Exercise - The Way Forward

Tired and lazy

2009-01-07T18:58:00.001-08:00

its been a while since i have updated my blog.. guess that am really lazy and facebook is taking over the priority...

2008 has been so so for me... and hopefully 2009 will be much better ... (even though if u believe the so negative vibes on the current economy)... Mesia boleh... anyway there is always opportunity in any crisis and makes u fall back and think that there is actually certain things u cannot achieve within the set period...

looking on the bright side and running has been ok ... getting ready for GE30k and hopefully can still finish sub 3hr like last year...

PD International Triathlon 2008

2008-07-20T21:15:00.000-07:00

finally managed to participate in the most happening Tri in Malaysia... was lucky to find Adzim who is also travelling on the same morning....

we left early at about 4.50am... and reached the race site at about 6 plus after one pit stop... it was still dark and we were one of the few earliest racers around... thanks also to Jaja and Azmar who picked up the race kits for us... managed to set up the bikes and changed quickly before going for body marking...

and boy was i suprised with the crowd size... so many ppl around... felt like a 10k race in KL... was amazed that ppl are beginning to pick up this crazy and mad sport.. even noticed that relay teams numbered more than 90 teams....

the race started at 8am sharp for the 16-29 age groupers before it was our turn... there was really too many ppl for a mass start... managed to see Raymond just before to start.. that was when the Race MC (is that the correct word) announced that good swimmers can come in front... i began to push him as he was an ex national swimmer mah... sorry eh bro if i humiliated u... dont need to feel shy... u just need to train up again thats all....started of well and as usual there was so many bodies trying to swim .... luckily i managed to avoid a few breastrokers ... water was calm and finished in a comfortable 27:58 (around my training time la)

the transition was slow as we had to run quite a distance on the beach... all the blood was still on the shoulders.... started off well and followed a group of cyclist behind... was thinking to myself not to do so much work coz didnt really train on bike.... suprisingly felt strong and manage to catch Raymond after just a few km... seem to be struggling a bit... eh Kenyir also can do comfortably ... PD no problem wut... first 20km was ok and tried my best to follow Mon and was suprised that he still was so strong.... a few train passed us including the veterans, Don and Simon.... Iwata san was struggling and even managed to pass him during the early stages... finish in a nice time of 1:10 (considering the amount of training put in)..

i thought the running leg is where i can catch up on other racers... how wrong was i... the sun was really unforgiving... super damn hot... it was practically burning and the water station was really heaven sent... had to slow down a few times as my back thigh was cramping on both legs... luckily there was no major cramp and managed to complete the run leg in 56 mins... all in all the unofficial Timex time (mine la) is 2:39:47... not to bad la...

now thinking about Desaru... pictures will have to wait for bro Tey...

Siemes Run Photo

2008-07-10T23:29:00.000-07:00

Only manage to squeeze 1 photo out from Bro Tey... he said that he dont prefer to upload V photos anymore... so i better do my pia face so that he will snap more... see you in PD ....

Siemens Run 2008

2008-07-06T03:58:00.000-07:00

slept early last night as was really tired from the pressures of work and the gym work the day before... woke up at 540am feeling fresh and waited for my buddy, Kenny to arrive... luckily also call him as he overslept... but all was well when we reach there about 7am...

didnt had much a target but it would be nice to do sub 50 for 10k race... furthermore didnt had much run training this few weeks and i knew i would suffer when i started to push... boy was i right... tried to up the pace but just couldnt take it and i was suffering right from the start...

finish in 44:++ in 106th placing... nothing to shout about as noticed from PM1 website that its only 8.8km... guess this proves that training is very important and it will really show in races when you are not fit enough... my finishing was terrible as i didnt have the oomph sprint ... saw a really rounded man sprinting pass me and there was nothing i could do... didnt stay long as got work to be done... life is tough and with the economic crisis looming ... better work harder...

all in all a good days work and was satisfied with 5min pace even though it could have been better... of course it can... till then PD Tri... ahahahah with limited bike training....

Training again

2008-06-21T06:04:00.000-07:00

its been awhile since i have started posting again... haiya really no mood... exerbated by the recent fuel increase, current uncertainty, late payments by client is really taking a toll on me...

however life still goes on and the best way is to start training again... have been clocking an average of 5hrs exercise duration a week (try to lah)...... and so far have been on it for the past 3 weeks....

just bought a Timex HRM costing RM500 (shop owner says its the old stock price.. going up soon...so have to buy la).. its a good indicator as it shows all the basic indicators especially calories burnt.. so that u feel good and able to eat more later... ahahha... however still having trouble using HRM... whereby sometimes it shows a very high rate of 240... my average exercise rate is about 145 to 170... but well its still ok...

signed up for Siemens Run last friday but still cannot collect bibs on that day... since they are conducting the clinic i just registered... actually i didnt participate as i went for my hill run before it started... then manage to come back in time for the stretching session... then got myself a free T Shirt... i am a sucker for freebies... good to have another one for sleeping...

this are my stats uphill at Kiara :-

Start to uphill : 13:56
1st Loop : 11:17
2nd Loop : 11:27
Downhill until Bakti building : 7:36
Bakti to car park : 3:16
Park Loop : 6:08
Finishing time : 53:56
Calories burnt : 1080
Ave HR : 156
Distance : approx 10km

had a good swim this morning and here are the stats:-

500m (with paddle): 8:40
500m : 9:04
500m : 9:10
500m : 8:56

with an interval of 1 minute each....

wanted to go for another jog but i accidentally scratch my car... luckily with some polish and wax most of the scars are gone... cost me only RM30...

target to cycle again tommorow.... nothing fancy just wanna do 2 loops Bkt Jalil - Summit - Bkt Jalil with a distance of about 45km... have to start already so that i can participate in PD Tri ... this will be the first time i have cycle since last year... wow thats long...

NB 15k

2008-05-22T06:11:00.000-07:00

finally another race after KL marathon... have not been doing much except lying around and fetching my daughter around.... haiyaa... where got time to train mah...

anyway was suprise i did quite well in the race clocking 1:18 achieving my initial target of 1:25.... was so busy arranging for the full moon party the night before that only had about 3hrs sleep and all the beers taken in...

suprisingly didnt had much problem getting up sharp at 5:15 am ... but the problem was just before the start as i was already starting to yawn... only managed to catch Karen early of the race.... i was feeling fatigue even before race start.... OMG..

furthermore the route has changed and we have to immediately go uphill after the starting line... didnt push myself and i think i reached the 10km mark (2nd water station) in 52 mins..... it was after this portion that i slow down considerably allowing few runners to overtake me...

however was really suprise that Jamie was also overtaking me... wow he has really improve a lot... till towards the finishing i shouted to him to sprint forward and manage to overtake him to take the overall 172 placing...

manage to catch up with Adrian (who is leaving to Dubai soon), Saiful Kodi, AbuPower and few other runners which i dont remember the name... was too tired to chat so had few quick drinks before heading back home...

i was totally floored (due to unfit also)... sleeping more than 4hrs straight during the evening... it was a good race ... an uneventful one considering the amount of training i put in... getting old already... haiiii..

New born kid

2008-05-12T05:40:00.000-07:00

darn its been ages since i last updated my blog.... training has been really off track and been trying to do as much as i can...

work and the birth of my princess put paid to my hopes of training well... anyway u lose and win some..... my girl Michelle Loong Yi is 6 weeks old already and has been growing like crazy .... even though i am not the one taking care of her... thanks to my mother in law in Penang she has been well taken care and she just came back last weekend...

sad to say i gotta miss the first OD Tri of the year but gotta to set my priorities right...... hopefully can still go for NB 15k this weekend... but dont talk about PB... finishing strong would be a bonus... till then....

