Great Eastern Colour My Heart Run 2015

As usual the nervous really breaks u down the night before raceday, But I havnt had this kinda nervousness since my earlier races. 

Sunday Morning at Dataran Merdeka arrived early to get a near parking and to be mentally relaxed for the race. Met my friend Rani which arrived almost the same time as i did. Made a few chit chat as it was too early for warmup.

But there u go 30mins before the race. The Starting line was packed. After few years of running this was my first race actually to Start at Padang Merbok. The instensity feeling was high because  my of the killer route (which is the DUTA hockey stadium route). 

Tried to start easy on the hills and avoid cramps or muscle pain. Luckily i made it to finish. It was a mentally exausting and physical challenge for this race. We had to finish with extra two hills which was the Double Hill (aka White House/Rumah Putih) together with the Skolah Arab route. 

I did a time of 49.51mins with a 11.87 km distance. Not quite satisfied wtih the time target was 48mins++, But the hills was holding me back.  Managed to get 6th Malaysia Mens. Overall satisfied. But hopefully i could recover before my Kuantan Half (which is 7days from now). 

All i could say is (I am no elite or pro-runner) But from experience dont kill yourself in training. Manage it , plan well and all plan will succeed. 

Thanks to Moey for the pics.

Milo Breakfast Day Putrajaya 2015

My first ever Milo Race, been wanting to join this event since 2years ago. Really didn't expect thousands of people would be here. But I really enjoyed this race. The preparation by the organizers were good. Actually much better than any other huge Full Marathon events I ever joined. With the endless Milo trucks and variety of breakfast after the race.

First of all I didn't I didn't expect many elite runners to join this race, because it closed really fast. But it's ok. It really tested my speed and endurance ( which speed training I really am Lazy to do) . And the day before this race I really didn't have proper rest. ( had wedding to attend and some friends group meeting) and my diet for the pre race went all out of the window. 

But many runners have improved during this race. I'm surprised they could pull much pace. Congrats to them. 

Well day after the race still feeling sore. Need some recovery time for the next big event.

It was an over distance with 7.25 km on my watch, only did an average 4:01pace. Really need to work out on my 5k this time. 

SuperHero Race 2015

Distance 9.9KM (GPS)
Where: Bukit Jalil Stadium
When: 3rd May 2015

It was a cool Sunday Morning, had a little dew. The Race was early around 6;30 (for a 10km)
My target for this was being within Top5 position. And eventually gratefully achieved what i had aimed for. This was right after my unsuccessful Bidor Half Marathon. which i chocked the last 5KM.
But feeling confident for this race as i prepared for the 80% incline/Decline route. I followed a Kenyan Woman runner pace. She paced me most of the time. I felt strong as i could hold a 4;08pace throughout the whole event. And finished my last 900Meters with a 3;38min time.

 I felt that I am stronger within 10-18KM distance races. So as for Half Marathons i still need to study more on its preparation to achieve goal time. Throughout this past week I had alot of friends, Coaches and pro atheletes giving advice on doing middle distance running, economy running. easy training. and recovery training.
Its going to take some time to achieve that goal. But i dont mind, slowly learning and gaining experiance throughout races is most important.