I went there car pool with 3 other triathlete friends, Zulhassan, Azmar & Hancik. Zulhassan picked me at behind zoo negara, Azmar @ Ampang, and Hancik @ Seremban.

Fetching Hancik at Muzium Budaya, Seremban

We used the new route, the Senai(U) – Desaru expressway, that directed us straight to Desaru, faster & easier than the old road. Not quite sure abt the tol charges though.

You'll encounter this tall pillar of a long bridge when u use the new Senai(U) - Desaru expressway

Reached Lotus Resort at 2.30, collected race kits, did some shopping. Pretty good price they got there. Can get a trisuit at RM150, Fizik Tri saddle at RM200!

Our room, got stairs leading to the bedroom upside

The spacious living hall, easily can share up to 6 person comfortably to save budget Worth the RM200/nite price

A view from upstairs

Then checked in & had some rest & quick nap. At 5pm we went to the beach to do a swim test. The weather was good, but the water was choppy, felt dizzy while swimming on it. We hope tomorrow condition will be better.

Race briefing at 6pm & right after that we had dinner at Medan Selera Bandar Sri Penawar. Surprised with the cheap price tag there! Chicken chop, fish & chip & oblong burger RM5 each & a decent taste.

Race day

Swim

To kick start what is gonna be a long day today, i did a short warm-up swim. The water were less choppy than yesterday, but last year far more calm. In Desaru long distance Tri, we have to do 2 loop of swim, 2km in total.

The race started at sharp 8.30am. My usual strategy was to start at the back to avoid the chaotic kick & punch swim.

Start the swim slowly. Suddenly water become more choppy. The sea water here are clear. You can even see the sea floor, sea weeds, corals & fish if u r lucky enuff.

The choppy water made me dizzy but get used to it. Clocked 55mins for the 2km swim, wow, better timing than last year.

After the 2km swim, look serious yawww!!! - Photo by unknown photog

Bike

Hopping on the bike, i’m still catching breath from the 2k swim. Couldn’t spin fast, so i started with fast cadence in low gear.

This year’s bike part has a different route from last year. Doing 2 loops, 46km each. Lotsa hill for the first half before u turn.

Got 4 road kills! 1st 2 small wild boar side road, 3rd one a bigger wild boar on the middle of the road, then a pity small kitty, i think newly got hit by vehicle.. huhuh.. i haz sadding

The 2nd half is flat all the way before u turn. Yes its flat, seems easy, but its windy with headwind pushing me back, urghhhh…

The view was spectacular, paddy field on both side, and its hot, no tree, no shade at all, except a row of rhu trees(that’s where desaru got it’s name i think), abt 100m long thats all.

Saw the top of the mosque, yeah, thats where the u turn is.

Changed my empty water bottle with the full one, the black power bar bottle, with cold ice water.

Approaching 1st loop in bike - photo by unknown photog

Killing my boredom on the bike, i did bring my old SQNY Ericsson on the bike, playing my fav playlist loud on speaker it was loud that a friend told me he heard my music as he passed by me on the other side.

2nd loop, not much to tell, just the same route, but the day getting hotter. Completed the bike course, in 4hrs 10min!!! WTFBBQ!!!

Run

When i started running, its already 1.30pm.. just imagine the heat.. only crazy people like us do this LOL!

It started with running on sands, hot & soft sands, but i just walk on it, still recovering from the tiring bike ride.

Walked pass the power bar station, they gave me a slice of powerbar, just can take a small bite only.

The u-turn point a bit farther this time, near the end of the road.

Managed to catch-up with Zul Hassan. He thought of to quit the race, cant take it anymore. But I kept trying on encouraging him for not to go DNF. We came this far, at least we proud to at least be a finisher.

But later he asked me to continue my run n leave him sitting by the road there.

A while after doing the U-turn on the 2nd loop, I saw Zul Hassan running slowly. Felt happy seeing him continuing his run & applauded him for his strong determination!

Met with Uncle Chan, the race director at a water station near the resort while he was checking out & giving support for the remaining triathletes who is still running. Thanks uncle Chan for his dedication!

Finally, my long day has ended. I reached finish line, clocking 8:37.

