Bareno Run 2011

I'm not someone with good stamina

I never join long distance run before in school

I never be serious in cross country last time

After days of considering to join or not since November

After months of jogging either serious training or not

Last training was one week ago

Only clocked myself twice for 5km

No experience on what should I do before and during the race

Had been asking myself

Should I bring a bottle to run?

Should I bring towel?

Buy new sports shoes?

What pants should I wear?

What should I eat one day before?

What should I have for breakfast?

This is my first time running long distance early in the morning

Very nervous and having uncertainty about my stamina the night before the run

Finally, the day has come!

Bareno Run 2011

The first ever run that I dare myself to join even without proper training

Went to Stadium Bukit Jalil with Qi Tyng to collect our vest and bib number one day before the run

Qi Tyng and my bib number!

She called it the human paper plate number

It was funny when they gave us a free piece of Salonpas after we confirmed our registration

We joked that we need that Salonpas when we had cramp during the run

LOL!

Run day!

Woke up at 5am to prepare ourselves and had breakfast

We were so jakun when we reached there and not sure what should we do

We just follow those people that wore the blue bib number starting with 'K' (female 5km category)

Initially we heard the announcement for the 10km participants to get ready at the starting line

Qi Tyng and I still taking our own sweet time 

After awhile, we see the 5km participants started to run

We were like, "Are you sure we are in the right group?"

No more announcement and people start running, then only we followed 

So blur!

We started at 6.40am

Along the way we had to gone through 1 checkpoint and 1 water station

Speaking about the water station, those people just simply threw the plastic cup everywhere along the road

Even after 100 metres, there were still trail of plastic cups!

Some where in the middle of the track that I had to jump over while running

I reached the finishing line at 7.25am, taking 45 minutes to finish 5km

So far, this was my best time!

Surprisingly I crossed the line as the 155th person for my category and they gave me a finisher medal

If I'm not mistaken, the finisher medal is available for top 200 for my category

All of us get the certificate!

The atmosphere was very good and lots of people

The finishing line beside the lake was just so cool

I gone through the list of participants, around 4000 ++, near 5000 participants for 3 categories

5km, 10km and 21km

The guys wore neon green vest and the red vest for the girls

Thanks God for the superb weather, it was cooling!

After the race, there were free mineral water by Spritzer and 100 Plus with Gardenia Red Bean bun 

Besides, they were food and drinks booth providing watermelon and taufu fa

I saw a cendol van somewhere at the side too

Met my course mates that join the run too!

The big picture (from left): Kak Aishah & Izat (10km), Kee Tat (21km), yours truly and Izat's sister, Wafa (5km)

All of us got the finisher medals

I called this satisfaction!

I'm happy but still need to train more

All thanks to:

Event Organizer: Taman Bukit Jalil Running Club

Main Sponsor: new balance (our vest)

Co Sponsor: Pertubuhan Amal Seri Sinar (PASS)

Menthol by Salonpas

Official Mineral Water by Spritzer

Isotonic drinks by 100 Plus & Milo

Official Gels by SiS

Technical assistant by FT AAA

Official Online Registration Partner : The Marathon Shop

Official Rolls by Gardenia

Communicate People by SLW, ASOGO & TJB

Next run : Standard Chartered KL Run 2011 (26th June 2011)

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