What do I get when I did my longest LSD so far - alone? Summary of it:
- I was pacing with Syah from Bukit Aman to Matrade, despite 15 minutes delay rolling off.
- I noticed my current LSD pace needs to be slower considering my fellow running buddies, Saiful & Zaidi were left behind upon reaching Bank Negara.
- Syah's farewell as we split at Duta Tropika junction was heartrending.
- Nothing more peaceful than the Plaza Damas rolling hills.
- The sight of Petronas Sri Hartamas via Sri Hartamas Primary School was live saving.
- The welcoming gesture from the Petronas cashier was so heart warming.
- Seeing Laif, Nik Arief and buddies having a breather at the Petronas was reprieving.
- Watching Nik Arief passed by and made a turn towards Masjid Wilayah instead of my Matrade route was disheartening while Laif was way back behind.
- Conquering the Duta Tropika incline in the middle of a humid rage was a triumph.
- The morning sun hitting my forehead in front of Matrade made me wished I had my oakley along.
- The perfume smell from Mr Iqbal -a fellow Bangladeshi, whom heading out to town for a weekend hangout reminded me of my Tommy Hilfiger ages ago.
- I was thankful I decided to have this LSD here instead of running in kampung as I passed the Tijanis stretch'. Cooling.
- I regret dumping my mineral drink at Jalan Duta when I swigged in a Quaker Oat bar approaching Arab School at Jalan Tun Ismail. Lucky it wasn't that dry swallowing compare to Powergels.
- OMG! It's Memorial Tuanku Abdul Rahman infront of the new Bank Negara!
- The Padang Merbuk climb back to Bukit Aman was so taxing.
- The tiny smirk from Uncle Rajoo (DBKL grass cutter) was affable.
- Squeezing my Nuun drink at the car was 200% thirst quenching.
- The Carcosa route at 10.00am is a bit scary due to abscence of runners and joggers.
- A peek between the greens and fence towards Lake Garden's jogging track couldn't lock any living creature.
- The Taman Rusa climb was agony in the making.
- The final push from Bird Park at LT concluded my verdict of not wanting to complete a 32km menu. Fell short of 4k which was perhaps a wise decision.
- Perhaps this is not just an LSD, it was more of an anchoring,.
- And many more small and big thoughts that came across along the 2:55 LSD.
- And my Adizero Tempo have logged 506.5km. Can it hold on till ENR?! Aiyo!
alright! nice long run.
ReplyDeletebeb, larian maulidur rasul weekend nih?
ReplyDeleteInsyallah. Macam biasa, laluan favorite BA-Hartamas. 6.30am.
ReplyDeletenice entry bro!
ReplyDeletelet's do this again - love to try the carcosa route etc and move beyond the comfortable 20s
p.s. : or is it the memorial tun hussein onn in front of the new Bank Negara?
saper plak yg comment in chinese tu.
ReplyDeleteBTW a very succinct entry :) A deserted track at lake garden is really de-motivating. I can imagine ur feeling running alone in the vast compound of lake garden
thanks syah. planning for 25k this coming Friday, insyallah.
ReplyDeletep/s. we'll later reconfirm whether it's TAR or THO =)
ziff, perhaps it's one of my chinese blog followers kot. anybody can translate that?
come to think of it, running alone with legs ready to bottom-up, it's a good way for muhasabah diri. boleh ke? i guess so =)
Shakhir,
ReplyDeleteU should add another note:
25) Seeing my blue calves (*hint Avatar blue) giving smokes to the other runners, truly awesome!!!
Ahahahahaaa... just kidding bro.
Welldone. I think this coming ENR we will be seeing the air pollution index skyrocketing. Hehehe.
Nik, aren't we supposed to be running on hybrid engines nowadays? I'm eco friendly. Btw, we prefer to run togeder-geder sekali dgn Shuk kan?
ReplyDeletemantoppppp...!!! kena cari kasut baru tu bro...apalagi adidas adizero tempo kunin laa....hahahah
ReplyDeletekalau adizero kunin tu ada kat msia, dah lama aku sambau. sat lagi mula la mental kacau pilih kasut. hehe.
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