SUPERHEROES RACE 2016 - OVERLOAD ~ The Best Costume Run Ever!

Superheroes Race 2016 was the second edition this year after the inaugural event that was held in Bukit Jalil Car Park April last year...

Initially they were supposed to do the event in Putrajaya. However, they decided to held the run in Lanai MaTiC Jalan Ampang since MaTic would love to be the venue organizer.

Then came another turbulance when they had to pospon the race from 17 April to 22 May 2016 due to unavoidable reasons since there were another event Perkeso Run & Ride on that same date. Therefore to ensure the runner's safety, they had to pospon it to 22 May, which was not a KL Car Free Morning. Looks like they made a good decision although many foreigners and out of Klang Valley participants were really disappointed when they posponed it 3 days prior to the tentative date. Ah well damage has been done by the way...

On Saturday morning I went to Taman Tasik Permaisuri Cheras to collect my latest custom made beanie hat, arm braces and bling-bling purple cape from Mis Fid #MisFydKrafts . Managed to do some fitting session with her too. Hahaa... Segan i kat public place nih 😝🙈 Thanks babe!

Awesome Magneto arm brace masterpiece by MisFydKrafts...

Expressing my fierce supervillain face hohohi....

Presenting Magneto hat beanie & arm braces.... Kawaii...

Fast forward to the day before the event (Saturday). I went to MaTiC in the evening  to collect my running bib courtesy of NM Galaxy & TixTac Malaysia. I chose 10km because I don't feel like running 15km in my costume! That would be insane and I might  finish late LOL! So I thought of running 10km under 1h20min++ is doable, Inshaa Allah... 

Racepack was collected in a jiffy and off I went home preparing my DIY armour vest... I just used whatever I had to design my Magneto armour vest from crafts foam and some velcro. Not the best armour I've ever made but at least it would be functional for my fun run... Finished prepping up before 12 midnight and I dozed off instantly...

Woke up lazily around 4am... Still feeling super sleepy I forced myself to have a quick shower and put my clothes on. Just in case I forgot to bring my props and custome, I just put everything in one big plastic bag. Easier to locate my stuffs then.  Then around 4.50 am I drove to the venue.

Really need to reach there early because of the limited parking spaces near to the venue. Managed to get one adjacent to the venue and I dragged my huge plastic bag to Marathon Baker booth. We were proud to be one of the co-sponsors for this event.

Immediately changed into my full costume suit, all thanks to Shaz @mamachaksonline for helping me tying my ribbon Magneto cape & sealing my handmade armour vest. Hohoho... Lucky me...

Shaz @mamachaksonline in action.... Such a darling... Thanks babe!

Looks like more and more participants kept pouring in and the 15km participants were being flagged off by Zet Marathon Baker by 5.45am. She also ran the distance once she was done with the flag off ceremony. Awesome job babe!

Since Mr Ariff, the Race Director could not make it to this race event because he was down with hot fever, the organizer requested me to do the flagoff. It was such an honour! For the first time in my life. Hahaa... It was truly once in a lifetime experience! Before the flagoff the emcee showed me some Blowing Hon 101 tips... So glad I could perform my impromptu duty well... Kihkih...

SuperLadies & Supervillain in action... In front of Marathon Baker promo booth... Thanks folks! 

While I was waiting to do the honour by flagging off the 10KM run, some of the runners came to Marathon Baker booth to take some photos with me. 

Once I pressed the hon loud and long, off I ran and joining the crowd... Running with a Magneto costume possessed its own challenges too, especially with this handmade armour vest. It's hard to swing my arms hahaa...

Let's Conquer KL City Together! Muahahaaa ~ Evil Laugh...

So we ran along the major roads in KL. Felt like running in a KL Car Free Morning Run too. It was a cooling morning to run. I just took it easy for the first 3km.

Yeahhh enjoying my morning run in Magneto suit! Pic courtesy of Kh Ai....

Once I reached the first WS at KM4++, I slowed down my pace as we merged with the 3km fun run participants. Stopped for a while and took some pictures with some runners.

Kita wefie dulu with Muzie Sham and his little armies! Thanks bro....

After that I just kept on running. I had to take off the Magneto hat beanie when it was getting really hot & stuffy hehee... Somewhere around KM7++...

Bumped into some 15km runners at this point. Just keep on moving & enjoying my run...

Magneto in action again....Bloated betol LOL! Pic credits to Hishamudin Aine....

I could already see the FL was near once I entered Jln Ampang. I just ran my heart out and crossed the FL in style hehee... 1h25m if I'm not mistaken. Yeahhh...

After the run, I went to take the medal and some refreshments. As usual, they gave us some cold ice-cream too. Yumm!

With all the Super Ladies, Shaz, Zet & Yamini.... =)

It's Zumba time babeh... Super Fun totally!

I joined the Zumba dance with the rest of the participants. Doing a Zumba "belly dancing" was so much FUN indeed! LOL....

Even they provided some yummy delicacies to purchase for breakfast on that day.

