Sunday Scenic Run

Arrived at Dataran Putra Precint 1 at 6.00am saw lots of runners and some familiar faces. Undecided to run 10km as registered or 21km (someone's number) Tey scolded me and asked me not to run 10km but instead opt for 21km cos is more fun and challenging.Finally agreed to Tey's opinion but feeling a bit regretful as I wanted to save energy for PJ 1/2 Marathon. I did my personal best at PJ before and hope to do it this year again but of cause not personal best. Target time for PJ is 1hr 33min or below but have to pia kau kau lat.

Met Justin Gatlin the married man at the starting line, he said he should running slow and the same goes to me. The starting line was packed with runners and everyone in a jovial mood.Good atmosphere with no tension. Exactly 7am off we go. I was running casually and manage to pull a joke with Kenny Rogers, Justin Gatlin and Ronny by holding hand in hand. The 1km was fast and after 1.5km John Tan zoom passed me like a rocket but I gave chase and after a while I was ahead of John and was passing with Kenny Rogers, both of us encouraging each other and running neck and neck. I was not bother about the timing as I only wanted to enjoy the run without over taxing myself. My pacing was good and almost consistent (that's my secret of success). At the 10k mark my timing was 46min36sec which was quite fast for 21km so I slowed down after 10k mark. Kenny Rogers caught up with me at the 15k mark and I told him to go ahead. The distant marker was well displayed and helped us to push and pace on.

With 4k to go I could see many runner slowing down and feeling tired. At this juncture Kenny Rogers was about 400m ahead of me. I was happy to cross the finishing line just to complete the race. Time clocked not too bad 1.40.58sec. Overall the race was well organised pehaps I will run with better timing next year.