I heard that many competitors DNF that day.

Thanks to my friends for making this trip possible & fun! As for now, i might not be doing it again next year the agony is enuf for now, hahhaha or maybe I can do the relay tri next year, who knows!

That’s the end of my belated very longggggg delayed Desaru Triathlon report

Woke up early to watch the Sprint Race Tri category the next morning

An age grouper winner got dehydrated badly. Lucky he did recover, thanks to the medics quick reaction

Date: 24 July 2011
Venue: Avillion Admiral Cove, Port Dickson.

I went there without booking any lodging. I just go and gamble. Luckily got a place available to stay, and it’s quite cheap. PD Marina World. I used to stay here when i first did my PD tri 2 years ago (2009). RM100/nite, it’s a 1 room apartment, with kitchen area, fridge, living room with sofa bed & TV, a bathroom & a bedroom. Good deal is it. The place quite scary, tall building apartment but look like not well maintained & abandoned. But hey, waddaheck, just wanna stay there for the race only. LOL

The total participants seemed to grow bigger this year. This is a good sign, would love to see the local triathlon scene getting bigger & bigger, it will be a well recognized sport in Malaysia, and more events a year, hopefully.

1.5km Swim

This year swim a bit different from last 2 years of my participation here. The tide is low this time, the shallow part is long from the starting point, so we have to run & wade through the shallow water about 200m then only can swim. But i decided to wade it slowly to save my energy. The water was so murky, with almost 1m of visibility. Cant see clearly other swimmers in front or beside. If the water are clearer, i can see swimmers around me and avoid them. I got hit, pulled, kicked several times.

Low tide, have to run farther only can start swimming (pic from Oren Man)

Upon approaching the first buoy, as expected, bottleneck happened. A swimmer swam over me, small amount of sea water got into my mouth & i got panicked for a while! Damn!.. Well, this is triathlon, u cant avoid this kind of chaos while swimming with hundreds of swimmers. That why they release the swim part by wave to avoid chaos.

The water was calm, just little underwater current that i can barely feel.

My 1.5km swim done in 35mins!

Wading towards the beach, after the 1.5km swim (photo by Saza Studio)

40km Bike

I have no problem with T1 (swim-bike transition). Started slow with the bike as my heart rate still very high, breathing hard. So i took it slowly, dont wanna push myself too hard. Cycling is my weakest part, and i didnt do much training also… hehehe So i just ‘layan’ with my own pace.

‘Layan’ and ‘layan’, until reaching KM 27, i feel my bike a bit heavy. Looked down at my rear tire, arghhhh.. it’s flat!!! Have to find a safe place to stop to have a look at it. Found out it almost no air in it. Dont wanna change the tube as it’s just not far away from the T2. So i just pumped in the air just enough for me to bring it home. Riding anxiously, constantly monitoring my rear tire, not a good feeling though :p my first flat during a race

Alhamdulillah made it back to the transition. Clocked 1:30 for the bike course.

40km of cycling done! Next, 10km run (photo by Ryzal)

10km Run

Running started (photo by Kadok)

The running route was a bit interesting this year, but more difficult. 4.5km of running on the soft beach sands!!! That maybe good for the legs, but not good for a smooth run. Soft sand will make ur feet fumble & sink a lot.

Uncle Chan (organizer) chose this route as required by the co-organizer, Tourism Malaysia to promote tourism on PD. Although it’s hard, the route is very scenic & enjoyable! Didnt know PD still got a nice place to see & visit

The new beach side route is not my complain actually. The only complain was, there was 2 water stations ran out of water. This is a big turn off for the run. Never happened before in Uncle Chan organized events. Hope they aware of this & will improve next time, k

Only 1km to the finishing line (photo by Ah Tey)

Finished the run in 1hr sharp. My official total timing was 03:07:49! (source: TriathlonMalaysia.com)

My official timing result

Happy & joy! 6 triathlon done! (photo by Fira)

Can't describe the feeling after completing a triathlon (photo by Fira)

PB or not?

By looking at the official timing, yes it was a PB for me. But i felt that the run course was under-distanced! Some said it was 8.4km or something. Well, whatever the outcome was, i managed to finish it in one piece. Alhamdulillah! Another triathlon added in my history that make it 6 triathlons done!