KLIM - Full Report

2008-03-31T06:04:00.001-07:00

Pre Race

Suprisingly didnt have much pre race jitters as others... must be too confident even though didnt have enough training... my max mileage a week is a measly 50km during KLIM Circuit No.2 week.... tried to study and keep to a 3 month plan as recommended for marathon beginners but get i was not disciplined enough to follow.. but i managed to complete GE30k in a respectable time of 2:53... so guess that i have to really braved another 12km... furthermore i finish strongly during 30km so maybe will only suffer after 35km... walk run 7km is not that bad.. so just gave myself a target of 4:15 but wouldnt count so much on it...

slept early at 930am but only dozed off at 11am... no jitters but guess was not used to going to bed so early..... woke up sharp 230am and had a nice hot Cintan soup with egg... didnt have the stomach to gulp down the Powerbar.. no offense eh Azwar but it is really very sweet... especially so early in the morning (can i suggest a kurang manis version)

Race Proper
did the usual business and chit chat with Adrian, Abu, Saiful, Ngae, Stupe and a few guys before the start line... think it started sharp at 430am... starting was uneventful and the pace was very comfortable... met Azwar with his Lipatz and was suprise that he was not running as well.... manage to reach 10km in 56mins... not too bad

10km to 20km
ran past my parents house and manage to spot my uncle Philip from a far... manage to call him and he was suprised i was actually running.... felt my thighs start to tighten up at about 15km... Oh No... this cant be good.... i still have so long to go.... but didnt worry much about it... it may go away... step on the board at 1:58 which was remarkable... started to ask the official whether it was 21km and high five him...

20km to 30km
felt my second wind coming after that... i was strong and manage to sayur many runners before starting to feel the twitch as my calfs... OH NO ... this is really bad.... it was only about 25km max .... try to slow down but didnt do much good.. then disaster struck... i had cramps on both calfs... this reduces me to a slow walk and trying to stretch on the way.... after doing that for about 2km... my left calf seized up.... boy it was really painful.... Yee Hua passed me and asked whether i was ok.... it was too painful to even answer her.... i felt my marathon journey / dream came crashing down on me.... how i am suppose to complete another 17km in this pain.... was crying already inside... somemore i caught sight of an ambulance nearby... ok this is it ... it will be my first DNF - Did Not Finish ... so arrogant of me in underestimating the full distance of marathon... i am just going to walkover to the ambulance and take me back.... but then i dont think they will do that until the race is over... now its only about 2:30 race time... means i gotta wait at least another 3 hours...

after much thinking during my slow painful walk... decided to carry on as i can see many runners also suffering cramps.... better to walk all the way and get a finisher medal then to just sit and wait in the ambulance... after a while manage to reach 30km in 3:10... i was devastated...

30 to 42km
after that i felt much better.... so i started to shuffle run again... as i didnt want to stress my calf so much i started to exert a lot of pressure on the thighs.... only then the torture started...... up and down.... walk and run.. seeing other runners suffer as well... old man panting... young man grimacing in pain... full of emotions.. i was like cursing Adrian as he said earlier that it was flat after 30km... this cant be flat... the route was also confusing that we have to make U turn at some road.... guess fatigue already starting to get me... but the last few distance markers starting from 8km was really helpful in motivating me to just finish the race... one km at a time.... after much pain finally reach the finishing line in 4:47..... (thought that will finish in 6hrs after the cramp)

I think that why i suffered so much is becoz:-
1) didnt had enough mileage - 50km at the peak weekly is too little
2) stop gym work for about 2 months... really bad move as calfs was weak
3) didnt pay attention to salt content - hence cramps at both calf
4) as a summary didnt plan for it and in the fail miserably in achieving the preset target

(any more advice friends out there)

But as a whole was really proud of myself as it was really mind over matter. Physically i was drained out already... i am having shivers really thinking about the cramps at 27km... imagine have to bear the pain for another 15km... not easy man... it was really a mental exercise where nothing is impossible... step by step and in the end finishing the race... my mother kept advising me that once is enough... no need to go through the pain again... but as runners we know better... once is never enough...

therefore make sure train harder and consistently and never ever underestimate the full impact of 42km race ... (especially when u think that ur fit enough)

KLIM - 42k

2008-03-31T01:49:00.000-07:00

4:47

my hopes of doing a sub 4:15 vanish after the 26km.... cramps on both calfs... mental torture all the way...

will update later.... now trying to stay awake and walk properly>

KLIM circuit Run no.2

2008-02-28T19:49:00.000-08:00

have not had a long run in ages but i rested well for the Circuit run on 24th February 2008.....

woke up early before 530 am to catch the results of my ironman friends and congrats to all them as most of them made the finishing line (except my ex school mate Alex - dont know what happen)... and Carmen was our women's qualifier for Kona... well done...

rush to the boat house for registration and as usual it started late.... Malaysia wut... what to do... and the route changed as well (which didnt bother me as i dont know about the original route) apparently there is some development going on...

so one loop is about 2.8km... so i figure out i need to do sub 15 mins a loop to be able to complete 9 loops in 2hr 15mins... the race started well and i managed to clocked 14:30 for the first loop (including peeing time of 30s).... wow 9 laps is doable eh...

manage to catch up will Yip (ultramarathoner) and was suprise that he was struggling... had a chat with him and he told me that he just did 65km yesterday... is this guy nuts or what... and he still wants to do more than 20k today.... OMG how unfit can i be...

nevertheless manage to run strongly and even lapped Adrian (dont get angry eh- he was just doing a slow jog ) .... finished in 2:10:48 which works out to about 5:10 pace for 25.2 km... wow i was really suprised... i can target sub4hrs man like that...

but the downside was i struggled during the later stages as fitness was not really there yet.... so maybe 4:15 is more realistic.... furthermore i had problems walking after that as i have pushed to hard already.... manage to run a bit on Tuesday and i was suffering...

till then 14th March will try to do 13 laps = 36.4km (3:15) for my final longest run before the event... wish me luck eh....... if can achieve then i should be able to complete the marathon comfortably...

KLIM registration

2008-02-20T00:21:00.000-08:00

its been some time since i have been even remotely interested to blog.... must have been the CNY celebration... felt so lazy over the past month...

finally submitted my KLIM full marathon form to Francis for registration.... didnt know what i was thinking..... training has been really irregular.... would u believe it that my highest weekly mileage so far has been only a measly 38k during the CNY period... other than that i didnt even reach 20k....

but what the heck... if i can do 30k comfortably should be able to finish 42k in one piece.... been also swimming more to strenghten my heart....... i dont know whether its true or not but i feel much stronger after swimming more compare to running higher mileage... even during GE30k my running mileage was not really high... my longest run was only 24k.... but i felt strong during the race... as i dont have a HR monitor dont really monitor my heart rate.... anyone care to comment/advice??

since Adrian (Mat Salleh panjang) is also going for full ... might as well go for full while i am still at it.... pray for the best and this week will be the Circuit Run no.2 for 2 hrs 15 mins... if i can do 10 laps = 23km ( i think) comfortably then i am confident in completing my maiden full marathon..

GE30k

2008-01-20T20:48:00.000-08:00

running up hill at Plaza damas (courtesy of bro Tey) look fat eh....

the moment of truth has arrived.... have not ran more than 24k before and will attempt to do a very daunting 30k (double hill + hartamas route... which is no joke if you have attempted the distance)

was not feeling well for the past few days due to mild stomache and some ache in my left knee.. (due to my stupidity of racing down hill with another runner at Kiara)... forced myself to rest the whole day on Saturday which is difficult as weekends are normally for sports...

woke up at 4.30am sharp and manage to watch some of Fedrerer vs Tipsarevic (Serbian guy0 which lasted for 5 sets... didnt know who won at that time though... had 2 bananas and a Muesli bar with Nescafe... feeling fresh throughout and did my business twice before leaving the house...

reached the boat house at about 530am... manage to chat with Bacin, Adrian wishing them luck before starting the race..... race started sharp at 6am... the first 1km was quite good at an easy pace... but after that start to feel a slight pain in my left knee... OMG this may not be good... luckily went away rather quickly....

manage to complete the double hill 10km at a easy 1:03... shit there goes my plan to do sub 3hr... but thought that it should be more than 10km... but felt good all the way.... hopefully i didnt have to walk... fatigue started to set in at the crossing of the highway.... but still presevered as i didnt want to walk that early in the race....

reached Petronas in 1:50 which is rather suprising.... but the loop around it was really long (as our normal pratice run was at the station only)... there was when i met Raymond who just did 4:30 at SIM.... told him to go ahead as i knew i am not in the position to match his pace.... the Powergel given by Francis was god send... didnt feel the urge to walk at all.... but of course my mind was going..."good, good, but dont go so fast its only the first time ur doing 30k ... keep to the plan"....

finally reached the Bank Negara junction and last slope towards Lake Garden.... didnt push that much as was still reserving some energy for the final dash... kept on looking at my watch and sub 3hr is still doable.... with 400m left in sight... started to pick up the pace and finished in a remarkable 2:53.... i was stunned.... what a wonderful race.... the thought of going for full 42k marathon is finally getting real...

the race was really well organised with ample water / powerbar endurance stations... body was really hydrated hence the good race... after collecting the medal bumped into Azwar which promised to do 3:30 before that... he finished less than 1 minute behind me... but how to compare ironman who has just done a fast 120km ride the day before... all the best to him... should target sub 12hr at Langkawi 2008...

till then... KLIM 2008 beckons...

