Showing posts with label z-run. Show all posts
Showing posts with label z-run. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Buffetting : Men's Health 2011 Putrajaya Night Run


The stage


Okay so I'm practically still having some muscle singes on my right calf when I'm typing this, swing those drumsticks like there's no tomorrow to ease the pain!!!!

Like the title said, its about Men's Health Run. I was practically nagging my way from SJ to Putrajaya about how stingy the organizer is to not have medals for each and everyone of the runners.

Seriously, who doesn't like a nice shiny bling bling medal after a good run?

I think its better than all the food vouchers and drinks given later which actually adds up to the calories we'd actually burn after the run!

Anyway, beggars can't be choosers.

The kit collection was a drag, as we need to head towards OCM in Jalan Hang Jebat to get them.
The good thing was the gang was still in holiday,(is still in holiday too) and no killer crowd when we were there.


The colors look like kinder garden!!

The kit was so so, same ol same ol. They used the same chipping system in the Standard Chartered run.

The vest was cool, but the gang was unanimous that the lady's vest was better.



The gang who conquered 12.3km. Figure me out I'm the one with largest calves.

The run was okay, definitely better than SC run because of the venue. Good parking, good ventilation, bad traffic with all the smoke but it was temporary so I guess it was fine.

And no extra baggage at the back totally whipped less pressure on the legs.

Yet, when it hit 7km, my legs started to sore, especially my balls.

I mean you know the balls or the sphere-like part of your feet right under the toe?

Never checked the term up but yes, it hurt like blazes and no thanks to the previous day's badminton session with the family.

The crowd was huge, seemingly larger than SC because every categories except for Fun Run is taking part in the 12.3km run. So yea, more people, less space but everyone was very nice. According to the DJ from fly fm we had 6000++ participants that night, which was a LOT.


The run after the 9th km was really taxing, and with everyone slowing down you tend to slow down and take a rest too, no matter how determined you were.

The right calf started to fail me and I really had to stop completely in order to ease the tense on the area.

The whole Flame of Determination kicked in when I saw the "1km more to go" sign.

That was when I sped like my pants were on fire( more like the legs because of the freaking sores!!!!)

And I hit the finish line without any pause, and holly molly I totally strained my quads in my final kilometer. Owh well, no pain no gain.

I didn't exactly timed myself, but I know I spent 26 songs' worth of time, if the mean time for each song is 5 minutes, more or less in 1 hour and 20 minutes.

For a 12.3km, I think its okay! I spent 1hour and 11 minutes for a 10km, 2.3km in 9 minutes sounds impressing enough!


The scenery was good, even more breath-taking at night with all the beautiful lighting across the structure of the bridges.

The whole place was quiet, and seriously, Putrajaya is one heck of a metropolis. Even the street lamps looked so sci-fiction-ish.


So what's up for the Rm50 we paid? Goodie bag!!!!



Look at the mountain sized bags!!!!

Stuffs included for vouchers were some fish spa thingy, rm10 voucher from juice works, rm100 voucher from watch station and 14 days pass for True Fitness and also a car sticker which sounded like "I Cheat on Skinz" or something. And also a participation cert.(I WANT MY MEDAL!!!)

Other funny stuffs included were some juices, spritzer fibre, men's health and shapes august issues, Rexona, Biore, some whey thingy, SHOKUBUTSU!!!! and owh yes, Systema toothbrush.

Figure the runners from JB can use these when they stay overnight in Putrajaya before they hit 4 hours ride home after the run.

Overall, the run was great. Definitely kicks the running spirit into me more.

Next run, Adidas King of the Road!


The dudes from my car.

Friday, July 29, 2011

Buffetting : 3rd Thon

Wee~~~ Time to hit the 3rd marathon of my life and the year!

Men's Health Nigh Marathon tonight will really kill my legs tomorrow. So no body pump tomorrow then.

Seriously, yesterday body pump really taxed my legs a lot.