Sabri, a Chap Ayam friend. He was in relay category, congrats to his team! (photo by Ruby)

Ruby, Sabri's team mate. Congrats! (photo by Ruby)

Next triathlon will be Desaru Long Distance International Triathlon on September. No more under trained after this LOL

A gold medal for me, finally... LOL

This is my opening triathlon race for the 2011 season. Kenyir was the place where I started my 1st triathlon last 2 years. So here I am again doing triathlon here. The famous Kenyir triathlon’s tag line : “Malaysia’s toughest triathlon race”.

Breakfast stop at Gambang RnR on the way to Kenyir (photo by Julie)

Went there by car pool in Julie’s car, Hancik (Rusfarizal) on Saturday(9/4/2011) 5.30am. Arrived at Kenyir Lake Resort & Spa at 11.15am. Checked-in, registered & went for a delicious ikan patin lunch Heavy rain started to pour.

A unique way to do election campaign, somewhere near Ajil, Terengganu

The rain stop for a while in the evening, that’s when we took the chance to try swimming at the swim course. The water was quite warm, and a nice swim we had.

Ready for tomorrow action! Notice my racing number sticker, so hard to stick it neatly

After the dinner & race briefing, we prepared our race essentials for tomorrow morning. And the rain still pouring heavily. Wondering how the weather will be tomorrow morning.

As I wake up tomorrow, it’s still raining. Wow!!! This is gonna be a tough race!

There’s a bit delay on the race start because of the bad weather. Mr. Chan, the race director announced that there’s a stranded lorry, blocking half side of the road on the bike course. Waiting the confirmation from the police whether the road is safe or not, or else, it will be just swim and run only After a while, the police confirmed it safe to cycle there, then the race started at sharp 8.30am, in heavy rain. Yeahhhh!!! This is gonna be an exciting race!

With Jaja & Hancik, while waiting for the race to start (photo by Ah Yim)

The race is about to start. Notice the heavy rain. Everybody are shivering in the cold!

The usual chaos of the swim start

Started with a cold body, fear to get cramp in the water during swimming. but it all went well…
Quite a chaotic swim start as there were lotsa 1st timers. Kick and slap here and there, there’s also a panic women hold my hand tight as she struggle to float, i lead her to the buoy. Finished the swim in about 38mins.

Quenching my thirst after the 1.5km swim (photo by Ah Yim)

I really like the cycling course. It’s a new route this year. Its a rolling course. Except for a one long (about 800m long) steep uphill climb. I managed to crank just 3/4 of the climb, then push the bike laaa the remaining climb Very mental challenging! I loike!!! hahaha …

It was still raining heavily during the bike course. Some part of the road was covered with water and small rocks that are dangerous to the small bike tires. Have to be careful for not to puncture my tires this time.

Clocked about 1 hr 40 mins for the bike course.

The running course also has a slight change this time, and i love it!!! Mentally & physically challenging! Lotsa steep hill climb.
The best part of the running course was we get to run on the road on top of the Kenyir dam. The view from the top was very nice, a beautiful panoramic scene of the man-made lake. Stunning! I wish i had a camera that time…

The finishing line getting closer and closer. Suddenly heard somebody shouted my name, a familiar voice. Its Julie, “Go Fairul go!! Sprint to the finishing line, beat the other two triathlete!” hehehe. I took that challenge. I sprinted to the finishing line, side by side. I win!!! hahaha yeahhh!!! No laa… i won the sprint to the finishing line only

All in all, it was a great triathlon race. Clocked 3hrs 20mins (unofficial timing), probably a new PB for me! A new experience for me, doing a race in heavy rain from the start till the end. Nice experience i must say. The cold weather helps too for not getting too tired.

Alhamdulillah, i survived another triathlon in my life. 6th triathlon done! And Alhamdulillah i managed to overcome the fear to get cramp because of the cold weather.

