Sunday, August 02, 2009

Adidas King of the Road

What : Adidas King of the Road
When : 2nd August 2009
Where : Stadium Shah Alam , Shah Alam
Distance : 21.71km (YS Lee GPS) & 11km
My Timing : 62'35.09 (11km)

this was one of der most difficult road race i have done with so many up & downhills along der entire 11km, i do not know what is der exact distance but i m sure it is more than 11km. i have juz recovered from sick since last sunday, in addition der weather condition was hazy, dry & vehicles around, i could hardly perform well. imagine if i ran 22km today, i think i could not be able to come back to der stadium.

i started with a very fast pace since i was lining up der front row, i pushed too hard to avoid der crowd after awhile i felt very tired, i slowed down my pace immediately then i felt better. unexpectedly, there was a long stretch in der beginning cause me breath harder, and i felt more tired then. after chen pong pong 'sayur-ed' me in around 2km mark, i felt like i was left behind and i had no more intention to continue anymore. awhile later, ghejan overtook me from behind.

i was lucky that adam loh who paced me in 5th km, eventhough i was very struggled but at least he let me follow, he asked me do not push too hard and i will do better. later on i was slowing down and felt my body not really could run anymore. going to der finally long stretch when i saw abang sham overtook me again in der last 1km. i wanted to follow him but i could not. going into der stadium, somemore must go through der tunnel, der tunnel like oven man! i pushed all der way to der finishing line with no eyes to see!

mr and mrs khoo saw me and asked me :
running and walking, which is more difficult?

i replied :
when i have done running
i would say running is difficult!
but when i have done walking,
i would say walking is difficult!

everybody looked at me and ask me why am i so suffer, in fact i juz need more 100 plus and oxygen, almost pengsan in der stadium. overall i enjoyed der race, well organised, juz that der wastage of giving out bottles of water not really impressed me.


charging power

looking for toilet


no eyes to see

rushing to finish!


Thanks shirley and tey for photos!

4 comments:

KC said...

URGENT: TO ALL PARTICIPANTS OF ADIDAS KING OF THE ROAD 09
A FRIEND OF MINE WENT MISSING DURING THE RUN.
NAME: GARY LEON ROBERT
AGE:22
HEIGHT: 5’ 9”
REGISTRATION NUMBER: A793
HE WAS WEARING THE ADIDAS VEST AND WHITE SHORTS, RUNNING WITH BASKETBALL SHOES.
HE WAS LAST SEEN WALKING AWAY FROM THE AMBULANCE IN THE STADIUM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z2VtfcXlvI
DID ANYBODY SEE ANY FALLS OR SUSPICIOUS EVENTS?
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT 012-3802133 OR 016-977 8919
PLEASE PASS THE WORD AROUND.
THANK YOU.

Wong Kei Ming said...

we will try to be alert when we have seen him, in fact this is a very serious matter

lionel87 said...

hope you're recovering well now there are no more races around...except for managing PAR 5:)

Wong Kei Ming said...

lionel,

thanks, need to rest for a month, so that i can recover fast