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Wednesday 15 March 2006

Report: SKN Jerai II

1. Elite category
Was registered under elite category after saw list of open category late evening. More than 70 runners registered compare to elite.. <10. Thailand runners also have to register in Elite category. And I know more elite runners were on the way.

Discussed with Najib – we go for Elite.Najib target for top10 places and I’m target for medal… - top20

Race day. After wake-up. Was dreamed last night, that I’am >20 finishers – no medal. Decide to change category as the registration still open. Elite >30. But Najib said "Tawakal ajer"

2. Gearbox
First km of the run, the marshal watches us run to wrong trail. Dia tak kata apa – Cilakak!. I was far behind the elite group. Suddenly they ran back.
"Silap jalan ni… patah balik pi kat marshal"

While running back and cross the river, I lost control after step on batu tepi sungai..
"kedebookkk"
Jatuh.. lutut aku jatuh dulu dan kena batu.
"Sh**t" terkeluar dari mulut aku..

Hayun!.. belum naik gunung lagi..Lutut aku memang pieeeeee.. even jumpa flat trail pun aku tak mampu nak lari dah. Bengkek!! Tengok musuh (same category) just 5-10 meter – tak boleh potong.

3. Acrobatics stunt
This time a lot of acrobatics and stunts I did compare to last year. Tersungkur, terduduk, tergelincir, tertomouih, berdarah terpegang pelepah berduri.
Even junior category pon potong aku.

4. Timing
Reached Elite check-point/U-turn after 1:58mins run. Last year 1:51mins. Lari 7mins. Dapat sampai pencawang pun dah cukup bersyukur dah… Turun – takpa.. boleh bergolek +gelunsoq.

Lari turun – fail
Jalan turun - pass

Try to ligan musuh depan aku. A24. Dia ni kejap depan aku. Kejap hilang. Kejap ada. Hilang. kaki sudah lembik. Lari pun bersepah. Finished 20sec behind him.

Official timing
Cross finish line: 12:02.21pm
Flag-off: 8:30am
Running: 3:32:21
Position: 16

My stopwatch
Run up: 1:58.56
Run down: 1:33.24
Running: 3:32.20

Last year
Run up: 1:51
Run down: 1:31
Running: 3:22:56
Position: 9

Akibatnye.. terbang RM50. Last cash prize for 15th position in Elite category – Pap! Pap!

5. Adidas Savage
# Tak bleh harap punya kasut.
# Cause me 3 spots of blister.
# Hard to maneuver. – Nampak akar + kayu depan, tapi susah mau elak.
# Tapak kasut keras – almost cause me jatuh tersungkoq 3 to 4 times.
# One of my toes sudah tak ada darah. Think 1-2 bulan lagi sure tercabut kuku kaki.
# Test on training run thru trail – Fail, elok buat pakai jalan.
# ..return back to Nike

6. Medal
After all those terrible things happen + alauddin admit to GH. The Organizer forced the winners to wait until late evening for medal ceremony (at 4pm). Tunggu orang besar. Can’t wait. Need to go to GH. Najib received it on my behalf.

At night Najib called. Finishers 11th -20th kena buat lakonan drama dipentas after waiting for so long until 4pm to receive the medal. They said medal tak dan siap and will send it by post – Hah!! Another kinda IIR disaster ka?
















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