Suprise Subang run pic from Jaja

had a wonderful suprise from Jaja this morning through my email.... really showed my true grit in finishing the race eh..... was wondering who the girl at the background though.... thanks Jaja for the pictures....

didnt train for the past 2 days due to the cold which was made worse by the Subang Run pia... hopefully can swim tommorow morning...... was thinking of doing the full marathon already... need to increase my mileage like crazy from now.....

Lousy Subang Run

Its been sometime i have updated the blog... maybe becoz of nothing much to report as didnt go to Desaru as planned... was looking forward for the run even though didnt specifically train for it....

Subang Run 10k is always a special run as it promises to be fast and furious as its one of the flattest road race in Klang Valley..... so was looking ready to do my first sub 45 min since i did 49mins for the last year run... and was feeling strong as have already train for a year right??? how wrong i was......

slept early the night before about 12 am but couldnt really doze off....... then suddenly something bad happened.... i was sneezing like hell.......... OMG i was going to have a cold......... but didnt really worry much about it until the alarm clock rang at 6am.... didnt feel strong at all and my nose was still bothering me..... but what the heck... a race is still a race.... furhtermore its only 10k .... how bad can it be ??

boy i was wrong...... the weather was cool and fine and it was really a nice atmosphere for clocking a PB........ started sharp at 730am as annouced and off i went..... tried to follow Kenny Tan but he was way too fast....... after the 10mins mark....... i really couldnt push it anymore.... i was having trouble breathing and maintaining my pace..... so i did the right and slowed down... but boy my ego was really hurting.... so many ppl start overtaking me.... even some runners who i have not imagined running faster than me... (hehehe not nice to name names here)... i kept thinking if i could do a sub 55mins i will be really happy........

however after the 7km mark, my second wind came..... suddenly i felt all strong over again... i started to increase my pace and start to overtake ppl (esp those who are suppose to run slower than me- hehehe- ego boosted again) ...... in the end sprinted like shit also wanna come out...... finished in 48:00 .... not bad eh...... was still queueing up for a medal and i was really suprised that there is still some left... but again i was dissapointed as i finished in 102 place....... not becoz i couldnt have the pewter medal but the pain of finishing out of medal in a race for the first time..

anyway there will be a first for everything and 48mins is still not too bad considering the condition i was in ......... becoz of that i still have a minor cold and couldnt really work the next day....

next revenge Mizuno Run....... sub 50...... here i come........

Desaru To Go Or Not To Go

facing a dilema right now ....... was actually very excited about this event since its a Long Distance Tri...... first time sure kan cheong a bit.. but the events that transpired the past week leaves me wondering whether i should go or not... which are:-

1) a bad diarrhea last week leaving me no quality training at all...... felt weak througout and that week should be my last peak week of training... heavy mileage and over the roof Heart beat..... but then.... i felt so weak even walking...... tried to train when got better but couldnt really push at all...
2) somemore not enough training la.... who am i kidding...?? just pick up tri only this year .... weekly training also not more than 5-6hrs in total.. how to complete a race in 61/2 hrs non stop... suffer is already a sure thing......
3) then somemore was late to book a room... now only on standby..... aiya no place to stay how to go??
4) work beginning to get real stressful...... running around .... aiyo.....

so how?? still wanna go or not?? guys pls advice........will leave the decision until wednesday....... a lot of reasons hoh........ anyway even if i dont go there will be desaru next year right?? haiiii.... dilema dilema...

Adidas King of the Road 5/08/07

havent been updating my blog for a while since there is not much sporting activity..... trying hard to train for desaru pun i think i am gonna suffer big time during the cycle..... wanted to join the monyets for long rides but couldnt really find the time on saturday..... gosh i am really screwed........

coming back to the race....... its actually part of my training long run for Desaru....... managed to run about 11km (3 small loops) at Kiara with a PB of 58:30 on Friday...... the stride was there and didnt suffer much throughout the run..... then at night had a heavy meal with lots of booze with friends...... mabuk la sikit.....

wanted to Cycle the next morning but had to sent wife to Pudu station to go back to Penang..... yahoooo.. bachelor for 2 days...... dont worry cant do much actually......... got race on Sunday mah........ came back also was too tired so just slept... must be having a slight hangover.... thats why friends dont do booze ok......

woke up early on Sunday and managed to see part of the 70's Show...... boy Wilderrama and Kutcher is damn funny la...... reach Pyramid at 630 am.... wow the crowd was already lining up.... me still trying to find where to deposit my luggage....... i think it started sharp 645am and was grateful for Dato' Samy Vellu for being punctual....... u dont really get that from politician....

manage to pace Raymond and Mr Ngae the Ultraman...... but was not feeling good and couldnt really up the pace ..... after 5km Raymond was already far in front...... damn i cant be losing to him mah...... he is not a strong runner...... luckily after the U turn point.... he slowed down.... so i gladly sayur him..... sorry ah Raymond..... ego a bit lah..... but Mr. Ngae was different... as the race progresses he was getting stronger....... couldnt catch him in the end...

was looking at my watch all the time and the qualifying time was 1:45 which means a 5min/km pace....... not easy to do mah....... so when i saw the sign 2km to go with about 12mins left..... i was so suprised...... i thought i would finish sub 2 hr already...... so even though i was tired like hell...... i pushed on further...... managed to complete in 1:43 (PB)......... but suddenly realised that the route may be shorter..... especially coming back.... dont know and dont care.... means i can do better if i had rested more.... and didnt drink that much on Friday...

one thing about the water station was there was actually no water...... all stations are 100 Plus stations........ why ah?? 100 Plus so rich already until dont allow water eh?? we runners need water la........ felt so dry.... hentam 100 plus also cannot cool the body down.... but was suprised that there was 2 sponging station.... that one for Marathon ok la........ sponging for what?? maybe we would appreciate if the sponging station was changed into water station....

anyway no complains and i gotta cycle more for the next 2 weeks....... Desaru pls be kind to me... wouldnt mind if it rains during the run....