Kasik pecah itu jantung...

Hari ni aku tak tahu setan apa masuk badan aku. Aku lari laju untuk 7km. Pantang slow down, aku lajukan balik. Tetibe dalam hati aku nak dengar sangat Nike+ Ipod tu cakap "Congratulations, you did the fastest mile".

And memang aku pegi laju la tadi..fuhh..Lama tak lari laju. Mahu meletup jantung nih..

Dura Ace 1380 Carbon Wheelset

This is the picture for the wheelset in BBS

Pergi ke Xterra balik dengan Sakit Tekak

Aku pegi Xterra dengan separuh hati. Keadaan yang agak kelam kabut bagi aku , dengan tak book bilik ape semua menserabutkan kepala otak aku. Tapi nak tak nak aku kena pegi jugak, nak buat cemana aku team dengan orang lain. Kash ngan Alwin dah pegi dulu dah. Aku mintak diorang amikkan nombor aku.

Aku bertolak pagi Ahad, pukul 1 pagi. Memang aku plan nak tido kat Pantai Telok Cempedak tu je. Tak pun tido kat lobby Hyatt je. Dalam bas memang aku tido baik punye, tak tahu lak aku Transnasional ada bus 3 seater. And terer mak aku belikan tiket yang single, mekasih mak.

Bas sampai Terminal Bas Kuantan elok dalam pukul 430 lebih. Dari situ aku cadang nak pegi Telok Cempedak jalan kaki je, memandangkan jarak dari terminal bas ke pantai dalam 5km gitu. Amik masa sejam gak aa kalau jalan. So aku tanyakan harga teksi/kereta sapu dulu. Rm20, cibai!!Gila mahal. Cekik darah betull. Pikir pikir balik, baik aku save kaki aku untuk race karang, naik je lah teksi. Last last bukanlah teksi sangat, kereta sapu je.

Sampai Hyatt Regency, aku cuba lepak kat lobby, duduk tak sampai 5 minit, pak guard datang kat aku tanya aku buat ape, aku cakap aku tunggu orang. Padahal sebenarnye aku nak tido. Dia dah tanya apa ke nama kawan yang duduk situ, aku kasik la nama Kash ngan Rais. Pastu hilang pak guard tuh. Sebelum dia datang balik, baik aku carik port lain nak tido. Kang kena kacau bosan gak aku.

Aku pegi la kat pantai, tengok tempat tu penuh ngan bebudak pakai baju Powerbar, dengan tulisan CREW kat belakang, volunteer la kot. Awal depa bangun. Aku jumpa port tido aku, ada tangga batu kat situ, sama lokasi dengan DJ Station. Tangkap tido je la. Tido tak lama, dalam 40 minit je. Aku terbangun bila dah nampak Jason, pastu diikuti dengan Stupe dan Geoff Kronenberg. Sembang sembang dengan Jason, tetibe sakit perut lak. Aku pi la Mcdonald situ, tandas tak ingat nye kotor, ilang mood eh. Terus aku pegi ke KFC yang kat sebelah Mcd tu, membuang kat situ laa..

Tak tahu nak buat ape dah, aku jenjalan kat area tu, nampak Adli dengan Kar Yan tengah setup barang race, saja la sembang ngan diorang, aku rasa tak pernah aku sembang dengan Adli tu, selalu chat je. Tak lama kemudian Kash call aku ajak bekpes kat Hyatt, aku meng-excusekan diri ini lalu berjumpa Kash. Sembang sembang kat Hyatt sambil mengambik aku nye bibs.

Elok dah nak habis bekpes, Alwin call. Kash pergi buat body stamp, aku lepak dengan Alwin. Lepas tu saja jalan jalan melihat keadaan sekeliling sambil menunggu race start. Lupa cakap Alwin datang dengan awek dia Tash(Tasha).

