We arrived KL Friday night, late - as we almost always invariably do. I need to get home from work before we even begin our journey and then there is always that drive back home to KL. It is a 4hr effort, (3hr plus if I travel really fast) if there is no traffic. Now that Nisa is living here, we drive together and this makes it even more bearable, enjoyable. It is a fact of modern living that we hardly spend time together and I am always grateful for the time the family is all together in the car. Jamie would chat incessantly until he nods off and then husband and wife would just talk and be together.
The next morning, I got up early and ran Bkt Kiara. Jamie was already up, notwithstanding he slept late last night. Jamie was so excited to be back and wanted to spend every waking minute playing with his cousins; he even knew enough that he was sacrificing sleep. We can only watch as he grows up and make choices.
The Kiara run went well, surprisingly. The flu bug seemed to have been despatched away and I really enjoyed the effort. There were walk breaks, no doubt, but this is all part of recovery and getting into racing shape again. But I am not 100% and don't think I will be for a while more. It'll not be impressive distances for sure, at least not in the next month or so.
So I was far from 100% coming into the Orange Run 2010. On the morning of the run itself, I could hardly crawl out of bed. I was aching slightly and still felt under the weather - its the bloody bug lingering within. Nisa wanted to go but I didn't. In the end, we gave this a miss. The miss is pretty significant, as the Orange Run was the race that opened our season last year and we both enjoyed it tremendously. It was the start of our racing and we both agreed to do this same event next year (and the next, and next).
I had read that we should treat races with respect. Whilst some take them as training efforts, and I think legitimately so in order to gauge fitness, there is the other school of thought that feels every race should be an all out effort. This school thinks that for those who choose to race, there should be 2 running lanes - those what walk should keep to the left and let those who race pass. I am inclined to this school of thought because it does get frustrating when people walk the route, taking up the entire route. Its part of the racing experience, more so when races are well participated. The truth is I rather see people out, having a good time and getting into a healthy state as well, then to see a zoo of elites racing and not being part of the experience.
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