Pacesetters Post Marathon Breakfast

A message from Pacesetters Malaysia :-

POST MARATHON BREAKFAST

Hello members,

This is an exciting week for members who are involved in the coming KL Std Chartered International Marathon as a participant or part of the crew of the event. GOOD LUCK to all and most importanly ENJOY it!!

After this weekend run, we can enjoy a more relaxed run the following Sunday, 4th July 2010. To celebrate the accomplishment of members, the Club would like to provide a light and simple breakfast to all from 8.30am onwards at Bukit Aman carpark, our usual meeting point. Members can then share their stories while having breakfast together.

By the way, you are welcomed to bring some food for sharing with all your friends.

Once again all the BEST to all runners and have a Good Run.

Best Regards,

Sook Ying

LG LCD Fixed! I hope.....!

Been having problem with my LG LCD for quite sometime with the instability in its power. It turns on and off by itself. Really fustrating when you are watching a World Cup match and the LCD just turned off!

Called LG hotline for the 2nd time just 1 and a half weeks ago. Called them couple months back when I first had this problem. Technician came the first time and find there's no problem after they did the factory setting, but not long after that it went besserk again.

The techinician came a day after my call (pretty fast) and this time told me that it could be my powerboard failure. So he says it might take them a week or two before they can get the part in. Within 2 weeks (today), got a call from the LG sub-con technician and they came and within minutes, got the new board installed.

They told me that LG (KL) do not have the powerboard for my particular model, so they had to order it from LG (S'pore). Well, I'm pretty impressed that their respond is fast, so that makes up for the disappointment I had of LG for the LCD to fail me only after a year plus of use. Luckily, warranty is for 2 years.

Well after they had left 30 mins ago, so far so good. Fingers crossed!

Funny....

Got a call from a bank sales person:

Girl: Hi, Im xxxx, calling from Sxxxxxx Bank. I'm calling you today to offer you a personal loan....
Me: Eer, actually I am not interested lah. I am not working at the moment.
Girl: Actually you can still apply if you are not working.
Me: (I was like WHAT?!) Never mind, I am not interested.
Girl: Ok. Anyway, I will sms you my details and if you are interested in future, please call  Me: Sure. (Can't deny she is quite persistent)

Well this is how agressive banks are nowadays.

Standard Chartered KL Marathon Results & Photos

The official results are out, but it looked to simple and doesn't tell you much. Not even how many people has taken part in your category.

Please click on this link for RESULTS

For photos, please click on this:-

1. Marathon-Photos.com - will need to purchase the photos

2. PMTey3

3. Run2Chuah

4. Through My Eyes - will need to purchase photos

5. Malaysia Runners Network - FB page created by Mr Siew Chee Meng
6. SK's Public Gallery
7. Kwang Leng's Site

My official results - Half Marathon:

1:36:21 - Gun Time

1:35:27 - Net Time (Took me more than a minute to start line!)

Rank - 44 (Half Marathon: Total-3763 runners, 2878-M, 885-W)

Thanks to QQLai

Thanks to Winnie for this photo

This Is What They Do At The Finish Line

I was at the finish line to witness some of the runners crossing the finish line and I stumbled upon this guy who was holding a chart. A close look at it, this is what he was doing........

Looks like New Balance leading the way. Surprisingly (to me), Nike is 2nd on the list. I thought adidas would have fared better than them. Asics doing well too in spite of the high price tag. Maybe most of them are foreign runners, cos you probably can get it much cheaper in other countries.

Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2010

Woke up early today at around 4.10am thinking I could rush to park below the High Court. When I got out, it started raining and worst of all, the police and DBKL already blocked the access to the carpark. Had to make one big U-Turn towars Bukit Aman to find parking. Luckily got a parking at DBKL's public gym.