Aku tahu Pro/Solo dan Relay start berasingan, tapi aku tak ingat masa start pukul berapa.
Swim relay kitorang - Kash - 38min
MTB - Alwin - 1jam 38 min
Lari - Aku - 1jam 02min

Masa swim tu, aku ke hulu ke hilir, jenjalan. Kacau orang sana sini. Tengok keadaan, belum apa apa Alwin dah kena duduk kat Transition area. Aku tak tukar baju lagi, lama lagi nak lari nye pun. Bila dah Kash naik, baru aku tukar tukar baju. Lepak sama Rais and Kash, pastu baru aku lepak holding area/transition.

Menunggu Alwin sungguh la seksa. Sebab memang budget lagi sejam dia akan sampai, tapi Host dah suruh runner masuk awal awal. Dia punye rasa anxious lain macam. Lagi lagi tengok sorang sorang solo dah masuk and lari. Sembang dengan Tahira, Omar Yip, dan sape sape yang aku tak ingat nama. Pastu sorang sorang hilang. Mentaalll!!! Ouh, Tahira nak kawin lagi dua minggu lepas Xterra. Aku tak amik lak tarikh..herm

Lepas tu, tup tup aku punye turn. Alwin aku sudah nampak..Cun lah!! Ape lagi, cabut..Pakai Ipod sambil lari. Itupun jenuh kena cover, takut kantoi sama marshal, hehehe..Ku berlari sambil berasa sangsi, boleh ke ku buat/survive lari trail ni eh. Dah la aku kantoi masa Perhentian hari tu. Genting Trailblazer lagi, Batu dam lagi..Banyak bermain dalam kepala otak aku. Yang aku ingat memula start dengan jalan tar, naik membukit sikit, pastu turun sikit..then masuk hutan..pastu kuar jalan tar, masuk balik taman permainan/taman binatang. Situ dah banyak tangga, bukit, masuk dalam hutan, banyak naik bukit, turun tangga, tahu tahu dah pegi pantai. Dari pantai terus ke batu pantai, panjat naik tangga kat Telok Chempedak tu..nanti ulang balik jalan tu..Cuma kat pantai kali kedua terus ke finish line. Timing pun boleh tahan, kurang percaya gak aku. 1 jam lebih je. Walaupun aku ada berjalan gak. Tapi Ok gak aa timing..

Masa lari last tu, hujan. Towel powerbar yang dikasik kepada aku tu, aku buat tutup kepala je. Lupa cakap, kat finish line, aku disambuti Alwin. Thanks Alwin. Medal ko kat aku lagi aa..

Settle bagi chip, amik medal. Aku terus pegi Hyat, jumpa Kash and terus balik..The End..

Credit to Xterra Krew.

Kepala Besar - Shazly Khan + T. Zafrul
Lain Lain Kepala boleh tahan Besar - Yang mana nye kebanyakkan nye dari Letuang
Azmar
Julie
Bandit
TSB
Nik - Body Stamping
May Sen - Jaga Chip redemption counter
Jason Who? - Design macam macam artwork - The T Shirt rock man
Dicky..

Dan sapa sapa lagi yang aku lupa sebut..
BRAVO!!

Xterra

Aku ada kat stesen bas pudu masa tulis ni. 8as ke kuantan pukul 1 pagi. Aku cadang, sampai sana terus aku ke Hyatt hotel dan jumpa sama Kash ngan Alwin. Secara jujurnye aku rasa macam malas nak ke Xterra nih. Mungkin sebab persiapan pun kurang. Perjalanan ke Kuantan ni pun macam kelam kabut. Takde hotel aper sume. Tapi tengok la cemana karang..

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Thank You Powerbar

Few days ago I got an email from Powerbar saying that I am one of the winner for some short story contest. Honestly, I dont think I have a shot in that contest. I just submit without any hope that I will win something. I do sucks at contests.

Prize worth of RM200. The timing is just great, I'm in training for Standard Chartered KL Marathon..

