Two Weeks to 42

The second last LSD before marathon. Not quite prepared for it. I was just plain relief after recovering  from Sundown chronic fatigue and need to cover some milage but not to push the body. A few twitchings with what was left of GKL, Syah and me managed to put up something for Saturday - other GKL and RBU members were out of town. Ian, Ziff and Crushio decided to tag along but Rayzeef gave way to World Cup 2010. Irwan, Crushio's friend was introduced to the not-so-killer GKL group.

A large running group started a few minutes before us and we tagged along from Bukit Aman. The menu was nothing special, plodding in tortoise mode towards Seri Hartamas via Matrade to and fro and a detour into Double Hill back to Bukit Aman - that should cover about 24km. Up my sleeve, to add another 8 clicks at Lake Garden to cover the scheduled 32km which was postponed from last week. Yes, you guess it right - another attempt like ENR training.

Group LSD's protocol - nobody gets left behind and that includes Bro Ziff, our Snail Pace RBU member. This will be his preview of Bukit Aman - Seri Hartamas weekend warrior's path. The pace was excellently paved from the beginning with us had a lot of catching up on latest Ebuzz i.e. TNF100, friends whereabout and of course when Ian's around, I took the chance to get tips and advise about food. Thanks Ian, you are one awesome food lover. Your description of in between snack meals was already making me drool.

Based on Endomondo (did I spell it right Ziff?), the milage right at the front door of Seri Hartamas Petronas was 12.34km clocking 1hr18min. Hmmm...that was fast?! Like I said earlier, this LSD got my poorest attention. No proper pre-run carboload, no solid food for breakfast and unrated hydration. My Friday lunch was a piece of Fillet o'fish at 4.00 p.m. and five forkfull of mee hun goreng for dinner with my kids. I have only running anxiety and a pair of Father's Day gift to flourish me throughout. I almost starve reaching Petronas and a blister at the back of my left ankle. I grabbed a box of soya bean, two plasters and Air Badak - slimmest bottle to hold for the next run back. Ian bought and shared a pack of six puddings among us. Anything secret between running and puddings ke Ian? I swigged it in without further waiting for Ian's answer because when the Fitness Food author gives, we eat :)

The journey back had to be stalled at the Seri Hartamas traffic light junction for a few minutes when Ziff's Endomondo decided to switch to Picolo Mondo. There was a glitch with the software - sigh. I was just about know more from Ziff's gadgetry. No worries bro. It's a cool stuff. I'll get back to you on that. We plodded along until Matrade when Ziff pulak went glitch. Hehe. Of course the Matrade climb la. I decided to stay with him and rain him with loads of run talks and tips. I hope he could digest most of it since attempting the climb was already taxing. The rest of the group regrouped at Government's Office traffic light junction. We walked and talked more.

Double Hill is always Double Hill. Never failed to kill the faint hearted. That perhaps zapped the remaining of my juice. As I ascended Wisma Tani's long granny, I was struggling to reach Istana Selangor's junction with Ian by my side and Crushio leading the way while Syah and Ziff in pursue . Irwan decided to head straight through Mahameru back to Bukit Aman. Took a break and continued back to Bukit Aman passing by Tugu Negara. We arrived in a group and that was cool. Crushio decided to join me attempting 3 laps of Lake Garden which turned out to be only one lap. Aiyo! Terribly sorry bro. The legs just ain't responding positively. And perhaps the vista of Syah, Ian and Ziff enjoying a bowl of hot mee hun soup at the carpark stall was irresistable. We headed back to Bukit Aman with more chats and found Ziff and Syah at the stall. More chats and meals until 11.30 a.m. We called it a day and looked forward for the final tapering LSD next week with more GKL and RBU around.