Wednesday's Anchovies

The 2016 edition of Great Eastern Genting King of the Mountain was held on 20 th August 2016. Horses crossing ahead. Registration entrance in the morning. NKY and I signed this up for the first time, at Genting Highlands. With first-tier ticket at RM 99 per person, each participant is guaranteed of 10 km distance running with 15 obstacles, a finisher medal, t-shirt and wonderful story to brag of about taking on the mountain. The organizers also offered a number of hotel packages to all participants, bundled with two (2) Viper Challenge entry tickets. This proved a boost to the hotel businesses and shoppers’ sales during the low season. Preparing for the start of wave. Our given starting wave is at 8 am and the check-in process was quick with a flash of registration voucher and ID at the entrance gate. Different starting times helped to control the number of participants on area. Everyone seemed to enjoy the atmosphere in that morning, accompanied by t...

Three years after my first full distance marathon at Penang Bridge , I made a comeback for the Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2016 (SCKLM). This year, with the new cut-off time being extended to 7 hours for FM category, it is guaranteed to be more participations and fun. It was not an usual Sunday morning, I had to wake up at 1.30 a.m. and drove to Kelana Jaya LRT station. Boarding the LRT was a wise choice, you can save up the time looking for limited car park at nearby Dataran Merdeka. The train also stops lesser along the journey and believe me, you will be right into the running mood with bunch of avid runners riding the midnight marathon train!! To top it all, the LRT service is FOC (Freeee)!! Rows of mobile toilets spotted! *#SCKLMTip1 : Plan Ahead. Make sure that you bring along your touch & go card to avoid the queue for purchasing ticket at Masjid Jamek station, after the race. Picture taken before entering Pen. 4 My starting pen was no. ...

Everyone knows that completing a 42.195 km full marathon isn’t an easy feat. To go beyond the distance, I have decided to participate in the Route 68 challenge 50 km category. This April 2016, it is the second edition of the challenge. Considering myself as a newbie to the ultramarathon, we decided to reach to the race site as early as 5am using the bus service arranged by organizer. To prepare myself in endurance running, I have engaged myself in functional training classes (by Country Club Fitness ) and do hiking / running around KL parks at least three days weekly. The race venue on 10 April 2016 Mandatory item (blinker, mobile, hydration belt and headlamp) display (and reflective vest) Back at the race site, after performing our mandatory item check, the 50 km category race flagged off at 7am. For safety purpose, we runners had to keep the blinkers and headlamp on, together with the reflective vest put on in the first hour of race. At First 10 km, we passed by two...

Sawadekap~ So we went to Bangkok again but this time Bangkok would be like a transit for us since our main purpose this time is to take part in River Kwai International Half Marathon! Generally, we were like having city-crossing this time :P Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok - River Kwai - Kanchanaburi - Bangkok - Kuala Lumpur!!! Haha, let’s see how we explored the other part of Thailand! Day 1 Kuala Lumpur - Bangkok - Thonburi - Checked in to Riski Residence (Wasit Apartment) - Rest at hotel Day 2 Thonburi TrainStation - Nam Tok Train Station - Checked in to Star Hill River Kwai Resort - Depart to River Kwai Village Hotel to collect race kit of River Kwai International Half Marathon - Rest at hotel Day 3 Depart to RiverKwai Village Hotel - River Kwai International Half Marathon - Rest in hotel - Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum - Dinner - Rest at hotel Day 4 Checked out from Star Hill River Kwai Resort - Take bus to Kanchanaburi - Checked in...

This post marked the 100th post for Kanghuekia! Congrats to us LOL :) Standard Charactered KL Marathon (SCKLM) 2015 had to be cancelled due to the weather conditions. Pollutant index kept increasing during last 2 days and the haze condition is not safe for us to run. Hazy KL.. The event organizer had to cancel the run one day before the race day and participants can still go to Dataran Merdeka to collect their entitlements from 6am to 12pm, Sunday (4 th October 2015). We are there too, to collect our finisher tee and medal. The crowd at Dataran Merdeka is more than expected. People are busy taking photos at the finishing line after collecting their entitlements. Queuing to collect our entitlements. Everything is ready...but the weather is not ready yet... Pose at the finishing line :) Our goodies bags :) with some bananas, apples, pears, 100plus and power gel! Race vest and full marathon finishing tee!  Love design of fi...