Thank you Powerbar

Pirating Sundown Marathon

Sundown Marathon Singapore. One of the races that many runner have been waited for. Running a Marathon at 12 midnight, and for Ultra Marathon starts at 7pm. Like I said, many runners waited for this race, me included. But then after Ironman, I didnt have the time to save enough money for the entry fee, nearly RM500 for Ultra distance. And so, I just hope that I can do it somewhere in next year.

Or so I thought..

Just a week or so before the Sundown Marathon, Kash called me asking me to join her to pirate the marathon. Pirate a freaking marathon, some more in Singapore. GILA APE???

At first I don't really want to do it as I don't have the confidence to do a full marathon yet (padahal dah dekat Stan Chart Marathon dah ni!!). Some more I already got a plan for the weekend. But then deep inside I really wanna go for the race.

Things change when I told Tini about the news, she is excited to do the 10km run as one of her friend also will be running the 10km. But Tini is of course pirating the run la. Go to Singapore just to run 10km, pirate somemore? Lagi gila, tak pernah dibuat orang eh..

And so I met Kash to confirm about our trip to Singapore.

Friday - 29th May 09
Start to drive out from TTDI somewhere around 830pm. We enter Singapore through Tuas (Second Link), the checking process at both immigration center (Malaysia and Singapore), is slow. I think we spent around 1hour just waiting at both gates. We reach Kash's house somewhere at 2 in the morning. Somewhere in Clementie Ave 6. Such a nice house, simple and yet the design is magnificent. I can't remember what time I slept.

Saturday - 30th May 09
I woke up around 7 something. Having a light headache due to not enough sleep. Did a morning jog with Tini somewhere at Commonwealth, before we went out jalan jalan in Singapore. Didn't go out much. We just go to Peninsula Plaza, went to a camera shop, Cathay Photo, if I'm not mistaken, then we went to look around for some sport stuff. Which is cheap there in Singapore.

Then we went to Velocity, Kash told us about that plaza, it indeed sells a lot of sports equipment. It's like Low Yat of sports equipment. Walking around from shop to shop, I really like Runners Lab.

Somewhere around 3 or 4, we went back to Kash's house. Rest a bit before the race..

Ouh yeah, did I tell you guys that I'll be doing 10km with Tini. And then later I learn that 10km is for woman. HAHAHAHAHAAHAH...Gilak!! I'll be running, sorry pirate running a race that is supposely for women. Tak kesah!! Janji lari!!

Keluhan di pagi hari

Minggu lepas memang lama aku tak lari. Asyik bangun lambat je keje. Cuma aku kerap swim waktu lunch je la. And memang aku kerap swim sejak dua menjak nih. Tak jauh, 500m je kat atas TBB.

Hari ni baru start balik lari , itupun 7 km je. Minggu lepas aku cuba lari hari Jumaat tu, tapi dada aku macam semput, badan aku macam letih giller. Aku tak tahu apa jadi. lama sangat tak lari? Tak fit? KLIM dah dekat. 30km tak cover lagi. Xterra, herm, aku tak training mtb lagi. Mtb pun takde. Apa cer.

Macam haram..

Aku rasa badan macam haram dua tiga hari ni. Lagi lagi on the weekends. Workout tak banyak sangat tapi makan melantak bagai nak rak. Pastu memang takde mood nak workout lah. Ouh, setelah sekian lama, hari Sabtu baru ni, aku cycling naik highway putrajaya, tak jauh 40km je. Itupun dah rasa penat semacam..

Dalam minggu ni, hari ni la aku baru nak lari nye pun. Semalam idak, terlajak tido, cuma masa tengahari tu aku sempat swim kat Damansara Perdana.

Lari punye lari, kat km 9 lebih, tetibe Nike+ Ipod mati. Ipod hidup, tetibe dia sound wa dalam bahasa inggeris kata workout stop. What the hell, ku check transmitter kat kasut. cuba re link balik, tak lepas. Pastu wa reset Ipod, masuk balik Nike+ tu, tak jumpa receiver, MACAM HARAM!!!!...