What's worse, the badminton session after totally killed my waist, no thanks to the sore legs which refused to move.

Hopefully I can complete tonight's marathon in a breeze, and try my 0.01% luck to get a finishing medal(200 medals only wtheck).

So those who are going to be there, see you then!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Buffetting : Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2011

I know I'm like one of the smartest arses around to spend an extra rm10 for the courier services to send the Race Entry Pack over to my house instead of me heading towards KL to face the hustle and bustle of Sweaty Land.

So SkyNet did the dropping trick, and the vest this year was GREEN~~ Yay go green for momma earth!

Now the run.

Okay seriously, I was totally targeting 40 minutes to 50 minutes.

But thanks to the weird shoes size and stupidity of me choosing a suck socks, blisters pumped on both feet of mine on the 4th km, total turn off man.

I had to walk for the next 3km because of the shitty pain the blister caused on my feet.

What's worse, my phone wasn't really working well with the headset, and songs weren't played as smoothly as they do in the treadmill! WTFudge.

I almost wanted to give up on the 5th km and just hitch a ride back to the starting point with the ambulance because of the blister.

thanks for the cheer! though we should have more in the middle instead of the end.
But thank goodness I didn't.

Gotta keep the stubbornness in the head, even if its short distance as 10km.

For the last 3 km, I just retied the shoe lace, braced myself and take the pain away into the wind.

Somehow I have like super lotsa excuses for me to be slow and trouble prone today.

1-The was drizzling. Drizzling+ Specs = Fog. But it stopped and the weather was superb for marathon later on. So yes, stupid excuses

2- I was freakin carrying my bag. Shouldn't have listened to the siblings. The phone, the touch and go was more than enough. Next run, nothing but phone and headset, period.

3- The blister. Why did I have blister today???!! I ran 3 km normally with the same shoes and socks but no blisters! Why today?!! Weird crap.

4- I totally had no sleep the night before, like I didn't sleep at all. I have no idea why my body ain't like sleeping these days at night. I had to kick in some nap with my bag as my pillow when I reached Jalan Parlimen while waiting for 7am to arrive from 5 am. I had to leave the house 4.15am to hitch the 4.30am shuttle bus from Kelana Jaya LRT, or I have to bear the traffic jam when I drive back from Dataran Merdeka.

Finish line! For 10km la.
The last kilometer was really long, and I had to stop like 2 times when I was on my way to Dataran Merdeka from Sogo.

Weak mental strength, need to work harder.



Amateur runners haha. He's better. 21km siot.

And what's best to reward yourself after 10km and a hectic week of exams?
Shell SS15 nasi lemak!!! totally skipping dinner man.
PS: Clayden! the dude with leggings! but the angmoh girl blocked him la.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Buffetting : First Thon









Woohoo finally I've managed to sign up for one real THON.

Fine its not exactly a marathon, just a towerthon.

Say, anyone knows how many fleets of stairs they have exactly in KL tower?

*wikipediaing*

22 levels with 2058 of steps. Great. When sunday comes, I would probably be zombified.

Anyway, just to inform. I'm joining the KL Tower NIGHT Towerthon on this Saturday!

*imaginary confetti cannons booming*

From where I've eavesdropped today while I hit Muzium Telekom for my T-shirt and bib-no, there are 3500++ participants.

We were discussing if KL tower will crash while everyone resonate their footsteps on the stairs.

Yea, blame of the long study break.


And the muzium was, well, pretty worn down. The air-conds are up, but the museum can probably be walked-through in an hour's time.


As for the goody bag, everyone thought we got conned, big time.

RM10 voucher? ONLY?

Adidas and Std Chartered run you guys better have better goodies than what KL towerthon have installed.

Well, their T-shirt design is so so, but we were hoping for a black one instead.

Yet, because we are going to run at NIGHT. There are possibilities that people can't be seen in black.


As for their catch-phrase.

Catchy, but how thrilling can it be. Ghost popping out in the middle of the stairs?