KL Towerthon 2010

KL Tower International Forest Towerthon Challenge 2010 was held yesterday in conjunction with the World's Forest Day. They were approximately 3000 participants turned up this year. We arrived as early as 7am to avoid heavy traffic and to be able to secure a parking spot close to the registration booth. The event flag off in stages for different category and our flag-off itself would only start at about 8.45am. While waiting, light breakfast consists of air kotak (i opt for chrysanthemum tea, high sugar for energy booster kunun), a bread and a slice of butter cake is served. Good enough utk lapik perut. Then there was a poco-poco performance, menarik but too bad i am to kecut-perut to enjoy the performance dude...

As the gun went off to announce the start of the race, we ran uphill about 1 km to the tower's base before the ultimate 2,058 stairs climb. Not even 100m, 'some' were already seen walking, sangat kasihan, awal-awal pecut mcm nak giler, pastu tewas di suku bukit. Climbing up 288 metres above ground level is not as easy as some psycho told ya it could be. Halfway through, the sweats dripping until my t-shirt wet to the skin, and i swear i could hear my heart beating and feels like it's going to explode out of my chest. Seriously, i experienced extreme exhaustion due to the lack of oxygen in the tower shaft (I know I'm a bit over-exaggerated), giler tak tahan tapi syukur, berjaya juga sampai and crossed the line with great relief.

Ya ampun, bersesak menunggu elevator to get down was the most mind-torturing part ever throughout the race. People pushing, screaming, cakap sekuat-kuat alam and i tell you, without enough kesabaran, someone surely kena with me. Dahlah serabut and stuffy, banyak pulak nak buat hal mmg bikin hati semua org panas. Hopefully next year ada improvement dari penganjur untuk kejadian turun ke bawah yer. After suffering for about 30 minutes, we managed to get ourselfves on the elevator. Fuh, lega. I pity all the tourists yang melawat KL Tower semalam. Semua pun siap kena bersesak-sesak sama dengan kami. Nasiblah wey, salah pilih hari hehe. Sampai bawah, pulangkan timing chip, collect our finisher's medal, goodie bag and later had our free big-breakfast. Siap ada nasi lemak daun pisang, bihun goreng, honeydew, dadih, chicken pie, apam beras and 3 cups of superbly delicious cooled MILO. It ain't too much isn't it? hehehe

Selepas kenyang, meleps dengan geng-geng runners sekejap then balik. I was totally drained out off the energy when i reached home. Rasanya 4hari 4malam pun ngak bisa kembali kepada kondisi normal. Apa-apapun, we had lots of fun together, insyaAllah with enough training i might be joining again next year.

Pic taken after the race :)


KL Tower

Larian Bukit Tanpa Henti

Bareno Run Bukit Jalil. Ini merupakan larian 10km pertama bagi tahun 2010 dan yang pertama selepas 10 tahun. Jika tidak salah perhitungan, kali terakhir menyertai larian 10km ialah dalam PJ Half Marathon (2000). Tapi pada zaman itu, larian berjaya juga ditamatkan walaupun melebihi had masa yang ditetapkan. Nasib pintu gerbang tak turun lagi jer. Yelah lari tak seberapa, jalan gaya inang si inang-inang (terma yang digunapakai oleh kami mewakili mereka yang berlenggang semasa marathon) yang lebih, mana tak lambat sampai hahaha.

Baiklah, berbalik kepada larian pada hari ini, barulah ku tahu they don't call it Bukit Jalil for nothing. Untuk 3km pertama memang santai, siap terdetik "laluan ini flat maka bisa dihabiskan dengan pantas". Oh akibat terlalu cepat selesa, maka betul-betul selepas 3km, amik kau, sesi turun naik bukit tanpa henti bermula dan tenaga dikerah habis-habisan. Baru turun bukit, tak sempat jana tenaga, naik lagi satu, turun sikit, naik lagi 2, memang rasa nak pengsan. Kemuncaknya masa dekat Taman Bukit Jalil, ya ampunnnnn, kalah bukit planetarium negara. Rasa-rasa ada kut 4-5 bukit bersudut 70darjah dan bayangkan lari non-stop untuk bukit2 yang macam tu. Ok, mungkin saya telah mengambarkan kesengsaraan ini secara berlebihan tapi percayalah, memang banyak giler bukit dan dahaga nak mati. After first water station (3km), langsung takde bayang air. Dahlah seksa berperang dekat bukit-bukau tu, bila xde air langsung memanglah tak keruan beb. Nasib baik jiwa kental, kalau tak kompem angkat bendera merah. Kat hujung-hujung taman baru dapat air, ishh kalau masa tu xde air jugak memang aku mengamuk kat situ (garang tak?) Pada pendapat saya yang jujur, water station pertama tidaklah perlu sebegitu awal. at least after 4km oklah, then the 2nd one after bukit. baru ngam. Ini kena tunggu lama giler baru dapat air memang struggle abis.

Ok, tak cukup bukit TBJ, kena mendaki lagi sepanjang Lebuh Raya Bukit Jalil sebelum sampai garisan penamat. Masa ni dahlah sakit kaki mendaki, sakit hati pulak dengan golongan inang-inang ni. Mana tak sakit hati, tak kisahlah kalau diorang ni nak berjalan, tapi tak perlulah nak jalan seiring sejalan berpimpin tangan sampai menghalang laluan (dalam erti kata lain menyusahkan orang jer). Aduhaii, sudahnya pelari -pelari tegar macam kami ni kena masuk sikit jalan besar dan berisiko ditabrak mobil. Hangin satu badan aku dengan inang-inang ni. Kalau 1 atau 2 team inang boleh tahan lagi, masuk yang lain-lain gua buat hati kering rempuh jer depa. Memang emo abis tp ishhhh tak boleh blah beb

Bareno 10km route map (green), Red No1 Tmn Bukit Jalil, Red No2 Highway yang saiko
Yellow: Bukit Bukau tak berhenti

Lastly, bila dah berjaya sampai perasaannya memang syioks abis. Tembikai, mineral water, tau foo fah memang heaven. Overall, acara ditamatkan dalam masa 70mins dan rank 23 manakala MissE-gemok-gedempol dapat number 12. Hebat jugak kan??? Can't wait for ENR, hurmm ini sure akan ada lagi banyak drama hahahaha

-therunningsister-

Extreme Sky-trexing

We went for extreme, I repeat EXTREME sky-trexing yesterday. The course was tough, our physical and mental were tested to the max, and luckily we were all prepared for that, kan sera? It took us 2.5 hrs to complete the course and yes, with blisters on hands and aching body. Overall it was a blast!!! We're planning to do Big Thrills when Hawa come back this summer. Hopefully this time no one will chicken out like they did yesterday. Miss S, kau baik pergi training sekarang kalau kau taknak kena gelak lagi nanti :D

Gearing up

Sedang menunggu giliran nak naik.
Tgklah muka masing2 gelak puas hati, lepas ni ntah apa rupa hahaha

Photo semasa beraktiviti. Eh kenapa 5 org jer?

Yeay, we did it =)

-Us-