So ku lari balik rumah. Restart banyak kali pun tak jalan. Aku tak tahu apa masalah, ada dua tiga hari lepas pun jadi benda yang sama, so aku test dengan receiver lama tu. Boleh lak idup. Aku dah tak tahu apa masalah sekarang. Jangan kena beli Ipod baru sudaahhh...

Friday it is

Ran with Kash this morning at Kiara Park. Did a 4km trail run there. First time for me to run there actually, the trail I mean. We did a 2 loop run then finished.

A light run today, it's ok. Given I ran 18km yesterday. The only thing that stopped me from doing another 20km is a massive nipple bleed. Painful!!It's been a while since I got myself a nipple bleed.

Woah..

Frigging hell, I just did a 20km run. Never thought could do it in weekdays tho. My quads still hurt or should I say sore from running/trekking up Nuang last Sunday with Bacin and Fong. I just ran and for the longest time I feel free. I feel energetic. Is it the songs that have been playing in my Ipod or is just because of the cold dark morning? I dont know, maybe it's both.

Or maybe I just miss the run itself. See, yesterday I went up to Kampar, Perak. My granddad's(To'Ki or Tok Lelaki) younger brother passed away the day before, and so I drove my mom up to there to visit the family and attend the burial ceremony. Well that kinda explain why I miss the morning run. And on the evening, there were this heavy pour of rain in Setiawangsa, which makes me can't run.

Today. Well today..It is so just darn good. Some more I increase mileage from 16km on last Saturday to 20km today. I just feel superb..

Panas

It's so hot right now. Blaring hot and it's like 5 in the evening. Global warming effect, that's what been going on lately. I wanted to run but it's just too hot to me. Ran 16km this morning, but then I ran too late and while wearing a windbreaker. 9am+Windbreaker? Damn freaking hot and super tired. My original plan was to run 25km, but then I'm too tired, so just flunk the plan then. Janji lari, thats what I tell myself. KL Marathon is somewhere in the corner and I still havent do any 30km run yet.

I don't know whether I want to go for a swim or not right now. Still hot outside. I know one thing for sure,even if I go to the pool, even I targeted a 1000m swim. I will still swim less then 500m. I'm so not liking swimming.

I'm still on the couch, watching Astro, outside is still hot. And I'm still contemplating whether I should run or swim.

It's so hot outside..

Gunung Nuang pt2

Bangun pagi pagi, otot belakang dengan otot peha sakit. Masa bangun pagi tadi sikit punye seksa. Nak jalan, pun sakit semacam. Ingat nak lari pagi tadi, tapi takpe la, petang kang lari la kot. Lagipun tangan ku luka. Pedih lak kena peluh kang.

Sambung pasal semalam.

Naik ke atas G. Nuang dalam dekat dekat pukul 8 pagi. 7 lebih gak. Memula jalan tu besar. Tak tahu berapa km sebenarnye tapi tak silap aku macam 5km. Seperti kata AJ, jalan double track.


Jalan sikit punye curam, dengan berpasir, tak rata, banyak batu kerikil dengan batu batu besar yang terhakis. Tapi yang best ada gak orang naik atas tu guna kapchai. Nampak macam susah gak aa. Azmar lak kasik tahu ada orang main mtb kat situ, aku tengok sikit punye curam cemana lah nak main. Nak jalan pun sikit punye susah. Penat gak aa. Nak meletup jantung aku jalan kat situ (baru jalan). Aku ingat ni kira dah mula naik G. Nuang, tapi belum. Bak Azmar kata, this is just the easy part. Jalan ni habis dengan sign "Bring Nothing But Memories".


Kalau itu macam pun dah easy part, macam mana agak yang bukan easy punye part? I shall find out later in the day. Ahahaha..Lesson pertama bila nak pergi tempat baru. Banyak banyak la carik info pasal tempat tu, expect the route. Aku dah macam teghejah betul ni aa..Ngan makan pun sikit, air pun sikit, betul carik pasal..Or so I thought..

