Siemens Run '10: On the other side of the gantry

This time last year, I ran the Siemens Run with my elder brother.  This year I had to give it a pass because I wanted to give my knees a little breather.  At the same time I had already planned to spend the July weekends at kampung.

My other siblings were taking part in this year's run, so it gave me an excuse to show up with my support.  Now that the run took place on Sunday, my sister and I returned to kampung after work on Friday and arrived close to 9.  Thus I was able to start my part-time job early the next day.  I had to stop at 6:30pm to give me time to clean up, pack and eat dinner, with a couple of hours of break at noon.  Boy, did I need a neck massage badly.

We were back in KL at 11pm on Saturday.  Though I had ve to show up at Dataran like the other runners the next morning, I wasn't one.  It was a role that I'd say I wasn't used to.

• I didn't have to worry about sleeping in early. I slept at 1 that night morning.
• I didn't have to worry about getting a morning snack a couple of hours before the run.  In fact, I didn't have breakfast.
• I didn't have to pin the bib on my vest.
• I didn't have to apply BodyGlide on the prone areas... and so forth.

Of course, with the list of nothing to do's, it was super easy. :)

We parked our car at Padang Merbok.

30 minutes more to go.

A sea of runners in the gantry; An attempt at photo-stitching which is a bit off the mark.

The shops at Jalan TAR were still closed.  Baru je nak survey baju raya untuk tahun ni :)

My sister and I were scouting for a place to have breakfast at.  Ibrahimsha had already opened its doors, but we decided to skip breakfast because the runners would show up any time soon.

The cheer-leading squads from Siemens.

Still waiting for 'em runners.  Lepak-lepak or ambil gambar dulu. 

Jalan TAR was still open to traffic when the front runners were passing by.

Now Jalan TAR is closed when more and more runners.  This is more like it.  It pays to be the slower runners.  :)

Popeye the Sailorman?

My elder brother

"It's already 9 am.  Time to pack up and leave..."

Wwwhat?  Are you serious?  Oh come on!  Luckily they still had the people from Siemens who continued to make their presence felt.

My other sister and bro-in-law were still no where to be seen.  So we decided to head back to Dataran and wait for them there or on the way, which ever came first.  We still needed to get to the finish line anyway.


These girls were keeping themselves occupied, by having fun.  A few pretended to be runners and hi-5'ing one another.  :)

This is sorta a mesh of the video clips that I had taken.

A word of advice - perhaps you should turn down the volume to the minimum, better yet mute it.  Don't tell me that I didn't warn ya.  And please, please keep your comment to yourself ok?  hehehe.



My brother-in-law left my sister near Sogo because my sister had stomach cramps.  So our elder brother, who had finished way earlier, came back for my sister and kept her company, while giving her words of encouragement.  I couldn't help but to run with them at the end and capture it on video.  With my Jusco recyclable bag and all.  Hahaha.  There was a reason why I had my running shoes on. :)


I have to apologize to those runners if we caused a ruckus.  At least, I don't think that I impeded their path.  If I did, I am sorry for that.  It's one of those "spur of the moment" situations.

This is courtesy of Nizam.  I "borrowed" this picture from his FB album.  :)

[updated]: And this one is from Kenny Foo's FB page. :'D