Retired to bed at 11pm.
Surprisingly, slept like a baby.
230am, woke in a start, thought that I missed the race... Phew.. still 230am.
Back to sleep.
330am wifey woke me up. Race prep began.
Run buddy called at 345am, already on the way to pick me up.
4am go to run site with run buddy. Still early. Plenty of parking spaces.
Met some colleagues from the office also running the 26k.
5am downed one powerbar.
530am race started. I started from the back.
Stuck to 7:1 Galloway. Mindtune was Taylor Swift's "Luv Story"
Ran past cemetery. Then the hills started.
Keep the cadence on the uphills, glided fast on the downhills.
For some reason, smoked many runners on the downhills, why are they braking?
At 5k reach 1st drink station. Plain water.
Saw run buddy finish Fajr prayers. Did mine.
Continued on. Hilly areas over.
Tg Bunga to Gurney drive just did it.
Must have made many people crazy with Galloway 7:1
At 10km near Gurney Drive, another drink station. Time about 1hr 15mins.
Opps forgot to gulp down power gel with the water.
Just gulped it down raw... stuck to the throat... ehem... ehem...
Continued on. Near Citibank saw runners already going the other way
Ran past E&O, all the way to Lebuh Light roundabout & u-turned.
Near Citibank, another drink station. Downed another power gel.
At this point, caught up with run buddy. Run buddy tagged along.
Keep slogging on. Barely aware of the surroundings, was all "zong"
Along MacAlister, started to get really "mental"
Along General Hospital, lost track of run buddy.
Was running my level best.
Into Youth Park road, was reduced to 3:1 Galloway. Legs are burning.
The final uphill - walked it.
The final downhill - sprint to der finish, arms raised for the photo finish.
My unofficial time: 3 hr 15 mins 52 secs
Muaahahahah! Beat my expectations!
And also smoked run buddy. Where is he?
Went into the chute, returned the timer chip, got mein medal, etc, went back to the finish line to see run buddy just ending his race.
Post-race: gulp down watermelon, water, everything that was available.
No more Milo! Ack...
In summary:
1. finished faster than expected - muahaha!
2. smoked run buddy - muahaha!
3. didn't finish within 3:10 qualifying
4. didn't finish last!
5. I can do downhills well
6. Satisfied with my race
7. Satisfied with organizers
8. Traffic control was so-so. To the end, road very busy
9. OK medal
Surprisingly, slept like a baby.
230am, woke in a start, thought that I missed the race... Phew.. still 230am.
Back to sleep.
330am wifey woke me up. Race prep began.
Run buddy called at 345am, already on the way to pick me up.
4am go to run site with run buddy. Still early. Plenty of parking spaces.
Met some colleagues from the office also running the 26k.
5am downed one powerbar.
530am race started. I started from the back.
Stuck to 7:1 Galloway. Mindtune was Taylor Swift's "Luv Story"
Ran past cemetery. Then the hills started.
Keep the cadence on the uphills, glided fast on the downhills.
For some reason, smoked many runners on the downhills, why are they braking?
At 5k reach 1st drink station. Plain water.
Saw run buddy finish Fajr prayers. Did mine.
Continued on. Hilly areas over.
Tg Bunga to Gurney drive just did it.
Must have made many people crazy with Galloway 7:1
At 10km near Gurney Drive, another drink station. Time about 1hr 15mins.
Opps forgot to gulp down power gel with the water.
Just gulped it down raw... stuck to the throat... ehem... ehem...
Continued on. Near Citibank saw runners already going the other way
Ran past E&O, all the way to Lebuh Light roundabout & u-turned.
Near Citibank, another drink station. Downed another power gel.
At this point, caught up with run buddy. Run buddy tagged along.
Keep slogging on. Barely aware of the surroundings, was all "zong"
Along MacAlister, started to get really "mental"
Along General Hospital, lost track of run buddy.
Was running my level best.
Into Youth Park road, was reduced to 3:1 Galloway. Legs are burning.
The final uphill - walked it.
The final downhill - sprint to der finish, arms raised for the photo finish.
My unofficial time: 3 hr 15 mins 52 secs
Muaahahahah! Beat my expectations!
And also smoked run buddy. Where is he?
Went into the chute, returned the timer chip, got mein medal, etc, went back to the finish line to see run buddy just ending his race.
Post-race: gulp down watermelon, water, everything that was available.
No more Milo! Ack...
In summary:
1. finished faster than expected - muahaha!
2. smoked run buddy - muahaha!
3. didn't finish within 3:10 qualifying
4. didn't finish last!
5. I can do downhills well
6. Satisfied with my race
7. Satisfied with organizers
8. Traffic control was so-so. To the end, road very busy
9. OK medal
2 comments:
hi! did the race too but only 6k..how do you do subuh prayers in the middle of the race, i was wondering..we started at 6.30 so boleh la pray in the parking lot. Tips?
Wear clean socks, etc. Have to wear track yg menutup aurat lah. Take wudu' before-hand & careful not to batal. Bring compass. Bring one black trash plastic bag as sejadah, fold in pocket. When time comes, just look for suitable spot and pray lah. No biggie.
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