Hah! The final was good. Attendance was the magnificent 9, most of them RBU members except for Det, Azmar and Nizam - perhaps soon to be bloggers. The rest was the normal GKL taikos and Rayzeef finally opted to leave the World Cup morning match and joined us. Oh! Daud was caught by us running solo on our way back from Seri Hartamas somewhere at Duta Hockey Stadium. He missed the 6.30 train though he said he arrived at Bukit Aman as early as 7.30...?
Weather was kind except when it shines straight hard on the forehead as we climbed back from Tijani crossing Mahameru. Pace was evenly placed when regrouping was required upon checking back for the sweepers. Tossing jokes around was the usual stuff, all the way to-and-fro plus some chats about post KL-Marathon programmes besides the mini races. With 9 of us around, we changed chat buddies for the two hour run and nothing bored us even a second. OK, sorry. Perhaps I was too blanket on that. As posted in the LSD shoutout earlier, the last 4km (Tijani) was the point for some personal breakthrough. That happened and yes, we actually didn't chat from there onwards.
Strangely and funny enough, once we reached Tijani 2, the group turned silence. It resembled a bike race where at the last few kilometers racers will react at the tiniest movement. This happened among us just now. Every one of us remembered the LSD menu and were cautioned. It was a bit tensed if I can recall the moment. Hehe. Kelakar la. Of course it should be, especially when everyone have loaded quads and milage in those legs. This was the biggest non-verbal lambung in LSD.
The whole pack went chaotic. The usual suspects tagged along when there was a surge in the pace. I was surprised from the reaction and most of us had our race face on. Aiyo! So the scary. The constant pounding stayed straight on towards the end and the martyrs concluded with loads of satisfied huffing puffing. Awesome.
Looking forward a good rest and a week of planned carboloadings. Thursday June 24th will be the start of race pack collection at Titiwangsa. Need to grab a few Powergels and start loading on electrolytes. We'll never know what the weather will offer on June 27th. Happy tapering :)
The whole pack went chaotic. The usual suspects tagged along when there was a surge in the pace. I was surprised from the reaction and most of us had our race face on. Aiyo! So the scary. The constant pounding stayed straight on towards the end and the martyrs concluded with loads of satisfied huffing puffing. Awesome.
Looking forward a good rest and a week of planned carboloadings. Thursday June 24th will be the start of race pack collection at Titiwangsa. Need to grab a few Powergels and start loading on electrolytes. We'll never know what the weather will offer on June 27th. Happy tapering :)
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ReplyDeleteakhirnya final lsd...ye ke? rasa mcm ada yg nak buat lsd on weekdays je...
ReplyDeletei'm glad that joined this royal LSD :)
ReplyDeleteDiket - i think there was 10 of us plus Che it would be 11 (diket, shah, ray, ziff, syed, shuk, nizam, det, azmar, nik, che daud).
semua tunggu tuanku tekan turbo, masing2 senyap melayan the pace.
ReplyDeletenak amik race kit calling calling ok.
aku perasan masa kat Tijani 2 tu mmg masing2 nampak gatal kaki nak merempit dah hehehe. once started all just lost from my sight in minute. Caya ler korang. Mmg suspek betul :)
ReplyDeleteHaza, let me guess. Errr...South Africa? Or is it Tampin?
ReplyDeleteIjam, kalau ada kaum yang nak ber-LSD on weekdays maybe he's training for other marathon :)
Rayzeef, great to have you there also. I think my summation is getting worse! I need to attend Kumon la :D
Nobody wants to kasi pecah peloton ye Shuk? Tapi bila dah ada kambing hitam, senyap je follow. Yes, we'll get the bib togeder-geder.
Ziff bro, those suspects have curry blood in their veins. Cannot kena bakar one, mesti mau cucuk balik. Hahaha. It is not impossible for you too :)
Nasib baik darah aku takde kari.. ada kuah dhalca je...
ReplyDeleteSyok ah tengok korang breakway the final few kms tu. berdesup2... gaya lari macam pro, siap boleh senyum lagi.
Kuah dhalca lagi boleh tahan 5 hari bro. Lagi pekat lagi bagus :)
ReplyDeleteSenyum tu sebab kau pun follow amik gambau.
Aku sambil minum pagi dgn mak kat Muor pon boleh teringat kat RBU buat lsd... huh
ReplyDeleteCayok lah!
Whoa! Sampai begitu sekali. Kalau kau pekena asam pedas kat Parit Jawa mesti kau tak teringat apa-apa dah :)
ReplyDeletepekena asam pedas dgn powel gel gerenti lari berdesup:)
ReplyDeletetak chi betul tinggalkan kitaorg kat belakang.. ops lupe.. aku x lari FM :P tp mmg kena minum air chap badak ek utk start sprint? :P
ReplyDeletetmbh electrolytes tu, minum 100+ ke hari2 camtu? sampai race day, bang Diket?
RaYzeef, lari berdesup ke washroom kot XD
ReplyDeleteChe, air badak sebab botol klasik, senang nak pegang. Tu je :)
2-3 hari before race day should be fine. Get ORS pun ok gak. 100+ kembung nanti.
it's good to know that the other half of macambagus was training with the kings.
ReplyDeletemissed this one ... :(
You were on vacation bro. There are more better stuff than LSD. I missed my vacation for the school break. Looking forward for one soon - after SCKLM :)
ReplyDeleteyour had the honor to run with them the previous week, last week was (half) mine :)
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