We run. We run for Subang.
It's time for the annual Subang Jaya run yet again. This year, in order to commemorate our country's 50th birthday (MERDEKA), the run was actually pushed forward from 1st July to a week before National Day. Just as well though since I couldn't have joined the run in July as I was recovering from participating in the KL International Marathon 2007.
My tag number for this year's run!
The day started with a SMS from Wei Siong (at 4.16 a.m) asking me to empty my bowels...but before I could act on his suggestion, I fell asleep again. Woke up around 5 a.m. and proceeded to do some exercises in the toilet before getting ready to go.
To my dismay, it was raining pretty heavily at that time. Wei Siong arrived at around 5.45 a.m. and I had to put on a jacket to keep away the chill. Luckily as soon as we arrived at MPSJ stadium, the rain slowed down to a very light drizzle and finally stopped. Wouldn't have been too healthy to run in the freezing cold rain.
Met up with Andrew and the three musketeers (minus Peter who was the poster boy for cheating in last year's event) was complete. The crowd started trickling in and we bumped into Andy, Rashid, Ija and a fellow Fitness First member from Subang...uh...whom I had no recollection of. After the whole visit-to-the-toilet and warmup session, we all crowded at the start line and waited for Datuk Lee Hwa Beng to flag off the run.
Pose first!
Happy faces before undergoing 10 km of agony...lol!
The gun went off and the horde stampeded forward. Wei Siong sprinted off and I lost Ija in the crowd. Andrew and I paced side by side, taking it easy down the first stretch of road before upping the pace when we turned the first corner. I took off, unfortunately leaving Andrew behind (he did say to up the pace) but he soon caught up and overtook me and thus we paced each other for most of the 10 km. Most of the time he was ahead by 5 runners or so though...lol!
Disaster struck down the final stretch (about a km or so away from the finish) when Andrew sprained his ankle. I caught up with him after the U-turn and we walked for a couple of minutes together until we were in sight of the stadium gates. The final stretch beckoned! I told Andrew "Let's do this!" and he said "DO OR DIE!" So we sprinted all the way to the finish line...to victory! YEAH!
I managed to shave about 10 minutes off last year's time, completing the run in 1 hour 14 minutes and 35 seconds. Sure I didn't qualify for the certificate or medal, but heck, just completing the race and creating a new personal record sure felt good. =D
We came, we ran, we conquered!To my dismay, it was raining pretty heavily at that time. Wei Siong arrived at around 5.45 a.m. and I had to put on a jacket to keep away the chill. Luckily as soon as we arrived at MPSJ stadium, the rain slowed down to a very light drizzle and finally stopped. Wouldn't have been too healthy to run in the freezing cold rain.
Met up with Andrew and the three musketeers (minus Peter who was the poster boy for cheating in last year's event) was complete. The crowd started trickling in and we bumped into Andy, Rashid, Ija and a fellow Fitness First member from Subang...uh...whom I had no recollection of. After the whole visit-to-the-toilet and warmup session, we all crowded at the start line and waited for Datuk Lee Hwa Beng to flag off the run.
Pose first!
Happy faces before undergoing 10 km of agony...lol!The gun went off and the horde stampeded forward. Wei Siong sprinted off and I lost Ija in the crowd. Andrew and I paced side by side, taking it easy down the first stretch of road before upping the pace when we turned the first corner. I took off, unfortunately leaving Andrew behind (he did say to up the pace) but he soon caught up and overtook me and thus we paced each other for most of the 10 km. Most of the time he was ahead by 5 runners or so though...lol!
Disaster struck down the final stretch (about a km or so away from the finish) when Andrew sprained his ankle. I caught up with him after the U-turn and we walked for a couple of minutes together until we were in sight of the stadium gates. The final stretch beckoned! I told Andrew "Let's do this!" and he said "DO OR DIE!" So we sprinted all the way to the finish line...to victory! YEAH!
I managed to shave about 10 minutes off last year's time, completing the run in 1 hour 14 minutes and 35 seconds. Sure I didn't qualify for the certificate or medal, but heck, just completing the race and creating a new personal record sure felt good. =D
The only gripe about this year's Subang (Merdeka) run is the fact that they still never bothered to set up a water station at the 5 km mark. And there were two organisers specialising in beverages, namely 100Plus and Milo...so what gives?
A couple of different runners' perspectives here...namely Wei Siong, Andrew and Andy. See you all at Subang Run 2008!
A couple of different runners' perspectives here...namely Wei Siong, Andrew and Andy. See you all at Subang Run 2008!
posted by Moolah at 12:50 PM
5 Comments:
waaahuaaawaa..you can run wor senapang! So here..next year run faster and show us your cert ok. Add oil!
wah u are back in running..finally
Errr... Pak cik. The original date was 1 July 2007, not March ler. Blur kar. Nevertheless, good achievement!
bravo ahlam! improve ur running tremendously!
Paiseh paiseh, nanti I edit the date. Hing! Next year we shall make it in 60 minutes! LOL!
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