As expected, Newton Run 25km Challenge is very hilly. But i never expected it to be so so so challenging..
Basically i ran for an hour, and started walkin as my left knee and ankle are in pain.. I walked for an hour and the 3rd hour my calf muscles cramped and i had to walk and drag my legs for anothr 1 hour and 50 mins..
I used 3 hours and 50 minutes to finish 25km of ultra hilly roads.. No wonder they call it Newton Challenge, it's against gravity! Rested for the whole sunday before i get to continue my studies for my last paper of the year..
Although it was a bad timing, stil thank God that i finished it and managed to get a finisher T. And that is my last run of the year. This year has been a fantastic year with lots of running wit lots of frns.. But kinda regretted cos this year i dint train enuf.. Shall rest for a few months and continue running..
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
Showing posts with label RuN FoRest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RuN FoRest. Show all posts
26.9.10
18.9.10
Newton Run - Preview 1
It's been 1 month since my last run and my legs are growing mushrooms d.. Haha... 2moro i shall start my training for NEWTON RUN which is 26th of Sept..
Paiseh, I'm running 25km this time, the longest in this year.. N only 1 week of training!!! Hopefully my legs can stand the stress, especially my knees.. Running long distance is killing my knees, I rmb last year my knees were injured after I ran too much..
So, fingers crossed, and eat vitamins!! Haha..
The NEWTON vest
free 2XU Compression Sock (RM170 market price!? that's wat they say)
Alrite, gtg..
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
31.7.10
Men's Health Run 2010 - 12.3km
My 1st 12.3km of the year.
My 2nd Men's Health Run, the 1st was last year's (click).
My 3rd night run, the 1st was MH 2009, the 2nd was Energizer Run.
My 4th run of the year, after Energizer Run, SCKLIM and Siemens Run.
My time for this year's Men's Health 12.3km run is 1 hour 24 min but my target was 1 hour 15 min, so i'm off target.. Haih.. But stil, glad that i finished without much injury, although i hurt my left knee and my right thigh muscles cramped. Haha...
The goodies bags were good!!! Very very good, plz hv a look:
(pic taken from Wilson)
Alrite, lazy to elaborate any longer.. As always,
SHAKELINGAM!!!™ and HOOYAH!!!
18.7.10
Siemens Run 2010
My 1st ever Siemens Run.
My 3rd run of the year, after Energizer Run and SCKLIM.
My 2nd run of the year which i was late and started from the very very very back of the racing pack.
My 2nd run of the year which i came unprepared, without proper training and without proper warm up before the run.
Overall, it was a good run, i did not struggle while running although i did burp throughout the run (thanks to nasi lemak @ Mali Corner). My time is slightly better than SCKLIM, 1 hour 5 minutes. Although is not a very good time, i'm still satisfied as i did not train at all.. Haha..
Will i join Siemens Run 2011?
The answer is YES! It was well organised, the free gifts were decent and the registration fee was quite cheap, it's only RM20.. Surely i will join again..
Some of the free gifts:
finisher medal(not mine):
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
28.6.10
SCKLIM 2010
My second run of the year, and i'm glad that i've registered for 10km as i never train for this run. My time for 10km without training? 1 hour 8 minutes and 32 seconds.. Although it's not my best time, i had fun throughout this run.
Finally, well done and congratulations to all my friends! C u guys on nex run!
Finally, well done and congratulations to all my friends! C u guys on nex run!
HOOYAH and SHAKELINGAM!!!™
26.6.10
SCKLIM 2010 - Preview
In case u dono wat is SCKLIM, it stands for Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur International Marathon 2010. Yup, it's the same marathon which i participated last year, click here for last year's post.
Recalling last year's event, it was organised by Octagon or famously known as Otak-gone for their poor event organising which messed up the marathon! This year i'm glad that they are not one of the organisers. Although the main organiser was replaced, this year shirt collection din't went as smooth as expected. Here's the story:
On thursday, which was the first day of shirt collection, Shane, Darren and I went to Titiwangsa Stadium to collect the shirts/vest for all of our frns. The first impression was great, we walked in to the air-cond indoor Titiwangsa Stadium. The shirt collection was divided according to categories and there was one section for bulk collection, which was abv 6 shirts. We decided to queue there since we needed to collect for ard 12. We waited, standing in the queue for an hour and yet the queue was stil very long.
