road 2 irongirl: blood donor fun run 5.2km

i was actually super eggcited to run having not raced for 6 weeks but for my ankle problem. i prepped for race and went to bed early. and of course hoped for a miracle that my bad ankle would go away.

my alarm rang. i jumped out of bed, to a still hurting ankle as if that weren't bad enough, also to the sound of rain. i had my alarm set for 530, race flagoff was at 730 so i was pretty confident that the rain would stop by then. so i didn't pack my hoodie. wrong choice.

location of the race was in taman tasik titiwangsa. ate my moolabar for breakfast, parked and tried to look for a toilet, to no avail. seemingly, everything was going wrong for me. the rain did not stop. i was pretty much drenched. and cold. and needed to use the toilet. under pressing circumstances, i had to use the mobile toilets, which i always try not to use. flagoff was late, and i was hungry again. i get hungry pretty easily. thankfully i packed an extra moolabar, so i took another one just before the race.

the race was a 5.2km race, which constituted 2 loops around the titiwangsa lake. the problem was, we had to run on the pavements and tiled surfaces. i love my shoes. they are really good on road, on the pavements, especially splashing through the water - they worked perfectly for me. the one part they didn't work so great was on the tiled surfaces. the grip was not too good on tiled surfaces. so i had to slow down on those parts. but other than that, perfect!

i was leading on the first loop, i ran a comfortable pace. but on the second loop, i was overtaken. i felt like i could not push either. so i came in 2nd in the women open category. congratulations to don who placed 3rd, jaishaan who placed 2nd as well and zane who placed 5th. it was splendid to race alongside my hrc running mates. they really give you the support and encouragement you need. and of course, them being there at the finishing line, is really the icing on the cake. the cherry on top for this race would definitely be that our coach took the time out to come watch us race.