Preparation for GE30k

2008-01-07T22:13:00.000-08:00

its been sometime after my Chin woo biathlon before updating this blog...

and everybody seems to be doing some really high level of training..... riding the bike non stop for 185k la, doing practise 30k runs... Putrajaya 100k - 20k brick, etc....

i must be feeling really lazy eh... finally did a few long runs at Bkt jalil park which is much gentler than GE route... my legs are killing me after the long runs... but did manage some 2hr runs.... which is better than nothing....

so guess i will survive the GE30k... target maybe sub 3hr... then i will be estatic ... but the feeling of being able to finish strongly will be more than enough... coz its really hard to run non stop at race pace for 3hrs.... especially for me though........ nothing to shout about for hardcore runners...

so for those who thinks that doing marathon is easy pls do it someday urself... then u can tell us how painful it will be........ so my next target shall be KLIM 42k full marathon.... at least gotta do one marathon and now its the best time already coz there is no point procrastinating anymore... right guys?? so i hope to see ppl like Adrian (i think he confirmed already), Jaja, Khairul, etc. all doing their first Marathon this coming march...

happy running guys and hope to see you all in GE30k

Chin Woo Biathlon 2007

2007-12-16T05:51:00.000-08:00

swim
run
finishing

YAHOOOOO !! i was second in the 30-44 category... however it was quite hollow as the competition was not strong at all... my 'target' Raymond was not there to at least give me a challenge....

i think my two months 'secret' training in the swim paid off during this race... met up with Azhar (JB Baboon), Adrian, Chee, Carmen but was actually expecting to see Jaja and Bacin as well.... started off in Wave 3 for my category at about 8am.. weather was fine ..

started off well still pacing Iwata but after 250m was already feeling the strain as i started quite fast ... so gotta let him go off as not to overpump my heart... managed to finished in a superb 13:30 which was PB for me for 800m... i only managed 14:30 last year...

the best thing was i still felt strong during the run and had no problem finishing the run in about 36 mins plus where i stop the clock at 50:30... of course Iwata was no where in sight... was really estatic as felt no one overtook me during the run.

waited for the prize giving ceremony and it was haywire.... some Malay guy was annouced as the winner ahead of Iwata.... in the end only i was at the podium due to the confusion... was presented a better trophy than last year and also a hand pump sponsored by imcyclist... boy i love my category... ahahaha

Momentum Fitness

2007-11-28T05:51:00.000-08:00

just sign for a 30day trial at Momentum Fitness located just next to my office at Phileo Damansara 1........ went to the gym twice... and my verdict...

not impressive..... California / Fitness First much better..... in terms of chicks lah of course.. but on a more serious note its actually more on the equipments and the ambience.... i think they just opened 2 weeks ago and some machine is already faulty....... not enough machines i.e. treadmill, etc.... but still tolerable as there is still not many ppl.... but its package togehter with their dance club, etc.... gosh u even get one bottle of Chivas by being their Gold member..... RM228 a month......

but since its free will still be using it for the time being... at least shower also good mah........

16th Dec

2007-11-26T05:28:00.000-08:00

caught a bad flu over the weekend which started on Friday..... disrupted my training flow..... couldnt do much for the past 3 days.....

bought myself a paddle in Parkson.... boy was i in for a shock..... my shoulders felt so heavy after only 750m of pulling.... my body was aching all over after that.......

received a msg from Jaja on Chin Woo registration...... very good.... my friends will be there..... its good to meet them again after such a long time which i didnt had the chance to race.... Raymond better be careful will be chasing ur ass during the swim so that u dont get so far away... then smoke u during the run uphill.... ahahahah this coming from me who had not been doing much running...... neways cant wait for the race....

really had a fun time last year...... coz its really a short race and everyone feels fresh after that........ still remember we had a fun relay race after that.... thanks to Chin Woo (Don, Lester and gang) for their effort... so guys see u there and u wont regret it......

16th Dec is the day guys.... dont worry this is not a sponsored ad...

No time to run

2007-11-20T06:40:00.000-08:00

swim seems to be fine but really couldnt find the time to actually do actual running.......

did a short run at Kiara park - 5 loops in 29 mins..... boy was i struggling couldnt really find any momentum at all.....guess this is what u get if you dont train enough...... but at least u gotta start somewhere right??

work seems to be sapping the energy out of me....... cant imagine with the baby coming...... how to continue training??

27:57

2007-11-16T06:10:00.000-08:00

this is the highlight of my swim training, finally broke the 28minutes barrier for 1500m in 25m lap pool..... of course i was panting like hell after that but was i glad to push it.....

didnt train much for the past month except for a bit of swim every morning..... beginning to get really lazy already ...... and weight also went up to 73 kg... must be too much nasi lemak and teh tarik but not enough training....

gotta do more running which i did at Kiara..... had a good workout with Hashim - very fast runner but slow down to accompany me....... really suffered completing the 2 hill loops at Kiara... plan to do Bkt Aman 20k route this Sunday...... hopefully i can stick to that plan and get up to complete it......

Chin Woo Biathlon - here i come..... 16th Dec

Long time no blogging

2007-10-25T07:32:00.000-07:00

its been a while since i last blog about things.... but just came back from my honey moon in Italy so still lazy to update stuff there.... spend some good time there but boy how i really miss our food here...

beginning to get into the SBR groove again but not much cycling though..... and have to give Lumut a miss as has to attend back to back wedding during the weekend.... what to do.... friends get married and if dont attend dont give face pulak....

neways.... will start back long run on Sunday doing the Hartamas route.... but sure suffer like hell as even doing a 2 lap hill route at Kiara also i feel the strain... but need to start somewhere as i have targeted to upgrade to 30km during the GE run in January 08... still got 3 months to train for it..

till then... its work and training....

Mizuno Wave Run

2007-09-09T00:31:00.000-07:00

slept early last night no because of the run but was really tired after didnt play squash for few weeks.... my butt will be definitely painful...

woke up early just to find out how England did.... yes 3-0.... then watch the 70's Show... its a very funny comedy starring Ashton Kuthcher, etc... guys u should watch this show sometime... left the house after doing my big business for 2 times... thought i am save already...

damn i was wrong... after doing some light warmup had stomachache again... had to queue like a bloody fool as two of the toilets are not usable.... met Jaja and her sis, but suprisingly didnt find the atmosphere to be very electrifying... response was ok i guess... but since no cash prize didnt see many Kenyans taking part...

started sharp at 730am as usual for Pacesetters event... has a strong run and was really following Kenny Tan and Zulazlan... the Eng sisters was fast and overtook me from the start... but this was no Subang Run and i felt strong today.... however followed their pace until the water station at 5km point.... thats where the fun started..... the hills was just beginning... i press on the hills and manage to overtake many runners.. however when the route flatten... veteran runners were overtaking me again.... guess gotta improve my pace during the flats...

manage to catch Eyuen Teck (my ex schoolmate) about 1km from the finish ... i think he must have hated me coz i always (many times la) catch him before the end... coz his pace at the start was really fast...

manage to complete in 50:52 in 86th place.... targeted to do sub 50mins but was quite satisfied with the overall performance... and congrats to Pacesetters for a well organised run again.... and since next week will be the fasting month already... to all Muslim friends Selamat Berpuasa...

