Immersed in endorphins!

At a time of weakness, I must have signed up to this 30km run organized by the Pacesetters. After coming to my senses, it was then the question of pride to finish the run (not a race as such, unless you are running against your inner demons and naysayers)! This 'Back to Basics' 30km run is mainly a preparatory run for Penang Bridge Full Marathoners, but what the heck, I must have thought, too much of endorphins would not hurt anyone! Amidst bruised knees from a freak fall from a temporary lapse  of coordination and concentration sustained 2 weeks prior to , life on the long lonely run went on...(not Life in the fast lane by Eagles)
The running buddies were either too bruised by injuries or too cowed by the distance to partake.
So, it was just me on the lonely run in the pitch dark Sunday morning @0530h.
The course that was chosen is the familiar running hills of Bkt Tunku, the last bastion of green lung in the heart of KL. As those familiar with this route may vouch, it is not an easy route but an undulating one with ascents and descents! The weather today was pleasant at 22C if the monitor on the one of the roads is correct. (I doubt it as during our second loop run, it was still showing 22C when the sun was well up!)
From Padang Merbuk, the back roads along Jalan Berjasa brought us to Samy Vellu's ex-office and all the way to road parallel to Lebuhraya Mahameru. The other side of the road was the real killer stretch with acute inclinations. After scaling all these obstacles, we reached the now all too familiar Jln Duta stadium area. With the help of dedicated traffic policemen and compassionate drivers, getting over to State Mosque area was a breeze. From the mosque, it one circle around the Publika and back to Mosque. It was already around 14.5km by then. We headed back to near starting point via our usual Sunday morning route and the whole process was repeated- 29.82km.

Back to Basics: Pre-historic man used their limbs for

everything including bringing themselves from Point A

to Point B! [A scene from 2001: A Space Odyssey]

Besides, immersing myself in endorphins, I was basking in glory as I managed to slice off a few minutes of my self imposed desire to complete the run in 3h30m. I completed the run in 3h27m45s according to my Garmin610.