My very first KL marathon

Prelude

The title above bunyinya macam saya lari full marathon jer kan? Haha not yet fella. Half marathon pun belum ada gaya lagi, full marathon lambat lagi kut. For your information this is my only run since Runner's Malaysia Anniversary Breakfast Run, which was held on April. Yes, yes, you read that right. April! With that, dengan hormatnya saya mengumumkan bahawa saya tidak berlari hatta 1km pun sepanjang 2 bulan ini. Training pun tiada bah. About 2 weeks before the KLM, i thought i would have enough time to do crash-training and guess what? I was sent to Batu Pahat for 2 consecutive weeks. yeap, 2 weeks before the ultimate SCKLM. There goes my ultimate training schedule. Dok pusing2 Batu Pahat, ngak jumpa pulak tempat yang boleh nak lari. Makan pulak memang boleh tahan. Dang, I'm doomed!

Event Day

Woke up as early as 3.30am. Aiyo awal giler, my run mula at 7.00am. All because of parking babe. All major road leads to Dataran Merdeka will be closed at 5am. Aishh, tidak mahulah adinda menapak jauh gara-gara jalan ditutup. So sampai Padang Merbuk lebih kurang 4.15am. Orang pun tak ramai lagi. About 5.45am, baru gerak ke Dataran Merdeka. Aiyo, acara tak mula lagi, rasa dah berpeluh-peluh satu badan. OMG, memang nervous giler nak mampos. Nervous macam mula-mula nak lari 10k dulu. Kecut-kecut usus perut wey!

6.30am mula masuk kandang pelari-pelari. Aiyah, lagilah gugup. Semua nampak tegar-tegar giler. Memang rasa tak berapa betul dah masa ni. Ada depa duk wat warm-up pun saya buat tak reti babe. Fokus kunun-kunun. Tepat kul 7am, zassss kami dilepaskan untuk memulakan larian. Seriously, nak angkat kaki pun x larat woit. Padanlah muka sendiri. Sorang-sorang berlari melepasi saya. Sedih giler dah time ni. Boleh ke abis within qualifying time? Arghh, gasaklah, janji jangan stop. Power walk pun power walk lah. Untung badan dapat lari sama Fahrin Ahmad.. muahaaa cita-cita tinggi tak tahan. Tapi sampai sudah tak jumpa pun.

After 4km, wooo steady lagi. Minum dulu. Teruskan berlari. pastu sampai Masjid Negara. Ok lagi. Memang slow macam siput. Tapi steady. Lepas Lake Garden, mak aiiiii ini ialah stretch yang paling ku tidak gemari. loooooongggg boring stretch. Lepas tu sampai depan bulatan depan Bank Rakyat. Yeay dah nak sampai. Oh no, not yet. The last 2km loop really drive me nuts. Why oh why, dari banyak-banyak jalan dalam KL ni, mesti loop at the very last km. Mentally tortured man.Finally, walaupun dalam hati mengomel tak sudah, akhirnya berjaya jugak menghabiskan acara larian. So far, this is my worst 10k timing ever. I finished 1:13:29. Lembab giler memandangkan it was the flattest 10k route i ever participated.

Ok, for your information 2 things taht got me mental throughout the entire event; the last 2 km loop and baggage pick up drama. 1hr babe. 1 jam beratur bawah matahari terik untuk ambil bag. Elok-elok tak terbakar masa berlari, masa nak ambil bag pulak terus terbakar macam mandi di Manukan. Tak berbaloi betul. Lepas ambil bag, g amik-amik gambar sikit and ambil mineral water perghhhh banyak giler ok. Sama macam ni. Puas hati buat stok mineral water muahaaa. Overall, ok lah. I am not happy with my time but i'd fun running with my sister. Until next time, toodles!



p/s: Pics will be upload later yer. Gosh, Siemens Run in 2 days. Just wish me luck peep!