Suprise Subang run pic from Jaja

2007-08-28T06:26:00.001-07:00

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

2007-08-27T06:43:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-12T05:32:00.000-07:00

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

2007-08-04T19:39:00.000-07:00

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....

Big Event in PD

2007-07-20T07:04:00.000-07:00

huhuhuuu.... very sad cannot go to PD Tri...... gotta attend cousin's wedding on saturday night and wont be able to be fresh enough for the race on sunday.. and its not an hour's race.... easily more than 2.5 hours and if are not fresh enough..... u will suffer...

anyway will be preparing for Desaru Long Distance Tri...... 2k swim, 90k bike & 21k run.... and its starting at 10am.... can u imagine starting by beach side at 10am??? Helllpppppp i need my sunblock......... i gotta look for sunblock sponsor already.....

good luck to those racing in PD... i guess luck will not play a part (except u got puncture or any injury) coz tri is a very fair event... u dont train enough then u will not perform well... simple as that.... its all about endurance, efficiency and speed.... u dont have one of them...... u will not finished at the top..... take more pictures guys... guess will be waiting for Faie's one since hubby will be the official photographer....

and btw met the fatty again on my Thursday swim.... he was doing alternate drills.... didnt manage to chat up with him... and for zebets info ... he is really round and fat.... but the fit type la.... not those flabby unfit ones.... a bit like Michelin man though.... but his triceps are huge....

waiting for PD race reports from you guys......... Go ROCK PD guys....

Slow Swim

2007-07-17T00:12:00.000-07:00

as the title suggest had a 'slow' swim at PADE on 16th July .... manage to complete up till set 200m only... my shoulders are killing me ....... well the highlights of the training was my conversation with a fatty on the side lane, here it goes :

Fatty : ur doing Ironman training ah??
me : nolah... just normal tri
Fatty : i have dark circle round my eyes eh??
me : yeah very dark
F : just got back from China.... very tired....
me : ooooh can sleep soundly then...
then came the stunner...
F : u have nice body but how come swim so slow??
me : uhmm... ehm... (dont know how to answer).... yealoh nver train mah...
continues to other bs....

btw he was damn fast.... i wanted to follow him for a few laps but finally had to let go as had a very bad side stitch.... damn..... fatty.... i promise to beat u next time... if i see u again.... (promise myself to train more often) ... he was at least 10 to 15 sec faster every 100m... DAMN!!!

Lonely Weekend Long Run 14/07/07

2007-07-15T05:20:00.000-07:00

didnt expect to be running alone for the weekend long run at Bkt Aman.... met the brothers Saiful and Abu but they look to be tired and will only be doing 10k.... apparently had a very exhausting Broga ride yesterday with the superstars....

neways didnt feel strong either ..... not many runners today......... manage to reach Petronas in 54:30...... before met the ever strong superstar Zebet at around Plaza Damas area.... scolded him a bit for not being punctual as always....

during the journey back.... started to feel my thighs were tightening up..... however had an uneventful run back and reached in 54:00.... wanted to do a nice negative split but didnt managed to push it as didnt wanna risk cramps....

waited for our superstar for about 20 minutes but he still hadnt come back yet.... since i had another appointment i had to rush off.... apparently having his tea break at Petronas kot... a few more long runs before attempting to do 30k... problem is trying to find someone to it together... should be enough for Desaru if able to complete 30k without problem...

Swim at PADE 12th July 2007

2007-07-12T06:54:00.000-07:00

had a good swim at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan...... suprisingly met Jaja on my side lane... hehe this girl looks damn fit now eh.... secret training it seems..... managed to correct her stroke a bit... (mcm lah power sangat) she was breathing each 4 strokes ( i can only 2 strokes and fit swimmers can do 3 alternate left and right) which seems to me like she is not pulling fully to the back whereby not much gliding...

targeted to do pyramid set 7-6-5-4-3-2-1 and managed to finished it...

my timing was

13:53
12:06
10:03
8:02
6:02
3:55
1:41 (all out wanna die already)

targeted to do sub 2 minutes for 100m but didnt manage to achieved in a few sets... but was feeling good after that.... not much soreness.... Desaru swim here i come.... now to tackle the bike and run in the heat....

2007-07-09T01:08:00.000-07:00

PD Tri Simulation on 8th July 2007.....

woke up early to get ready to go to PD....... already promised Fook that will be at Mobil by 6am... problem is waking up the wife... already grumbling like mad..... had a quick breakfast before reaching there at 715am.... we were the second earliest........ only Ngae was there....... wife grumble again as dont have to wake up so early mah.....

swim was wonderful as the water was calm and salty..... very nice cause u can feel the buoyancy compared to the pool... had to run as the tide was low.... managed to reach the shore in 30 minutes with Adzim just right behind....

long rest to wait for others......... finally we went together in a whole group .... there was one unfortunate incident where Randy (i think thats his name) fell at the corner of the traffic light.... was due to the rubbish truck's leachate overflowing on the road causing his to fall.... gosh imagine that i went through the same route as well.... after following the main peloton for awhile... shit realized that the back tyre was flatty.... came down to have a look luckily i didnt have a flat... continued and Abu Power overtook me.... so chase him down and followed him closely.... after a while dropped him when another group overtook us..... i was feeling the strain as bike was my weakest discipline... didnt know how fast i was going as my Cateye was damaged much earlier....... the route was good as it was rolling up and down.... my gosh i was really suffering during the climb.... Kevin Chan was just crusing along and when its hill time he just went in front so easily.... had to chased him down during the flat to catch him....... finally finished in 1:16.... not too bad considering the first 10 minutes was easy....

quickly went for the run ... suprisingly was feeling quite strong ........ but the heat was really bad.... i was just focussing on the next water station to cool myself down.... Simon was there again as he started late but he just whizz pass me ...... finished strongly in 51 minutes and boy i was glad to finish the run.......

overall it was a good tri simulation and i was totally beaten up in the evening... feeling like a zombie already.... how to do Desaru like this ???

Weekend Long Run

2007-07-01T00:37:00.000-07:00

received text from Azwar inviting to join for long ride in Bagan Lalang and long run in Bukit Aman.... couldnt join the Saturday one so went for Sunday one...

Saturday manage to ride from Bkt Jalil-Subang exit- Bkt Jalil at the Kesas Highway for a measly 23km.... nothing compared to the 90km ride the guys had.... but it was good as i didnt have the time to join them.....

Sunday.... not many turned up .... Bacin as usual, Dicky, Steph and Jamil started the run at 715am.... the host was late again and text Bacin to start first..... started off strongly and reached Petronas at a descent time of 53:45.... nothing to shout about but it was good to have Steph as company as didnt feel tired at all... rested about 3-4 minutes and Coach Bacin ask us to run already.... "Mana boleh rest lama-lama" says Bacin..

off we go.... Jamil was suprisingly fast as he was just tagging us along .... sorry no offence eh Jamil..... then we saw the baboon..... eh walking lah that Azwar.... he looks exhausted... must be the long ride yesterday...Steph was also visibly tired after her long ride yesterday.... so i took the opportunity to drop her at the first hill at Bukit Tunku.... tried to increase the pace but Jamil was still right behind me..... pressure mah..... after a while the gap got bigger and i was also slowing down.... the effect of not having done a long run for so long was taking a toll already.... nevertheless manage to finish strongly in 52:45 with Jamil not far behind.... not too bad....

it was good preparation for PD and also the Adidas run which Fook registered for me... till then happy training guys...

