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Trail Running May

A short entry to celebrate May 2015

May has been a wonderful month of me in the period of self-finding. Not that I am lost, but for the sake of me trying everything and to give full commitment on it.

I marked May 2015, the month for me to do nothing but join trail running events and here it is:

1- Xterra Langkawi - 21km (proud to say i placed 3rd in my category)
2. Deuter Trail Run Putrajaya - 12km (finisher)
3. King of Kemensah Trail Run - 21km (finisher)


happy girl!
Xterra Trail Run was pretty tough - the 1st 10km had me thinking hy I did sign up for a running competition when I could just enjoy the holiday here in Langkawi. The weather was perfect and the company was great, but running? haha. The trail led me to probably the peak of Telaga Tujuh and it was crazy!

At the 11th km I met a fellow runner and had to ask how far the run covered so far, having knowing the km covered and theres only 10k to go had me a little teary. Tears of joy that there was only 10 to go!!

Overall it was a good run.

Deuter Trail Run was not as fun as I thought it would be because of the lack of recovery from Xterra. I am sure if I had longer recovery time, I would probably do better. Another reason is also because I had packed a tonne of weight during the recovery time.

That is something I am currently working on. The magic 11 .. heh!

King of Kemensah Trail Run - due to unforeseen circumstances, I arrived late to the running event but managed to finish the run in the most uncomfortable woman problem-of-the-month time! The pain was excruciating but I have a stronger mental set for long distance running.

Having finishing ALL these races made my day and the total mileage clocked for May is (proud to say 95km)

So what is in store for me in June? Since Ramadhan would also be in the month of June, I would say
working harder on the magic 11!!

Already signed up for my first FM this year with Standard Chartered in October and Nuang Marathon in November, training will go on as usual in Ramadhan, only hopefully effective on torching the 11. haha I sound so mean but i am DEAD serious!

Ramadhan posts - Trans Batu Puteh, ABC and Jordan all in the mix! Till then!




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