Larian Kubur : Extended Writeup

*edit* grp pic added. Taken from xiuli's facebook. :P

Bit of run background...seems the thing's been around since bout 2001. It's one of those runs where they dont really keep track of placings beyond the top 30 so it's tough to know how well you did. Luckily enough it seems that they use the same distance and route each year so a bit o digging turned up some times that can roughly be used to estimate how well one did. These are placings and times from 2006 that i dug up from personal blogs. :P

*edit* : Top 30 qualifying time this year was 30'50......damn....need to buck up for future runs...bah~ +P

Men open 7k
1st 29:03
2nd 29.15
8th 35:10
15th 36:45

Women open 7k
2nd 42.xx
3rd 42.56

Seems rather clear that this year's pool was more competitive. Dont see any african runners in the 2006 top listings but there were a bunch this year. =\. Run experience follows!

Been sleeping at 6am for the past 2 weeks or so so i just couldnt go to bed early. Ended up sleeping at 5 and getting up at 6....hahahah~ felt relatively rested...changed...ate chocs....woke up sis....headed to meet waiz and xiu who were dropping by to pick us up....was a little worried that we'd be late (turns out later that fear was very much unwarranted!).....got to the carpark....walked over to the field where everyone was gathering...meeting up with ash on the way....

got there at 7....to hear the same announcements over and over again...."no more registering! wear the damn shirt! Don't litter! Put your sticker on! Dont lose your coupon or we'll refuse to give you a bun!".... =P....after a bit they started with the opening....dull speech (brought back memories of high school assemblies)....opening ceremony.....then.....dancing time!....a guy came on stage to lead us all in a warmup...rather...memorable one... =P...tis difficult to describe but i shall try....clap clap...kay yow! shout...obscene looking hip thrusting gesture to the right while shouting "oof off" (apparently the feet were doing stome stuff i couldnt see from where i was standing)...obscene looking hip thrusting gesture to the left while shouting "oof off"....spin hands by side of head like a mad man....the other side....repeat ad infinitum.....amusing dance that served as the source of many jokes later.....i propose we have it as our group cheer!...hahahaha~

All this went on for bout an hour so we got to the line at 8....racing mind mode....go!....(me, ash and my sis tracked the route the night before so we knew what to expect)....nice level wide 1.75k stretch first.....africans and rather fit indian runners leading already....tons of runners dashing like mad...didnt bother matching since i knew the pace i could keep for the run....pace pace pace....reach the first "marker" the cemetery entrance....from here on the route was mostly upslope downslope....the final one being a rather long upslope....the cemetery itself was really beautiful tgh...clear air...blue skies....stillness...lovely place to run....started overtaking most of the sprinters on the upslopes....overtook some runners that i didnt expect to be able to pass....no sign of the africans tgh...ah well...someday.....heheheh.....singled out 3 runners that seemed to be at a similar level of fitness and set beating them as my race target.....run run run....3 of us playing the overtake be overtaken game....was keeping a steady pace tgh, they were the ones speeding up and slowing down.....knowing that the track after the final upslope was mostly all level i walked the final bit of it gearing up for a fast run once over the slope.....over the slope!....fast run time....

Rest of it was pretty much textbook running...fast pacing till the final k....fast dash to the finish line....didnt manage to make the cut for the top 30 this time....ah well... =P....final time 38min....

Hang around the line....sis was the first across....33-34 minutes (5k)....xiu li next at 50....waiz at 57....then ash at 67.....we didnt stay for the ceremony tgh....went off to breakfield for a pork noodles breakfast....joked and talked till we parted ways....got home typed the brief report...and went for a nap~






All in all...a rather fun run....:D...will defintely be in for it again next year if I'm still about....heheheh~

and finally a quote from waiz about the run...hehehe~...

Graveyard Run

Whew~ Just got back a bit ago from it all...will post a longer detailing after a nap....brief report....we all finished...none with medals sadly.... =P ...the track was pretty good, quite a few slopes..straight line distance is 6200 so there should be about 800m worth of "hidden incline" in the track...not very hidden when you're running it tgh... :P...total distance 7000m~

times follow

John : 38 min, average speed = 11kph/6.9mph
Xiuli : 50 min, average speed = 8.4kph/5.2mph
Waiz : 57 min, average speed = 7.4kph/4.6mph
Asha : 67 min, average speed = 6.3kph/3.9mph

my younger sis ran the 5k...her times follow. :P

Becca : 33 (34?) min, average speed = 9kph/5.7mph

will upload pics and a vid or two as well as elab more on the track, the xp and dancing fun!...hahahaha~...i'm sure the rest of the grp'll also be sharing theirs too soon... =D

