New Balance Run 2009

New Balance Pacesetters 15km Run 2009 was held at Tasik Perdana Lake Gardens 7am this morning.

There is only 15km category, no other option available, the entry fee of RM45 for this event also not cheap.

However, I get a damn good quality running vest.

The running vest is perfect. I didn′t expect to get such a good qualify running vest from New Balance.

I was a bit late to reach Lake Garden this morning. Thanks to the timing clip system, my time only start count when the timing clip on my shoes crosses the starting line, it is nice that I having a fair timing count.

Race start!

I think I am rushing too fast in the first few km, I was like rushing to cross all the people in front of me, but I know it is impossible.

I finally notice my mistake when I saw a "4km" sign board along the road. "Crap, I had use off all my energy on my first 4km run, how am I going to continue my remaining 11km?"

So, the remaining 11km was a night mate for me, I keep my mind strong to not stop running, I don′t want to become a LEAVER. Distance from 4km to 10km is terrible for me.

Luckily I still manage to finish it & get the finisher medal.

The finisher medal is a New Balance shoes. Not bad for the creative design.

Looking forward my next run - 28 June 2009 Standard Chartered KL Full Marathon (42.195km). Hopefully I won′t make the same mistake again.

Full Marathon (42.195km)

Today I just register for Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009, Full Marathon (42.195km) Malaysian Citizens Men category.

You are right, this is not play play, and it is a 42.195km FULL marathon.

It will be held on 28 June 2009, venue at Dataran Merdeka. Time limit is 6 hours.

The route map is a bit blur. Overall it is almost cover the whole Kuala Lumpur.

My longest distance in a race competition previously is only 10km. This event is a BIG challenge for me. My target is to finish the race within 6 hours & get the finisher medal.

Please pray for me.

KL International Towerthon 2009

I just went to KL Tower International Forest Towerthon Challenge 2009 this morning at Menara Kuala Lumpur which is invited by meeeei.

I spend RM20 to register & get a t-shirt + "lucky" number. Some of my friends say the towerthon advertisement design for this year suck, so they not really like the t-shirt.

This is the entrance of the KL Tower.

This is my first towerthon experience. I would say I spent more time to walk than run due to the limited space on the Menara KL stair.

300 people running on the stair. Oop, no, they are not running, they are walking on the stair. The width of the stair is only around the size of 2 people. That only means, there are only 2 lanes. I had been force to walk on the stair due to the limited space & everybody block my way at the beginning few floors. By the time I reach half tower height, I already unable to run.

I am required to run approximately one kilometer uphill before climbing 2,058 steps to reach Tower Head 3 at 288 meter above ground level. There are 24 floors in total, but I would say it take longer time to reach 1 floor than any other building.

One of my friends manages to show her name in KL International Towerthon 2009 Individual Women Open Top 50. I am proud of her.

After the race, the organizer is giving bags & finisher medal to whoever can finish the race.

Overall, RM20 can let me visit KL tower & receive quite a number of gifts, I must say it is worth to join the fun.