Post-run, it's photoshoot session with all the funky costume runners and friends, as always... Met so many costume runners, new and old hehee... It was nice knowing you guys!
With Deadpool, Batgirl, Supergirl, Ironman, Robin etc....

With Mr Habib from Anonymous Runners.. Famous rupanya mamat super fit nih!

Congrats Gerlyn Wang for your Best Dress Award & lucky draw... And Boon Hee too... Superb Tinkerbell costume!

With Eleena... Congrats babe!

Zumba Teacher Hanim Iefa and her disciples hehee... Cayalah beb!

Did not get the Best Costume Award this year, due to the tough competitions among the runners. Hahaa... It's occay... I had so much fun already in one day... I wished they will up the prizes to Top 5 Winners next year, perhaps? Hewhew...

Top 3 Best Dress Superheroes Costume - Men's Category.... Congrats gentlemen! Definitely a high benchmark to beat hahaa

Overall it was a good event. Awesome traffic control at every junction, critical point, lovely weather - slightly overcast, drizzled a bit in the morning, great hospitality, super nice finisher medal - so bulky. Special thanks to the organizer for the complementary running slot. :) Looking forward to run Superheroes Race 2017... Hmmm wonder what should I wear then... A superhero or a supervillain? We'll see... =D

With Arina, Syahzan & Muazan from NM Galaxy.... Terbaek la u guys! Pic credits to Superheroes Race 2016

Big Thank You and Congrats to all the selfless dedicated hardworking volunteers, marshalls, crews for Superheroes Race 2016!

P/S: For more pictures and more updates, feel free to visit their Facebook and website ok... Cheers!

Catch of the day! Woot2...

100PLUS OUTRUNNER 2016 - Running Garmin-Less! Hohohi...

Awesome looking finisher medal with distance at the back.... Love this Golden Nugget hehee!

 At first this running event was not on my running calendar. However luck was on my side when one my running friend could not make it due to some work over the weekend. So this fellow just gave the bib to me, foc. Thanks a lot babe! You know who you are hehee... Plus I kinda need to do a so-called "recovery" run after Route 68 Challenge. So, 10km was a decent distance for plus sized runner like me.... Hohohi.... #nomeraih2justrun

Ok, after the Ultron 5F Running Movement, I went back to prepare for the running attire etc. Had lunch & went for a movie in D'Pulze Cyberjaya with my partner in crime by using the two free tickets that I won in a Petron lucky draw contest during Men's Health Women's Health Night Run in Penang. So jimat uols!

Later on I went back to my house & changed into my running attire. It was raining cats & dogs by that time. Thus I was hoping it would be a cooling night run later on. Boy I was dead wrong... As always...

I reached Putrajaya around 7.15 pm & was momentarily deceived when I parked in Precint 6. The event was being shifted back to Monumen Alaf Baru in Precint 2! Damn... I rushed quickly to the venue. Luckily I managed to get a decent parking space & off I go joining the crowd.

 

It's Like Going To A Carnival! So Happening!

Photo session before the humid run with Ku Irman.... Thanks for the pic bro!

 There were so many runners thronged the race village. I could see majority of them were 10km & 6km Fun Run participants.

I watched 15km runners were being flagged off by 8pm sharp. There were mini fireworks show upon the flagoff. I could see some of them started late too. Then it's time for the flagoff of the 10km runners at 8.20pm. They also put up some fireworks for the 10km flagoff.

Here we go guys!

I just start running slowly & tried to weave through the crowd. The first 3km was so bloody humid & hot. That's totally predictable as we were running along the famous Putrajaya stretch towards Palace of Justice, surrounded by lots of buildings. I was sweating bucket loads & tend to walk but I soldiered on. Keep on huffing and puffing.

Stopped at the first WS and quickly poured some of the drinking water on my head hahaa... At the 2nd WS (KM6) I even poured the cold 100Plus on my head too. Luckily it was a bit cooler when I ran along the green stretches.

When there's another 4km to go, I bumped into Nast Najib & Shamroslee. They were running 15km. Amazingly fast hehee! I just had to stop at one of the thick bush to do business no.1 hehee... Cannot tahan lah! =P
 
After that I bumped into Hazman, my training running partner and asked him to run with me. 3km to go, I think. He was waiting for his colleague to finish their run together. Three of us were running together towards the FL. My official time was 1h23m. Hahaa... I really enjoyed the run eventhough without my Garmin watch. No need to check the average pace from time to time. Just run by feel hehee... Stress free gituh...

Me & Hazman...

Me & Nast Najib from Melaka

 Post race hospitality was great. We were given cool golden finisher medal, drinking bottle, fried beehoon snack pack, banana & bottomless 100Plus. They also gave away small 100Plus bottle. There were some cultural shows like Bhangra Dance but I didn't wait long. Did not take many pic too... Need to head back & have a nice sleep for tomorrow KL Car Free Morning with Marathonbaker lady bosses... Till then...

Sayonara!