Penang Merdeka Fun Run 2010

Date: 30th August 2010 (Monday)
Time: 7:00pm ~ 12.ooam
Venue: Lebuh Lintang, George Town
Distance: 4-5km
Entry Fee: RM2
Details & Form : http://penangmerdekafunrun.blogspot.com

KWYP Penang Hill Climb 2010

Moment of Glory

STANDARD CHARTERED KL MARATHON 2010





































This is my first Standard Chartered KL Marathon after the Penang Bridge International Marathon and the 4th Half Marathon I had involved since 2006. I never think of joining this event as it is considered too far for me to get to KL, anyhow, I have completed the run and eager to return next year. Why ? Because the feeling of running in a big city is totally different from Penang and I enjoyed it very much.

We (Kimura, Puah PA, Lim See Tong and me) departed from Penang at 8am together with few Seagate friends on 26/6/2010 and reached KL Titiwangsa Lake Garden Stadium at about 1pm to collect our running kits and later proceeded to our accommodation (KL Plaza) in Bukit Bintang (Luckily Puah san brought GPS which help us a lot). Having our lunch in Pavillion at 3pm (eau ka be hing lio) and only did a window shopping (Bo pan huat, bo lui ma). Dinner at Overseas restaurant followed by exploring Sungei Wang Plaza area (Bukit Bintang Landmark). One thing very interesting happen here is the watch price bargained by Kimura san, the price was started from RM120 until the guy want to sell at RM10 but finally we decided not to buy. Reason – The watch boleh tahan ka. Next mission was watching World Cup between Korea and Paraguay. Unfortunately, I only able to watch first half as my eye already tak boleh tahan anymore.

Waked up at 4.25am for preparation and taken 2 bananas as the energy booster for my Half Marathon run. Even though the event sponsor provided a free power bar but I still preferred bananas as it is more easy to swallow. Ai ya , rain at the wrong time but kamsiah thi kong just a very small rain, packed 6 persons in a Taxi like sardine to the starting point and some more the taxi driver want to showed off to the traffic police by stopping in front of 2 police men. The rain stopped before the flag off time but I still worry the wet road will cause my shock wet and potential of generating blister on my foot.

We were gunned off at 6.15am sharp with a very good weather condition. At beginning stage, you can felt the water splash on to your foot. Bo kuan e ne ce lio, tam pun tam la, jio chao to si lio. The first 5 to 6 km road seems to be a bit steep and I can felt the pain at my leg muscle. The road elevation published by organizer in the website kua kuan em tio le, it showed a flat road but you can see the road actually is up and down. There are a lot of runners kept overtaking me at this distance as well as Kimura san overtook me at km 3. Surf thru the net and found the actual elevation map. Wa se I am correct, not a flat road, I think it is last year road elevation map.

Organiser published Road Elevation Map

Map found from other website

1st water station and banana station at 4km, it might be too early to consume all this but en kai si for full marathon runner which overlapping at this road. Started to see runners walking after 7km and I think they are full marathon runner. You can see many mobile toilets were placed along the road for the 1st 10K, good job organiser. Also pai se to the KL motorist, have to give the road to us, I heard yours keep horning in the early morning but bo pan huat, ci ni ci pai, nia car have to give way to pedestrian. 2nd 10k came with few interesting cheering groups to motivate all the runners. 1st time passed thru a tunnel called cooling zone which sprayed water to the runners (Bo rasa leng pun !). Organiser really did a good job on the road distance indication, easy for us to correct our pace for best time. Try to speed up at the last 2km in order to beat my personal best time but paisei last 500m really killed me and hiam hiam made me puntured. I am thinking of walk to the finishing line but my ego keep pushing me and crossed the finishing line with 2 hours 1 minute rank 352 among the man half marathon category and 108 in my (Veteran) category. This is really the Moment of Glory even tough I am unable to hit the time below 2 hours. The first aid area set up after the finishing line really provided a superb job to lessen my leg's pain -free leg massage given.