Dari situ, dah start kena lompat lompat atas batu, lintas sungai/stream untuk ke Kem Lolo, kat situ air sungai sikit punye fresh, best mandi..Aku minum, masa tu dah dahaga dah. Tapi tak nak guna air dalam beg. Tempat situ dah nampak macam empangan kecik.

Ada dua site untuk camping kat Kem Lolo, situ jugak la ada sungai, sesuai untuk sesapa yang nak mandi mandi kat situ. Atau saja nak berkelah ke.

Lepas tu naik lagi ke Kem Pacat. Start naik dari Kem Lolo tu, jalan dari berbatu batu, dah jadi clay merah. Masa ni masih lagi kering, so senang nak naik, paut akar sana, paut akar sini. Naik!! Ingat ada gak sejam lebih nak sampai Kem Pacat. Ada gak potong beberapa orang/group lain.

Ada orang tua, ada budak sekolah. Memang respect la sesapa yang naik gunung ni dalam usia macam tu. Tini dah berapa kali berenti. Letih, tengok tangan dah menggeletar. Terime kasih kepada semua sebab bagi dia banyak galakkan. Azmar, Kam, Aj, dengan pep talk korang. Julie dengan tips tips and kata kata semangat. Aku lak rasa bersalah giller, bawak lagi anak orang..huhuhu..



Kitorang teruskan ke atas dari Kem Pacat, sambil tu jumpa tapak Good Good Mountaneering. Ingat macam kata kata semngat atau another camp site.Abaikan, kitorang naik atas ke Puncak Pengasih, situ rasa macam sejam ke dua jam lebih. Tanah dah makin curam. Jalan berbatu batu. Banyak panjat. Sampai Puncak Pengasih / Bukit Pengasih ingatkan dah puncak, rupenye belum lagi. Dari situ pergi ke kiri untuk ke puncak. Aku baca kalau naik ke arah kanan akan pegi ke Janda Baik (amik masa 1 hari).


Dari situ dalam sejam (atau kurang) nak naik ke puncak. Mental gak masa tu, kaki dah lemah, kepala otak pun dah semacam. HELP!!! Tapi at last sampai gak puncak. 5 jam jugak la nak naik. Masa menuju puncak tu, kabus dah nampak, cuaca sejuk sikit. Sampai kat atas dah start drizzling sesikit dah. Aku just cari tempat nak duduk kejap, sambil makan. Masih lagi dahaga, tapi Aghil kasik sikit air. Aku cuba gak nak minum air hujan, tapi tak berjaya.


Lepak situ kat puncak dalam 30 minit. Pastu kitorang dah mula kutip sampah, mulanye just guna dua plastik. Lepas tu kitorang dah start turun bawah. Azmar leading dengan dua sampah kat tangan. Membaling plastik sampah ke bawah sambil turun.

Turun amik masa yang cepat sebenarnye. Tapi kalau lagi ok keadaan badan, lagi cepat. Tapi memasing dah letih. Mental, and tak cukup air. Aku lak sibuk timing masa, aku tak tahu kenapa, tapi memang turun lagi cepat la. Mana mana orang ku jumpa dalam perjalanan turun, aku kasik tahu lagi berapa minit nak naik ke puncak. Tapi memang la bunyik macam cepat, sebab kitorang menurun.

Dari puncak Nuang ke Puncak Pengasih, ada gak dalam 15 minit. Pastu just turun, sambil layan mental. Gilir gilir bawak turun plastic sampah. Aku terjatuh (slip) sekali, sakit bontot, luka tangan dengan kaki sikit luka. Masa naik dah kena gigit pacat.

Turun pun sebenarnye amik masa dalam 5 jam. Aku tak boleh fokus sangat sebab aku tunggu sungai. Dahaga tahap melampau. Aku asyik tanya Julie bila nak sampai sungai, dia just kata peka dengan bunyi sungai. Masa turun tu, bila dah sampai Kem Pacat, sikit punye happy aku. Bila dah sampai site Good Good Mountaineering, tengok ada orang pasang khemah, siap dengan botol wine. Hah! berparti di Gunung, cis. Yang aku paham Good Good Mountaneering ni macam Pacesetters la lebih kurang, atau pun HHH (Hash House of Harriers). Buat aktiviti berkumpulan.

