Wednesday, November 03, 2010

International Cross Country Genting 2010

at the first place I do not have any intention to join this race ... suddendly when I read Berita Harian (BH) "if you want to run at genting .. send email to BH" .. if lucky you might have a chance to compete in the race .. for FREE ... yeah for FREE ... you can read my post on this opportunity http://nonvespa.blogspot.com/2010/09/genting-trailblazer-2010.html ...

so maybe it my lucky month ... on 08 October 2010 .. I received this email ...

Dear Mohd Rashidi Bin Yusuf,

Congratulation on winning yourself an entry to run the Cross Country of Genting Trailblazer.Kindly fill up the form below and send it back to us before 13 October 2010.You can fax it to us at 03-2333 6350 or email to us your registration form at trailblazer@genting.comPresent your Identification Card during the registration and collection of goodie bag on the event day.

Thank you!
Genting Trailblazer

so without any further hesitation ... I replied to the email mentioned that I would like to participate in the race ... actually there were 2 races ... one is Cross Country on 30/10/10 and the other one is Trailblazer 31/10/10 .. Cross Country which have participated was a solo event (12K, 8K and 6K) .. mean while Trailblazer is a mixed team (14K) ... so I went for the farthest .. 12K ...

this is my first race in Genting and also my first trip there ... what bother me most wether my 1.3 car can climb the road up to genting awana ... this because the event started at Awana Genting .. so finally my car managed to climb to the top of Genting ... I even saw Kancil can over took my car ...

we (bring along my loyal supporters) went day one day earlier .. the race flagged on Saturday for Cross Country ... so better we go there one day earlier and have enough rest before the rest .. luckily for all runners during the briefing on Friday .. there was rain like dogs and cats ... so all runners must have on their mind what to expect on the race day itself ... the weather at Genting quite chilly with the rain ...

so come to the race day ... the weather was nice and the sun shined all over awana genting ... the race was flagged off at football field ... a short walk from the hotel ... the reporting time was from 7.00 - 8.00 am ... so I went there around 7.30am after finished my simple breakfast ... so went to the football field and met other runners from Chap Ayam .. many familiar faces at the race ... many runners also ran Trailblazer on Sunday .. so the Cross Country only for warm-up ...

after warm-up with instructors from Fitness First ... the race flagged off at 8.30am ... men open category was the first to flagged off followed by other category 8K and 6K ... at the beginning the track was quite nice ... all runners will go down the hill and needed to run around the awana hotel before headed to the golf course .... after the golf course than all runners will enter the hardest part of the race .. the HILL ...

one runner said .. if you go down ... the very sure you need to climb up .. it the very truly true ... after the golf course and go down the hill ... the hardest part patiently waiting there for you ... "climb climb .. climb the hill" ... for the 12K category all the runners have to go thru the same route twice ... that means twice climbed the hill ...

what event the hurdle I faced in this race .. it was a new experience ... I hope can come back for next year race ... I managed to clocked 1:59:45 ... (15 second from the cut off time for the 12K category ^_^) ... for me this race even harder and tough then running 21K or marathon ... it push you to the limit ...

Next race: CICM Responsible Care Run at Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil .. as usual c u there .. ADIOS

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