Muka penuh emosi (Courtesy of Mr Tey)

Bersama geng2 Slowmovers

Hari ni hari yg baik utk berlari. Mood quite ok. Training pon ok. Almost ready.
Pagi tu sampai di Tmn Rimba Kiara pukul 6am. Jalan2 sekeliling tu cari member opis aku, Jamil & Syarif yg masuk kategori 6km. Mana ler diorang ni, tak dtg ker hapa.

Hampa dgn pencarian, aku terus pegi warming-up. Stretching & lari 2-3 pusingan kat taman tu. Dah berpeluh & puas ati, terus pegi ke tempat larian bermula. Ramai juga yg masuk kali ni.

Sementara menunggu larian bermula, terjumpa Chan & Jaya. Tak lama lepas tu muncul kakak & abg ipar aku.

Dlm kul 7:20am. larian pon bermula.

Dari mula cuba maintain pace. Tp bila masuk jer area golf tu, naik bukit, aku slowkan pace…. nak conserve energy. Lepas tu turun bukit sejauh 1km++.. best gak.. gliding jer.

Terkejut aku tgk satu group Kenya patah balik. Aik… apsal diorang ni, salah jalan ker, disqualified ker? Kenapa tak terus ke tunnel?

Pastu mula laaa aku nampak pelari2 lain patah balik. Hmm.. baru ler aku paham. Maybe tunnel tak bleh lalu. So maybe kene lari 2 loop kat sini utk lengkapkan 12km. Papehal, aku kene ready for the next loop.

Masa patah balik ke rimba kiara, aku berselisih ngan Jamil. “Good bro! Keep your pace!” Dia berteriak kat aku.

1st loop takde masalah. Sedikit sebanyak, training swimming aku membantu jugak aku improvekan teknik pernafasan aku.

2nd loop pace makin slow. Tp aku cuba push jugak.

Depan aku ada 2 org brader. Peramah betul diorang ni. Hampir semua org diorang kenal diorang tegur. Tersengih jer aku kat belakang. Unofficially, diorang jadi pacesetter aku. Bagus jugak aku follow diorang ni. Mmg pace diorang aku bleh ikut. Tp push sket aaa… Jgn pengsan sudah.

Aku berjaya habis dlm masa 1:08. Kira bagus lah timing tu. Improve a lot!

Sampai2, beratur amik medal & goodies, serah championchip, cari air minum.

Aku jumpa ngan Mej Kalam & family. 1st time borak ngan dia. Nice & humble person. Aku cerita hasrat aku nak start triathlon tawun depan. Dia ajak aku join cycling kat Putrajaya every Friday nite. Insyaallah.

Borak2 ngan geng2 Slowmovers & balik.

Sekian report.

Running in Chin Woo Biathlon 2008

Pagi tu mendung & sejuk sbb hujan renyai2 malam tadi. Sampai di Stadium Chin Woo, jumpa Alang & Along. Diorang sampai dulu. Alang bagitau, Mr Lesther called last nite, bleh muat lagi sorang. So Alang decided to take part.

We went straight to the pool. Registered ourselves. Get them to write our number on our body. Rasa mcm masuk triathlon plak. Tak sabar nak start my 1st tri next year.

The race will be ran 4 waves. I’m in the 4th wave(the last wave) & Alang in 3rd wave. The race started with 1st wave, the junior categories. Lots of cute kids took part. I was surprise, they’re very good & confident in swimming. Some are doing freestyle, and some doing breast stroke.

Kene tunggu setiap wave habis, barulah bleh start the next wave. Tunggu punya tunggu, akhirnya wave Alang pun tiba. Alang start slowly, breast stroke. While waiting for Alang’s wave to finish, I’m preparing all my transition stuff. Towel, running shoes, race belt & running necklace.

Put all my stuff at my swimming lane, and started jump into the water. Terkejut sbb my lane was the deepest part of the pool. Ahhh.. lantak. Tak kisah nyer. Cuma satu masalah, the pool floor takde lane markings. So susah nak swim straight nnti. Takut berlanggar dgn org satu lane. Done 100m of warm-up swim.

The race started. I swim slow & steady but maintain my pace till the end. Peserta beside me laju. He lead me about 100m camtu. Sebelum final lap, the time keeper knocked my head with the kickboard & shouted “Final lap!!!”. I swim faster. Wanna finish the swim fast, cos getting bored already.

Finished the swim, climbed up the pool, lap muka sket, wore my shoes, my necklace, drank some 100plus(thanks Along) & wore the race belt. Started the run slowly cos still have the dizzy feeling. “Mabuk air”.

Selepas 200m, the dizzy dah hilang. I have to do 3 loops of running, to make it 7km. Lotsa hill climb. But the feeling that morning was good. Maybe the weather was not hot & my tri-suit was still wet, made me comfortable during my run.

The 1st lap was good. Took my 1st band, & continue my 2nd lap. 2nd lap went very good. Manage to overtook some runners. Met Alang while doing his last lap. Took my 2nd band and continue to my last lap. Managed to maintain my pace from the start of the run. Managed to do a non-stop running also. Grabbed my 3rd band and headed back to Chin Woo. Try to sprint during the steep hill-climb at the Chin Woo, but can’t do it. Just maintain my pace. Finished the race in 1:02. 18 mins behind my target time (1:20).

That’s all for now.

Ni 1st time aku pegi situ. Sampai sana pukul 8pm sebab jalan jem giler org nak balik kg Raya Haji agak nyer. Bayaran masuk RM3. Lepas tukar pakaian, aku terus ke pool. Tengok tak ramai org. Bagus nih. Tak ler berlaga2 berebut lane. Memang betul kata bro Zulhassan, lampu floodlight kat situ malap je. Tak terang sgt. Tp takpe laa. Still bleh swim.

Ari tu pon aku try goggle yg baru aku beli. Brand View, kaler kuning. Terang benderang view aku. Best sehhh.. Selesa.

Warm up about 200m of swimming. Lepas tu swim about 600m lagi. Nak swim lama lagi tak sempat sbb aku pon sampai lambat. Dah nak close. So dpt ler aku swim dlm 25min jer. Tp puas ati gak aa dpt swim mlm tu. Next time bleh pegi lagi swim situ.

Sekian. Laporan training kali ni.

Training details,
Date : 29 November 2008 (Saturday)
Time : 9am
Venue : Kemensah Villa swimming pool & Taman Melawati.

Memandangkan aku still dlm recovery period after the agonizing Penang Bridge International Marathon, today’s tri training aku tak buat running. Play safe. Kang tak pasal2 sakit balik lutut & ankle aku ni. So aku start lambat sket sbb pihak maintenance cuci kolam awal pagi tu.

Swim course : 25min (1.05km)
Bike course : 1:11 hr (24km)

Cuaca agak baik. Tak panas terik. Hopefully next time aku bleh improve lagi.

Sekian laporan cuaca.