I gave my best and tried to run faster, eventhough my legs were very "lembik" at that point. I saw the finish line, and i crossed it with a timing of 59 minutes and 35 seconds!!
I managed to hit my target and I'm proud of it. Although the time is slower compared to my best 10k, i felt very grateful to have finish it in my target time as i did not have enough training.. Job well done!
Besides that, i would like to congratulate Chun Tat, Cheu Chyong, Benny, Shane and Hon Sern for a great run. I believe all of us enjoyed that run and I'm now looking forward to the next run... Which is!?!? SCKLIM? Stay tuned..
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