A view of Lake Kenyir from my room, it's raining heavily

Another view of Lake Kenyir

• I highly recommend the Lake Kenyir Resort & Spa as an accommodation option if u are having holiday here. Nice, spacious & cozy room, big bathroom, nice lake view. For more info, click here>>

• My two other triathlete friends, Julie & Hancik are first time doing Kenyir triathlon. Glad to know that they enjoyed the race so much! They even did their PBs! Congrats guys!!! Extra congratulations to Julie also for the 6th placing in her age group, entitled her cash prize of RM400! Happy to tag along & carpool with them, and be the unofficial tour guide for them.. hehehe

• A friend of us, Ajis has DNFed the triathlon. He got panicked during early stage of the swim. He was pushed, kicked & swam over by faster swimmers as he started the swim at the front row. He felt can’t make it through the swim anymore.

The new course map

• After lunch on saturday, we surveyed the cycling route, according to my last 2 years experience racing here. But the route seems impossible to race as the road was too badly damaged. Potholes here and there. We decided that it will not be the bike course this time. Later on the nite at the race briefing, mr Chan showed the new race course. Phewww…

• We had a great lunch at Jeti Pengkalan Gawi. The “Ikan Patin” there was tasty & so fresh. Highly recommended! And after the race on our way back to KL, we reward ourselves with “Ikan Patin” again. This time was at Temerloh RnR that is famous with “Ikan Patin”. Slurppppppp!!! RM12 damaged

• It took nearly 6hours to get to Kenyir (with half an hour breakfast stop)

• Not much photo taken this time because of the wet weather, not dare to take out my camera phone to snap pix

 

Kenyir mission accomplished, had lunch, tired, loads of satisfaction.. time to sleep. See ya again next year, Kenyir (paparazzo: Julie)

This time, I have to write this race report. There’s some interesting things happened, that i would like to share with u all about this race, the trip, the ambiance and the whole event.

For the 1st time, i’m going to do a half IRONMAN distance. That is 2km of swim, 90km of cycling and 21km of run. Look at the distance, sounds ‘easy’ rite! Hahahha. And still, i’m doing all these JUST FOR FUN yoooo!!! (Don’t ever ask me about what’s my placing in the race!!! seriously sick of it) Just ask abt how i enjoyed the race, that’s better

Me, Julie, Hadi & Bedul RVed at Pandan Indah & headed to Sg Besi Toll to fetch adik Fitri. Convoy in two cars all the way to Desaru. Pitted at S’ban RnR to quick breakfast. Exited at Kulai Jaya exit & headed straight to Desaru. Arrived at Lotus Desaru at 1pm, collected our race kits, had lunch and checked-in at Golden Beach Resort, abt 4km further ahead.

Had lunch at a food court near the Petronas(Photo by Bedul)

Heading to our room at Golden Beach Resort(Photo by Julie)

After a nap, me, julie & fitri went for short run & stretching session meanwhile bedul went for a short ride around there. Then we off to the race briefing at 6pm. We had dinner at the same place we had lunch earlier. The sup kambing, & sup ayam there was marvelous.

Short run & stretching session with Julie & Fitri(Photo by Julie)

The funny race director, Mr. Chan giving his race briefing(Photo by Julie)

Bedul(Shah), me & Nik after the race briefing. Bedul & Nik was in a team in long distance relay category (Photo from Nik)

Checking out our timing in the last PD Triathlon certificate(Photo by Julie)

Race Day

Unknown wood structure at the beach

The morning before the race, we took a walk by the beach & enjoy the sunrise(Photo by Julie)

Desaru Golden Beach Resort, last year's race venue

The race will start at 10am! That’s quite late, rite! But the reason Mr. Chan(the race Director) did that was because the start of running course will be slightly 2-3 pm, not so hot. OK lah.

My bike at the transition area, beside my dream bike. FUUUUU!

Swim

With Shahrizal before the swim started(Photo by Shahrizal)

Started at sharp 10am, the sea was very calm, but the underwater current quite strong. The sea water was clearer than PD, i even can see fishes & the sand below clearly. My strategy here is to follow the swimmer in front of me, so i dont have to make more effort to look up & navigate, less tiring If the swimmer in front slow, i overtook them n find other faster swimmer Had no problem at all during the swimming course. Finished my swim in about 1:02.

