Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2009

McDonalds Olympic Day Run 2009

Yes! I'm an olympian. Want to know why? Because the certificate from this run was signed by the olympic committee.


I wonder Ronald is running too?


The dynamic trio. From left: Colin, the Neo(of Matrix) wannabe, Honey, the first timer and me, the 'hebat' one.

The run was at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur on the 12th of July 2009. It was kind of scary as the day was like this:


It's already 7 something and the weather was like this and windy.

If it rains, this would be my first run under the rain. I wonder my Nike pouch is water resistant? If not, I will need a new phone as my phone is my music player for all my runs.

There were so much people although there was not much publicity for the event.


I can kiss my RM 1000 prize goodbye!


Ronald flagged us off at 7.30 am sharp. I didn't notice him as we were standing at the back to prevent being mowed down by fast runners at the front.

The route was nearly the same as the New Balance Pacesetter 15Km run. So there was more down hill than up hill. Thank God!

Still, how can we win when we have opponents like these:


Our Malaysian walk racer, Yuan Yufang.


Kenyans are good runners!

The prizes were limited and the medals were for top 100 finishers only. Therefore I did not have a medal for this. :( But it was a great run though. Fun day to enjoy with good friends while staying healthy.


Here I come! Finishing time: 44 mins 19 seconds (44' 19" 47)


And here comes Colin.


Honey is here!


The finishers! From left: Me, Honey and Colin.


With our great hardcore fan, Michelle Tan. Thanks to her, the photos were possible.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Amateur Trying to be Pro: The Result!

This is what happen when you try to do this:


Yup, Lee Chong Wei's diving save.

But an amateur would end up like this:


My collection of scars from badminton.

This scar was the work of my pro friend, making me run left and right on the back of the court and suddenly ended it with a drop shot. I tried to imitate LCW but ended up skidding and got my knee caught on the sharp edge on the lower part of the net pole. Sigh... more to learn and practice! :p

Men's Singles Indonesia Open 2009

What a game! It's really a great game. How does he do it? Cross court jumping smash. Really magnificent.











Lee Chong Wei, could you do all these to Lin Dan? Come on. You have got to do it!