Olympic McD run 2009

its a very rare chance that i blog about an event right after I reached home,
in fact, this is the first time i did it! haa

12th July 2009,
a Sunday that I had been quite waiting for...
not because I anxious about the run,
its because I have no plans before hand on my usual sunday
its either ad-hoc or impromptu plan

nvm about that,
waking up at 5.30am on Sunday morning is super freaking rare,
and I stepped myself at the Dataran Merdeka 7am, sharp! (punctual leh?)
right at 7.30am, PIaaang, an air-gun shot indicating the start of the run..

Supposing there were 5 people that joining the run,
but ended up, only Julian and me
begin at the start line with some slow jog
and these are the names that FFK us ... Hehe


From Dataran Merdeka, we entered Masjid Jamek towards the roundabout and turn right
then, I dunno where is the place already,
I am able to follow Julian's pace until the Bukit Tunku, where most of the rich people stays there
It's either bungalow/mansion .... or semi-D around the area
Condominium at the very least..

(camera not with me, sorry)

Somewhere in the hill, there's this free give-away refreshment station..
I was expecting some isotonic drinks, but surprised to see some mineral...
and I shouldn't taken that drink ..
after I gulped down the water and a few metres ahead,
I start to feel discomfort in my stomach...
Sudden gush of H2O in the abdoment causing some counter-effect...
as I slowed down, Julian already nowhere to be seen..

so I continued the race by semi-walking, semi-jogging until the Lake Garden..
even up until that place, being a noob Penang kia in K.L, I don't know that I am quite near..
not until I see the MasjidJamek roundabout, where I'm only 10 mins away from the qualifying time,
I gave my last sprint until reaching the Dataran Merdeka ...
thinking I could have qualified anyway, so I kinda slowed down ...
but damn! the clock tower of the old Federal Court showing its only 1-2 minutes left
so I gave another sprint until i reached the finishing line...

this is the shot Julian took as I'm nearing the finishing line
70mins for 7km...
not a good run, but somehow still qualified ...
and get to get certificate from them..

Julian reached 10mins earlier...

I wanna say is Mcdonald doing a not bad job for the run...
but somehow i felt that its not the best ...

some of thing I observed
1) the checkpoint ribbon is only 1, which they gave only at the starting point of the race,
no other checkpoint along the race to ensure the racers did not take the easy path

2) no goodies bag or watsoever... what they gave was only a mcMufffin coupon, and that also a PWP coupon...

3) there is no sign indicating the drivers that some of the roads will be closed for the race purpose, so ... end up, at somewhere ( where Im not sure where), there are alot drivers stucked inside the jam for very the long period of time that they have to turn off their engine and wait until the road is clear


4) again on the checkpoint ribbon ... they never take it back at the end of the race...
meaning, if some1 ended their race early, the can leave the dataran merdeka, cut back into race route, and run toward the finishing line again, and get another cert
* not that the certificate matters alot, but its a basic procedure of the run


anyhow, thanks Julian for coming or else I'll be running alone for the race
and also don't get the chance to trail some hot chick with sexy back during the 7km..
LoL!

7km 70minutes...
when is my next run? I dunno, but I'll keep track of that :D