Bike

Start of the bike leg(Photo by Abg Sahril)

My biggest worries was bike course. I’m not good on bike. But i had made some effort to improve my cycling during the Ramadhan nite rides & after Raya rides with my cycling frens. Hopefully it’ll work now!

Started with a short climb towards the main road, i begin with a fast cadence to warm up my legs muscle, learned it from my cycling sessions with friends. As the distance build up, i’m already warmed up my legs, adding my speed, choosing the best gear while maintaining the cadence, going up & downhill. On the 1st loop, i think i’m slow. Dunno about what to expect on the bike route, where to slow down, where to sprint. So, i more like cruising on the 1st loop. The sun was freaking hot! Feel like wanted to faint. Once i reached the 1st water station after the 1st loop, i pour my body with a jug of cold water. What a relief. I feel re-energized & fresh! Completed the 1st loop in abt 1hr.

Drinking & pouring my body with iced water(Photo by Abg Sahril)

2nd loop was better. I know the route already, now i can plan my speed to conserve energy, and maintaining the cadence above 90. I managed to overtook some slower cyclist, that’s an improvement for me! The best thing was, i managed to overtook an expensive looking TT bike!!! What a morale booster!!! Nice one!

3rd loop, i started to feel bored already… with the hot sun burning my skin, just keep my pace to finish this cycling part faster. Arghhhh… i’m so bored! Hmmm.. what if i sing while cycling… hahaha, that’s a good idea to keep the boring feeling away! I sang some song along with what my iPod playing. A good method to forget about the tiredness also

Finished my bike leg in about 3hrs 30mins.

Finished the bike leg(Photo by Abg Sahril)

Run

Running is always my favorite part in a triathlon. Coz i came from running background. But running after doing a cycling, is not easy as it may look. DUring the early stage of running, my both legs felt so hard & heavy. But not long. Slowly the muscle adapt from cycling to running mode. No cramping this time Running all the way smoothly, with my own pace. Met some friends along the way, wave hands & gave high-five!

The heat on that day was killing! I showered at almost all water station. Have to do that to prevent heat stroke & fight fatigue. There wasn’t any shortage of water supply in all water stations. Some water stations served bananas, ‘lepat’ (power bar), endurance drink & iced water.

I was about to 'potong sayur' Jaja. Hahahah (Photo by Jaja's friend)

Finished my triathlon around 5pm. That was abt 7 hrs, i finished my 1st ever long distance triathlon. Alhamdulillah! I made it! Another title earned, another distance covered, another victory achieved!

The unusual group photo in front of our room. Look at the tan lines. Hahahhah(Photo by Julie)

Thanks to my tri & cycling friends for the Ramadhan nite rides, the brick trainings!

Driving back to KL along with Hadi. Nice chatting with u, bro(Photo by Hadi)

The end…

Official result:

Official result

Some photos (from my friends):

It's time to shop for a new tri pant... hmm.. bought a Zoot

Body marking, before heading for swim leg.

Bike showcase here at the transition area.

At the starting line, the swim start.

About to start my bike leg after the 1.5km swim

Starting the run leg

Pouring myself with iced water to lessen the body heat

Way to go..

Finish line just ahead...

Yeah! I made it!

Jumped in joy while crossing the finishing line!

In high satisfaction...

The Young Endurance Athlete 2009 will be held in Putrajaya on the 17th and 18th October 2009.

Details are below:

Date: 17 & 18 October 2009
Venue : Kolam Renang Awam, Precinct 6, Putrajaya.

Tentative

17/10 – Triathlon Clinic (7.30am – 2.30pm)
18/10 – Race Day (7.00am – 12.00pm)

Age Categories

Boy
A : 7-9 yrs
B : 10-12 yrs
C : 13-15 yrs

Girl
A : 7-9 yrs
B : 10-12 yrs
C : 13-15 yrs

Closing Date: 7th October 2009

For more info, call:

