Energizer Night Race

Went to St John HQ in the morning to laugh and sort of have fun with the gang xD

It was actually a day for Home Nursing Course and well, we were kind of early. Heh.

When Nyee Huey is there, the crapping never stops.

Somehow I pity her and somehow I am thankful she's always there to make us laugh xD

The mobile phone joke.

*inside joke! xD*

from left : Teng Han, Huey Khim, Hui Gee, Nyee Huey, Eng Seng and mine.

Spot the joke? Haha!

Laughing is the best medicine ♥

Didnt stay too long with them as I have Energizer Night Race that evening and JHow told me to go to his house by 4pm. Lol. Reached there at around 5 something near 6pm.

Sepang International Circuit.

We had too much time so we loitered around the place and took photos of practically everything.

There's too many to upload here. Heh.

Just a few random shots :)

For what seemed like 10 hours, 8pm finally came and its almost time for flag off.

The 42km runners were the first to leave.

Then followed by 21km, 11km and 5.5km.

For such a prestigious run, I think they should be ashamed of themselves. They were so badly organized and the whole event was a mess. Chaos and unsatisfied runners was every where.

Firstly, runners should be awarded their finishing medal at the finishing line. This way they will be able to know who actually finished the run within the allocated time and who did not. They never even did it this way. By the time I ran back, there was not even a station for 11km runners. I was so taken aback and like "what is this?"

Secondly, hello, such a small signboard you think people can see ar? For 5000 runners in the 11km category, the signboard is like the size of a normal exercise book, not the buku panjang, its those small squarish books. How do they expect people to see? lol. And the silly emcee kept saying "Please come HERE (shouts) to collect your goodies bags! HERE!" I mean Hello?! Where the hell are you? How do I know where are you and where do you mean by HERE? -.-

I don't want to make this post lengthy and think about how pekchek it was last Saturday night.

Have a look at the photos taken by those unsatisfied runners who made it a major issue in Facebook and also in the newspapers.

this is an underground tunnel with no ventilation.

And according to Facebook, there are 1000 over runners lining in this tunnel to collect their headlamps.

in the end some people didnt even get their headlamps.

Alex told me that he didnt get his headlamp but his friend manage to get 5 or 6 of them! -.-

waiting for the goodies bags.

Some didnt get any, and some got a handful.

look at the crowd.

what is this?!

we were all waiting outside and what are they doing inside?

They are stuck.

They want to open the door and let us through to get the bags but they cannot do so. Why? Simply because if they open the door, there will be a stampede and I am guessing there will be people who'd get hurt.

In the end, nobody got the bags.

The event organizers got a flow of curses and the finger from the crowd (I saw that)

Everybody was yelling for a refund and that was really chaotic.

so there goes my research project.

I cannot prove that I finished the 11km run.

I can prove that I went there, but not that I've actually completed the race.

I reached home around 1am with disappointment.

The next day, I searched Facebook to find the Energizer Night Race page.

It was an awful sight, although I am also furious but I would never do that.

About a few thousand unsatisfied runners were spamming the page and Energizer did a very stupid thing by deleting the comments of the runners. In the end, a Facebook page with the title "Boycott Energizer Night Race" was created! Lmao! And within 5 hours, there were >1000 people who "liked" the page.

In the end, Energizer made a statement in the net saying that they will make a full refund for every runner and that the goodies bags will be sent to every participant's house.

Ah well, fair enough.

I am hoping that the cert and medal arrive before the 16th of May as that will be my deadline for my research project.

My first ever Night Race.

My second 10+ km run :)

Despite the unsystematic organisation of the event, I feel that this run was the fastest and most motivated run I've ever been to.

The runners were super fast and I really made a lot of effort to catch up.

I actually sped through the first round and only begin to slow a little in the second round. The overall time was satisfying :)

It was an experience to remember :)