Another Weekend Wedding

2007-07-01T00:15:00.001-07:00

me and Su Ming... nice or not??
toasting ceremony

me singing... ahahah

Last weekend had another wedding dinner on the 24th June 2007.... whose u guess?? mine again la...... it was held in penang and supposed to be wife side.... but actually both the sides in KL and Penang we shared....

had the dinner in Chinese Recreation Club (CRC) , where is it dont ask??? near the polo field... stayed in Aurora Court for 2 nights Sat & Sun... nice place coz they got 2 room apartments with living room that cost only RM160 a night... cool eh...

dinner was nice as it was not as hectic as in KL... didnt have to go yam seng at all tables.... becoz i was free i sung a song, When U Say Nothing At All.... many ppl praised.. made me kembang a bit.... but it was just oklah..... i have to get Simon Cowell to comment only can.... so it the end wasted another weekend for training...

eh wait a minute... forgot to mentioned that i managed to squeeze in 30mins on the trainer at the lousy gym at the apartments.... at least i burned off some calories from the Penang food consumed...

Wedding Dinner

2007-06-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

its been exactly a month since i have blog about anything.... as the title shows have been busy with my wedding dinner last saturday 16th June 2007........ training has been up and down due to work commitments and planning for the dinner.... since this blog is about exercise i will not blog about the dinner........ suffice to say it was ok with no major hiccups....... do you all notice that weddings are for parents??

until Jaja also cannot stand and ask me to update my blog... ahahaha.... sorry lah guys busy.... if u all notice i have already miss out on the Uniten Tri Simulation and the PD Tri Dry Run No.1 .... so basically keeping a low profile.........

will be very happy if i can finish PD Tri in sub 2:45.... started my runs yesterday....... manage to get about 8km plus 10 x 150m (i think so) interval training.... boy i was wasted......... i think i have not cycle for the past month....... dielah........ gotta go to the gym tommorow just to spin my legs a bit.... but will not be able to train this week as will be having my second dinner in Penang....

however am still updated about local tri news due to the constant update by adrian, jaja, faie, zebets, etc, etc, etc... (too many to mention) till then guys happy training...

P/S: in case my triathletes friends are wondering why have i not invited u guys to my wedding dinner is becoz i have confirmed the 'small' hall since last year... therefore i got not enough space for even my close friends as most seats are allocated to my parents and in-laws side.... haiiiiii... what to do....... the dinner is for them wut right??

NB15k

2007-05-20T22:05:00.001-07:00

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.......

2007-05-13T21:57:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-05-08T05:53:00.000-07:00

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)

2007-05-08T05:29:00.000-07:00

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....

Still On Training 28-4

2007-04-28T08:00:00.000-07:00

well the title of the blog is still exercise.... so gotta keep talking about exercising....

nothing interesting has been happening.... still trying to wake up in the morning for my swims... sometimes ponteng when dont have the mood..... manage to do more running this week ... about 30km not counting this sunday's SBR.... the highlights was yesterday hill run at Kiara... manage to meet up this super fast veteran runner, Daniel.... managed to do 2 laps on the hill..... only manage to follow his pace for the first lap but i was like dying already.... didnt change my watch battery yet so didnt actually timed the run... but the second lap was a disaster already..... from the first small climb i was out of breadth.... so what to do gotta slow down lah.....

like all malaysians.... waited for almost the last few days to submit tax returns..... luckily e-filling was damn efficient..... took me about only 30 minutes to complete everything..... thumbs up to IRB..... good job....

managed to buy a new washing machine as the old one already spoilt for a week..... and also a dryer mounted on the washing machine.... brand Electrolux.... price dont need to ask... super expensive.... luckily sponsored by mother in law..... very happy cause was actually trying to save some money to get myself a bike.....

adzim was willing to sell his Newest for RM1500.... very tempting.... told him that i already booked ...... so hopefully this few months will be able to save that money and pay him in full..... then i will have the full gear for triathlon....

cant wait for tommorows SBR though.... gonna be tough and hot.... if it rains in the morning it will be heavenly .... i dont like the heat that much..... feels like an oven in ur body..... till then... cherio...

Malasnya.........

2007-04-19T06:43:00.000-07:00

aduh malasnya.......... nak training.... i guess after the high of A Famosa everything is a bit dull already..... anyway gotta get ready for Bkt merah tri ....

lost the last weekend due to flu.... was too tired to even think of training........ so started again this week....

Monday - Morning swim 1.5k as usual, afternoon rest
Tuesday - Trainer for 30mins - 16.65km PB heheheh...... afternoon wanted to run but rain again
Wed - Ran in the evening at Kuen Cheng area......... my legs were so tired manage to do about 10k in 52 mins.... bad
Thursday - Trainer for 30mins - 16.2km.... tired already....... evening swim - pyramid sets 1.5k plus 200 warm up and warm down.... wanted to do 2 sets but cramping already.....
Friday - hopefully another round of trainer and run at TTDI.... gosh 2 weeks i didnt run there already..... miss the guys there though....

still gotta push harder so that can improve on my timing....... haiiii.... thats the life of a triathlete.... still wanabe though.....

till then... happy training guys.....

A Famosa Pics (Part 2)

2007-04-17T08:01:00.000-07:00

me with fook
finally completed....
with wifey
BACINNNNN!!

with the main gang

Delayed A Famosa Pictures (Part 1)

2007-04-16T06:55:00.000-07:00

Azmar, me and King of Main, Bacin
cool pose before the race
with Faie
Azwar's kid
coming out from swim

Official Results A Famosa OD

2007-04-12T02:55:00.000-07:00

A Famosa Official Results

No. 13 (not bad considering my first time but should drop further if more Singaporeans turn up)
221
Eugene Loong Shih Gin
Malaysian

00:31:59

01:14:29

00:51:23
02:37:51

all the timing is quite correct except the run time... i think they never incorporate the Transition time thats why all lump into the run.... so run timing jadik teruk lah... overall quite satisfied with the timing......

Post Mortem:
Things to do after this
1) Learn to change spare after what happened to Karen.... hehehe didnt i tell u all i still dont know how to change... Adzim has shown me how once so have gotta practise first....
2) Try to improve at least 1-2 minutes for all discipline... can be done cause my fitness level not up to mark yet... this is shown when started cramping during the run leg....
3) keep up the training ...... slacken a bit these few days cause lazy and still feeling tired.... managed to run 13km in 1:01 yesterday though... hehehe
4) transition a bit long cause i see a lot of ppl who came up the water after me was already on the bike...... must think whether to apply sun block during Bkt Merah race... heheheh...

a lot of runs coming up, Orange Run this week , Power Run next week... haiya.... so tempting but will give it a pass.... just train fully for tri and get ready to do better in Bkt Merah.... dont wanna over exert myself.... still feeling the fatigue from the A Famosa race......

A Famosa Race Report

2007-04-09T02:59:00.000-07:00

Jeng jeng jeng....... A Famosa Triathlon...8th April 2007

my first triathlon.......... reach A Famosa with SM in tow at about 415 pm........ was very excited to watch the sprint event that didnt bother to check where the registration is.....

manage to see a few familiar faces; Major K, Nurina, Karen, Shahrom, Adrian even Kimberly at the starting point... after most ppl have come out of the swim, left to the club house to register.... WTF... no T Shirt..... even though lousy but i love getting race T shirt..... more than medals.... T shirt can wear to sleep wut...... medals buat hape......

manage to buy myself a D Soto tri bottom.... black color so that can match my tri top... hehehe must look good mah..... met up with mary and Jaja and with Nurina's pass we went to the bungalow...... very nice...... lepak a bit and went for carbo loading dinner at about 8pm... reached there and lo behold the food was gone....... OMG triathletes really can eat huh... finally manage to wallop some spaghetti and lousy mee hoon....... aiya somemore have to pay RM20 for SM... better makan luar je......

Race Day :

2:38

U heard it right..... unofficial time though.......

