NB15k

targetted an easy run only as was still tired after bkt merah race...... furthermore didnt really rest the day before as was still playing squash......

woke up at about 515 am feeling fresh........ but the weather was really hot the night before so was still a bit blur in the beginning...... as usual went to do 'big' business twice before leaving to Bkt Aman....... reached early about 615 am and the parking was packed.....

manage to meet up with Karen, Bacin and Dicky...... the usual gang was not there... maybe still too tired to run........ finished the race in 1:20........ not too bad though even though my placing was horrendous...... 225 ......... didnt take many pictures also coz the usual back up photographers were not there............. found only 1 though courtesy of our hero, Tey who ran 20k LSD first before proceeding to this race...... crazy or not my friends....

me with Wanita Gunung, Steph... she also ez run only.... no pressure ... getting ready for Kenyir kot........

Resting, Sleeping and eating.......

as the title shows... nothing much has happened since Bkt. Merah Tri........ rested a record 3 days after the event.... partly due to tiredness but partly due to workload which clashes with training time........

but came back with vengeance on Thursday morning... where did a modest 45mins for 22km in a trainer in the morning and completed a pyramid set of 6,5,4,3,2,1 for 2100m of swimming in the afternoon.... but was i bonked out after that... guess my muscles are still feeling the lethargy of doing 2 races back to back in a weekend....

Friday went to Taman Tun for 2 loops of hill work running....... boy was i exhausted... had to stop for a while during the second loop.... fuel was ok but my legs were not functioning....... but at least manage to complete in 52 minutes...... 2 to 3 minutes slower compare to normal training time...

got my NB 15k bibs and vest..... very nice..... of course wut....... Pacesetters event mah....... not really looking forward to the race coz have not been concentrating on running for the past months.... anyway it would be good to come back to running as my run time during tri sucks big time.... gotta make sure i improve on my run fitness so that can target my first top 10 in the coming tris..... but dont know when lah.........

weekends was great .... manage up to meet up with old friends for a drink....... first time slept at 5am after so long..... i think doing tri is wonderful as it forces u to sleep early.... how else can u train and recover if u sleep late?? but of course still finding it hard to balance out private life, working time and training into one...... and alas the training time is always sacrificed...... but at least i still enjoy doing tri and finishing well enough...

till then....... NB 15k......... very hilly woh.......

Bkt Merah Tri (Part 2)

starting the bike leg
OMG Cramp.... shit...
still can smile though
playing water
the happy faces of the crazy gang

OMG my worst fears are coming true.... as i was running towards the bike transition my calf was really getting stiff.... but lucky still no cramp.... quickly got on to the bike and start pedaling like crazy.... Cateye was damaged so couldnt really know how fast i was going.... but didnt felt strong like in A Famosa.... many cyclist working in groups overtook me....... wanted to follow their pace but they were too strong..... the last straw was when the Carmen group start to gobble me up.... there was no way i was going to lose to Carmen..... Puzi Dollah the super veteran triathlete was leading the group.... was following them until the end which i made my move...... ahahaah.... still got the finishing power eh........

then disaster struck.... as i was climbing down the bike..... i had serious cramp on the left calf..... had to walk slowly back to the transition area.... wasted about 2-3mins to stretch the calf and make sure that i wouldnt cramp during the run.... by that time the group was way ahead already....... didnt had the power to follow the pace and by then forgot to look into my bike time... guess i gotta wait for the official result then......

run was uneventful ..... not much action... few guys overtook me..... i also overtook some faltering runners..... but good to finish strongly in 2:49.... 11 minutes slower than A Famosa.... guess i am not up to the fitness level yet to do 2 races in consecutive days.... if had rest then i would have done much better....... nothing to shout about....

next race .... PD here i come............

Bkt Merah International Biathlon and Triathlon Race Report (Part 1)

wanted to leave KL at about 930am... but due to certain issues finally left 1015am and reached Taiping for lunch at about 1pm.... was worried whether have enough time to digest as the biathlon will start at 430pm...

Biathlon (5/5/07)
after the standard body marking and registration, we were ready to go... biathlon was quite short only 800m swim and 5km run.... manage to finish in ngam ngam 50mins at 12th place.... 22mins swim and 28mins run including transition.... calf was starting to cramp .... which was not supposed to be a good sign....

went early for dinner and suprisingly we were allowed to eat at 7pm.... guess most ppl was suprised when they started eating... we were already having our desert..... LOL..... but the food was fantastic..... compared to A Famosa..... at least we were treated to a good meal by Bkt Merah Resort....

Me at the entrance water fall

OD Tri (6/5/07)
Got up early at 530 am as dont wanna miss the breakfast..... there was some drizzle early in the morning that dampen the spirit a bit.... however after the registration..... we were ready for the start.....

Starting pics with Abu

Thats me waving like crazy

Finishing the 2nd loop

Flag off was sharp at 8am... we gotta swim 2 loops which seems to be further than 1.5km... what pisses me off was when we got up during the 1st loop.... the MC was shouting "Dont worry only one small loop left" Then i shouted back "What one small loop left?? Its a big loop" Could hear the spectators laughing..... Manage to get up at 45mins..... what 45 mins for 1.5km?? something is not right here...... i cant be swimming so slow .... but later everyone was estimating the course to be at about 2km..... that Benjamin Samson..... came out of the water at 25mins.... super fast eh.... dont forget he beat our own superstar swimmer Daniel Bego by 1 sec during the Kapas - Marang Swimathon last few weeks....