Met up with Ray and Mich before walking towards Dataran Merdeka. I had to deposit my bag at the baggage counter before heading to the starting line. Queues at the baggage counters were long and by the time I got my bag checked in, the crowds at the starting were huge. So I had to squeeze my way thru to get as close as possible to the starting line but never got close to it. Anyway, wasn't too worried about it as I wasn't aiming for anything for this run. Mileage has been low for me in the past months due to illness and injury. So just using this as part of my training.

Gun went off, took me a while to get to the starting line and also getting thru the crowds after. Managed to get thru the human traffic after about 1.5km. Thereafter, just maintain my pace and not trying to push too hard. Caught up with couple of friends along the way, Adam, John, Daniel, etc. I guess I could have saved up some energy if I was standing in front at the start. Met Elmer to when we got on to Loke Yew Road near UE3. Haven't seen her for a while and she told me she just did the London Marathon and cracked her PB.

Most part of my race, I had someone to pace with. At first a Caucasian, who accompanied me for most earlier part of the race till UE3, then it just followed by some others I caught up with. There were couple of guys who overtook me but even if they did, i think I managed to catch up with them later on. Guess starting from the back helped me a little.

Picked up my pace as soon as I reached KL Tower since it wasn't too far from the finish line. Saw couple of FMVs (Full Marathon Virgins) - their T-shirts, along the way and just gave them some encouragement to go on. Then saw one of the Singaporean girl (whom I've seeing a few times in local races) just in front and I was just focused in overtaking her. Only managed to do it some 500-600m away from finishing line.

I saw the clocked ticking at 1:35 and was pushing hard to see if I can clocked a sub 1:36, but gave up with 100m to go. Just ran out of time. Anyway, pretty happy with my timing but I was pretty tired and my left foot started to hurt after a short rest.

Crowds cheering on runners at the finishing

Runners lining up for water at the finish

Kids Dash event

Hopefully can build on my training from here but foot not looking that good at the moment.

Here are my splits & average Heart Rate for the race today (based on gun time):

23.12.44 - 0:23.12 (05.0km; 153bpm)
26:13.82 - 0:49.26 (10.5km; 157bpm)
23.03.29 - 1:12.29 (15.5km; 158bpm)
04.23.94 - 1:16.53 (16.5km; 161bpm)
19.25.22 - 1:36.18 (21.178km; 161bpm)

Here are other elites' results:

Full Marathon Open (Men)
1 Nelson Kirwa Rotich Kenya 2:16:44
2 Lilan Kennedy Kiproo Kenya 2:16:55
3 Luka Kipkemboi Chelimo Kenya 2:16:56
4 Chepyegon Daniel Kipkorir Uganda 2:17:05
5 Julius Ndiritu Karinga Kenya 2:17:48
6 Robert Kilagat Kosgei Kenya 2:18:34

Full Marathon Open (Women)
1 Goitetom Haftu Tesema Ethiopia 2:46:44
2 Yenealem Ayano Buli Ethiopia 2:46:53
3 Marta Markos Ayele Ethiopia 2:46:57
4 Meseret Hailu Bebele Ethiopia 2:47:43
5 Jacquline Nyetipei Kenya 2:47:49
6 Fridah Chepkite Lodepa Kenya 2:48:06

Full Marathon Malaysian (Men)
1 Shaharudin bin Hashim 2:39:38
2 Muniandy Ramadass 2:43:06
3 Subramaniam A/L Rangar 2:46:09
4 Fabian @ Osmond bin Daimon 2:51:00
5 Casey Lim Khon Seng 2:53:27
6 Jasni Khairil bin Jamaluddin 3:05:08

Full Marathon Malaysian (Women)
1 Tan Bee Kiang 3:36:36
2 Tan Lee Chin 3:43:19
3 Amutha Arumugam 3:48:14
4 Julia Lim Lee Ching 3:51:11
5 Tan Man Hua 3:57:30
6 Vijaya Kalah A/P Tanabal 4:06:03

