Merry Christmas.........Swim Bike Run

Running (24th Dec 2006)

Woke up early in the morning to pick up Mary as usual to Hartamas for a 20k run... suprise to meet Azwar and the gang was there... it was a big group as others came to join us as well... meet Sheenie for the first time and boy was she fast... couldnt keep up with her till the last 3km.... thought that we have left her... suddenly saw her just in front... alamak how did she pass me by..

neways...it was a good run considering i didnt manage to run much yesterday.... the fatigue was overwhelming.... the time was 10k : 58 mins , 20k : 1:50 (not including rest time at Petronas)

then had to rush back for facial with SM.... nanti she bising again......... after facial had to rush back home as the squash practise was rescheduled to 3pm..... Kenny was there already and had to apologize profusely... luckily the court was only ready by 4pm as there are young trainees there.....

went to Kinrara to meet up with future Mother In law and brought future Grandmother in law for dinner in Puchong... was tired and slept early by 11pm that night...

Biking (25th Dec 2006)

Wanted to join the gang for Klawang ride but it was too long.. .. furthemore was feeling really tired .... neways grab my bike and went for a short ride near the house... manage to do about 12km in 30 mins... then had to rush back to bring future MIL for breakfast as she will be leaving for Singapore in the afternoon....

SM has plans in Ritz Carlton while the guys, Kenny & Ko lou has planned for a turkey dinner that night.... manage to get Khai, Gary , Stanley and Mandy to join.... we finished everything in sight including the liquor and turkey...

Swimming (26th Dec 2006)

Woke up by 830 am........ having slight hangover.... but then still had breakfast with Kenny, KL and Khai before meeting the gang in Chearas swimming pool.... all the guys were there already.... didnt swim much cause still feeling the effects of the hangover.....

but was suprised to hear that i appeared in The Star.. i know that it must the previous interview in Kiara park..... to quote the Star :

Meanwhile, newcomer Eugene Loong, 29, will be stepping up to complete the 20km distance for the first time.
“I took up running about nine months ago. I have only taken part in the 10km races and running the 20km is sort of a natural progression for me. I will work towards attempting my first full marathon in 2008,” said Loong, who hopes to clock 1’50 in the 20km run.

Will put up the pic later when i find it....

went back home for lunch and tried to sleep but didnt have a good sleep... at night started to have slight cough, sore throat and headache already.... so very uneasy... didnt have drinks with Stanley & mandy.............. slept at 11 am... haiiiii... what a happening weekend that is........

NCS Run & Kiara trail run

1. Af first all our gang wanted to go to Putrajaya for our long runs...but then Adzim wanted to go for the trail run at Tmn Kiara.... as for me wanted to join the National Cancer Society Run on the next day... so after awhile it was agreed that only me, Mary (cause have to follow me) and Adzim would go for the trail run.....
2. Didn't know what to expect from the trail run.... Mary was afraid that she couldnt follow our pace so she just went round the park.... started the run at about 745am and manage to run about 45 mins.... it was really difficult as we were not used to conditions... after a while we got a bit lost and had to go through a semak just to get down to the pavement ..... but it was still to early to go back... so we went back in and followed the Hash Harries trail and manage to reach Summit 2 where we could see the Pencala Link toll..... then we turned back and manage to reach the Kiara park by 930 am... our calfs were suffering as we had to do a lot of climbing....
3. Then had breakfast before adjourning to KSH Bike Shop... Mary wanted to buy a bike so we went there to ask around..... went back to the park again to register for the run... was among the first to register..... think those kids were afraid cause only first time organising the run.... then my boss called... alamak had to go back to the office till 6pm... habislah my plan for swimming...
4. Slept early on saturday (1030pm) after watching Liverpool humiliate Charlton 3-0.... very happy loh and terus hilang ....
5. Woke up at 6am.... SM bising caused still too early... but i dont care still woke her up... together with Kenny we left to Kiara.... both of them only walk and jog nia... dont wanna participate....
6. At the starting line.... habislah so many africans/kenyans... how to win... only top 3 got hamper woh..... but dont care lah its only charity run... cannot expect so much neways... manage to start off very well.... was behind a group of 3 runners.... after the first hill... i terus potong sayur them and followed the kenyan girl.... manage to potong her twice but on the last down hill she potong me again... i was faltering..... my chest was pounding like hell... later on another specky guy overtook me during the downhill..... haiya... must practise more down hill..... wanted to turbo during the last stretch but i was weak already... finish in 31:10 in 7th place...
7. after some calculation ..... whooooaaaa... 4:27 pace per km..... damn fast hoh........ it was a very steep hill as most ppl was complaining when they finished... hehehe... i know the hill mah so no problem for me.... it was a good run...

Putrajaya Night Triathlon Postponed

haiiii.... very sian lah like this... was really looking forward to the night tri cause its not only my first time participating in tri but also there will be a party after the race... haiiiii.. what to do.. have to wait for next year loh...

been starting to train like triathlete since last week.. hehehe.. my training programme so far...

Monday - rest whole day (trying to follow Azwar lah)
Tuesday - Morning - Swim 1500mm in Green Avenue pool (29mins)
Afternoon - Running 13km at Kuen Cheng area (1:03)

Swimming was a bit slow... just got up from bed and didnt have much warm up i think.... but running was good in the evening.. the route was hilly and i still manage a 5min pace run ... not bad eugene not bad at all.... looks like training with Bacin and Adzim is paying off very soon..

Wednesday - Morning - cycling on trainer (abt 45mins)
Evening - plan to swim 5 x 200m + 1 x 2000m (going to be more ambitious this time so that can improve .............

A Busy Saturday

Just finish a 20km run on Sri Hartamas route on saturday morning... actually it was about 22 km i think cause i made a wrong turn to PWTC... neways it was good as it was the first time i had done a run finishing over 20km... started about 745 am cause i reach the car park at about 735am after pumping petrol at Shell...

After warming up a bit and started running with the gang... reach Petronas station for pit stop in about an hour... rested a bit and made it back in 2:07 ... yes for those who thought it was 2mins.. think again its 2hrs and 7mins ok.... (that's running only) i was suffering like hell as it was quite hot that day too... my sunblock on the face was dripping in my eyes... making it difficult to open... had to walk 2 to 3 times ... cannot tahan already...

finally reached and had breakfast with the gang... Adzim and Bacin the 20km gang and the chicks, Faie, Mary, Khairul and Aini doing the 11km double hill route... had some nasi goreng and karipap... tapau some sandwitch for SM at home... at 1130 am... SM grumbling cause i only got her one lousy sandwitch... my reason 1230pm already lunch mah..

U thought that i would just sleep right??? ahem actually no cause for dinner we actually have planned a simple steamboat party at home with a few common friends .... so i couldnt rest as we need to buy some stuff from J One... good also as in the meantime i got myself 3 pairs of socks and 1 running pants... hehehe... sponsored by SM...

at about 430pm Kenny came and fetch me for squash... WTF ?? after running 20km still can play ah?? dont care lah... just belasah only... i thought of just relaxing and not treating it too seriously... but guess wut... Gary pressured me like mad on the court and made me run like hell... luckily i was quite fit due to previous training for competitions... so manage to make it back home in one piece...

back at home... wah so nice.... food was ready... after bath just hentam the food like 2 weeks never eat until cannot talk already.... then we play some mahjong until about 2am... damn sleepy and fell straight on the bed ... dozing to wonderland in no time....

Revised Blog

hehehe... actually had created a blog sometime back in September 2006 ... but the name was quite funny so decided to change to this blog.. anyway hopefully this will remain for a long time... cherio...