Pre-run
Blessing by the monk at Subang Jaya Buddhist Association. Later, it was followed by briefing by Mr Lee, the chairman of the organising committee before the flag-off at time 0615. The participants were told to follow Mr Ngae for the first three hours as he was very familiar with the route. The purpose of this run was to raise RM120,000 for Ms. Chew Lee Tee for her to undergo a kidney transplant in China. This run was divided into two groups i.e. the running group and the walking group. The participants who had completed the 42 km marathon were advised to follow the running group.
Running
In this run when started at time 0615, two runners were already ahead of Mr. Ngae. One of them was Ong (the Langkawi Ironmen finisher) and a 19-year old student. I was in the second group led by Mr Ngae (the ultra marathon runner who had recently completed 200 km run from Batu Caves to Maran over three days), Steve Lee (from Canada, the Langkawai Ironmen finisher) and Sam (from Japan, the Langkawi Ironmen finisher). The first 8 km pacing by Mr Ngae was extremely slow. There was no need to rush for this run. Mr Ngae expected to complete the run in 15 hours time. Well, I just followed his pace. We stopped for 40 minutes for our carbo loading dinner after the Puchong Selatan toll. I had Indian vegetarian food with Dhal curry for carbo loading dinner. Later, I continued the run by following closely Mr Ngae’s pace.
For the first three hours, the running route was into the housing estate of Puchong Utama we were running at the opposite site of the highway for most of the time. The traffic was quite heavy at that time. After running for almost five hours, we had reached the 27.5 km mark i.e. the slip road to Cyberjaya passing by Puchong Utama housing estate. The route to Cyberjaya was quite quiet with less cars. My body condition at that time was still fine. After 27.5 km mark I took my first caffeinated Powergel. My body condition was still fine. We were informed by the support car drivers that the first two runners were already at Dengkil when we reached Cyberjaya. Cyberjaya, at night was a quiet town with less cars. From Cyberjaya, the view of Putrajaya at night was clearly visible (i.e. the bridge of Putrajaya). We passed by DHL office, Fujitsu office, Lim Kok Wing university and the fire station before heading towards Dengkil via the trunk road. The end of Cyberjaya, according to Mr. Ngae, was 43 km away from Subang Jaya Buddhist Association. The trunk road to Dengkil was 5 km. We had to run in the darkness. Luckily, Mr. Ngae had torchlight. I was using the red colour reflector light given to me by Mr. Tey although I was wearing a very bright colour running vest (i.e. light green). We had to run at the opposite site of the road for safety purposes. I could clearly remember the road to Dengkil. At that time I was cycling alone but did not reach Dengkil as it there were many vehicles on the road. The road to Dengkil at night also had many cars.
After running more than 9 hours, we finally reached Dengkil, 48 km mark. Dengkil was quite quiet at night. At that time I was feeling a little sleepy. I took my second Powergel (without caffeine) but this has no effect to keep me awake. I was feeling sleepy and giddy. After a short while I took another Powergel (with caffeine) and this had the effect of keeping me awake. My legs were still fine and there were no blisters on my toes. From Dengkil, there was another 10 km to Salak Tinggi. We were already almost half way.
After more than 10.5 hours, we managed to reach Salak Tinggi. It was quite quiet at night. From Salak Tinggi onwards there was another 13 km to reach Sepang. I felt boring at that time. So, I decided to put on my MP3 Player. With music s from the MP3 player, I decided to break away from the group led by Mr. Ngae. The road was quite dark and it was quite cooling when running in the early hours of the morning. After running half way (alone) I was not sure whether I had taken the right way. I decided to call the support car drivers and within 10 minutes the support car came and indicated to me that I had taken the right way. Later Mr. Ngae, Steve and Sam managed to catch up and we paced together to reach Sepang. At certain areas there were stray dogs and we just ran as usual and ignored the stray dogs.
