Post – KL Marathon 2009
Posted: June 30th, 2009 | Author: jennihsurf | Filed under: Events, Fitness | Tags: 10km Marathon, KL Marathon, KL Marathon 2009, Standard Chartered, Standard Chartered KL Marathon, Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009 | 1 Comment »Me and my friends just manage to sign up for KL Marathon a day before the closing date. And on the last day, the registration was closed completely as the participations have reached it’s limit. … WOW.. so i guess we were lucky to be the last few who managed to register just in the nick of time! :)
At first i was rather confident and wanted to join the half marathon @ 21km.. =.=” but in the end chicked out after i watch the route video.
the full marathon route (42km)
We registered for the 10km marathon but was still doubtful whether we can actually make it.
For myself… this is my first marathon… after like… 15 years i guess. My last marathon was when i was in high school and that was only 7km. =.=
I started running on threadmills @ the gym on mondays for about 4km each week. Took me half an hour to run 4km everytime. (i have really bad timing i know.. :( )
A few days before the marathon, i started eating more carbs (advice from colleagues) and ate 2 bananas every morning and after meals everyday =.=” (very kiasu i know)
and a night before that, i loaded my phone with MJ tracks to boost my spirit up so that i can continue running towards the end..
:D
Thanks Adrian for helping to collect my race pack and Bib as i was occupied on the day we were supposed to go collect it.
On race day, i reached damn early (430am?) because of the parking issues that was made known earlier by the organizers. The rest took LRT (which i think is a smarter move).
The full marathon flagged off as early as 5am and Dataran Merdeka was already packed with runners all over. Some were warming up, stretching, jumping around, taking pictures and such…
Time pass pretty fast and soon when the rest arrived, i got my shirt and quickly changed and kept our race packs.
Minutes before flag off
For the 10km marathon, the flag off starts at 7am :)
After the flag off… everyone started running and i started walking.. cause i didn’t really warm up before start.. =.=”. Although with all the time i had.. i was just doing nothing =.=”
Another classic rookie mistake.. i forgot to time my race. :( i kept reminding myself few times the night before to remember to set the timer on my phone but i forgot in the end due to the excitement.
When we reach Jalan Mahameru, i was all pumped up and started running.. ;) Felt really energetic and keep having this voice in my head that keeps chanting that i must finish this shit no matter what.
However, another classic rookie mistake was not organizing my music in proper folders and i end up listening to a lot of slow ballads all along the way. I remember clearly listening to “Negaraku” when reaching 5km and it was so disturbing.. i had to quickly change the song because it wasnt motivating at all.
Only towards the end… songs that are fast paced started playing and i remember it was Flo Riders, Pitbull – Move Shake Drop that got me all energetic and heading towards the finish line.. :D
I think some runners might even notice me singing to Paramore while running.. =.=” lol..
Anyhow, i dont know my exact finishing time.. but it was within the time limit for 10km marathon (1 hour 30 mins) and i remember after im cross the finishing line.. i just stood there silly not knowing what to do next cause i cant see anyone familiar… hahaa.. then after a while i saw adrian coming from the back and then we went to get our 100plus first ..
After replenishing all those fluids gone from our body.. we went to collect our packs and medals, camhored, and headed to PS for breakfast.
Head home later after that and called it a day. Slept the whole day to regain back some energy and the next morning.. my leg feels kinda numb. lol..
*Pics after we completed the marathon
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Overall, the Standard Chartered KL Marathon was quite fun.. since it’s my first time on a full fledge marathon like this.
It was really, really inspiring to me at how our body can go so far. well, not our body actually, i would say our mind.
I saw a few senior citizens, white hair, fragile body and such going for the full marathon and i even saw an uncle who ran barefoot…
it is amazing how they do it. i admire and respect their physical and emotional strength.
There were a few couples that i saw which was really inspiring as well. There’s particularly one i saw where the husband hurt the ankle just 2km before the finishing line, the wife helped him towards the side and help massage his leg. Before this, the husband was the one who pulled the wife forward by the running band. seriously inspiring.
There were many pitfalls which i guess comes from the organizers. but i think overall it was not bad for me. i will def. join again next year just to challenge myself again. ;)
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Going to bali tomorrow for an island escapade.. so in the meantime.. have fun everyone!
-J
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