GBS's Kiara Trail Run`

GBS with their signature pose on top of Penchala Link Tunnel
(Pic taken by our Official Camerarunner, Nik)

Fun and Filling, two words best to describes the kind of feeling running my my fellow GBSses, this is my first time running at Kiara Park, never knew that there is a park near KL that is surrounded by lush Jungle...maybe i did not explore much of KL parks , so consume to nearby ones only, i did not took any pictures, most of the fellow GBS were bloggers too , Abg Nik and Bro Ian are our official photgrapher, can't wait to see what turnload will be.


After subuh , i moved on to the park, kind of lost in the beginning, thought it could be another kiara entrance, well the word kiara could be another side mont kiara ka? desa kiara ka? sekali TTDI ler its entrance, found myself a parking spot, right infront of my fav place before any run ler, The toilet, rush in do my business, well i did at home, i guess not enough had been released, it must be yesterday dinner party, though it was fun but the food is quite bad....mmm talked about 5 star rating hotel...

after finishing my business, i thought of going to the venture park since i was there quite early, got all my gear ready : hydartion pack, my trusty trail shoes, genting trailblazer tshirt and my trusty kappa pants, looking at the reaction of the aunties and uncles at the park gazing at me, must be crazy runner ler ni,...heheh took a quick walk around the lake, i'm quite astonished with the park surroundings : the lake, the jungle, the small river flowing to lake..wow the landscape was well maintained and nicely done...the park had mixed of followings from old chap to the younglings and from trail runner up to MTB groups, and its all at the vicinity of the big old chap KL...

while walking around the lake, i bum into Abg Nik and Syah doing their warm up run..to tell u the truth... i felt rather lazy to run that day, i draged myself up so that i will had enough training for PIBM next week. Syah and Nik were so up with their run, so i decided to go back to the carpark and rush back to the toilet for a quick leak, why ler kan sometimes i just can't help it, too much or too little i drank the day before or it just me...met up with Bro Ian, Doris & Meng ( nice meeting you guys) , Kak kash, Shakil (nice meeting u too,confused name lebih kurang same) and Shuk(same to u too;nice to meet u)...did a little strecthing lead by Bro Ian plus some technical jargon about the strecthing principles....no wonder he is the personal trainer kan..per lar aku ni...and finally Che arrived (grand entrance ler tul mamat ni, anyway today and onwards GBS's trail runs will be lead by him plus wild gym prog .by CorporateAthletes.com, hurrah Che) and not forgetting Abg Shukri and his wife(which left early in the midst of the run).

Then off we gone to the trail, according to Che with the map, we will be running the Salomon's X trail route, the trail was wet and quite slippery thanx to the afternoon raining season now, well the weather had been kind on us , making the run more enjoyable, i took the role of the sweeper (well it suits my running mood that morning, kind of under the blues a bit), the track was runnable all the way with a mix of steep up and down hill, at a point we reached to the top of penchala link tunnel, kind of surreal -never thought i could end up on top a tunnel, we bum into abondoned immigrant settlements lar, pondok durian lar and to my suprise there were quite a number of rubber trees and still tappable...another amazing facts for me ,KLians...we did reached to the other side of the Kiara's peak i think so ler, being the sweeper u kind of left out about the details of the pack- ensuring the ones at the back were not left out...the route back were downhills and lead back to a tarmac route..pelik ..we went to the tarmac route downhill before hitting back the off road..and end up back to same tarmac place pelik lagi where all the MTBs group up- i guess they are taking turns to go into the trail kot...

there were few MTBs we met along the trail (constantly shouting : bikers please make way) and gazing at the bike they rode and Shakil said to me one of the bike cost about RM 30k, gulp...should i go for that one, per dah macam renovate rumah ler kan...im clueless about MTB ler...kene ade guide ler or else i will end up with one mountain of debt ler...kan

finally we arrived back to the carpark meeting point but Doris and Meng had to go off right after, missing the splendid after run meals ..the spreads were no close to any run i had been, felt bersalah ler pulak x bwk ape pun, i was thinking of making something but thanx to the hangover last night dinner, there are cooling melons by kak kash, Chickendok by Abg Shah, cooling 100+ by Shuk and not forgetting Salad Popiah by Bro Ian..we had so much fun chit chating while having our meal.. listening to their stories on the preparation for upcoming marathon, excited pulak,

running, sharing stories while eating the our meals, laughing , charming and praising each other, these are the kind of activities u thought running could ever developed...we should do this more often..running in groups..

Verdict : Our time 2 hrs 44 min, calories burnt 1400...and the rest were fun and filling mmm yummy..minus the after toilet rushed...