After running for more than 12 hours (i.e. after 12 hours), we finally managed to reach Sepang (71 km mark). At that point, my legs were fine but I felt sleepy and giddy. I had to consume another packet of Powergel with caffeine to keep me awake and my mind alert. The day seems to get brighter and there was another 18 km to reach Lukut. There was not much traffic at this time. I decided to break away from the group led by Mr. Ngae for the second time. As the day was getting brighter, my left ankle started to experience some pain as I ran (i.e. pain in the bones). I could not run and what I could do was walk to let the pain on my left ankle disappear. When there was no pain, then I ran at a slow pace in order not to aggravate the pain. This route from Sepang to Lukut has many undulating hilly terrains. Some hills from far distance were quite steep with a gradient of 45 degrees and I had to walk up in order to conserve energy and to protect my left injured ankle. The fun part about this route was when going downhill whereby I could speed i.e. ran as fast as I could. After running more than 80 km, I told myself that I am going to reach Lukut no matter how tough the condition was and I felt quite giddy and sleepy even though the sun had come out. I had no choice but to consume another packet of Powergel with caffeine to keep me alert and awake. As the day was getting hotter, one of the support cars volunteer came out of the car and decided to accompany me for the run. He (could not remember his name) asked me whether I wanted to take the ride to Lukut as he noticed me having some difficulties in running. I told him that I am not going to give up as my condition was fine. The only problem I encountered was sleepiness even though had consumed the 7th Powergel packet. All I wanted was some water for me to splash on my head to keep me awake. I stopped halfway to wait for about 10 minutes for another support car to provide me some icy cool water. When the support car came, I was disappointed that there was no water for me. At that time Mr. Ngae was catching up and Steve and Sam had drop off quite far behind. With frustration feelings, I decided to run as fast as I could in order to reach Lukut. It was quite hot at that time. Luckily there was another support car in front with water and I immediately grabbed the water for drink and to splash my head to keep me awake and alert.
I was earlier (at 75 km mark) informed by the organise that the first runner Mr. Ong had decided to call it a day after running 90 km. The second runner, a 19-year old college student, had to quit after running 73 km due to tiredness and inability to continue the run. This left me going at a steady pace. I was advised by the organiser not to continue the last 10 km in Lukut town as the weather was pretty hot and the traffic was quite heavy making it unsafe for runners to continue. I decided to listen to the advice of the organiser. My next target was the Lukut dialysis centre, situated 1 km after reaching the busy Lukut town. After running 86 km, my condition was still fine with no sign of legs muscles cramp at all. The only problem I had was my injured left ankle.
When reaching the 89 km mark, the traffic in Lukut town was quite heavy and I was directed by the volunteers to run at the correct route to reach the dialysis centre. As the day was getting hotter and hotter, my mind was still strong and I could go on for another 10 km but I decided to take the advice of the organiser not to continue with the remaining 10 km. According to them, running 90 km is already enough.
Finally, I completed 90 km in 15 hrs 33 min 31.04 sec at the Lukut dialysis centre. I was surprised that this charity run also offered a finisher medal. I was the second runner to finish this charity run. I was photographed with Mr. Ong, the first finisher by the reporter from China Press.
Post-run
I was happy that this was the longest distance I ever ran in my running life. Although my timing was not so good as compared with other ultra marathon runners, I managed to contribute to this charity run via donation from other runners. The worst experience in this run was to run with an injured and painful left ankle for the remaining 16 km. The best memory was finishing the charity run.
The question of me whether I will run again in future, I will run again if there is such event and the time permits me to participate. I’ll even consider a 24 hours run if the run is for charity purposes.
Stay tune for 10 interesting facts on this charity run.
Kam Meng preparing to snap photos at campsite of the summit.
View from the rocks (not the highest point)
View from the lower level of rocks
Ladder to climb up the rocks. I did not want to climb up the ladder. I was on the highest point of the rocks on 1/11/2005 with another group of climbers and I took 5 minutes to descend from the rocks as I had height phobia. In view of my own safety, I did not want to climb the ladder to the highest point of the rocks. It is easy to climb up but difficult to come down. 
