Full Marathon

Ok I did it. Sort of. Completed the race, yes, full 42km, no. No regret.

Wife told me just before the race

1) don't fall down

2) it's ok, there will always be a next time

That's the version I remembered lah. 

Before flag off, it's raining and emcee keep repeating "for runners safety whoever didn't finish by 2.30am, ambulance will pick you up".

Somehow these reminders matched each other. 

I'm targeting 7hrs kinda run since the longest I prepared was 10k, itupun a week before. To be honest I don't really care about the timing or PB, as long as I completed the race. It has been the same from the first time I completed my 'marathon'. Was it a 10k or 7k? Hmm can't recall. And I need FM at night to make sure subuh tak ke laut; most local FM started at 2-3am if not 4-5am. 

So I ran. 5km, 10km.. I was like ok we can do this. Keep running. 

Personally amazed I reached 30km mark, da! It was never before!! Not with breeze tho but energy gel did help. Major let down (read excuses) organizer or rather volunteers started to closing down water stations, lack of gel panas, sponge etc etc etc. I wasn't exactly the last but your mind started to corrupted you when your body physically tired. That's the fact. Sleepy head and I don't know where else to step on, semua sakit. Put a mental note, "Urghh neraka nanti camna weh.. Ni baru dunia!"

About 2 o'oclock and I'm on 35k like that 

ambulance passed by.. After another round, abang driver tanya "Naik?". Without knowing I have choice to say no, next thing is I already inside the ambulance. I asked one of the staff (4 of them all muka tired and uninterested) "Dah start collect ke?". Ntah, was the answer. Ok whatever. Consider that was my reward and apologize from the organizer for poor event management. In fact siap tersengguk dalam ambulance! Yeah mengantuk like that. 

Balik hotel makan mee and kuewtiaw. Burp. Wifey was kind enough to teman even probably she was kinda disappointed I didn't  really run entire 42km. Maybe she felt I am not happy that I didn't get what I want. Truth is, I'm more than happy to return to my family still breathing :)

End up the morning subuh tu almost gajah I think. Will it be a next FM for me? Not now to decide. We have London in 2017 to be excited about. Wohoo

19 Days to Go

Ouch.

My kaki cannot tahan anymore and naturally push it out. Sort of. That little spike been inside my ibu jari kaki for like 5- 6months!? Looks like tulang ikan to me but didn't expect that sharp and long! I thought initially dah bawa keluar the main part that day so I resumed my life as usual. Macam Rambo sekejap tarik keluar. Urgh. I hope that's all lah!

Didn't change a thing tho. Another reason to complete this full marathon!

Borneo International Marathon 2012

Hello there!Life must be good eh? Just another running event that I participated this year (probably going to be the ONLY!)Due to unforeseen circumstances Larian Sultan Azlan Shah was cancelled. Did enjoy my time with family though at Lost World Tambun.

Anyway.. I ran (awesomely) 10km at Kota Kinabalu, non-stop! Nothing much on the running I want to share actually. Haha! Awesome pretty much conclude everything right? There was Miss Malaysia running as well. Ok whatever..Cannot share picture somehow right now.

Wife supports me all the way of course. Bit drama when we are about to go back. Luckily we manage to get into the ferry just in time. We had two swimming sessions a day before, ridiculous delicious pasta (or something like it) tomyam at Dome and little shopping.

Self Reflection

She once said, "It's too soon" and I can't agree more. With preparation and determination i just finish the race. Not an easy one I must say but it is doable. This gave me another prove that impossible is nothing. Even if you have to do it in a hard way.

From now on its about getting PB (no, no. Not Premium Beautiful). Personal best. It's been a week without running. Boo! Too much PS3 I must admit.

Quote of the Day:
It’s easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we shouldn’t lose heart.

Next chapter: Winter in London

Penang Bridge International Marathon 2011: Half Marathon

Too tired to write up. Probably I will NOT do it again next year :) ok not now to decide. Let's London next! Meanwhile, summary as below:

Preparation: Tak pernah rasa seatlit sebegini

Up early in the morning, tak (boleh) tidur langsung beb!

Full marathon: The Kenyans. You can tell how laju they are

Starting Point Half Marathon: Easily beat Bersih gathering, at 3 o'clock kau mampu??

Running (yeah, somehow loss concentration at 13km+)

Where mental strength extremely required

Ok, most of runner already walk, knowing they can achieve below 3.5 hours.

Woohooo!!! Once again, a proud finisher :)

A Day Before PBIM

Today, I told almost everyone I met that I'm going to run in Penang Bridge International Marathon 2011. Some of the response: What? Crazy! Seriously? and just Oh.. (haha, peduli apa kan). All the hard work (literally) will be scrutinized. Worry not, my objective is simple; to finish that freaking half marathon (my first ever) within the time frame.

And yes the run starts at 3am. Talking about breaking dawn too much?? This is the real deal! :)

Done talking & typing...Bring it ON! Wish me LUCK!