We noticed that the 10km line is actually 100 times faster than ours, so we moved on to 10km collection. In a short while, it was our turns. To my suprise, out of the 12 participants i registered, only 2 shirts were successfully collected! 2 out of 12! They said our registration was incomplete and we had to queue up at information counter. I look to the counter, oh my, there was ard 30 ppl queuing up there. Since we had time, we decided to take turns and wait in line.
It took us around an hour for our turns, and the problem was: our registration was incomplete. Why? Something wrong with their system when i registered and ended up payment made but registration incomplete. The best part is, i was not the only one, most of them who registered online ended up with this problem, that is why the queue was long. At the end of the day, it took us 2 hours plus to collect all the shirts! Haih..
Although thursday was a disaster, today i went again with Keane and i spotted a few changes. As thursday, we walked to the 10km section, and the same problem happened. But this time, they asked us to wait at a side and they settle the problem instantly, the shirt was collected in not more than 5 minutes! Kudos to them for efficient work.
Btw, i have not trained for ages, hopefully i can finish on time 2moro. Haha.. God bless and take care to all runners!
Recalling last year's event, it was organised by Octagon or famously known as Otak-gone for their poor event organising which messed up the marathon! This year i'm glad that they are not one of the organisers. Although the main organiser was replaced, this year shirt collection din't went as smooth as expected. Here's the story:
On thursday, which was the first day of shirt collection, Shane, Darren and I went to Titiwangsa Stadium to collect the shirts/vest for all of our frns. The first impression was great, we walked in to the air-cond indoor Titiwangsa Stadium. The shirt collection was divided according to categories and there was one section for bulk collection, which was abv 6 shirts. We decided to queue there since we needed to collect for ard 12. We waited, standing in the queue for an hour and yet the queue was stil very long.
We noticed that the 10km line is actually 100 times faster than ours, so we moved on to 10km collection. In a short while, it was our turns. To my suprise, out of the 12 participants i registered, only 2 shirts were successfully collected! 2 out of 12! They said our registration was incomplete and we had to queue up at information counter. I look to the counter, oh my, there was ard 30 ppl queuing up there. Since we had time, we decided to take turns and wait in line.
It took us around an hour for our turns, and the problem was: our registration was incomplete. Why? Something wrong with their system when i registered and ended up payment made but registration incomplete. The best part is, i was not the only one, most of them who registered online ended up with this problem, that is why the queue was long. At the end of the day, it took us 2 hours plus to collect all the shirts! Haih..
Here's the shirts/vest:
Although thursday was a disaster, today i went again with Keane and i spotted a few changes. As thursday, we walked to the 10km section, and the same problem happened. But this time, they asked us to wait at a side and they settle the problem instantly, the shirt was collected in not more than 5 minutes! Kudos to them for efficient work.
Btw, i have not trained for ages, hopefully i can finish on time 2moro. Haha.. God bless and take care to all runners!
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
28.3.10
Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Actual Day
At 5.45pm , Chun Tat and i started our journey from USJ 2, my house.. According to Google map, it's around 27km to P2, the parking lot where we supposed to meet up with Shane.
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 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!!!™
23.3.10
Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Preview 3
As promised, here are the pictures:
The running vest - Adidas Climacool
M121190 - Victor Sin
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
HOOOOO00YAAH!!!
22.3.10
Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Preview 2
Race kit collected! (thanks to Mr Shane the Wah)
It's been 1 month since my last energizer post and guess what!? In this period of time, I ran only 3 times! Yes! Only 3!!!! Lazy me..
For all the 3 times i recorded my lap timing and my total timing to get a clearer view of my pace..
13/03/10 - 2.5km - 13 mins 20secs
16/03/10 - 5.0km - 27 mins 50secs
22/03/10 - 2.5km - 12 mins 30secs
Based on the timing, there should be no problem for me to finish within the qualifying time of 1 hour 30minutes. But as above, the most i ran was only 5km!!! And it was a difficult run, due to lack of fitness. Haih..
For the coming few days i will jog a little but definitely won't jog more than 5km as i would like to save my energy for the real run and to avoid injuries. Hope my strategy pays off..
Alrite, time to go off. Shall post the pictures of race kit in a few days time..
For now, i shall say
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
26.2.10
Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia - Preview 1
"After conquering South Korea, Argentina and South Africa, we are now coming to you in Malaysia! Prepare to don the headlights on and run in the sheer darkness of the night."
- Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia
I believe this is the first Energizer Night Race in Malaysia as I have not heard about it before. I have heard of other night runs such as Men's Health Run but not Energizer so I googled and found this website:
http://www.energizernightrace.com.my/
It's a simple website about Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia, giving out event details such as location, categories, age group, qualifying time and so on. After browsing through the site, I'm interested in joining the 10km run with qualifying time of 1 hour 30 minutes which should be no problem for me.
After browsing the website, I became a fan in the Energizer Night Race 2010 Malaysia Facebook fan page. On that page, it stated that our category was reaching the amount of targeted runners. Seeing that, i quickly sent out sms and in the end, Shane, Benny, Cheu Chyong, Hon Sern, Chun Tat and myself registered for the run. Yes! The 6 of us.
The registration fee per person was RM60 and UTAR Sports Club was supposed to sponsor RM30 for each of us but in the end, the sponsorship was cancelled. The reason? NO MONEY! At first I felt quite disappointed cause RM60 for a run is quite expensive, but once we registered, we will get a Energizer Headlight for free! The headlight is selling at RM39.90, on second thought it's quite worth it.
On top of this, I'll be running with a bunch of frns. Looking forward to it!
By the way, did some running just now. I'm feeling very unfit right now. Have to do some training and hopefully I'll be fit enough to score a personal best!
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
2.8.09
Adidas KOTR 2009
Yup, bac from the run and my knees are hurting now.. Had a hard time goin up and down the stairs as my knees cant bend after the run..
Dis morning, kok eon, siow and i met up wif Benny and frns and started our journey to Shah Alam Stadium.. It took us ard 10min 2 reach thr, which is ard 10km from my home, USJ 2..
By the time we reach, it's ard 6.30am and many ppl were already thr.. We found our parking spot, did our warm up, drank water, etc..
By 7.00am sharp, the race started! If i'm not mistaken, i heard the announcer saying that there's 3000 participants in our category.. 350 medals over 3000 participants.. Of cos I have a chance!
Ard 7.20am, i was starting 2 feel the pain on my right knee, but i kept running, ignoring the pain.. Although i can continue my running, my speed was kinda slow as i saw my frn who ran and stopped and keep up wif my pace..
Ard 7.50am, dis was the time when i started to feel tired, pain.. 50min of running, i shd have completed ard 9 or 10km.. I kept thinkin that way, but i've forgotten that i was running really slow..
Ard 8.00am, 1 hour already! Was wondering why i hvn reach the finish line, starting to feel like giving up, but i feel i stil have a chance on the medal, although the qualifying time is 50min which already passed.. I started to run faster, but i stil cant catch up wif my frn who all the way running close to me..
Ard 8.13am, i saw Ah Siow was already there cheering 4 me as i crossed the finish line.. Hurray! I crossed it and stopped! Guess wat!? Instantly, i feel the pain in both my knees.. I tot it was only my right knees but it's both my knees..
I got my cert and went to greed Ah Siow.. He managed to finish it in ard 50min, kudos to him! Oh yeah! Where's my medal!? No more medal 4me.. Feel kinda disappointed but i was thinkin: those got medal surely a lot more faster den me lo.. Mana tau, i saw 2 frns which finished ard 1 o 2min ahead of me got a medal! ARRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! Sayangnya!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wanna go mad d! Jus a whisker away from a medal.. GERAM!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, i'm ok wif it now.. I promised myself that i'll get a medal on nex KOTR! But 1st, i shall rest my knees which had been faithful 2me, helpin me 2 run so many races.. So, rest my knees, train later and nex time, superman will be running again.. Yup, running, not flying.. Hope i'm not lame.. Haha..
Cheers ;) Btw, congrats to Ah Siow and Alfred who got medal and Benny, Kenny, Kok Eon and others who completed the run!
Stay SHAKELINGAM!!!™
God Bless..
Dis morning, kok eon, siow and i met up wif Benny and frns and started our journey to Shah Alam Stadium.. It took us ard 10min 2 reach thr, which is ard 10km from my home, USJ 2..
By the time we reach, it's ard 6.30am and many ppl were already thr.. We found our parking spot, did our warm up, drank water, etc..
By 7.00am sharp, the race started! If i'm not mistaken, i heard the announcer saying that there's 3000 participants in our category.. 350 medals over 3000 participants.. Of cos I have a chance!
Ard 7.20am, i was starting 2 feel the pain on my right knee, but i kept running, ignoring the pain.. Although i can continue my running, my speed was kinda slow as i saw my frn who ran and stopped and keep up wif my pace..
