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Bareno Run 2011 - Run run away!

dripping faucet!
What has a bathroom and kitchen fittings company (Bareno) has in common with running? Well, their water faucets stop running water effectively! And long distance leaves a trail of dripping sweat! I suppose that why they have been organising a medium scale running race (5,10,21km) around Bukit Jalil for at least for the past 2 years.
This time around, I was left to run on my own (anyway nobody else can run for me!). I was deserted by my running buddies. Suresh is still nursing his foot injury that  he sustained during the LSD run in Putrajaya, while the rest of the gang is gearing up for big kahuna in mid April at the Energizer Run in Putrajaya where the F1 circuit is part of the track.
Like the old cowboy adage would say 'A man got to do what a man got to do', I got up at 4.15am and got all geared up to face the enemy, i.e. 'the naysayer and negativity within me'. The race started on time at 5.30am as scheduled. It took us from Bukit Jalil Stadium past TPM and Astro towards the PLUS NSE. We then turned into KESAS highway back into the stadium complex area and turned off past IMU and raced straight into the Taman Overseas Union and Taman Gembira area. This was the tricky part of the trail. There were many hills that we had to climb all along the MEX highway. When I surveyed the area by car, it did not appear so hilly. That is the problem. In the comfort of our automobiles, everything seems a breeze. Only  when we start walking/running do we realise that walking on our roads is not a walk in the park! By the time we came back to IMU area, 14km had been covered. At the IMU junction, we met the 5km runners turning off together with towards Taman Esplanade. It felt good seeing novices panting and struggling to keep pace. The 21km'ers just swift past them like how the leading Ferraris and Red Bulls drive past the lowly HRT and Lotus in the dying laps of the F1 race!
After Taman Esplanade, we turned left past Bukit Jalil Country Club and pretty soon it was the finishing line. It feels good to finish the 21km run in 2h11m and 119th position in the Men Veteran category. A Sunday well spent, now what can I do the rest of the day?  

P.S. Suresh, I think at our age hitting a sub-2hr mark seems like a Herculean task, not many can acheive. (At least not me). Now, I leave it to you, bro! 
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  1. Perdana Heights14 March 2011 at 15:36

    my first DNS. have long given up doing sub 2. Just wanna enjoy the run without pain.

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