Full Marathon Veteran (Men)
1 Prasoet Phaisan 3:00:32
2 Ong Chin 3:06:00
3 Khor Ngee Leong 3:08:53
4 Tobias Frenz 3:09:52
5 Adam Osman 3:15:48
6 Gary Lew 3:19:09

Full Marathon Veteran (Women)
1 Hayley Holle 3:15:14
2 Julie Foreman 3:28:27
3 Dai-Siou Yu 3:29:04
4 Tan Man Hua 3:57:30
5 Roda Mariano Ramos 3:59:34
6 Lim Lee Ping 4:08:02

Half Marathon Open (Men)

1 David Kipkirui Mutai Kenya 1:09:36
2 Hillary Lagat Kenya 1:10:03
3 Mok Ying Ren Singapore 1:10:22
4 Muindi Onesmus Muasya Kenya 1:10:41
5 Tarus Johnson Kipkosgei Kenya 1.11:08
6 Keter Kenya 1:11:31

Half Marathon Open (Women)
1 Eunice Nyawira Muchiri Kenya 1:23:20
2 Mary Grace Baylon Delos Santos Philipines 1:26:16
3 Noor Amelia Bt. Musa Malaysia 1:28:58
4 Jepleting Maiyo Kenya 1:29:30
5 Irine Jeptoo Kipchumba Kenya 1:29:49
6 Janna Hinz Germany 1:32:03

Half Marathon Veteran (Men)
Unavailable

Half Marathon Veteran (Women)
1 Yeung Mei Lun Melissa 1:42:35
2 Agnes Tee Yoke Loi 1:52:04
3 Chong Swee Ying 1:52:25
4 Sandra Olivia Roberts 1:54:17
5 Andrea Holthusen 1:56:15
6 Wendy Wong 1:57:07

P/S: Saw in some of the updates in facebook, a young guy (25 years old) passed away running the 10km. Could be due to heart failure. RIP Lim Wei Ji. Please click on the link to find out more.

BHPetrol Orange Run 2010

The OR10 Team is pleased to inform you that the BHPetrol's Orange Run which is an annual event on BHPetrol's calendar will be held for the fifth time this year. The Run which is scheduled on 25 July 2010 will be organized with Pacesetters overseeing the technical aspects of the Run and the Police and MBPJ lending their assistance to ensure that the day's event goes smoothly.

So come and join in the fun. As they say, if you can't run, then walk. Invite your family and friends to join in the Run as there are now 6 categories opened to all Malaysians.

See you there !!

The OR10 Team

Date: 25th July 2010, Sunday

Venue: Piazza, The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, PJ

Starting Time: 7.15am
Entry Fee: Free!!!! (Limited 3000 entries only on first come first served basis)
Category & Distance:
11km - Men open, Women Open, Men Veteran, Women Veteran, Boys and Girls.

Registration And Collection Of Tag Numbers:
Tag Numbers will be given out upon submission of entry form during registration time at the following seven BHPetrol Station:
Date: 10th - 11th July 2010
Time:10am - 4pm
Location:
BHPetrol Mutiara Damansara
BHPetrol TTDI
BHPetrol Damansara Utama
BHPetrol Damansara Jaya
BHPetrol Sg. Kayu Ara
BHPetrol SS2
BHPetrol Bandar Sri Damansara (Kepong/Batu Caves Council)

To download form : http://www.bhpetrol.com.my/images/OR10_contestform_002.gif 

OR click on form below:

My Bib And Racing Pack

Here's what is inside the racing pack:

Notice the Power Bar? Well actually I didn't know about it till I walked passed the Power Bar booth outside the stadium. And at that time they were already packing up. The lady at the counter was asking me if I was running the full or the half marathon. I told her that I have 2 full and 2 half marathon bibs with me. So she gave me 4 pieces of Power Bar. I think a lot of people would have missed it if they were walkign out elsewhere, which I've seen a lot of people did.

Saw in their facebook page, there were a lot of complaints about the Power Bar team packed up early eventhough the bib collection for the day ends at 8pm.