Amir at 012-219 5552 or email at ybicycle [ at ] yahoo.com

Mejar Kalam at 019-271 2569 or email at kalampie [ at ] gmail.com

Julie at 017-332 3451 or email at missjewelz [ at ] gmail.com

Hari Sabtu 11/07/2009, aku memandu ke PD utk register PD triathlon. bertolak dlm 11am lebih. Singgah sebentar di kedai abah aku di Nilai-Seremban. Hampir pukul 1pm, aku teruskan perjalanan ke PD. Sampai ke PD, aku bleh sesat nak cari tempat pendaftaran. PD Marina, Admiral Marina & mcm2 Marina lah aku jumpa. Confuse aku dibuatnya. Last2 aku call Mr. Chan sendiri tanya apa nama tempat daftar. Then aku call member aku Shahrom utk direction. Kul 2 lebih aku sampai di Admiral Marina & Leisure Club. Masuk ke dalam rupanya tempat ni. Aku plak tak perasan banner sebesar2nya terpampang tepi jln. Tu lah, pegi takde co-pilot nih.

Gerai-gerai yg menawarkan harga yg menarik

Pemandangan di marina. Peserta triathlon akan berenang hingga ke sini dan berpatah balik ke pantai

Selepas register, tgk gerai2 yg dibuka di samping triathlon ni. Byk pulak brg murah2. Adehhhh.. tak bleh tahan tengok, aku plak tak bwk duit byk. Adoi, melepas. Aku hanya beli baju PowerBar je.

Briefing acara Sprint oleh Mr. Chan

Permulaan acara Super Sprint

Pukul 4pm, aku pegi menyaksikan acara kategori Sprint & Super Sprint(kanak2 bawah 13 tahun). Dimulakan dengan acara Super Sprint dulu & kemudian Sprint. Walaupun air surut, tp ombak agak besar & air laut beralun. Harap2 esok pagi laut tak teruk mcm ni.

Para peminat

Pukul 5 lebih, aku pegi check-in apartment. PD Marina. RM80 utk peserta triathlon. Apartment 1 bilik. Walaupun tempat ni agak lengang, tp keadaan bilik amat memuaskan hati. Cukup ok utk aku stay sorang.

Malam pegi carbo-loading dinner & briefing. Borak2 & kenal2 dgn rakan triathlete yg lain. Abu, Dush, Farid, Ariff. Lepas tu, pulang ke bilik & tidur awal.

Race Briefing

Dr kiri: Juliana, Abu, Nik, Iwata Takatoshi, wife & anak Iwata & aku.

No peserta aku, swimming cap & baju Rip Curl

Hari ke-2

Bangun pukul 5am, mandi, subuh dan terus pergi ke tempat triathlon start. Hujan renyai2 pagi tu. Cuaca agak sejuk. Aku agak risau kemungkinan keadaan laut yg bergelora.

Semasa aku tgh setup equipment aku di transition, hujan pun berhenti. Tp tak cukup utk utk mengubah keadaan laut. Angin masih kuat.

Setelah body marking, aku terus ke pantai. Borak2 sket dengan Juliana, thanks for the last minute tips, Julie. Aku turun ke dalam air utk warm-up dan meninjau2 keadaan air. Arus dalam air agak kuat & ombak beralun.

Aku & Nik sebelum berlepas ke laut

Peserta wave pertama dilepaskan tepat pukul 8am. Aku dlm wave ke-2, dilepaskan 5 minit kemudian. Mula2 renangan aku agak relaks, siap boleh borak2 ngan Stupe lagi. Tapi makin lama makin sukar. Arus menolak aku ke tepi menyebabkan aku lari dari arah sebenar. Rasa mcm jauh je nak sampai buoy pertama tu.

Setelah renangan masuk ke kawasan marina, renangan jadi makin senang sebab tiada arus. Tapi air terasa mcm berminyak laa pulak. Minyak dari bot2 di situ. Tiba2 aku rasa mcm panas jer kat leher aku. Iskk amende nihh.. Ahh lantak lah, aku teruskan renangan.

Renangan aku lancar, cuma sebelum tiba di buoy terakhir, arus kembali kuat, agak sukar mengemudi renangan. Renangan ke pantai lebih laju kerana mengikut arah arus. Aku berjaya tamatkan renangan dlm masa lebih kurang 50 minit. Iskk… lambatnya. Lambat 10minit berbanding renangan di Kenyir. Mungkin sbb arus yg kuat.

