The Inaugural Chap Ayam Family Run 2010

I woke up at 6.00 sharp this morning and decided to go back to sleep…nah that didn’t happened. I’m a sucker for all inaugural event; cases in point – PNM 2010, ENR 2010 and now CAR Family Run 2010.

I arrived at Lake Garden’s parking lot at around 7.00 am, the parking lot was half full and many runners already walking towards the starting line at Tapak A. I met fellow blogrunner Ijam while waiting for the event to start, he was a dead giveaway – he was busy snapping photos when i spotted him (a blogger syndrome). I was made to understand that about 200 runners took part in this maiden event, but i feel the number of runners are less than that figure. Some CAR members came from outside KL, one member that i met came all the way from Ipoh just to support the club event. Now at this event, i can finally put the names to the faces of some of the runners and CAR committee members.

With Ijam (he was making funny faces..he he)

The event eventually started at 7:45 a.m., the men took on 3 loops/10 km run and the women ran 2 loops/7 km. I started from the back of the group with the application of Che Running Theory 101 (start from the back and run pass as many runners as possible), anyway i’m still in recovering stage and i was taking the run as easy and slow as i could – no rush! There was one very steep hill at the end of every loop – killer hill! At the second loop, i almost slipped as the hill was quite slippery due to the early morning rains. As the distance goes on, i felt comfortable with pace and run – this is a nice feeling, i am coming back to my normal run and pace. The elite runners passed me by at halfway through my second loop, damn these guys are fast!

Final briefing by Mr. Secretary

Near at the end of the third loop, i ran, paced and chatted with Zaki – CAR111. We completed the run together with both hands held high – just like ENR with Che. I completed the 10km run (10.91km according to ronnie see) with the time of 1:21 hrs at no.75, no biggie and i take that result any day.

With Zaki CAR 111 at finish line (Photo courtesy of Haza) 

I noticed that there were many photographers for this event, including the ever presence Tey, plus Hurricane Haza and others. Thanks for taking our photos and let us pretend like a superstar for a minute.

 Photo taken by Hurricane Haza

 Tey with left hand holding nasi lemak while right hand gripping the camera – this is pure commitment peeps!

Overall, although this event is small but it was a success. Congratulations to all committees and CAR members for their supports. The water station is great, the fruits and nasi lemak station was superb. The medal was beautiful and unique, worth every penny! Mr. Secretary – Hailmi, apologize for the t.shirt sizes issue (the size was a bit bigger than normal) – still a minor setback as we can always use the t.shirt outside the event plus as an identification for Chap Ayam Runner in future running events. The CAR Family run will be one of my favourite events in years to come, well done everyone.                            With Imam Zul Galeh – the guy who introduced me to CAR, thanks Zul.   

 Big Ayam Family potret

Medal - Front

Medal - Back