Ard 7.50am, dis was the time when i started to feel tired, pain.. 50min of running, i shd have completed ard 9 or 10km.. I kept thinkin that way, but i've forgotten that i was running really slow..
Ard 8.00am, 1 hour already! Was wondering why i hvn reach the finish line, starting to feel like giving up, but i feel i stil have a chance on the medal, although the qualifying time is 50min which already passed.. I started to run faster, but i stil cant catch up wif my frn who all the way running close to me..
Ard 8.13am, i saw Ah Siow was already there cheering 4 me as i crossed the finish line.. Hurray! I crossed it and stopped! Guess wat!? Instantly, i feel the pain in both my knees.. I tot it was only my right knees but it's both my knees..
I got my cert and went to greed Ah Siow.. He managed to finish it in ard 50min, kudos to him! Oh yeah! Where's my medal!? No more medal 4me.. Feel kinda disappointed but i was thinkin: those got medal surely a lot more faster den me lo.. Mana tau, i saw 2 frns which finished ard 1 o 2min ahead of me got a medal! ARRRR!!!!!!!!!!!! Sayangnya!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wanna go mad d! Jus a whisker away from a medal.. GERAM!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, i'm ok wif it now.. I promised myself that i'll get a medal on nex KOTR! But 1st, i shall rest my knees which had been faithful 2me, helpin me 2 run so many races.. So, rest my knees, train later and nex time, superman will be running again.. Yup, running, not flying.. Hope i'm not lame.. Haha..
Cheers ;) Btw, congrats to Ah Siow and Alfred who got medal and Benny, Kenny, Kok Eon and others who completed the run!
Stay SHAKELINGAM!!!™
God Bless..
Paise.. Only took a picture of my injured knee (R)..
:( left knee
30.7.09
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!
Hopefully it's 10km, but i'll just take it as 11km and try my best 2 qualify... God bless!
29.7.09
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!!!™
26.7.09
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!!!™
19.7.09
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!
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!
2.7.09
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..
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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!!!
21.6.09
Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2009 - The Preview
Event : Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009
Date : 27th of June, 2009
Time : 5.00am
Distance : 42.195km
Time limit : 6 hours
Next sunday, I'll be running my 2nd full marathon and my 2nd race of the year.
My 1st marathon was last year december which was Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008. It was once in a life time experience. 42.195km! I do feel like superman after the race. Know y? Cos i barely can feel my feet, as though I'm flying. Haha.
This time, I'll be running my 2nd full marathon of my life! I've to prepare myself, not only physically, but also mentally.
Physically: running, jogging, working out in gym, sleep.
Mentally: relax, sleep, pray, and watch this video:
It's a route tour of SCKLM 2009, watching this will get me into the mood of running.. Haha..
That is it! Hope i can do well in the marathon..
I shall end this post with a bible verse, which gave me an impact during my Singapore Marathon, it is this:
Date : 27th of June, 2009
Time : 5.00am
Distance : 42.195km
Time limit : 6 hours
Next sunday, I'll be running my 2nd full marathon and my 2nd race of the year.
My 1st marathon was last year december which was Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008. It was once in a life time experience. 42.195km! I do feel like superman after the race. Know y? Cos i barely can feel my feet, as though I'm flying. Haha.
This time, I'll be running my 2nd full marathon of my life! I've to prepare myself, not only physically, but also mentally.
Physically: running, jogging, working out in gym, sleep.
Mentally: relax, sleep, pray, and watch this video:
It's a route tour of SCKLM 2009, watching this will get me into the mood of running.. Haha..
That is it! Hope i can do well in the marathon..
I shall end this post with a bible verse, which gave me an impact during my Singapore Marathon, it is this:
"I can do everything through Him who gives me strength"
Philippians 4:13
Lastly, SHAKELINGAM!!!™
17.5.09
New Balance Pacesetters 15km 2009
Hey yo! Finally i'm free 2 sit down n blog about the run.. Haha..
Did i get a medal? Did i finish on time? Wat was my placing?
6.20am - I reach Lake Garden, found a place 2 park my car then went straight to the gather place.. I've 2 admit that the scenery, the atmosphere was totally different from yesterday's.. As i walk towards the gather place, i saw so many participants that look very professional.. Some very tall, some very dark skin (they run frequently?), some mat salleh (mat salleh always look very pro), some negro (no need to say la k? they make running seems so easy), some very muscular (from army?).. Haih.. It does affects my self confidence after i saw so many runners.. Never mind, i did wat i did, i trained wat i trained, let's just go ahead n run the race..
