It was a very satisfying trail running at
Bukit Kiara (or Kiara Hill at Taman Tun Dr Ismail) as planned on Monday, 28 Nov
2011 which is a national holiday. Led by Kenny Kwan who is dubbed as ‘the
Trails Recognition Master of Kiara Hill’ (as he could remember the trails very well), we ran through many trails at the
inner part of Kiara Hill.
We ran through the Mountain Bikes route, Horseback Trail, in and out of the tarred road; crossing stream, to View Point, and return to car park via Flintstone trail for a good 2-hour trail runs. It was really challenging indeed. The icing on the cake is that the air was fresh and cool, and the ground was soft with the daily continuous rain in the preceding evenings. Yeah! No leeches here!
We ran through the Mountain Bikes route, Horseback Trail, in and out of the tarred road; crossing stream, to View Point, and return to car park via Flintstone trail for a good 2-hour trail runs. It was really challenging indeed. The icing on the cake is that the air was fresh and cool, and the ground was soft with the daily continuous rain in the preceding evenings. Yeah! No leeches here!
Do click here to view photos taken by yours truly (KC).
Back (left): KC Leong, Jeff Ooi, Simon Goh,
Choo TS, SC Yong, Kenny Kwan (Team Lead), ChooTS, David Spence, Mak CK, Yim
Heng Fatt, Jason Loh;
Front: Wendy Liu, Peck Yah, Eileen, Debbie,
Jezamine Lo, Karen Loh, Chooi Wai, Lady Su.
On the far right is Jason
Loh, a gifted and young road-racing runner that can run very fast.
Another smaller group who were trekking was led by Kah Kheng who is also familiar with the various trails in Kiara Hill. This group consisted of Eileen, Wendy Liu, Peck Yah and Chooi Wan (who is first time joining us in the trail event).
Debbie comes with her mountain-trained cute little doggie
Prelude – When CK Mak said he
is the sweeper for the slower group, I was worried. The inner part of Kiara
Hill is full of split trails. I have been there only once following Karen Loh
and Group, and I could only remember vaguely the direction inside the hills.
Nevertheless, I joked to CK Mak that since the entire Kiara Hill is surrounded
by massive housing development, one would certainly emerged from the jungle
after many hours.
Then to compound on to my
anxiety, the initiator of this trail running event, ChinWMon, sustained injury
at the recent Penang Bridge Marathon clocking 3 hr 15 min for the full
marathon. Bravo and Respect!! But he could not come.
So on the morning of 28 Nov
2011, I was getting ready with the red ribbon markers to run into Kiara Hill to
test how well I could still remember the trails.
The ray of light in the morning shining
through the woods that bestows good health on the trail runners below, and the
doggie also ...
At around 7:15 a.m., more and
more trail runners arrived while I constantly on the lookout for those Kiara
Hill trail runners that know the way. Then the light of the headlamps at the
edge of the hill caught my attention: I saw Jeff Ooi, Yim Heng Fatt, Karen Loh
and Jason Loh emerged from the trail. They actually started the run into the
jungle at 6:30 a.m. (still in darkness) and returned to lead the way. Later,
Kenny Kwan also came. Wow! I was delighted! At least you won’t see news such as
‘trail runners missing in Kiara Hill’ appearing in the newspaper.
Emitting Steam – Notice the misty effect of
this photo. There is nothing wrong with the camera lens, it is the steam
emitting from the bodies amidst the cool weather.
SC Yong’s spectacles are covered with
vapour. Notice also the cute little doggie that has been running the same
distance as the adults, across muddy grounds and streams.
Left is Kenny Kwan – Team
Lead for this trail running.
With the famous runners: Jason Loh (on the left of photo frame) and Jeff Ooi (right)
Nice artwork - Karen Loh and Yim HF
At the View Point area ... background is the housing development
Return via Flintstone Trail ... ChooTS, Mak CK, Lady Su, Edwin Goh, Chong YF. Background is the dirt trail for mountain bikes challenges.
Debbie attending to her cute little doggie which seems to enjoy the tender care
Delicious nasi lemak courtesy of Aleximon
Lee’s mother. Ah... I missed as I have to leave early. Aleximon (3rd
from right, in red T-shirt) brought the food all the way from Klang. BRAVO !!
This is how it works: while we were
gathering at Bukit Kiara playground at 7:30 a.m., Karen Loh took a photo using
her iPhone; posted into Facebook where Aleximon picked up the message (and
assess the number of participants) and asked his mother to prepare – excellent
camaraderie and good team work !!! (this photo courtesy of Eileen Gan)
Do click here for previous trail running at Bukit Kiara with Karen Loh and Group.
Posted by KC Leong
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