My timing should be:

Swim : 32 mins
T1 : 3 mins
Bike : 1 hr 14mins
T2 : 2 mins
Run : 47 mins

Not bad for a first timer eh....... targeted to do 2:50 so i was generally happy but swim a bit longer at 1700m, bike shorter at about 38km and run also shorter at 9km...

swim started around 8am.... it was total chaos at the start... everyone was paddling at each other... i was also paddling furiously (grabbing actually or groping hehehe) ... i was also bad at navigating.... starting to swerve from left to right... didnt help that we were suppose to do 2 loops around 2 small islands... pening siot..... somemore with the sun coming up and shining on the face...... not an easy swim.... almost finishing met Edwin and asks him whether is this the finish.... he was just goofing around ... so quickly i went up..... the announcer annouce my name and suddenly my ooomp returned..... started to jog up the ramp.... but 32 mins...... that was slow...

reach the transition area, started to change to my bike shoes and put up some sun block on my face ...... no time for body though...... quickly mounted up the bike and started off..... Mon was fast during the T1 as he didnt even have to change shoes... his shoes was clip on the bike already..... thought of following him but he was still busy adjusting his shoes so i left......... about 1km though Carmen overtook me..... was happy as i thought i could draft her... then my cycling legs returned... she was too slow for me........ overtake lah apa lagi....... manage to overtake many cyclist...... feeling proud of myself already....... my training on the trainer is paying dividends... finishing i saw Jeremy....... what IM Jeremy slowing down?? must be an off day for him lah....... reached T2 in 1:50..... there was a girl in the area asking me to speed up and congratulating me on my timing.... so nice....... couldnt see her after that......

quickly change to my running shoes...... i was still in a blur .... dont know which way to run...... the sun was coming up and blaring on us...... but compare to Uniten... this is still peanuts....... drink at every water station like crazy....... half way met up with Azahar...... told me got chest pain....... but blardy hell my legs were cramping...... guess i forgot to train running as was too busy to put up mileage on biking...... nothing spectacular but before finishing manage to muster my energy to turbo and overtake one veteran fellow........ finish 3 powergels ....... stamina wise i was still ok but my legs were feeling weak..... gotta run more next time.......

another new triathlete is born on 8th April 2007

photos to be posted later.......

A Famosa Tri

2007-04-04T21:26:00.000-07:00

this sunday is the race........

feeling a bit nervous as its my first race in triathlon..... 1.5km swim, 40km bike and 10km run.... initial target was to do sub 3hrs.......... swim in 30mins, bike in 1:30 and run in 55mins..... transition 5 mins.........

after some training on the bike....... hehehehe ........ trainer actually ....... starting to think that i can actually clock better times........ wanted to do straight 40km on trainer but couldnt find the time do it........... manage to only clock 25km in 45mins....... should be good huh....... if i do an average of another 30km/h for next 15km i should be able to reach in 1:15....... but no point to go that fast as my legs would be too tired to run later on....... but to finish in 1:20 should be reasonable........ so target revised to 2:50.........

neways no expectations as its still my first race........ so will just go out and enjoy the race and hopefully meet my target of 2:50.......

training has been irregular as had to juggle work and family commitments..... last weekend didnt train at all as went back to Penang to in laws place for prayers and to confirm some dinner details........ wanted to come home earlier to at least do some cycling but the damn PLUS highway is jam packed due to heavy traffic and road widening works....... reach home also about 10pm....... where got energy to cycle anymore??

Monday - was back with vengeance ....... cycle on trainer for 25km..... afternoon went to gym to lift some weights...... must not forget gym so long..... after my muscles lembik how??

Tuesday - wrong move going to the gym....... felt so lethargic........ manage to swim 1.5km in 29 mins though...... very bad cause its only a 25m pool and i normally do 27 to 28 mins only..... afternoon lagi teruk cause heavy downpour destroyed my running plans at TTDI.....

Wednesday - morning rest cause got lots of work in the office........ luckily evening manage to run about 9.5km in 49 mins....... but legs were heavy and i believe it was the effect of doing squats on monday.....

Today - cycle again for about 30 mins only..... got about 16.3km....... dont wanna risk doing too much........ tapering already mah...... evening plan to some swim ...... nothing ambitious though..

Friday plan - easy cycle in the morning and run in the evening

Sat plan - easy ride on the real bike to just get the feel of the bike again..... afternoon yeehahhhh leaving for A Famosa.......

Sun - Race day....... good luck to me huh.....

Tri Simulation at Uniten 25-03-07

2007-03-26T01:57:00.000-07:00

The crazy group (From left Faie, Abu, Saiful, me, Azwar & Fairuz)

me applying sun block..... Azwar said only pussy cats do that..... takut hitam mah...

was excited cause my first time trying out swim-bike and run.......

woke up very early at 630 am cause wanna make sure i got all the stuff needed for the simulation....... penatlah banyak sangat barang..... last time if swim just bring trunks and goggles, if bike, bring bike, helmet, shoes, etc... and if run, running shoes and attire........ now i gotta bring all of it.......

reach Uniten at about 8am..... everyone was there as promised....... Azwar (IM), Jaja, Faie, Abu, Saiful and Fairuz (last 3 just met)......... but still cannot go in as pool only opens at 830 am... so just sembang sembang first......

for swim at Uniten pool, we did interval training of up to 1.5k...... was good as faie manage to swim non stop for 1.5k for the first time...... jaja was also happy that she felt some pressure to speed up...

after that was bike around Bangi area (Azwar's teritory)..... getting ready was a hassle as still have to get the bike out of the car.... manage to clock about 33-34km but the route was hilly........ certain stretch only though......... good training...... the hot sun was killing us already......

last but not least the run in Uniten......... we started at 12pm..... can u believe it ?? the hot sun was blaring on us...... legs were still going strong but felt really hot inside..... like the engine going to explode... manage barely 4.5km.... (wanted to do at least 5km) ...........

was a really good simulation and didnt felt as hard as we didnt push ...... but the weather was really hot and i did feel unconfortable for the rest of the day...........

KLIM 18 March 2007

2007-03-22T00:11:00.000-07:00

revenge kepala hotak kao........

had a good rest on Saturday....... only some short swimming about 20 mins in the morning... i felt lethargic though the whole day...... have been a hard week........ not only training but working as well...... had dinner with Kenny (close buddy whom i got into 10k tommorow) early and went back and slept by 10pm....... suprisingly didnt find it hard to sleep as normally i will think alot before any races......

manage to wake up at 5am... had my white coffee and powerbar before leaving at 530 am...... didnt have any idea where to park so just drove straight into Dataran...... shit all the roads area close........ have to make one big round before coming into Masjid Jamek.....luckily got some parking space nearby....

as i was walking towards the starting line..... some officials have already asked us to go faster as it was about to start....... but i still thought the starting was at 630 am......... so still relax ..... reached there still got time to pee........ was very suprised as there was no queue..... wah very good ah...... when i reach the starting line baru kelam kabut........ cilakak...... started about 6 mins ago....... so without warmup i simply attached the chip and started my run......

after a few minutes managed to catch one fat runner who was panting like hell...... fuuhhhh... what a relief....... finally caught up with Azman, Mary, Jaja and Khairul........ one by one managed to pass Karen, Wendy and some other ppl as well........

wanted to clock under 1:45 but when reached the 10k mark was already 54 mins... shit sure cannot do it already....... furthermore body dont feel strong at all and was merely crusing along.... finally after bukit bintang can see the finishing line already...... thinking that still can make 1:45... started to sprint ....... then another mistake... we are suppose to do 2 laps.......... so gotta pusing again....... taht time semangat already low....... finally finished........
Finishing time : 2:01
Chip Time : 1:54

not too bad but not good either....... guess there would be many more half marathon to come... didnt had time to take pictures as was rushing for another appointment..... love the timing chip though.......... very accurate and nice to hear the bip sound..........

Tunnel Pics

2007-03-21T23:53:00.000-07:00

Only got one with our marathoner Fook..... other pics dont seem to come out......... lazy to upload already..........

enjoy some belated pics....... suffering at the Tunnel Run........

