Virgin Half Marathon No More - Part 1
So here goes the highlight of my life...at least at this instance..i've finally had my first ever half marathon...on SCKLM even...having it on the biggest running event in Malaysia for me seems like icing on the cake...and sharing the experience is also the very reason this blog is up at this moment, not later... It's of utmost importance to me that i get to document the surreal experience...bliss
Days leading to it has been filled with tapering and praying to Allah that everything goes well and as planned. Having a small baby, still nursing even, is enough to give me discomfort...and Qaisar has not been cooperating well lately, he wakes as soon as im about to leave for work...many times my journey will get delayed since i need to entertain him first.
Ive prepared everything the evening before..was supposed to go to athlete circle to buy my trusted gu chomp chew, and upon reached home, I realised that the shop close early on saturday...called quman, asked nan, and aminsyah decided to go to the running lab at tropicana...
Overslept
Back to the run.. So i thank Allah that everyhing went smoothly as i had prayed for...i was almost overslept...i didnot hear my phone's alarm...ipad's non stop alarm was the one that managed to put an end to my sleep...quickly headed to the shower, and i figured, a short tahajjud will not do much harm, and so i did....the same way i did for my first run, mpib in 2012... Everthing was safely packed, so we were ready in no time. When we were almost at the guard house, and as i was about to start my pumping, shoot, i forgot my chiller... D very thing that i hate to do, going back into a locked housed... Alhamdulillah it was pretty quick as well and thank God that i noticed it. Else, my milk will need to make its way to Bangsar's drain...
The train and the prayer
We reached bangsar a bit off target and we had to wait for the next train, as the one that was there was jam packed...as long as we reach masjid jamek before subuh should be fine. Reached masjid jamek station, crossed over to the other side, and there was the adzan sound. I ran inside the mosque and the first area reached is the male praying area. Being prepared with a travelling telekung which i just bought solely for this pupose, online, i went straight for my prayer...what a relief it was, as i have been holding on to my wudhu from home, and i can finally turn off my invisible shield..and Aminsyah was helpful enough, he sort of guarded me from any incoming male passing by. After seeing me solat without any concern over the location, a girl quickly stood beside me and performed her solah as well. Aminsyah asked me to go first we parted ways with a quick kiss right within d masjid's compound...im not sure whether there was onlookers or not, but that for me is one of the sweetest thing ever...
The warmup
So i headed towards dataran, did a bit of warming up while heading there...i had some form drills while waiting for the train to reach, while waiting for Aminsyah to prep himself outside the car, so i guess my warmup routine can be considered almost complete...and dat, apart from the prayers, is one of the success factor for my hm debut...
And so i ran, the run of my life at this instance and finished off with what i suspected was a timing to be proud of...made way out of the line, into the post run bag distribution area found myself a decent spot, and waited...i waited almost 45 minutes before i got a call from Aminsyah...been whatsapping people, with no response of course....did not try to call them yet as i suspected none had finished...so, got reunited with koyan and ajak, after sometime, quman finished as well...had quick photo session, and off we went...Alhamdulillah for things to go as planned, the only bad part was we had to accompany koyan to his car, since he had some slight cramp... We are more than delighted to help, but that would mean, it will be later before we can reach home for the kids..
The logistic part is one that i worry most, apart from the run itself...and Alhamdulilah yet again, it went just fine...
Days leading to it has been filled with tapering and praying to Allah that everything goes well and as planned. Having a small baby, still nursing even, is enough to give me discomfort...and Qaisar has not been cooperating well lately, he wakes as soon as im about to leave for work...many times my journey will get delayed since i need to entertain him first.
Ive prepared everything the evening before..was supposed to go to athlete circle to buy my trusted gu chomp chew, and upon reached home, I realised that the shop close early on saturday...called quman, asked nan, and aminsyah decided to go to the running lab at tropicana...
Overslept
Back to the run.. So i thank Allah that everyhing went smoothly as i had prayed for...i was almost overslept...i didnot hear my phone's alarm...ipad's non stop alarm was the one that managed to put an end to my sleep...quickly headed to the shower, and i figured, a short tahajjud will not do much harm, and so i did....the same way i did for my first run, mpib in 2012... Everthing was safely packed, so we were ready in no time. When we were almost at the guard house, and as i was about to start my pumping, shoot, i forgot my chiller... D very thing that i hate to do, going back into a locked housed... Alhamdulillah it was pretty quick as well and thank God that i noticed it. Else, my milk will need to make its way to Bangsar's drain...
The train and the prayer
We reached bangsar a bit off target and we had to wait for the next train, as the one that was there was jam packed...as long as we reach masjid jamek before subuh should be fine. Reached masjid jamek station, crossed over to the other side, and there was the adzan sound. I ran inside the mosque and the first area reached is the male praying area. Being prepared with a travelling telekung which i just bought solely for this pupose, online, i went straight for my prayer...what a relief it was, as i have been holding on to my wudhu from home, and i can finally turn off my invisible shield..and Aminsyah was helpful enough, he sort of guarded me from any incoming male passing by. After seeing me solat without any concern over the location, a girl quickly stood beside me and performed her solah as well. Aminsyah asked me to go first we parted ways with a quick kiss right within d masjid's compound...im not sure whether there was onlookers or not, but that for me is one of the sweetest thing ever...
The warmup
So i headed towards dataran, did a bit of warming up while heading there...i had some form drills while waiting for the train to reach, while waiting for Aminsyah to prep himself outside the car, so i guess my warmup routine can be considered almost complete...and dat, apart from the prayers, is one of the success factor for my hm debut...
And so i ran, the run of my life at this instance and finished off with what i suspected was a timing to be proud of...made way out of the line, into the post run bag distribution area found myself a decent spot, and waited...i waited almost 45 minutes before i got a call from Aminsyah...been whatsapping people, with no response of course....did not try to call them yet as i suspected none had finished...so, got reunited with koyan and ajak, after sometime, quman finished as well...had quick photo session, and off we went...Alhamdulillah for things to go as planned, the only bad part was we had to accompany koyan to his car, since he had some slight cramp... We are more than delighted to help, but that would mean, it will be later before we can reach home for the kids..
The logistic part is one that i worry most, apart from the run itself...and Alhamdulilah yet again, it went just fine...
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