10 September 2006

Putrajaya Half Marathon 2006

Full Marathon flag off
Kenny and his friendbefore masuk kandang
pacemaker and gangs
me with ah lai


New PR... Cinya happy...
this is one of the run i want to participate last year,
but dint join last year, coz not ready...
but today so happy and confident coz last few weeks train with few long runs,
and the result pay off with improvement of 14 mins,
somehow i must do more milage in long run,
i near hit the wall at 19/20km,
and one more thing i cant stand is blisters,
guess something not rite with my socks,
wet like water sponge, and causing blister, very painfull,
especially last few kms...

this morning 4am wake up, thanks to ronnie for the morning calls,
after breakfast go to fetch him, the meet up with cm at kajang tolls,
then we head to putrajaya, the drive was smooth,
and manage to find parking very near to lugage area,
so can snap some photo of the full marathon flag off at 6am,
as usual take so photo with the pacemaker friends,
grab a power bar,
then warming up and prepare for the half marathon flag off,

6:30am, the half marathon flag off,
as usual i like to start from behind... so run slowly, and pick up the pace slowly, only 2km into the run already feel pain on the knees, but i ignore it, just enjoy the run, arrive at the first bridge and it was like goin uphill, lucky got train hill running last few days, else i suffer, run steady when goin up and pick up speed when goin down, after goin down make a right turn, grab a blue ribbon,not from the Marshal, but i took it from the ground! why cant they have more Marshals? then arrive at the water station at 5km, have a sips of water and go on, then meet up with DR.Jamie, say 'hi' to him and go on, at 8km i was drafting behind a runner, just follow his speeds, at 10km water station, i took out my power gel, hidden under my cap haha... after take power gel manage to speed up abit, catch up with Kenny, under a bridge where he doing streching, then at the 16 km drinking stations, meet up with Grace, i have a drink and do some streaching, i scare hit the wall, then continue to run, take bath under water spraying hose, however i think its bad idea,coz it make my whole body wet, and felt heavy,
then reach a water station marked 38km, celaka i was fooled by it thinking 3 more km left coz thinking it was 18km, actually it was 4km left coz 42-38=4km not 21-18=3km, Ftaaa guys should put 17km marker for half marathon ma! cinya stupid one! if i the only one wrong then i am stupid lo, but many half marathon also being fooled! if u run like tired where got time wan calculate the kms le? so i turbo at 38km mark untill the then 40km, and guess wat? after the 40km mark all the runner turn left, coz being fooled thiniking 40km mark is the 2okm mark, then still got 2km left la... aiya.... felt like want to cry and give up... walk and run coz cinya hot lia, after the last water stations, slow jog and after last turn saw the finishing line lia, it near yet so far, increase pace and come to the finishing line, 2 h 5m 5 s(chip timing), 2 h 5 m 42 s(gun timing), after finish cinya fustrated, had to queue there to take medals, think wait for 2/3minutes there, if for those ppl pia kau kau lat in last 100 metres, sure pengsan if wait standing on queue, one more bad point of the organiser,

after take the medals, meet ronnie and sim, change cloths and go snap photos, we headed to puchong for breakfast before go home, during breakfast everyone, talk about the run and see photos in the digital cameras, it was an enjoyable sunday...

next week run, mizuno run...

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brother 40,
Well done! great improvement!
Also welcome to the pacemakers family.

fook said...

lai,
how come i don know one?
fook

Anonymous said...

Fook,
You check pm1 blogspot, putrajaya result, you name folllowed by pm40, that is your identity No in Pacemakers. We also discussed this matter during today breakfast, can't you remember? Later you have to write in your profile.

Jamie Pang said...

wah lau! very gud run! can improve some more. btw, my brother said he doesn't want the nb socks liao. u want bo? i can pass u @ klcc one of these days.

Unknown said...

Hey dude! You are just superb man! Such a great improvement in such a short time. You are not officially a faster runner than me and I told you that its just a matter of time with the training you have been putting in. See you at KLCC

Unknown said...

Sorry for the typo error. I meant you are now officially faster than me!

fook said...

lai:i know we discuss during breakfast but dint expect so fast!

dr: the sock easy dry one? i dont wan like my current sock wet like spounge, and cause blister that killing me.

dk: i dont think i am fast runner, need improve in speed, this sunday will clock my 10k hehe...

Jamie Pang said...

yes, it's the moisture management type. rm9 nia.

fook said...

dr,
good offer wo...
when can i get the sock?
fook

Boon Haw said...

Fook!...good run! May you have many more coming your way!!

fook said...

sim,
thanks,all the training pay off,
train harder now so can enjoy in race, u also run well,all the best,
fook

Jamie Pang said...

fook, i can pass to you @klcc anytime. just drop me an sms. u know ehere to get my number....

krunner said...

A wonderful and huge immprovemetn especialy when u did it on a hilly course

fook said...

krunner,
thanks,so hows ur run?
the last 2km was the killer,
all the best ya!
fook

Anonymous said...

fook

well done!! i salute you

fook said...

www.pipot.com,
thanks, malu la salute me, i should salute u, u doin tri and ur sunday run over 30km wo! good luck in mizuno if u r goin... may one day we do tri together haha...
fook

princessren said...

wow fook.. congrats man. so happy for u. u're getting better and better lah.. worth all de hard works yeah? well, hope to see you this sunday ;D