Taman Metropolitan,Kepong,KL
I must thank Mr Ronnie See-the captain of the Pacemakers Network- for inviting us to participate in this team relay run.I was told a team pulled out of the competition at 11th hour and Mr Ronnie seek our cooperation to send one to represent the club.
There were 27 teams took part in this relay race and our team was rated as one of the favorite because our runners are among the best in the local running community.
Our quartet of Thalagavathy as first runner,Vigneswaran,Ng Swee Yee and Jayakumar rocked the PAR4 ' kau kau lat ' as we emerged champion, defeated the defending champion-Der Klang Runners into second place.The race was flagged off by Tan Sri Rohaizad with the ladies to run first.
Der Klang Runners was the first team to change baton as their first lady runner,Ms Mitchele managed to build a large gap between the runners.Our Thalagavathy was lying in the 4th position and by the time baton changed hand, our second runner,Vigneswaran was 200m behind Murali,the leader and two other runners.He managed to close the gap with his excellent run with a timing of 11m 06s (l believe this was the fastest ever clocked by a runner this morning) in this 3.35 km circuit.He overtook two runners only to trail the leader by a mere 50m.
When baton changed hand again for the third runner,Ng Swee Yee was very excited.In front of him was Gunaseelan ,another good runner from the Pacemakers Network but our friend confidently challenge and overtook him at the 2.5km mark and now the KPAC leads.Swee Yee's strong finish enable our fourth and final runner,Jayakumar to further widen the gap and ran home unchallenged by the closest rival by more than 2 minutes.
Eventhough this was just a simple race organised by the Pacemakers,no champion's trophies were offered and only finisher medals but good co-ordination and cooperations between the volunteers themselves proved that it was a successful event.The KPAC will definitely take part if invited again next year.
Below is the time split between our runners;
No:K1--00m 00s---14m 36s---Thalagavathy
No:K2--11m 06s---25m 42s---Vigneswaran
No:K3--12m 17s---37m 52s---Ng Swee Yee
No:K4--11m 43s---49m 42s---Jayakumar
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Team photo-L to R:Thalagavathy,SP Wong,Vigneswaran,Ng Swee Yee,Jayakumar and me
Briefing about rules and safety precaution by Mr Kelvin before the race
At the starting point,the ladies getting ready to battle
Vigneswaran passed the baton to Ng Swee Yee
And the final baton changed hand here,Swee Yee managed to pull away from his challenger
The champions at the simple prize giving ceremony,far right is Tan Sri Rohaizad
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