Di T1, aku tak mengambil masa yg lama, mungkin tak sampai 2 minit, aku sudah start mengayuh. Route basikal kali ni tidak seteruk Kenyir. Mengikut istilah org2 basikal, rolling route. Pendakian, jalan rata dan turun bukit tanpa perlu kayuhan yg berat.

Memang kayuhan kali ni lebih enjoy, lengkap dgn pemandangan yg cantik. Mcm bersiar2 pulak. Aku berhenti di water station pertama utk mkn Power Gel. Terlupa nak mkn di T1 tadi. Lepas tu aku teruskan kayuhan, siap drafting ngan Julie lagi. Dia tak perasan aku kat belakang. Tapi aku dpt ikut sekejap jer lah. Julie terlalu pantas untuk aku kejar.

Semasa dlm perjalanan berpatah balik ke T2, aku dihentikan oleh sorang peserta wanita. Tiubnya bocor, tp tiada tools untuk tukar tube. Dengan semangat kesukanan yg ada, aku memberikan bantuan. Bangga aku dpt tolong org. Tak kisah laa walaupun peserta bukan dari negara sendiri, tak kisah lah.

Aku teruskan kayuhan hingga ke T2. Tiba di T2, aku terus tukar ke kasut larian, minum 100+ dan teruskan larian. Aku berselisih dengan Nik. Wahhhh.. laju lah ngko Nik.!!! Larian kali ni amat lancar, rasa macam tak penat. Air di water station disediakan dengan cukup. Ais kosong & 100+. Syabas penganjur!!! Aku tak risau utk mendapat dehydration & cramp lagi. Setiap kali jumpa water station, aku akan curah satu badan dgn air sejuk utk kurang kan body heat & elak cramp, dan minum 100+.

Ada sesuatu yg menarik perhatian di sini, sebelum sampai di KM5 larian, siap ada satu “illegal water station“, dikendalikan oleh rakan2 kepada triathlete. Hahaha!!! Kelakar lah korang ni! Buat aku terhibur & hilang stress semasa larian. Di “illegal water station” ni ada buah mata kucing, rambutan, air sirap & free flow water spray. Aku lepak sebentar mkn buah mata kucing bersama Mej. Kalam. Hehehe.. Mmg hilang stress & penat aku berlari. Good idea & effort! kepada sapa2 yg mengendalikan “illegal water station” tu, thanks to all of you!

Semasa larian, aku memintas ramai peserta. Aku dapat buat larian yg konsisten, larian adalah kelebihan aku. Jadi aku takkan sia2kan. Stupe datang dengan bike Cervelo nya yg cun sambil offer aku air tenaga. Terima kasih yg tak terhingga kpd Stupe!!! Walaupun belum kenal rapat, tp semangat setiakawan dlm sukan ni mengatasi segala jurang yg ada.

Di KM terakhir, terjumpa dgn Dush, yg memberikan aku tepukan & sokongan moral. Tambah semangat lagi aku nak habiskan race. Makin dekat, aku makin lajukan langkah. Akhirnya aku berjaya habis dgn masa hampir 4jam. OK lah tu. Aku dpt habiskan race dengan enjoy!

Finisher's medals

Selepas sessi borak2 & bergambar, aku melangkah ke transition area utk kemas brg2 aku &  pulang ke apartment. Aku minta check-out lambat sikit dgn org di kaunter. Pukul 1.40pm aku check-out. Pegi makan tgh hari di tepi pantai di PD. 2 pinggan nasi ayam aku belasah, lapar tahap cipan-zee. Dah kenyang, aku drive ke tepi pantai, parking bawah pokok, pasang air-cond, landing time. Tak larat aku nak drive balik skrg, badan masih letih & mengantuk. Sejam kemudian, aku bangun & drive pulang ke KL.

A perfect & memorable weekend!!!

“Your safety and welfare is our utmost priority.
09 JULY 2009

Best regards
A. Chandrakumanan
Race Director”

Fuhhhh… rasa lega pon ada gak.. Sempat lagi nak training lagi ni.

