horrijible race

Sorry for the very late update on the marathon, I had to went into hiding because many of my friends are laughing at me….yes yes I DID NOT finish the race *sob*sob*…anyway, seriously, I did not went into hiding, its just that I had a very busy week, with relatively no time to update this site.

The race was in all…..exhausting!! very exhausting. There was around 40-50 people who participated in the 42KM race, while I heard there’s about 200-250 people who participated for 21KM, yea there are more smart people in this world. We’ve got participant from all over the world, as they claimed, but then I see white people….I see black people…..and I see yellow people…..I also see gals who look like guys…..i see guys who….no wait…all guys look like guys……there was this 3 gals from china who really look like guys….but how do I know they are gals you might ask….no I did not give them a physical checkup…but because of what they wear….don’t have a picture of them but the drawing below should illustrate what I am trying to say

no sane guy would wear like this to a marathon

we started our run at 6am, everything was fine, I started with a steady pace, reach 5KM point in 30minutes, after this point I was getting tired, I ran and walked for most of the time after the 5KM mark, then I reach around 20KM, this is when I got a very bad cramp on every single muscle of my leg….it was bad…when you’ve got a bad cramp and plus you’re tired, you start to hallucinate, you started to think about stuff…..images of my friends begin to come into mind….my mind started to think about life in a strange way…..i guess its is all due to lack of oxygen to my brain…anyways, I pressured on….focusing on taking the next step….then I reach 28KM…..it was already 11am….a bus came from behind and stopped beside us, the event people in the bus said that there’s no way we could make it back in 1 hour seeing that there another 14KM to go plus the physical condition we are in….happily reluctantly we got on the bus and were sent back to the starting point…..damn

it was one hell of an experience, the pain on the leg was really bad….but it was fun….in a way. My advice is, never attempt a 42KM full marathon within serious training….cause courage alone is useless...the question now is...would i want to attempt a 42KM again? well, it was a definate no right after the race but now as i am typing this...i'm thinking...maybe...just maybe...we'll see

lester, wen and me....after the race...obviously

before the race....semangat sial!

before and after....42KM run(before)

i'm still not over with the 42KM run thingy hehe.....it's less than 24hrs to go, i've yet to collect my T-shirt and BIB numbers, will be taking it later, sure hope the t-shirt design is nice. anyway, I want to do a comparison of myself before and after the race....just see how much change will the race do to my body...and mind. I'll update you as soon as possible after the race...wish me luck


Updates
collected the stuff for the marathon....damn the shirt design is dodgy la....looks like the old brazilian football strip like that...don't like it so much...other than that its quite worth it paying 20 bucks for the registration and get all those stuff....got a shit(not so nice but still), got a cap, some brochures about sarawak, power bar chocolate thingy, some coupons for food and a shoe bag.

get what i mean about the shirt? its kinda dodgy


obviously a pic of me before the race...guess i wont be flashing a big smile after the race


all the stuff that i collected, not bad ehh

my BIB number is 0185...faster go buy toto or magnum laa....I am buying tomolo after the race...confirm the race my number won't be number 1 laa....but toto or magnum might be 1st prize...HEHE
ok...time to sign off and get some sleep....its going to be a loooooonnnggg day tomorrow....

Saberkas RH marathon....42KM run

Yes everyone, I am back!! after MIA for such a long time, i am finally back. I was not out of town or anything, nor was I cut off from the internet or anything, I was just toooo lazy to write anything. Last week, my colleague Wen sent me the URL of a site and he though I should visit it and in fact he thinks I should join the event! http://saberkasrhmarathon2006.com/ yes ladies and gents...I'm about the attempt something that i think is beyond my physical capability.....its the 42KM marathon run...this is by far the furtest that I have ever ran, before this I ran 10KM only...well I was crazy enough to register myself that day and got myself in such deep shit, I can't pull out now or they'll call me a chicken......so die die also must run and die die also must finish it in 6 hours ( over 6 hours no medal la dei)
So just how far is 42KM ?? mmm....Kuching to Serian is 64KM so 42 is like more than half the journey.....Seremban-PD using the highway is 23KM so that like running from PD to seremban and back again......KL to port klang is 41KM.....YES its THAT far....and YES i am really regretting it! But well what the heck, young people do crazy things everynow and then...am targetting to finish the race in 6 hours...MUST MUST MUST!!

look at the distance that i have to cover... :(
I don't do much running, all I do is play badminton once a week and thats all the exercise I get nowadays, how on earth am I going to finish it?? I have no idea...just pray miracle will happen.
6 more days to race day, its this sunday...went for a practise run last weekend...didn't even cover 10KM, darn fats around my waist...make me tired so fast!
well i'll keep you posted about the race, sure hope I'll come back still with my legs attached to my body....pray for me...pray hard!

at least he's starting to pray..thanks pal