6.40am - I said a prayer, asking Lord Jesus to give me strength and protect me from any injuries during the run..
6.50am - I prayed again.. Maybe cos i'm kinda nervous..
7.02am - The race officially started and everyone cheers as they start the run.. I have to admit that during the start of the race, i was the one chasing them.. Basically, wat i did was trying to keep up the pace and run with them cos they were running quite fast..
7.25am - Run with their pace for 20minutes, starting to get a bit tired, then i saw a sign - 4km.. Yay! I ran 4km in 23 minutes, for me it's kinda good, i just have 2 run with this pace and i might run faster then 1 hour 30minutes for 15km..
7.37am - 6km sign appeared right in front of me.. Ok! Shakelingam! Keep up! Gambateh!
7.50am - I ran around 8km.. We were running up a hill (Bukit Tunku area), the road starting to become more difficult.. I was struggling as i ran up the hill, then i saw the 1st ever female runner that overtook me.. Wow! they started 15 minutes later then male runners but the 1 managed to run passed me.. Guess wat's written behind her vest!? POWERED BY JESUS! Inspirational!
8.17am - 12km gone! Woohoo! 3 more 3 more.. My muscles were burning and my pace became slower, but i kept running and praying..
8.37am - This is the time when i crossed the finish line.. Yes! I finished the race in 1 hour 35minutes, slightly better then the qualifying time of 1 hour 40minutes.. Thank God! I went to collect my most awaited medal and some goodies.. After having some free Milo and Yakult, i went home, took bath and went to church.. Hehe..
Well, i can conclude that this race was not easy.. Have to thank all the other runners that run faster then me as i kept chasing them and improve my pace.. Thank God for bringing me home safely without injuring myself and managed to get a medal.. Finally, thanks to all shakelingam frns who supported me.. Next race? KL marathon! Let us run together!
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
Did i get a medal? Did i finish on time? Wat was my placing?
6.20am - I reach Lake Garden, found a place 2 park my car then went straight to the gather place.. I've 2 admit that the scenery, the atmosphere was totally different from yesterday's.. As i walk towards the gather place, i saw so many participants that look very professional.. Some very tall, some very dark skin (they run frequently?), some mat salleh (mat salleh always look very pro), some negro (no need to say la k? they make running seems so easy), some very muscular (from army?).. Haih.. It does affects my self confidence after i saw so many runners.. Never mind, i did wat i did, i trained wat i trained, let's just go ahead n run the race..
6.40am - I said a prayer, asking Lord Jesus to give me strength and protect me from any injuries during the run..
6.50am - I prayed again.. Maybe cos i'm kinda nervous..
7.02am - The race officially started and everyone cheers as they start the run.. I have to admit that during the start of the race, i was the one chasing them.. Basically, wat i did was trying to keep up the pace and run with them cos they were running quite fast..
7.25am - Run with their pace for 20minutes, starting to get a bit tired, then i saw a sign - 4km.. Yay! I ran 4km in 23 minutes, for me it's kinda good, i just have 2 run with this pace and i might run faster then 1 hour 30minutes for 15km..
7.37am - 6km sign appeared right in front of me.. Ok! Shakelingam! Keep up! Gambateh!
7.50am - I ran around 8km.. We were running up a hill (Bukit Tunku area), the road starting to become more difficult.. I was struggling as i ran up the hill, then i saw the 1st ever female runner that overtook me.. Wow! they started 15 minutes later then male runners but the 1 managed to run passed me.. Guess wat's written behind her vest!? POWERED BY JESUS! Inspirational!
8.17am - 12km gone! Woohoo! 3 more 3 more.. My muscles were burning and my pace became slower, but i kept running and praying..
8.37am - This is the time when i crossed the finish line.. Yes! I finished the race in 1 hour 35minutes, slightly better then the qualifying time of 1 hour 40minutes.. Thank God! I went to collect my most awaited medal and some goodies.. After having some free Milo and Yakult, i went home, took bath and went to church.. Hehe..
Well, i can conclude that this race was not easy.. Have to thank all the other runners that run faster then me as i kept chasing them and improve my pace.. Thank God for bringing me home safely without injuring myself and managed to get a medal.. Finally, thanks to all shakelingam frns who supported me.. Next race? KL marathon! Let us run together!
The medal
Some items from goodies bag..
Nivea deodorant! Cos we were too smelly after running?
SHAKELINGAM!!!™
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