Alang, Hakim & Halil

Basikal budak2 yg cute2

Biras & abg ipar aku yg cool

Group photo sebelum race

Event ni aku tak bawak anak aku masuk, tp aku pegi nak kasi support kat anak buah aku, Hakim yg amik bahagian, sambil2 jadi photographer.

Pagi2 kul 7am Halil(biras aku, bapanya Hakim) dah amik aku kat Melawati. Aku, Halil, Hakim & Alang gerak ke Cyberjaya.

Sampai kat sana, terus amik basikal, terus letak kat transition area. Ramai juga budak2 yg masuk. Kemudian, race briefing oleh race director En. Azwar yg amat berdedikasi.

Comel adik ni posing bila nampak aku point camera kat dia

Hakim sempat bergambar ngan kedua2 anakanda Raja Permaisuri Agong

Kasih seorang ibu...

Race ini dimeriahkan lagi dgn kehadiran Seri Paduka Baginda Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Nur Zahirah di mana dua anaknya mengambil bahagian dalam Trikidz ini. Konvoy baginda tiba setelah pelepasan Kategori A berlangsung.

Anak buah aku Hakim berada di dlm kategori B. Seronok jugak tengok budak2 ambil bahagian dlm acara duathlon ni. Comel jer. Semasa berlepas tu, semua lari mcm tak cukup tanah. Laju jer masing2. Dlm ramai2 tgh dash tu ada jugak yg terjatuh. Bila dah sampai separuh jalan, masing2 dah nampak penat, ada yg dah jln berlenggang-kangkong lagi, siap borak2 ngan member. Bila suruh lari, kata dah penat. Hahaha.. kelakar betul budak2 ni. Tadi bukan main laju lagi.

Ada pulak sorang peserta ni, basikal lebih besar dari badan, bawak pun mcm Suparman dah. Handle nyer oversized, dah mcm bawak motor chopper pon ada. Tapi jgn mahin2, laju tuuuu… perghhh dasat2 budak2 ni. Bleh jadi pelapis triathlete negara nanti ni.

Adik ni kayuh basikal dah mcm Superman

Water station

Anakanda kepada Raja Permaisuri Agong diiringi oleh 2 org escort

Hakim menamatkan perlumbaannya

Semasa nak sampai transition area tu, ada jugak yg eksiden berlaga basikal, berlaga ngan org pon ada. Ada jugak yg brek pakai kaki walaupon ada brek tangan. Aisehhh… hehehe.

Masa kat garisan penamat, ada sorang ni dah nak nangis sbb dah terlalu penat, tp terpaksa jugak lari kerana dihambat oleh parents mereka. hehehe.. kesian ada, kelakar pon ada. Memang seronok.

Ada juga acara untuk parents iaitu acara relay team, run-bike-run.

Ehh.. hakim jgn duduk situ, tu tpt permaisuri agong!

Azwar, race director yg amat berdedikasi

Keberangkatan pulang Raja Permaisuri Agong

Duathlon dah settle, lepas ni triathlon plak yer Hakim

Finisher's medal - belakang

Finisher's medal - depan

Piala2 utk para pemenang

Azwar menyampaikan hadiah

Acara habis dlm kul 1pm lebih. Apa pun syabas kepada pihak penganjur, terutama En. Azwar & rakan2 di bawahnya yg turut membantu. Semoga penganjuran ini akan dpt mengetengahkan lagi sukan triathlon & melahirkan pelapis2 triathlete negara.

SYABAS KALIAN!!!

p/s: Utk gambar2 yg selebihnya, sila klik di sini : http://foto.fairul.org/v/activities/triathlon/trikidz2009/

I’ve succesfully registered for the Port Dickson Int. Triathlon 2009 (11-12 July 2009). This time they use 2 new payment methods, Credit Card online & bank-in. To make things easy, i opted for the Credit card payment. Fast & easy. Nice job Triathlonmalaysia.com!

Now, i’m still considering wether to register for Desaru Tri or not. The big Desaru waves still haunting me. There’s also Putrajaya 70.3 Half-Ironman coming too. Very tempting!!! Bro Zulhassan said, the cost for going to Desaru Tri compared to the fees for Putrajaya 70.3 Half-Ironman not far difference.

Hmmm… Still thinking.