After Mizuno Wave Run 11km 2009 in October, I have decided to participate in Malakoff 12km Run. So today is the day. This morning woke up at 4.45am and car pool with running mates to Hartamas. We reached Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Resort at 6am. The run was nicely organised and set up. Mobile toilets were available to cater for runners. The DJ kept providing information reminding the runners of the time & etc. Compared to Mizuno Run, this was better organised & did not create any chaoes.
At 7.05am, 12km run was flag off. The first 1km was already uphill. 12km runners are supposed to run 2 laps while 7km runners will do 1 lap. During the 2 to 4 km, I had sore legs (just like the feeling of acids accumulating in both legs). Luckily after 4km the pain started to go off and I had better running and got back to my usual pace.
The weather was nice, cloudy day without hot sun. This helped my run easier though the route is killing with many uphills. There are 2 steep uphills where I was entirely walking instead of running despite having training few weeks before the race at Double Hill. Anyway, there is always room for improvement right?
I managed to finish the run within the qualifying time and the timing was better than my first run in Mizuno Run. Nevertheless, this is not my PB as I have clocked better timing during training. However, I really enjoyed today's run, such a nice weather, nice company & excellent organiser. We even had our free breakfast (tau foo fah and mee mamak) and unlimited water supply. The finisher medal is nice too :)
We had our 2nd hearty breakfast of satisfying nasi lemak in Uptown. Yummy yummy, and time to rest for a day. Training to be continued later after enough of rest.....zzzz
