Duathlon fun

Had a lovely morning. Kalam Danial and me took part in the UM duathlon (run 5km, cycle 20km, run 5 km). It was raining heavily in the morning and the organiser delayed the flag-off till 8.20 am. Anyway, lots of familiar faces, Neeza, Juli, Steph, Lea, Vicky, Robika, Stupe, Abu, Saiful, Azmar, Jeffri, Sanggup etc etc. UPNM showed up with a 20'men' strong squad -yeah finally some UPNM ladies taking part - 6 0r 7 of them! All in all just having a nice time hanging out with the crowd.
I know very well my running is lousy but I thought the cycling leg should be a piece of cake, when registering on saturday the terrain looked good, just slightly undulating... BUT I didn't know that the back road has one piece of a nasty steep hill!!! And since we were making loops (Run 1 loop, cycle 4 loops, run another loop) WE HAD TO CONQUER THIS BLOODY HILL 6 TIMES.
I wasn't very motivated, just joining for fun, actually thinking about quitting after the cycling. But thanks to Steph who was doing her cool-down loop (who in their right mind goes up that hill a 7th time, hihi just joking Steph) I did continue and finish (at the back of the pack, but not last).
One participant collapsed at the finishline and got prompt treatment by doc Hisham before he was send to hospital. Hope he's fine, also quite a few people fell on the steep hill down but nothing worse than abrasions.

After that it was like a party, everyone just joking around. Prize giving was best: Abu, Saiful and Stupe all got prize!!! First prize: DINO IS BACK -and he's fit as a fiddle.
I got a medal for 18th place in the women open, yeah

And I even ran parts of the circuit, the first loop I ran all down hill parts, there's hope after all.
Danial won a prize in the lucky draw. Kalam didn't win anything but he's such a cheerfull personality, it won't dent his mood..

Really had a fun time. No pics, didn't bring a camera, have to ask some of the others.
Afterwards took Danial to buy a proper pair of running shoes, poor kid complained about his his painfull feet, couldn't run the last 3 km. Now he's more serious in taking part it's worth it.