maze challenge asia

i have always been quite a fan of mazes. i think it has something to do with the exploring, trying to find your way that amuses me. so when this maze run popped up, i was pretty keen on joining it. but it was pricey. so i procrastinated. till early bird passed so i ended up paying a hefty myr 155 for this race. 

but to me, it was something, i knew if i missed i'd kick myself for. so i booked brian and myself for the 430 sesh. 

we had a few hiccups with registration though. i wasn't sent my confirmation, although my card was charged. i didn't know till brian went to pick up our race pack and our names wasn't on the list. the team was great in helping me sort out this issue. kudos to the maze challenge team for that. so, yes, we were in! 

saturday, we arrived in sepang paddock around 350 ish. we met pau there, he was joining us too! but, it started raining - as in heavy crazy thunder storm kind! we were all stuck in the marquee, me, pau and brian, in an open space. honestly speaking, the marquee falling on us seemed like a very likely scenario. everything was flying everywhere. rain was spattering everywhere. we just crouched down in between two booths, and nested ourselves there. some 2 hours later, the rain died down a little, but, due to safety reasons, the remaining 2 sessions were cancelled. we were told to return on sunday. me, pau and brian picked the 830 sesh, so we could run together with karen and hany. 

sunday morning, i woke up at 659am. 7am, they were all outside my house. i basically put on the same shirt (because i was lazy to take out the pins) pulled on my running shorts, grabbed my backpack, and dashed out the house. we were excited! it has been long since we all gathered to do an event together in such a big group. well i definitely was excited. 

830am was flagoff! the first obstacle was crawling on a white sheet covered with water. it did a great job wetting out shoes. the next obstacle was a wall. the wall had a sticker on it, making it super slippery. basically, you had 2 options - one to use the rope and climb the wall as it is, second was to use the ladder grooves that made climbing the wall easier. the first time i could not get up, because i kept slipping. but i gave it another shot. and i made it =) we waited for everyone to get over the wall before moving on to the next obstacle - it was a true leave noone behind. next was some hurdles and off into the ice box. yes, the ice bucket challenge on steroids! then off into the maze. 

personally, i dont really know wad happened. all i know is that we were running, left and right and legt and right. and before we knew it, we were out. 

there were another 2 obstacles - climbing another shorter wall, and walking in mud. 

then, we all linked arms, and crossed the finishing line together=) 

i recall complaining to my cousin, karen, on how pricey this race was, her answer was 'well to be fair, they have to build the walls for the maze.' and yeah fine, that sounded like a valid point to me. so i signed up. but i was quite disappointed. i expected some plastered scaffolding of some sort, but, it was just like office separators that were probably recycled stuffs anyways.  also, we spent 10 minutes in the maze itself. that means we paid 15 bucks for every minute we stayed in the maze. when i put it that way, it sounds quite ridiculous haha. 

honestly, the best part of the maze challenge for me was the brunch after. i like it when a big bunch of people join a run, finish, and go off to brunch together. it is like a celebration, to celebrate the accomplishment of having finished a run. it might be a short run, timing might not be a new pb, but finishing the race is an accomplishment in itself. and to celebrate, we went to the owl cafe =)

 till my next race.