SMART Tunnel Run

2007-03-11T20:31:00.000-07:00

wasn't very excited with the tunnel run cause A Famosa Tri is coming up......

was still thinking whether to do OD - Olympic Distance or just the sprint........ but sprint is a bit short lah ........ no kick..... therefore have decided to do OD....... but then worse discipline was cycling.... how not to be the worse when practically have no training for the last 2 months..... just concentrate on swim and running nia........ die lah like this....... cycle 40km is not easy mah....... but have been working hard on the trainer since the last 2 weeks...... hehehe just 2 sessions of 1 hr each....... managed to get an average of 25km following program 1....... but it was really tough as i could hardly walk after that..... so how to run......??? anyway after KLIM will concentrate more on bike and doing some brick work....... that is to simulate bike then run immediately...... but just intend to finish only........ no need to put so much pressure on myself..

coming back to Tunnel Run.......... wah was not feeling strong at all.......... slept about 5 hrs before getting up and reaching the car park at about 645 am....... a lot of ppl were there already....... managed to meet up with Khairul, Jaja, Faie, Wendy, Mary, Bacin, FGump, Azmar, etc... before flag off....... it was late and there were so many ppl in my category..... just after the flag off had to pee......... thought of holding on for the rest of the race but decided agaisnt it....... somemore there were so many ppl peeing by the side of the road just in front of the traffic police....... so what the heck....... just pee only lah........ wasted about 21/2 minute just starting from the flag off and peeing........ the run in the tunnel was bad...... the air was smelly and it was like an oven...... even though they had big fans but only at certain areas........

we were lucky in the sense that there was still plenty of water for us........ those who started later suffered as they ran out of water........ bad planning ........ my pia spirit was still strong and about to finish manage to sayur 3 runners and barely got a medal........ after a while the official started to annouce last 10 medals........... so i didnt finish that well lah 1:12 for about 14km race..... damn bloody slow weh......... but what to do....... u cant be strong all the time...... guess i havent been running a lot and the cycling yesterday has taken the toll on me...

next week........ revenge in KLIM............

CNY Holidays

2007-03-04T20:12:00.000-08:00

yep CNY is back... dont seem to have the mood though... MALAS........

went back to Langkawi on 17th Feb morning... OMG 5am already jam teruk.... dont know waht time to arrive..... reach the first pit stop at Tg. Malim at about 7am.... the queue at the toilets was just as bad..... just went to some covered area to do my business.... no time to queue already... after that stretch traffic came back to normal and manage to reach Alor Setar by 1230pm.... bought the 330 pm ticket cause earlier ones was full.... finally reach Langkawi at 5pm..........

it was still the same like the past years except that Grandma was no longer here.. ... so we cannot actually celebrate cause we are suppose to be mourning.... parents left for Penang the next day while me and sis stayed back just to lepak around.... as usual had my run training in Langkawi... found the LISRAM hill... damn steep man.... very good hillwork training for 2 days... met up with a Malay runner who is also doing KLIM ..... cant really remember his name though...

came back on Friday as gotta to catch up some work... so had to miss the IM race on saturday... neways met up with the gang Zim, Azwar, Azhar,etc. just to chat up..... saw some really nice bikes though...

didnt train much as i was physically tired all week... dont know why...... hope to continue back after the SMART Tunnel run and KLIM....... A Famosa is coming up... yahoo... my first OD triathlon..... wish me luck yeah...

Latest Pictures from Tey (Circuit Run No.2)

2007-02-14T21:29:00.000-08:00

That's me trying to look really cool and calm
Thats me showing that i am really strong
Thats me again .... everything ok

G316 chick...... see told u Kenny that got nice girls running (SM dont be jealous ok .... watching and admiring nia.....)

Latest news is one loop is 2.65km.... so i did 21.2 km in 1:48 ......... not bad considering i have to avoid so many ppl........ average 5:05 per km..... not bad .... gotta bring it down to sub 5 so that can achieve 1:40 during the KLIM 07... ...

P/S : Dont worry Kenny its only 10km.... better start training....

Tongue wagging

2007-02-11T19:47:00.000-08:00

Picture taken from Faie

After the 8 laps run for KLIM Circuit Run No.2 at Tasik Titiwangsa...............

KLIM Circuit Run No.2

2007-02-11T19:33:00.000-08:00

Didnt had much training over the week but still manage to have some good workout ...... here it goes...

Tuesday - tried to make for my normal run at Kiara but only reached there at about 7pm.... so had to rush my run and come back as SM already complaining not feeling well...

Wednesday - even though a bit tired still went to gym for an hour workout..... need to maintain my phsique mah........

Thursday - my normal swim at PADE with Gerry........ manage 5 x 200m + 2000m ....... was a good workout ........ manage 41:30 for 2000m.... still a long way from my target of sub 2:00 for 100m

Friday - was really good as the weather was cool........ was worried as it started to rain but it stop when about to reach Kiara...... in the end got 4 small loops.... almost eq. to 13km for 1:08..... but knees was wobbly after that....

Saturday - didnt want to stress myself that much so just had a slow spin on trainer for 30mins in the morning..... then Kenny came and we went for another round of slow spin where i manage a distance of 15km in 32 mins... then makan time........... buffet at some Japanese style steamboat........ very nice cause everyone got their own bowl of soup and its only RM15 per person....... the fried chicken was wonderful and the aiskrim delicious....... we were joking that the owner will banned us from coming if we take another round of fried chicken..... finished the dinner at about 10pm.......... damn full...... luckily still able to sleep soundly by 12am...

Sunday - KLIM Circuit run at Tasik Titiwangsa......... manage to reach there at 615am.... called up Kenny but he was already suffering from too much gym yesterday.......... ahahaha........... registered and got my bibs.... chat with Adzim, Azwar, Faie, Tey, Faie and some others before starting of run...... it was a 1.5 hrs run for half marathoners and each lap at 2.5km........ manage 8 laps in a time of 1:47... tried to get 6 laps under 1:30 but didnt wanna push it as it was only a practise run..... furthermore when i finished the fifth lap the FTAAA marshall was saying only 10 mins left... so demoralizing already....... cause if i wanna do 10mins for 2.5km... i have to pia like shit..... suprisingly i didnt struggle that much but i couldnt cope with an indian runner in front of me..... others who stayed close earlier on i manage to potong sayur later............ balik tidur lah.... apa lagi.........

Lazy to blog

2007-02-07T21:45:00.000-08:00

maybe because there is not much to look forward to for the past 2 weeks i didnt find the urge to blog .......

anyway SM finally reported to work to Bank of Tokyo this week and she look excited to start new.... after 3 days she came down sick with minor flu and fever... luckily after some rest she felt better and didnt have to take MC... not nice to take MC on your first week of work right??

training wise has been quite a bore..... trying hard to keep to the schedule but there is always something creeping up that disturb the plan... just like last Tuesday.... wanted to leave early for running at Kiara.... but due to work left office only at 615pm.... reaching there also 645pm.... furthermore got another appointment at 9pm... so what to do... just did a quick 7km (i think) in 32 mins and sped off.....

been swimming more in the morning though as gotta wake up earlier to fetch SM to the LRT... manage to complete 1500m each time in less than 29 mins.... but cycling is bad.... didnt ride my bike for the past month already........ aduh... how to race in triathlon???? cycling stage is going to kill me and is suppose to be the longest stage..... see what i can do....

have been asked by Francis, VP of Pacesetters to set up a group in Bkt Jalil.... have promised him that i can help on Sundays.... so we will see after this how things come up... should be interesting though... can meet new friends and encourage them to start running...

till then.... KLIM Circuit No.2 at titiwangsa.....

Recovery Week

2007-01-29T00:16:00.000-08:00

Guess after the euphoria of GE20k... my body was very tired and slow to respond to further training......... a summary of the week goes like this:-

Monday - Swim 800m easy morning........ afternoon too lazy to run...
Tuesday - wanted to go for easy run... but then met up with Hashim, Jeremy and Asri... teruknya had to run a new route about 13km ......... was totally exhausted as it was dry and hot ... felt so dehydrated........
Wednesday - felt a bit better so went to gym....... did some supersets include dead lift
Thursday - swim as usual with Gerry........ PADE closed so went to Matshushita...... manage only 1800m ......... as pool closes at 720pm
Friday - run at kiara........ arrive late so just went easy 4 loops.......
Sat - should be long run at Titiwangsa........ but sakit perut and i feel soooooo lethargic.... continued to sleep....... afternoon squash.... tired beb......... wanted to sleep at 930pm just after delicious Puchong yong tau foo...
Sun - medium run 5k ++

Total run mileage was about only +/- 25km........ what to do... recovery week mah.......
Pledge to do better next week....... but alamak gottta picture and thaipusam on thursday...... hentam only lah.....

