Week 11: Run baby run

Urgh. As I am writing this, my body is aching from the run that I did two days ago.

The Energizer Night Run is the second night marathon to be held in Malaysia this year. I missed the first one a few months back which was the Putrajaya Night Race. Would have really enjoyed that seeing that you would be running through Putrajaya at night which is a really beautiful sight I guarantee you.

The Energizer Night Run instead was held in Cyberjaya, a few km's off Putrajaya. It was VERY well organized. Probably the most organized run Ive ever been to. You pick up your running vests in KL a few days before (and the running vests were really nice sleeveless Adidas quick dry vests). On the day of the race itself you had three options of getting there. Either by taking the KL Sentral train all the way from KL to Putrajaya then switching to their free feeder bus or by driving to Putrajaya Sentral and taking the free feeder bus or by driving to designated parking spots in Cyberjaya and taking the bus. The bus itself was quite convenient though we waited ~15 min to get it from Sentral.

The route was good. Road all the way (I know, not so good on the knees but ultimately more decent than grass hah!) Some inclice (that nearly killed me) but mostly flat. It was also nice to have people cheer you on especially towards the end of the race where there were drums and gongs and the Shick cheerleaders cheering you on. There was a pretty big concert with Fly FM DJ's and Pop Shuvit doing a show.

Right before the race started you picked up your headlights and as soon as it was over, you pick up your goodie bag with the medal inside. I cannot stress how good it is to have the goodie bag given right at the end of the race because seriously, there has been so many times when goodie bags are given before the race and you go "wtf where the hell am I going to put this"

All in all, I still think they did a very good job, thus I think my RM60 registration fees was well worth it (if not for the vest and headlights alone). One thing that could be improved is to somehow have the run timed. Us 10km sluggish runners didnt have chips for our shoes so we dont really know how long it took us to complete.

As for me, well The Boyfriend ran by my side the whole way (and was also reduced to pushing me towards the very end). My time? 1hr 13 minutes. Decent I guess

Signing up for the next 10km run! The Standard Chartered Marathon, June 27th

http://www.kl-marathon.com/