MPIB - 080112

First run of 2012 and i pancit kuat kuat. I pancit-ed on the 3rd and 6th km. Other than that, the run was ok la... Somehow this run was much more tiring than Malakoff last month. Could be because I had quite a lot of beer the night before. So much that when I woke up at 5 something in the morning, I burped beer. Or it could be the flu that's been bugging me for almost 2 weeks. :-(((

Of course there's another reason... Not enough training la!!!!

As for the run itself, it was fairly well organized. The starting announcement was poor poor poor. I only knew the run started when people started clapping n moving. I didn't hear any announcement or horn.

Spidey and Flintstone were spotted during the run.

Another thing to cucuk is the running vest and medal. So so so so so vanilla.

It's like let's just put our company logo and get on with it. Shape of the medal is boring. Design is super boring. The running route was quite tough with multiple mini hills. And we passed by some massive bungalows; so big that driveway is bigger than my house. David, the guy who keeps track of the number of runners he overtake, did not do any counting this time round. He SMS at 8 something and said he just woke up, alarm didn't ring. Rugi kuat kuat...

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Malakoff - 181211

"Born To Run", Malakoff's tagline. Seriously, with the exception of Kenyans, who on earth are born to run? If we are 'born' for it, no need to train so hard liow lo. Are we then saying the fast runners are 'born' better? I think the only thing we are really born to do is EAT!!!

A while back I asked the question, 'To whore or not to whore?'. Yesterday I was at Empire Subang, and went to Adidas to use the 30% discount voucher, and bought myself a pair of Adizero Feather. Can't help it... The colour is totally KRAZY!

So here we are, 6:30am, in Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club. Warming up and getting ready to have our asses kicked by the HILLS!!

Adidas Adizero Feather with timing chip, checked!!

I started the run with David, Naely's ex colleague, who actually kept track of the number of people he overtook thru the run, me being one of his stats. Well, different people tangkap different things. David told me that the run is gonna be tough cos it's quite hilly.

The moment we started, 100m on, it was an uphill climb. And it was jus hill after hill through the run. How hilly? See for yourself.

7km runners do 1 loop, and 12 km 2 loops lo.

Saw some interesting characters during the run. There was a 1-legged runner, which was totally cool. And I took pic of this guy with a clipping on his back that says 'Running takes balls. Other sports just play with them'.

Also saw couple of Xmas tress and pirates.

After the run, took my fried mee and tau fu fa and camwhore around.

It took me 1hr 17 minutes to conquer the hills. Ok la... Cannot complain. Next run will be MPIB and hopefully I can complete under 1hr.

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Adination Breakfast Run - 111211

When we went for the MPSJ Running Clinic last month, we were showered with freebies. Then we went for Nestle's World Walking Day, we were FLOODED with freebies.

Seriously, do we still need to ask that all so important question; what are you running for? Sometimes, I feel like we are freebies hunter. We will wake up at 5 something in the morning on a Saturday and get our asses to middle of nowhere, very often with the help of Eh-Pel (name of our Garmin GPS), and run. And this time round, is at Cahaya SPK for Adination Breakfast Run.

Adidas being Adidas, takkan la they gonna stinge on freebies!? So besides getting to run a 8km+ trail, we get tons of lucky draw, FoR the lucky ones.

I repeat, the LUCKY ones!! Or you can be the FAST one and finish top 5 to win some prize.

Beside the top prizes, they will have gifts for every 10th finisher. Yes, every 10th, up to 500. They gave away tights, shorts, Ts, bags, etc.

And they also had close to 40 lucky draws. FOR freaking TY!!! Once again, we were not lucky.

So in summary, Adidas is super generous, and we are super unlucky. Although we did get our share of free nasty lemak, cereal, Milo, etc.

And I got to wear my new tights I bought from Singapore, BUFF. If it's red, I'm sold.

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Gunung Angsi - 031211

We stopped countless times to rest with legs trembling, knees hurting and breathless. With what’s left of our breath, we said ‘F#&K… beh tahan liow…’.

That pretty much sums up our trip to Gunung Angsi, via Ulu Bendul Recreation Park.

It’s another Saturday, and another hike. This time, it’s an all boys trip. Naely had badminton tournament so she couldn’t join. So it’s me and 5 other boys from work. We met at office at 7am and went to a mamak for breakfast. By 9:30am, we were at Hutan Lipur Ulu Bendul.

And this picture below is before the hike, so naturally, there was no cursing; just smiles and anticipation of a good hike.

And off we went! :-)

Along the way, there were all sort of signages.

Jagalah kebersihan alam sekitar kita.

Gerai Angsi

 

Solar panel in the middle of no where.

And because Naely was not there, I was cam-whoring myself. 

Giant mushroom spotted! Gunung Datuk got Smurf berries… this one Mario Bros I guess…

For the first hour+, it was just jungle trekking, with minimal elevation.

 

We crossed a few streams. Can’t remember how many.

Self snap while balancing myself on a rock.

 

 

As we moved pass the jungle trekking part, we were hit with what seem to be an endless flight of root-steps.

I was like… ‘OMFG…’

It just went on…

And on…

 

 

 

If I gave Salomon the ability to speak at that moment, his first word would be…

‘F%#K!!!’.

 

 

Unlike Gunung Datuk, where there was ups and downs…

Angsi was just UP UP UP…

And more UP UP UP…

 

 

 

I think my eyes wanna pop out when I saw more UPS…

 

 

 

After much pressure on our feet and legs, we finally got a chance to do some monkey climbs. 

It gave our tired legs a much needed break.

 

 

And I put in some drama during the break.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a VERY misleading sign.

 

I think it took us 3 and a half hours to reach the summit.

And the THING that drove me up to the summit, and made me told myself over and over again that ‘THAT’S WHERE I WANNA BE!!!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After eight hours… this was heaven…

Salomon, NO PROBLEM!!!

Would I go to Gunung Angsi again? For sure!! Love the place. We just didn’t expect such a tough climb. Good thing our food and drinks were on the dot. Anything more, and we would have ran out.