GE 20k Conquered

2007-01-22T00:02:00.000-08:00

Not sure why but was a bit excited about the run cause its the first time doing above 10k... neways i have prepared enough and its just the timing which i hope to achieve..... was telling everyone 1:45 to 1:50 ..... sure i would achieve it...

Didnt have a good night sleep as had some beer the night before.... was good as Liverpool thrashed Chelsea 2-0....... wanted to sleep at 11pm just after the match... but was turning around in bed and had to wake up about 3 times just to pee..... then the alarm clocked rang at 4.45am.... got ready in about half an hour and went down.... but OMG .... perut sakit again.... had to pit stop at the swimming toilet to lepas again.... luckily not during the run...

Upon reaching the boathouse (the starting line) i heard the gun went off.... signalling the starting of 30km at 6am sharp.... queue up abit at the toilet and went to the starting line.... met up with Wendy, Jaja, Khairul, Azman, and suprisingly Mon (triahthele i met at Chin Woo Biathlon) , Daniel (veteran runner at Kiara, damn fast).... chat a bit and got ready at the starting line.... was a bit kiasu so went in front .... dont want to waste precious seconds waiting for the jam at the starting point....

Sharp at 630am the gun was let off..... everyone was sprinting like mad.... we were running like 30 minutes in the dark.... manage to keep to my pace.... some were faster and gotta let them go off.... just followed a small sized lady runner.... God she was good..... upon reaching hartamas she was way infront of me already...... reach the water stop at hartamas at 54mins.... stilll quite good but gotta pick up the pace for me to finish under 1:50.... last 5km was already struggling but still manage to keep the pace... few runners especially 30km fella were overtaking me ...... as the finishing line looms... manage to pick up the pace and overtake one runner before powering through the finish line..... it was a real good run... finish in 1:48 ..... in 36th place.... not bad huh for a first timer doing 20k....

just lepak with the guys and went back home at 1030 am... some runners were only making their way back... hats off to them for the determination to complete the race....

Posing with the group before run, Azrul, Jaja,Khairul,Wendy and me

me and wendy

kao kao finishing turbo

with the gang after finishing.... i look tall huh...

azwar@zebets@monyet

GE 20k Preparation

2007-01-17T22:47:00.000-08:00

GE is this coming sunday already......... getting very excited as this is my first race longer than 10km... almost equivalent to half marathon.........

luckily i have done it a few times and i know the route well....... but just to recap my last training session in hartamas............ as usual i picked up mary just before 7am and reached bkt aman car park by 725am... waiting for jaja for awhile before shooting of at about 745 am....

bacin, jamil, mary and azman went to double hill while me, khairul, faie went for the usual hartamas route........... i started off strong but i could feel the fatigue from yesterday's hill run at kiara....... furhtermore i swam like shit the past 2 days and i could feel that my fuel tank is on high alert....... i was already struggling when reaching Petronas for a break..... met Awea who just finished his rest........ and was quite suprise to find Jess, Awea's gf just reaching a few minutes after.......... boy........ isnt she quick........

reach Petronas in 1hr........ which was way too slow (slowest of them all actually) ....... didnt rest long as Jess was shooting off quickly....... in my mind ....... i must follow her pace.... where can lose to a gal??? wish ful thinking .... i couldnt follow her and there i was running alone (actually panting like hell)......... so i was suprised that i saw her again when i reach the highway to cross over........ chat a bit ........ and we crossed together... wanted to follow her again.... but wrong move.... i am already using my emergency fuel ........ so after the 8km point... i started to walk and run......... and for the final slope (15 minutes) i walk all the way......... that also i was exhausted............ havent felt that way for a long time........... finished in 2:06........ man that was bad............ i really gotta rest and refresh...

neways i have push myself enough last week and this week i just had an easy run on Tuesday with some gym work on Monday..... has a rest yesterday.... and will do a swim with Gerry today... tommorow intend to play squash and some light run on Saturday...... by then i will be ready for GE.............

Grandmother passed away

2007-01-15T21:41:00.000-08:00

has just finished my run and was having my lunch in Sri Petaling when i got the bad news from my dad..... grandma just passed away due to heart failure........(6/1/07).... felt a bit sad but was relieved that at least she didnt suffered much... at the age of 83 it was a good time to go... furthemore she was already quite sickly and didnt have much energy to carry on...

my dad and fourth uncle left almost immediately to Langkawi while the others left with me early the morning on Sunday... reach Langkawi by 3pm.... went back to my grandpa's new bungalow... big and nice .... but it has been raining non stop and was quite afraid that my car which was parked in Kuala kedah would be flooded....

did nothing much there but slept, eat and prayed for her.... no point to cry as she will not come back... but i did wanna cry during the sending off ceremony on Wednesday morning.. so many ppl came to pay their last respects...... immediately after funeral rushed back by ferry and reached home by 12pm.... damn tired....

neways dont have much memories of her as i was not close to her.... dont talk much with grandparents and we only visit them once every year during Chinese New year... may she Rest in peace and have a better life somewhere else.... life goes on...

Married ...... pictures

2007-01-03T18:53:00.000-08:00

The RM80 hand bouquet.... some kind of lily i think...
at Maha Vihara site....
special effects taken by Wai Marn... special thanks to her...

As promised these are the few pictures which SM provided and approved to be on my blog... hehehe....

Married....

2007-01-02T23:40:00.000-08:00

30th December 2006.... a date to remember ... this is when i lost my bachelorhood.... (is there a word for it) ... it happened so fast that its been quite a blur since then...

The time for registration is at 130pm at Maha Vihara temple in Brickfields..... SM's mother (Mother in Law - MIL) and brothers came down from Penang on Friday night to witness our historic event.... didnt have the time for Hartamas run (if i did my ears would be missing already) haha... so went for a short swim.. just 1500m nia.. nothing fancy.... by the time i got back home MIL was up already..... hahah and she complained that i should have waken SM up and ask her to swim as well.......... what to do have to say next time loh....

First mission : to collect her hand bouquet in Petaling Street .... cost me RM80.... wa lau leh.... RM80 for one lousy hand bouquet.... cinya sakit hati... but anyway its once in a life time and the bouquet was really nice .... so actually worth it lah....

Second mission : to pick up our photographer Wai Marn and send them for SM's make up session in Tmn Desa.... went back home to pick up the family and pick them up again after the make up.... aduh..... reached about 1215 pm and they were still not ready..... finished at about 1245pm... was very agitated already as get very close to the registration time.....

manage to reach Maha Vihara at about 105pm.... there was already many familiar faces there.... friends and family members lah.... too many to name but thanks for all who came.... and also ok for those who tried but couldnt make it.... went up to the second floor and met up with the registrar..... thought 5 mins would be enough but it went on to about half an hour... didnt expect that the registrar got so many things to say..... hilarous at times...

finally sign the certificate and went down for blessings from monk..... then last but not least... photographs session.......... Kenny commented that there were so many san fans like never taken picture before.... hehehehe..... dont wanna name names.... not nice hoh.... finished about 230 pm and went for lunch at Sri Paandi for banana leaf rice..... reach back home in Bkt Jalil at about 430pm....

Manage to take a short nap before proceeding for family dinner at Overseas Restaurant.... have booked to tables there courtesy of SM and the dinner was good..... standard lah... a few Chinese dishes but it was good as the family was there for some bonding.... what a hectic day.....

will post the picture later....

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

2006-12-25T19:49:00.000-08:00

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

2006-12-18T01:08:00.000-08:00

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.....
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....
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...
Slept early on saturday (1030pm) after watching Liverpool humiliate Charlton 3-0.... very happy loh and terus hilang ....
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....
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...
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

2006-11-28T23:36:00.000-08:00

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

2006-11-27T20:49:00.000-08:00

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

2006-11-27T20:47:00.000-08:00

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...