Turun menuju Kem Lolo, sambil turun, telinge dengar je bunyik sungai. Kejap bunyik kat kiri (distant je bunyik) pastu bunyik kat kanan. Tapi tak sampai sampai lagi. Setiap kali jumpa orang naik, aku lak yang tanya jauh lagi ke idak ke Kem Lolo. Fuh..mental.. Semua cakap 30 minit lagi la, less then one hour la. AIRRRRR!!!!!WATEERRRRR!!!

At last sampai gak ke Kem Lolo dan sungai tuh..FUHH..Minum air, refill air, minum air..ahahah..bagi ok sikit badan. Tini perasan badan aku berasap masa tu. Nampak sangat panas badan masa tu.Lagi sejam lebih je nak ke Parking Kereta...


Lepas tu badan dah segar sikit. Pace agak laju. Dari Kem Lolo ke jalan double track tu agak kejap la. Cuma dari Double Track tu ke kereta yang lama sikit. Sejam kalau aku tak silap. Mental gak sebab aku dah tak sabar nak habis kan benda ni semua.Elok sampai situ, dah hujan.


Aku bergerak slow dengan Tini, dia pun sakit kaki, sakit belakang and sakit pinggang. Support dia, sebab dia sakit masa lalu jalan yang menurun, dan push dia sikit masa naik. Katanya plantar dah start rasa sakit, jari kaki pun dah start cengkam. Memang tengok muka pun, muka dah takde expression.

Aku tak ingat berapa jam jalan. Aku pun dah letih masa tu. Kaki pun sakit. Tapi ada orang jalan sekali, ok la sikit. Jalan tu pun mental sebab setiap curve tak tahu dah habis ke idak. Tapi at last habis gak, memang sampai pun pukul 7 lebih. Terima kasih Kam, sebab tunggu kan kitorang. Ouh, masa lalu jalan Double track tu, tahu tahu dah ada pacat lagi sekor kat kaki aku.



Sepanjang perjalanan tu, aku asyik teringat ayam KFC dengan Coke botol besar. Lapar..ahahaha.. Mulanye lepas basuh badan sikit, ingat nak join the rest of the gang makan kat bt18, tapi kitorang lambat sangat dah, sampai sampai Kam pun dah nak balik. Maka aku dan Tini pun terus ke KFC kat stadium Cheras, makan.

Gambar dalam post ni banyak aku amik dari Kam Kasturie, dari facebook dia actually. Thanks to Julie sebab ajak kitorang naik Nuang. Thanks to the rest of the gang, sebab banyak tolong. AJ (i still can't believe that you are 50 something), Azmar, and Julie korang memang kuat aa..2 budak UTP yang aku tak tahu nama, you guys are like talking walking radio, whoever your name was, wherever you are, kalau korang senyap sangat pun bosan gak. Kam dengan muka cool dia. Aku tak tahu bila dia actually penat. ahahaha..
Tini, newbie yang lebih kurang kena con untuk naik ke Nuang, tapi habis. I respect you.

Gunung Nuang..

Gunung Nuang, ketinggian rasmi 1,493 meter (4,898 kaki). Jangan tanya aku, aku tak tahu tu berapa tinggi..hehehe..Check la sendiri guna pembaris ye..

12jam punye perit. Tapi aku dah sampai puncak Gunung Nuang. All thanks to Julie for invited me joining her clean some garbage programme (kira macam orang Alam Flora, cuma kena panjat gunung).

And then some more, sambil aku tulis ni, aku jalan tempang and all my toes are hurting. Tak termasuk sengal sengal otot kat badan aku nih.

Start pagi tadi dalam pukul 7 lebih. Patutnye dalam email kata start pukul 645, tapi disebabkan kereta Julie rosak, maka start lewat sikit. Takpe la pun, aku sampai lambat gak. Salah budget timing ngan tak tahu jalan sangat. Aku pi amik Tini kat Subang sebelum pegi situ.

