miss independent

so i did it. After 2, 30 minute runs the previous week konon as part of my training, i went hentam kromo saja and ran. Although what i want to tell u here is the story of sepanjang perjalanan 10km yg takder la puaka (perkataan baru di petik dari blog kegemaran masa kini.. which i will touch on later) sangat itu.Ok the fun run.. (yes people THERE are human beings who do 10 km runs for fun) and i kid u not, but the crowd for the fun run was at least a kilometre long. So the first 5 minutes of the run was just walking and hobbling trying to get past the gigantic crowd. And after about 1km did i finally manage to break into a slow jog. The feeling i got as i started to enter the bridge was awesome and thankful for the opportunity, and moi, camera-whore yang tidak cukup gila utk carry around the SLR throughout the 10km run sempat juga mengambil gambar dengan handphone. I know.. its so corny but its only once a year that the bridge opened for runners so sangatlah rugi if you dont capture the memory in a picture even if its blurry and tiny.

Anyhow as i was approaching the twin peaks on the bridge, all the while looking forward to the drinks (which i assumed would be there as it is the first check point.. but sungguh celaka kerana tiada setitik pon air disediakan)and as spirits were getting low .. i saw a slightly older and slightly fat gentleman who in my head i called pakcik tua yang gemok (PTYG) running. So i thought.. i cant let this pakcik run pass me so i used him as my race bunny. Little did i know the PTYG was using ME as his. Kejap aku kat depan.. kejap dia kat depan.. and u know how i found out he was targetting me? sebab just as i was about to run pass (potong) him, he suddenly said out loud "wah.. you're quiet strong. Do you run often?".. aku tengok kiri kanan.. and i realized he was talking to me.
So we chit chatted for a bit. At one point the bridge was slightly ascending and so i said something to him.. konon- konon nasihat la.. and he said.."so you're from USM sports science?" dan aku tergelak besar. "tak pakcik. im living in KL. but my parents are here"... (belum lagi aku ckp aku Engineer.. ahem ahem) "Uish.. then i cannot let you beat me. Because i came all the way from Dungun for this run".. terhibur sungguh aku dengan kata kata pakcik itu. hahaha.. aaauuuw.... im so proud of me. Apparently this little nerd has blossomed into a sports science geek lookalike! HAHAHA (Although neither is higher in the social status ladder.. but hey!!) Of course in the end.. i ran pass him and finished 10 minutes earlier but aku takde la bangga sangat pon sbb he was 42 and slightly overweight pon.

My only complaint about the run is obviously from the lack of aid stations for the fun run category. And i even saw a familiar runner who complained that there wasnt even water for the 21km category. They must have underestimated the amount of water runners need or the number of participants in the event. It was quite hellish surviving a 10km run on just a glass of water which i drank at 5.45 am that morning. but im pretty sure it mustve been worse for the half marathon category. This is just alasan but i would like to say that i might have done better if there was water :-p