Malakoff 12km 2009 KL

I had never run this route before, but knew it was going to be one of those "go hard early and hang on later" types. Two major hills on the first loop and then the same two on the 2nd loop.

I managed to get a bit of a warm up before the run and consequently found myself in the middle of the starting pack. Still, with the first hill less than 1km from the start, the pack thinned out pretty quick.

Ran hard the first loop and was really suffering on the start of the second. managed to get a good mouthful of water just before the last hill and decided to give it all i got. Almost blew up near the peak but the long down hill gained me 2 positions - one just before the finish.

The result..a PR of 50mins ++ and placed 7th. My first ever top 10 position in any "open to all" race - that's motivation for sure! waddle on friends.