Runaway Horses

Nike15K 

The Nike Pacesetters 15km Run (May 23, 2004) was organized by Pacesetters Athletic Club Malaysia, sponsored by NIKE. It made its debut last year and received overwhelming response from serious and fun runners alike.

At exactly approximately 7:05am, a group of runners in their elegant crazysexycool Nike vests (blue-yellow for male and white-pastel baby blue for female) charged like a bunch of runaway horses from the horse stable up the "little slope" in Lake Garden. It was wild. I was among those horses, galloping away.

The route was dubbed affectionately (or fearfully) as Double Hills amongst the runners. I always resorted to baby jog up and down the hill and sometimes I had to walk. For this year Nike Run, I had to walk up the hill. My horsepower seemed to have diminished once I reached the slopes. Lack of practice, I guess. Done most of my training on flat grounds - Subang Lake. Ought to kick myself for not preparing for it. I was exhausted by the time I reached Sri Carcosa Negara but I had to flog myself to complete the race. Reached the finishing and got myself a finisher medal.

Zoomed straight to the Milo van for two cups of icy cool drink. Food aplenty – taufu fah (yummy with brown palm sugar), rojak (soggy), chicken porridge (never tasted so good after a run), maggi instant noodle (out of stock), canned 100plus (out of stock) and fruit (banana and watermelon).

One boo-boo that need to be corrected. The ribbons given at the starting point and checkpoints should be waterproof and should not run upon contact with sweat. I felt pity for those runners whose elegant Nike vests were stained by horrific red marks when they wore their ribbons around their necks (quick someone, bring out the crosses and garlic). Lucky for me, I wrapped my ribbons around my wrist. I ended up looking like I had slashed my wrist.

It was a well-organized run. Well, it HAD to be since it was organized by RUNNERS for RUNNERS. I definitely will be back next year to run like horses.

Saw some KL Municipal horses around the Lake Garden area while walking back to the car. Took some pictures with those muscular beings while they were grazing away. Is the secret of running like horses is to eat like horses? A question to ponder.

Went to 1-Utama. Bought a DVD at Movie Magic – The Color Purple, got myself a FREE DVD – The Best Show (about a dog show). Want to watch Shrek 2 but watched “You Got Served” instead at GSC Midvalley. Wasted RM10 on it. It sucked.