Ni list orang yang naik sekali.
AJ
Azmar
Akhil
Adik angkat Julie
Julie
Kam
Kawan adik angkat Julie
Rashid
Tini

Tak tahu nak cerite cemana, sebab kepala aku pun penat, ngantok wuuu. Naik amik masa lima jam, turun pun lima jam. Sakit seyh..ahahahhaha. Aku nak tido..

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What a lovely night to run

I'm sitting somewhere in tasek subang.doing nothing but gazing at the sky, even though there's no star tonight, not as clear as the last time when i was here. But then it's just peaceful. A lot of mosquitoes though.

Just finish a 5km slow night run,before that 3km with Tini, total of 8km for my evening run. She went home, I just continue for another run. Manage to talk to a few runners that always run here. Abg Hassan, always run with just his shorts, no shirt, lean body, i dont know whether he even have fats or not. Rashid, yeah i know, same name and Din, an Indian Muslim i assume.

Orang bosan berkata kata....

At work, bored, nothing to do, so lets blog on what I ate for breakfast. (Drumroll!!). Oatmeal with some durian.Sedap wuuu!!!!Gred D24 tuuhh..Enjoy the pic..

I Miss You

I miss you, I truly do.I miss caressing your body, I miss the way you look. Expressionless as usual. I miss riding you, all those time, the sweats..I miss the pain afterwards. I miss you..

Rainy day

Manage to run 11km something today before the heavy rain. I hate if it rains in the morning. Rasa malas nak pi keje. Hehehehe. I'm not the raincoat fan, but then I have to wear it TODAY, as I don't have the luxury to wait for the rain to stop. Last time when it happens, it rains until almost lunch time. Kira masuk keje half day la, but then my office mate didn't know about my lateness (shh, jangan kasiktahu sesapa)

Somemore few years ago I had an accident, and it was raining at that time. Somewhere near Sunway College. I was on the way to SunwaSport Planet where the scooter hit some potthole, skidded, and the last thing I remember was I'm on the road, facing the tarmac, I can't move and the scooter was on the other side on the road. Jaket koyak sikit, helmet calar, jeans koyak, not to forget bleeding. I still have the jacket though (its a rm30 leather jacket I bought in Uptown Damansara)

Well, here goes, hope nothing happens..Ouh ya, I'm wearing this army raincoat, those greenish blacky colour thing. Watchout guys, guerilla on a kapchai...

Night run at tasek subang

The sky are clear tonight. Can see stars somemore,i can't remember when is the last time i saw stars in the clear night sky. The time is 2122 and i just finish 11km run at Tasek Subang(near to SJMC). I didn't run this morning because of the heavy rain (around 0600), and i slept during lunch (im supposed to swim today). Puas dapat lari!! My back still sore,due to the gym session yesterday. Not a fast run,just slow and easy plus 3 sets of crunches and 3 sets of pushups.

Nurashid Noor Mohamad - 140

I'm sweating hard, even though it is night. I don't know what time it is, I don't even care to look at the watch.

Running leg, lap 5.
I can't think straight, I can't even registered what music I'm listening to (yes, I bring my Ipod even though it is forbidden),I'm practically forcing my body to move. Want to finish, need to finish. Lonely night it seem, even though I can see few runners running by, no policeman to control the traffic. Less supporters, it's just you and the road.

0400
I am not sure how long did I slept last night, I don't think I slept that well, you know, anxiety attacks. I still can't believe its D-day. Ironman Langkawi is here. Just like I mumbling the day before, on the bike check in, "today is Ironman Langkawi". Yeah, today is Ironman. Went to the loo, use it up before anybody else wakes up. Then go back to sleep, rasa macam tak nak race je. Woke up at 0430 with Allen is preparing his breakfast, instant noodle. As for me, who's like don't know anything much about the prerace breakfast nutrition, just eat what I can eat. Kinda forgot what I ate tho.

0530
Reach the starting point, a bit nervous tho. Looking around, wandering aimlessly, tengok basikal, looking at the people, suddenly she was there, Tini. Heh, she's early. Few other photographers was there as well. Jason, Mervyn, Mac, Shazly, Jim Manan. Quite early they all. Photographers cum supporters. Im still mumbling "Fuck, it's Ironman!!". By 0630, people have started swimming, warm up I would say, just to test the water.

0700
Done testing the water, salty as usual, calm tho. Not as choppy as the day before. Still not so confident I can do the swim part. But still, supports from many friends, many fellow athlete makes me smile for a while, "I'm here yes, let's give it a try, let's finish the swim part,"

0745
Pchuusshhh.(bunyi mercun), signs the start of the race. And I swam..Still not so confident, but I swam, freestyle bebeh. Zig Zag almost all the way. At first I was in the front pack, but slowly I was left behind (slow swimmer, heheheh). It's ok, just keep on swimming. I spotted Adeline pass by me, then May Senn. Manage to pace her for a while then somehow I zig zag again, then I lose her. The came Yusran. Did pace him for a while, then somehow he sped off. Ouh I'm fucked.

First 1.9km I clocked around 1hour 9 min. Behind schedule.

"Can I make it in time?" I kept asking my self.
"I have to make it, I made it this far, this is not just my race anymore, somebody waited for me,"

And so I swam ahead. The salt water does cause some pain in my nostril. And I did ask some water from the kayak guy (who said no water station in swim leg?).Somehow I manage to finish the swim in 2 hours 1 minute. Thank God, I'm still in then..

Bike Leg - 180km
Not much to tell in the Bike part. Eat as much as possible, drink as much as possible. Having cramp on some treacherous hill on the 4th lap. My first lap was a bit fast though, then I slowed down on the rest of the lap. Later I need to check back IronmanLive.Lucky that I borrowed spedometer from Bandit, if not I will be the victim of doing less lap that I should done, or over lap. I heard many were disqualified as they didnt cover the whole mileage of the bike leg. Kesian

Running - 42km
5 lap, mental. Itu je boleh cakap. First 2 lap can still smile. 3rd lap, boring already. 4th lap dah start cramp. 5th lap, mental, no more traffic control, dark.
Thank you to all supporters/photographers, without you guys, the run would be utterly boring. Kudo's to Imcyclist, they setup their big van at the run course (beside the road la of course), and play some loud music. Tini, Aini, Mac, Lydias, and some other (who i forget their names)were there. Thanks..

Alhamdulillah, I finish, crossd the finish line at 14hrs 41min. Blinded by the flash light from the photographers. Thank you Tini to be there, she accompanied me up until med checkup. And she waited me for the massage but then, I didnt manage to talk much to her as the van (kudos to Steve for transportation and accomodation) were about to leave, sudah angkut barang, semua sudah letih. Semua kepala sudah mental, semua tunggu katil.

Thats Ironman. Finish..Whole year of training, money spending, time spent. Ironman is well done..

Gelang merah ironman

Ape jadah la LIEM nih, pi bagi gelang merah macam masuk funfair (bak kata kawan aku lah). Itu gelang guna untuk tahu sama ada kite ni participant ke idak. Untuk masuk ke carbo loading dinner, pastu untuk masuk race, pastu untuk award dinner. Cikai betul diorang nih, bagi la gelang lawa sikit ke, ape la guna bayar memahal. Adusss...pening..

Langkawi I nearly missed

I'm already at the hotel when I wrote this. Istana Kondo to be exact. Registration went well, (medical check up, collect timing chip and goodies bag). I will go for cycling with the rest of the gang after this (Puzi, Dino, Kam and Azmar).

Well, what do you know, I'm in Langkawi, despite nearly missed the flight today (Close call).

Bike packing have been done at Taman Melawati, some bike shop that sells mostly mountain bike, can't remember the shop name. