2nd October 2011....
In a bar somewhere in India...
"Sorry, Saar! Today is Dry Day - Gandhi Jayanthi - No alcohol today."
The battlefield extended through the toll booth where we pass through without paying dues, like royalties. After about 9km, we retreaded down the highway and made it back to the starting pen. 
I managed to finish the duel of 16.8km in 1h44m while my partner in crime who seems to be improving by leaps and bounds by the run finished his in 1h35m!
In a bar somewhere in India...
"Sorry, Saar! Today is Dry Day - Gandhi Jayanthi - No alcohol today."
Well, it was definitely not a dry day for the 10,000 odd runners in the Adidas King of the Road race who were wet drenched with their own sweat trying to outbid their inner naysayers to complete the 16.8 and 10km road race on one the new highways in the Klang Valley called New Pantai Expressway (NPE).
The morning started with runners armed with their armamentarium of cardiac heart rate monitors, foot pod pacers, I-pods with headphones and all the necessary paraphernalia, fuel belt (not for rocket launchers, but to fuel their energy and hydration needs) as if they were off to war.
After parking their vehicles (not horses or Humvee), all contestants made it to the starting line in front of the mammoth stony structure of Sphinx-like lion-head atop Sunway Pyramid. After being flagged off at 0645h as scheduled, we went to war on foot trying to beat the challenge put up by the concrete ugly monument of modern man called highway. From Sunway, the war path took us to the beginning of NPE near Sek 14 where we ascended on the elevated road. It was a relieve to act like a king of the road on the highway weaving from right to left at your fancy as the road were closed to traffic between 0300h and 1100h. On a normal day, the warriors would have all been road kills to break-neck speeding Malaysian drivers!
The morning started with runners armed with their armamentarium of cardiac heart rate monitors, foot pod pacers, I-pods with headphones and all the necessary paraphernalia, fuel belt (not for rocket launchers, but to fuel their energy and hydration needs) as if they were off to war.
After parking their vehicles (not horses or Humvee), all contestants made it to the starting line in front of the mammoth stony structure of Sphinx-like lion-head atop Sunway Pyramid. After being flagged off at 0645h as scheduled, we went to war on foot trying to beat the challenge put up by the concrete ugly monument of modern man called highway. From Sunway, the war path took us to the beginning of NPE near Sek 14 where we ascended on the elevated road. It was a relieve to act like a king of the road on the highway weaving from right to left at your fancy as the road were closed to traffic between 0300h and 1100h. On a normal day, the warriors would have all been road kills to break-neck speeding Malaysian drivers!
The battlefield extended through the toll booth where we pass through without paying dues, like royalties. After about 9km, we retreaded down the highway and made it back to the starting pen. It was a well organised run with no rush and people falling all over the place trying to get their start, drinks or finishing goodies.
I managed to finish the duel of 16.8km in 1h44m while my partner in crime who seems to be improving by leaps and bounds by the run finished his in 1h35m!Kudos to Suresh, Adidas and the organizers.
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