Report: Junior Development PRogram 2011 Circuit 1

By Aiman Cheah

Date: 6 March 2011 | Sunday | 7:30am
Venue: Kuala Lumpur Footaball Stadium, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
Category: H Men Open (Above 18 Years Old)
Distance:10 000m
Result: 1:07:04 Position:7

Not a bad result as I was not mentally or physically prepared for it. I came to the stadium thinking that it was a 5 000m race. Heard some were saying it was 10 000m, so I asked Mr Yap the distance for Men Open. 10 000m was not too bad... should be able to do 1:15:00. That's the time when I was not fit. I had targeted a 35:00 for 5 000m. No way to do a sub 30mins.

The Masters road race did help a bit albeit it was only a 3km ++ race.

Mr Suresh asked if I had a team. No, came the answer. I did ask Amelia but there was no reply. I knew I had a chance to pocket RM15 for a team event but none was interested. Perhaps, they had other event on that day. The good news came while I was on lap 2. Mr Yap informed me that I did manage to get a team - thanks to Suresh. I could say that he literally give me the RM15!

I started from the second row. Certainly could not match the national back up athletes, former national back atheletes and Singaporean athletes! Anyway, it was such an enjoyable experience to race with the stars. When I was going to be lapped on lap 6, I did try to follow their pace for slightly more than 100m.

Wow! These boys' frequency was fantastic! Their strides were not superior than mine. I lost because of my stamina. My body was certainly not used to such a high frequency. Even around a 150m could have such a good timing... perhaps in future I can target a 2:15 a lap...

Of course I 'conked' out in the following lap to catch my breath. Luckily it did not have a very bad effect. I just need to complete the 10 000m as there were only three teams! Need not rush, need not risk being disqualified and the prize will just roll in.


Early stage of the race... already being left so far behind - Picture courtesy of RWAM.


Mr Nooka assessing how we performed in terms of race walking rules - Picture courtesy of RWAM


Third placing for the team - Picture courtesy of RWAM

This is my detailed result.

Lap	time	total
1	2:22	2:22
2	2:21	4:43
3	2:41	7:24
4	2:35	9:59
5	2:18	12:34
6	2:18	14:52
7	2:45	17:37
8	2:36	20:13
9	2:39	22:52
10	2:40	25:32
11	2:40	28:12
12	2:43	30:55
13	2:45	33:40
14	2:40	36:20
15	2:41	39:01
16	2:43	41:44
17	2:43	44:27
18	2:48	47:15
19	2:48	50:03
20	2:46	52:49
21	2:47	55:36
22	2:51	58:27
23	2:55	1:01:22
24	2:58	1:04:20
25	2:44	1:07:04

Generally I was happy not to exceed 3:00 per lap. That pace would be 1:15:00 as I had targeted earlier.

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