After the leg massage, with the pain leg, went to collect my medal and a nearly expired rubbing oil, walked back to finishing line to wait for other friends. Finally, all half marathon runner friends returned and decided to go back to KL plaza. Lucky, able to catch a bus back to Bukit Bintang. After lunch, checked out from KL plaza and started our long distance journey again to Penang and reached home at about 6pm.

Rank	BIB No	Name	Race Category	Gun Time	Net Time
20	18492	PUAH PENG AUN	10KM (Men - Veterans)	0:54:41	0:54:25
108	8368	OOI THEAN SOON	Half Marathon (Men - Veterans) - Half Marathon	2:01:44	2:01:39
199	8714	KIMURA MAKOTO	Half Marathon (Men - Veterans) - Half Marathon	2:11:49	2:11:02
1300	6756	LIM SEE TONG	Half Marathon (Men - Open) - Half Marathon	2:51:39	2:50:56
701	8579	LIONG NGET FAH	Half Marathon (Men - Veterans) - Half Marathon	3:05:30	3:03:12

Tanjong 10K Run 2010

Tanjong 10K Run 2010, Penang has been postponed from 1st Aug 2010 to 3rd Oct 2010

Standard Chartered KL Marathon

4 of us make the trip to KL for the marathon run on Sunday.

Kimura, Ooi TS, Lim ST run the HALF, while Puah PA participate the 10km. Started the journey at approx 8.00am and reach KL Titwangsa Stadium at 1.00pm to get our BIB's and goodies. Check in the KL Plaza apartment for our stay.

It was raining prior to the start of the race, thus it helps to cool down the weather which is much conducive to the running. Pending official time, the run results are :

HALF marathon (21.097km)

Ooi TS - 2hrs 01 mins

Kimura - 2hrs 11mins

Lim ST - 2 hrs 51mins

10k run (10.383km)

Puah PA - 54mins 25secs

Next event this week.....KWYP Penang Hill Run on 4th July.

Komtar Tower Run 2010

The early morning rain can't stop the runner from taking part in the run. When I reach the Komtar, it is already 7.05 am and a lot of runner already gathering at the starting point. This year, the running distance is longer than last year as the starting point is Komtar Walk compared to last year it is from the foyer near maybank. Before flagging off, as usual, a warm up exercise was conducted to loosen the runners' muscle. The very small rain still pouring down when the run started. The cool temperature outside made me felt very uncomfortable when I entered the staircase area in Komtar Tower, it is really stuffy and warm. I felt a bit tough for me to climb the stair case this year as I had been stop hiking since a month ago. Anyhow, my time still very close to last year with shorter running distance. This year, the lucky draw prizes are very attractive but 3 of us were not lucky enough to get any prize home.

Kimura - 20 mins
Ooi TS - 25 mins
Chan HC - 31 mins


TS Ooi

Yes, I did it !!!

This year is my 2nd times joint the Malakoff 26km. Still remembered when I first joint the run last year, I was wondering whether without long distance training, can I complete the run or not because it is the longer distance I have yet to attempt but fortunately I managed to finish it within the organiser specified time. This year is a bit different for me as I have gone thru a more proper training before the run. With better confident, my time has been improved but I still can sensed my body still not physically fit for this event.

The weather is nice and cool. This year only 3 RSM members, Kimura, See Tong and me joint the 26km run and Puah san joint the 6km run. The run gunned off at 5.30am with total of about 500 runners competed. The starting point is Youth park which past thru Mount Erskine road toward Tanjung Bungah follow by Esplanade and return to Youth park. For the 1st 5km, it is a bit hard for me as I feel pain at my left leg muscle which had slowed down my pace. It took me 35 minutes to complete the 1st 5km but I manage to catch up my time for the 2nd 5km and reached the 15km point with 1 hour 30 mins. The same pace maintained until 18km point but after the clock tower I suffered for stomach ache which totally slow down my pace. This condition and feeling kept torturing me until 20km drinking station. When I stopped for a couple cups of water, the ache gone and I start to continue my journey with my comfortable pace until I reached Youth park. It took me 2 hours 39 minutes to complete the run 4 mins more than my target time. Only the runner can feel the kind of satisfaction when stepping on the finishing line after such a long run.

I like this event but I couldn't understand why the entry fee is so expensive when there is a sponsors.