EE Run 2015

talk about downtime for us runners - the string of cancellation of running events have caused frustration amongst us runners. from the haze, to the rain, to the i have no idea why running events are still being cancelled/postponed? so when i heard about the pemadam race postponement, i frantically searched for events to join.

i found out that ipoh was still open for registration. i was not too keen on going up to ipoh because i have another roadtrip the following weekend. i also stumbled upon the ee run, but it was already closed for registration. so really having this urge to race, and after much hesitation, i signed up for the ipoh run. but it was then, i also found out that ee run still accepted manual registration. so thus, was the birth of my unintentional accidental last minute back to back race weekend. and of course, when i do something crazy like this, well i can't do it alone right. because twice the crazy, twice the joy, twice the fun. so i dragged sinyee along for our back-to-back weekend.

EE RUN 

the three of us got there, i would say, not early enough. we hit the toilets (it was like an elite gathering in the bathroom), put on our shoes, and before we even got to warmup, people were already heading to the startline. i'm always never early enough for races. aiks. i tried to squeeze my way to the front, but i didn't manage to get to the ultimate front of the pack. so i just nervously stood there and waited for flagoff.

i have never liked the putrajaya running route. it's not exactly hilly, but it's not exactly flat either. i mean i guess i don't hate it as much as the double hill route, but i don't like this route either.

coach said he would pace me, as his training to gain his mileage, but it was more of, i didn't really care what pace he was running at, i just ran my own pace haha. i'm always super tired towards the end of the race, so it was nice having someone to mentally push you. at times, when you feel like slowing down, that extra mental push, is really nice. and the main objective of course is to have the post-mortem. that's how to get better right.

well, alls well that ends well. i managed to come in 1st runner up. sinyee managed to come in 8th. and coach came in 10th. he was major surprised when he got a tag too. he was super surprised it was so funny. we all managed to get something - so it was great for the three of us. it was a great day, reaping great returns for us. i think we all couldn't stop smiling the whole day. it always just makes things better when everybody gets something together.