Larian Bomba? :P

The run details are out. Tis a 10k affair on the 10th of May. A bit soon for me given the upcoming graveyard run. Want to get some serious training in. Though if any of you guys are interested in getting some running done before the standard chartered affair.. :P...medals for the top 75....hmmmm~ might be tempted to join..see how it goes...

http://runnaz.blogspot.com/2009/04/larian-bersama-bomba-2009-form.html

There's also a fun run organized by the klang pacers. Just 4.5k on the 7th of June. Deadline for registering 24th of May (but spaces are limited!). =P. Will probably be joining just for the fun of it.heheheh~

http://klang-pacers.blogspot.com/2009/03/open-for-registration-now-date-7th-june.html

And of course the upcoming std. chartered run. All registered? I havent yet (missed the 10bucks early bird but not too worried about that. =P). Will definitely be in for that one.

Calender

7 May - Closing date of registration for the bomba run
10 May - Bomba run (10k)
24 May - Klang pacers registration deadline
1 June - End of normal reg for standard chartered run
7 June - Klang pacers run (4.5k fun)
15 June - End of reg for chartered run
28 June - Chartered run (10k right? :P)

Well, the cemetery runners'll be off in a couple o hours for our 7k run! Wish us luck. :)

John : Week 12

Just one easy short run this week....might do another warm up type run sometime later this week...but might just unwind till sun~

Run 1
Distance : 1865m
Total time : 9min 55sec
Average speed : 11.3kph/7mph

Run 2
Distance : 7000m
Total time : 38 min
Average speed : 11kph/6.9mph

Total of runs

Distance : 8865m
Time : 48 min
Average speed : 11kph/6.88mph

Asha: Week 12

Only managed one run this week... Wanted to do a 7k one on Sunday but that one was rained out (long story...)..

Distance: 1.93km
Time: 17 minutes
Speed: 6.812 km/h or 4.257mph

I think I was still exhausted from my 6k run a few days before this one, so I actually took more breaks than I should have... Not one my best runs I think... However, really excited about the 7k one! Yay!! :D

John : Week 11

Decided to do hill runs this week given the fact that the upcoming Larian Kubur's route is said to be rather hilly (will know more of it when we [ash, waiz, me , xiu, maybe my sis] walk the route sometime this week. Though the times and speed may suggest a lack of improvement over the past week, note that the routes tackled this week were far tougher then the ones i've run the weeks before... =P

Uphill Distance : 1485 m
Downhill Distance : 700 downhill
Slopy Distance : 7532 m
Total Distance : 9712 m
Total time : 59min 30sec
Average speed : 9.8kph/6.1mph

Total of two runs, one long nonstop 7.4k one and another short 2.4k one which had two 3 minute breaks in it. All in all a decent run week...looking forward to tackling the graveyard... ;)

Asha: Week 11

This week was tough, cause the distances have increased... Stats follows..

Total distance: 9.372 km
Total time: 93 minutes
Average speed: 6.0465 km/h or 3.779 mph

So, how about the group run next week? Maybe we can have two competitive runs some time soon? One in Lake Gardens, the other in ttdi? :)

Group Run Proposal

Anyone up for a group run next week friday/saturday/sunday?

I propose we have a "competitive" 5k+ group run. Not too picky on location, but am picky on the fact that the distance must be very well determined and verified. =P.

Was thinking of the roads near college but the place is all clouded on googleearth so i can't accurately chart the route (the superimposed road system can be quite a bit off at times).

Anyone have a route in mind? As a fallback there's always gardens. See 5006m route (measured distance in 3 laps below).

Fuz: Updates

Today's run was disappointing as I really was not prepared for it at all. Firstly, had a lack of sleep due to the large dose of mocha latte the night before (thanks to you, John) and pretty much stayed up till 4AM fixing the computer before I went to sleep. Woke up at 6AM in order to get to college.

Came back around 3pm and took a nap before waking up at 6pm then straight to the running trail in Taman Rakyat Klang. So I was sleep deprived, groggy and hungry as my only meal was at 9.30AM.

I have a love/hate thing with TRK as the route I chose is pretty much uphill on the get go and a few more uphill battles in the middle of the route so it's pretty tiring. I have no idea how long is the total park route length, but from google its estimated at 6 miles. I took a shorter one, so I can only estimate it at 3-4 miles? Did 1 lap with 20:08, on my second lap, 4 minutes in I began to feel sharp pains to my kidney area, so I decided to walked it off instead of continuing.

Distance: 3 miles
Time: 20:08 minutes
Speed: no idea

The whole track I think: http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/malaysia/klang/597959148

Something I found: