2006 Penang marathon檳城國際馬拉松（檳城大橋競跑）

My report

29.7.06

2.45pm:Reach traders hotel,rush to pass bib for Taiwan friend at Evergreen hotel,collect socks from Wendy at Gurney hotel.Go way cinya jam,40 minutes,back 10minutes.

5pm:Met with CCHOO,Ho,Kenny,Teoh,Lim for lunch/tea time at opposite wisma Umno.First time felt so nice of Penang food.

7.30pm:Bought Mizuno waive rider 8 RM 200 ,CCHOO and Lim bought,cinya worth lah !! Then went bought bread and drink for breakfast.

10.30pm:Cinya tire on bed.

30.7.06

1.45am:Woke up from bed.Take hot shower.Wear MWR 8 and New Socks.Drink 500ml banana HL and ate bread.

3.40am:Check in for registration,met many gang,but immediately rush to toilet for Big number.

4.00am:Before start,photo session with many gang and ask other runners to cheers for full marathon runners....make a lot full marathon runners smile and relax.

No chance to warm due to unexpected lausai,so ah...first 20km use 6minutes per km pace.Return to starting point met DK,thanks his cheers.My pace is just so relax.On bridge toke out my DC to snap for gang's photos.All der way on bridge is strong wind.Before turn down for U turn,saw ChingTai and Ang Chee Kiang.But Unlucky the centre of the bridge block to so high nia,can't cheers and snap photo for other gang.U turn,surprise met Shine Shine Teh at centre of bridge.

Snap foto Taiwan friend Lai's photo,and CHOO ,Bruce also.Then my worry finally came at 23km,left knee pain.Felt cinya keat sim lah,hope to tahan until 30km tak jadi...what to do ,just relax ,slow run and walk all der less 19km.

After finish the bridge,me snap many gang foto,especially who return from seagate 30km,very salute them,I only run non stop last 500metres !

But race suffer as already I expected,but waiting for the prize presentation was jia lat,don't know how to describe,mostly will not go liao in future if they didn't improve,even give them chance ,will they improve ?

Anyway,the volunteers like st john ppls and volunteers at water station all very nice ppls,heard they overnight at their point from midnight oh....kam siah ,apprecaite !!


My split time

5.0km:29m01s
7.5km:43m43s
10.0km:58m16s
12.5km:1h15m19s
15.0km:1h31m15s
20.0km:2h01m38s
22.5km:2h21m31s
25.0km:2h43m41s
27.5km:3h01m46s
30.0km:3h25m18s
32.5km:3h45m53s
35.0km:4h06m22s
37.5km:4h27m22s
40.0km:4h51m49s
41.0km:5h14m
42.195km:5h20m13s