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Cantik plak no bib aku kali ni.. hehehe

Semalam (28/07/2009) aku pegi Stadium Shah Alam utk collect Adidas King of the Road(KOTR) 2009 race kit. Kaunter buka pukul 1pm. Aku sampai 12.50pm, org dah beratur panjang. Aiseh, lama lah aku kat sini, lunch hour sejam jer plak tu. Lantak lah, boss takde. Dlm race kit ada vest Adidas KOTR, race bibs & adidas brochure.

Stadium Shah Alam

Sampai2 jer dah ramai org beratur

Vest2 digantung utk memudahkan pemilihan saiz

6 kaunter disediakan

Aku ni citer jer lebih, mcm ler aku pegi lari KOTR nanti. Huhuhuh…

Siemens Run 2009 is now open for registration. You can register online or download the form and submit to them manually.

• Online registration form
• Download registration form

Hurry register yourself!
The first 2000 runners to register under category A-E will receive a free Reebok vest, others will receive a round-neck t-shirt.

Pacesetters in collaboration with DiGi will be organizing the Kuantan TC 10km Run 2009. Details as below:

Date : Sunday, 19th July 2009
Time : 7.30am (Reporting at 6.45am)
Venue : Teluk Chempedak Beach, Kuantan
Entry Fee : RM25 for all categories
Closing date : 12th July or first 1000 entries achieved

Hurry… register now!!!

Form: Download here

Venue : Piazza The Curve, Mutiara Damansara.
Date : 12/04/2009
Time : 7.30am

Asal2 nya, aku tak dpt nak register untuk Orange Run 2009 ni. Sebabnya, registration dah penuh hanya dlm masa 2 hari shj registration counter dibuka. Kuota hanya utk 3000 shj.

3 hari sblm race day, tiba2 kakak ipar aku call ada slot free utk Orange Run. Ada org tak jadi nak lari. Thanks banyak2 kpd Ms Julie & Joyce kerana bersusah-payah call member2 dia sana sini utk carikan pelari yg tak jadi lari pada hari tu. Finally, 5 org dr Slowmovers yg tak sempat nak register dpt lari Orange Run tahun ni. Yeahhhh!!!

Race start pada pukul 7.30am. Dimulakan dgn kategori lelaki, dan kemudian wanita menyusul. Jarak larian pada kali ni bertambah sikit drp tahun2 lepas, 11km. Run route nya juga tak berubah jauh.

Masa ni konon plan nak lari rilek2 happy2 - photo by PMtey

Cadangnya aku nak lari rileks2, main2 jer.. sebab tak prepare nak lari pun. Tapi tengok org lain laju jer, aku pon dgn tak sengaja terikut laju. Arghh.. belasah jer lah. Bukit double kat Bandar Utama tu pun aku belasah laju (pada aku laju lah tu). Ada 1 water station di bukit double tu. Pelari2 disajikan dengan air isotonik Revive. Sedap gak.

50m dari garisan penamat - photo by Ng May Ching

Aku berjaya tamatkan larian dlm masa 1:05. Konon lari saja2. Hahaha. Lepas tamat larian, aku beratur utk amik goodies bag. Pastu lepak2 makan & minum. Mcm2 ada. Oligo Koko, Nescafe, Revive, nasi lemak, sparkling water(nama dah lupa), mamee slurrppp, susu Dutch Lady chocolate(air favourite aku) & mcm2 lagi. Tu yg aku suka masuk Orange Run ni, byk makanan & minuman. Free entry plak tu. Makan lerr puas2.

Lepak2 chit chat ngan Encik IM Zulhassan. Bleh dikatakan dia ni mentor utk triathlon aku. Sedikit sebanyak dpt korek training method & tips drp dia. Thanks bro Zul.

Group photo bersama geng Slowmovers & BERNAMA

Lepas tu lepak2 ngan geng2 Slowmovers & BERNAMA. Amik2 gambar & balik.

Sekian report Orange Run 2009. Good organizer!!! Jumpa lagi tahun depan.

Venue : Dataran Merdeka, KL
Date : 22-02-2009

Pagi ni datang awal sket… nak book parking belakang Kelab Selangor. Sampai2 jer, dpt parking. Naik atas divider. Sempat tido se round dulu.. heheehhe.

Bangun kul 7.15am. Alamak, lom warm-up lagi. Gi warm-up lebih kurang, terus pegi ke starting area. Sambil2 tu mencari En. Halil(biras aku), nak pass running pouch kat dia, tak jumpa plak.

