So, it’s the tenth day of the tenth month of the tenth year of the second millenium and there are so many things happening on this auspicious day. In order to commemorate the same, I have signed up for the KL vs SG, Nike City 10km Run. The running jersey is a bright neon yellow, with each participant’s bib number printed on it.
This run falls right smack two weeks after I started the 8WC programme. A group of us who are in the 8WC programme started carbo loading a few days before the run. I started carbo loading on Friday.
John and me reached Jalan Binjai (near KLCC) about 6.40 a.m. All we could see was a sea of neon yellow crowd. Of course, we saw our Sarge and Ody as well as Mike before the run started.
Compared to Newton Run, the weather was spectacular. There was no scorching hot sun and there were sufficient water stations along the route.
Needless to say, my shin hurt awfully for the first 2 km. However, when I hit the 3rd km, the pain became numb and I couldn’t feel it anymore. Perhaps I was too concentrating on running. I was running with a comfortable pace and I certainly had no desire to beat my personal best records as I was low in energy due to the 8WC Gladiator Diet. Moreover, somehow my RunKeeper application on my iPhone could not be loaded due to some unknown reason and I was unable to track my pace etc. I was doing quite well and as usual, when I hit the 8th km, I began to question myself the million dollar question : Why am I doing this again? When I was going through the tunnel on Jalan Tun Razak, which was only partially closed, I was breathing in all the carbon dioxide from the fumes and gas and debris. I tried to sprint some part of it to get out of the tunnel as soon as possible for some fresh air but of no avail. I vowed to myself that I would not do the Mizuno Wave 11km Run which was scheduled on the following week and certainly not the Penang Bridge International Marathon 21 km Half Marathon in November. No, no, no, I would not want to put myself to breathing difficulty and physical exhaustion again. I half ran half jogged half walked and before I knew it, the finish line banner was waving at me 50 meter ahead. I looked at the timer and it said 1:06:36 when I crossed the finish line. I outdid my personal best of 1:12 at Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur 10km about 3 months ago! I was exhilirated! And suddenly I was not that tired, not that exhausted, not that out of breath. I met up with fellow runners – Sarge (who clocked his PB at an amazing time of 46 min despite 8WC), Ody (who always clocked in few minutes ahead of me), John (his second 10km run since high school with an equally amazing time of 1:00:36, or so he said), Joe Liew (1:00) and Amir (who I kept on calling Arif??). We started camwhoring, posing and more camwhoring while waiting for others. Mike, John Chuah Superleg, etc etc arrived one by one. This was the best moment of all races - camwhoring and comparing running time, interesting things that you saw on the route (like hot tight ass, uncle with outrageous outfits, guy carrying a balloon with his girlfriend’s/wife’s name, guy running with a float…). I was tired and I was happy. And by the time I reached home, I was once again ready for the next race. |
| We ran so hard and this was what we got? |
Jun King (my A Level mate who I lured into OBC and who is now an OBC fanatic himself) did his first virgin run of 5km in 31 years and with a half-broken leg and he vowed to do 10km next. Another friend, Mike, who I quasi-forced to accompany me to Standard Chartered KL Marathon, had injured his knee (again and at futsal) 4 days before the run and he insisted on running. His message to me was “Don’t care, die die also must run”. And of course I am so proud that my little brother John did so well in the run. Suddenly I had this notion, running is like multi-level marketing, Tai Ching sucked me into this whole running affair and I sucked John, Mike and Jun King into it as well (directly or indirectly). So Tai Ching is the Master Sucker and I am the Sub Sucker with 3 downlines. Hahaha….Running is fun!!
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