28 June 2009 KL Marathon 马拉颂之 一月两马

When I boastfully told chow meng about my 1 month 2 horse, he half lifted his eyes and said lazily : "mai how lian , lim pei since mata cheng tay kor orledi every week 2 马，ur 马 2 legs, my 马 4 legs!"

My 2nd marathon in June

KL marathon finish - 05:29:10.

Split time

10 km 1:14:29

20 km 1:12:54

30 km 1:17:25

40 km 1:28:15

42.195 km 0:16:35

If you love slope, steep slope then welcome to KL. While it was a good run, too bad it became a good run spoilt due to poor coordination and organisation.

First, the pleasant surprise -they provide sponge after the 1st 5 km and there after every 5 km, but just when the sun came out and oh no! no more sponge after 20 km mark!

A bigger surprises await us, after 25 km, some water station ran out of cups, so OK we still can drink from 1.5L bottle albeit with only 200ml of water in it. At 35 km water station, got cups, but no water. Lucky for us there were still water at 40 km point. Pity those slower runners, I heard they ran without water from 15 km - 35 km.

The traffic control was another challenge. At many junctions, there were no polismen, it is you again the traffic. The most horrifying part was at the 32 km , we were running on the right most lane of a 4 lanes highway, it was a steep incline and accompany our run were cars and lorries zooming past us at more then 100km/h. Quite an experience.

I heard that previous KL marathon also had lots of hiccups, butthen they were charging only M$50, cheap entrance fee, pay peanuts get monkey, OK lah. But this year with Standchart as the title sponsor and entrance fee increase to M$210, we expect something better. Whatever said, for the love of marathon we can excuse other sloppiness, but no water at water point ?- siow liow lah! that amount to murder for a marathoner!

Apology from KL marathon event organiser http://kl-marathon.com/

Octagon as the event organizer of the Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2009 acknowledges that there were technical and logistical issues that affected a number of runners.

As the Race Director, I would like to apologise to runners who had a bad experience connected to the marathon. It was never our intention to cause any distress. We have always aimed to provide a positive and memorable experience for runners in Malaysia. We have taken all your feedback and this will go towards improving the standard and experience for all runners next year. Once again, my sincerest apologies.

As an update, the complete database of results and timings are now available. You may search for your individual results here.

Should you have further questions, you may contact us at 03 7843 3180 or via email at inquiries@kl-marathon.com

Hemant Dua (Race Director)

Next year KL again? thanks but no thanks. ( I said the same thing too after SD ultra, but hey are we running SD ultra again next year? YES SIRE!!! )

Morale of the story : Never trusts a marathoner when he said he will no run........

run the first part of the race with your head

the second part with your legs

the final part with your heart - chiong ah

The next 3 month, no marathon for me. But I am not standing still, I will engaged a personal trainer to help me to built up my speed and endurance. Target 4:30 for Dec SCSM.