Race start tepat pukul 7.30am. Route mcm route 10k yg biasa digunakan dlm race2 lepas (Siemens Run, Power Run). Larian kali ni aku cuba push laju sket. Terutama skali kat section bukit di Bukit Tunku & Jln Duta depan Lembaga Peperiksaan. Bleh tahan gak, improved dari dulu. Kalu tak dulu situ ler tpt aku pancit.

Habiskan larian dlm kurang sejam (58min camtu). Tgh2 lepak minum air Milo, ternampak En. Halil. Aku ingat dia dah surrender tak jadi lari. Lari jugak dia rupanya. Waa suspek lu lah bro! Welcome back to the arena. Lepas ni bleh lari lagi.

Lepak2, minum2, chit chat, amik gambar ngan geng Slowmovers & chalooo…

Sekian report kali ni. Jumpa next week di Larian Menuju Puncak (Towerthon).

Gathering selepas lari

Memberi kata2 nasihat kepada pelapis2 Slowmovers

Bersama pelari2 dari NST

Sesi lompat tinggi2 (foto ole Mr. Tey)

Date : 18/1/2009
Venue : Taman Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur
Distance : 30km
Timing : 3:24

Ni 1st time aku masuk GE 30km. Last year aku masuk 20km jer. Ok, let’s get on to the business.

Pagi tu kul 5.30am aku dah sampai kat tasik perdana. Lepak2 ngan ipar2 aku. Race kali ni aku tak nervous langsung. Rileks ajer. Badan pon dah cukup panas. Maybe sbb mkn kambing panggang kat Ulu Tamu mlm td kot.. hehehe.. Selamber jer mkn kambing sblm race.

Race for 30km category started at 6:15am. Mcm tahun lepas, start2 jer dah naik bukit. Tp tak rasa sengsara sgt bukit ni sbb lari in a close pack, energy byk lagi.

1st water station aku dah isap power gel. Padahal baru 30min aku lari. Lantak laa.. takut next water station jauh plak.

So far, larian aku takde masalah. All system went perfectly. Hehehe. Larian 30km & 20km split dekat u-turn depan Martrade. 30km kari terus sampai ke Tmn Sri Hartamas, ikut mcm jln tahun lepas.

Turun naik bukit, perghhh.. tak habis2 bukit. Dah ler bukit panjang2 plak tu. Adeh… namun, aku tetap maintain pace aku. “Jgn follow pace org lain”, bisik ku kpd diriku sendiri.

Diam tak diam, aku dah cecah separuh jalan. Power bar hulurkan satu Power gel, tak jauh pastu ada water station. Cepat2 telan Power Gel & grab air beberapa cawan. Fuhhhh …. terasa energy boost!.

Continued my run. Selisih ngan Alang kat depan Plaza Damas. He’s on the other side of the road. Go steady alang at your own pace. Asalkan sampai.

Next water station kat LHDN. Naik bukit lagi. Ingatkan terus turun ker Jln Duta. Menyumpah aku di dlm hati.

Cecah Jln Duta jer, nampak route marker, 22km. Hmmm.. lagi 8km. Tak jauh dah tu. Lari ikut Bukit Tunku lagi, tp ikut jln yg mendatar plak. Kira ok lah, bleh maintain pace. Lepas Komuter Bank Negara tu, ingatkan turun ke kiri menghala ke Padang Merbok. Rupanya ikut kanan menghala ke JKR. Adusss.. bukit lagi. Menyumpah dlm hati lagi.

Lari sampai simpang ke istana hinggap Sultan Selangor. Kat situ dah tak bleh tahan dah. Betis dah keras. Aku pon tanpa segan silu berjalan. Tak larat dah nak lari. Road marker menunjukkan 28km. 50m lepas tu aku lari balik. Lantak laaa… aku kene habiskan below 3:30. Tu target aku.

Good run

Sblm sampai finishing line, tgh aku plak rasa mcm nak cramp. Dah terpusing2 dah jari aku. Pelik aku. Tak pernah kene camni. Aku goncang2 tgn aku, tak ok gak. Aku teruskan larian dgn tgn & jari aku yg dah nak terpusing. Finally aku cecah finishing line. Timing 3:24. Alhamdulillah, below 3:30. Pegi pulang championchip, amik finisher’s medal. Tahun ni ada extra. Finsher’s T-shirt. Perghhh.. cantik aaa… Thanks GE. Bangga aku dpt finisher’s t-shirt, biarpun hanya 30km. hehehe.

Secara keseluruhannya, larian ni memang best, perfomance aku best, walaupon tak cukup training. Penganjuran pon bagus. Cekap. Keep up the good work GE!!!

C yaa next in the next GE!!!

(pics later)

Date : 21 Dec 2008
Venue : Taman Rimba Kiara, TTDI

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.

Date: 14 December 2008
Venue: Chin Woo Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

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.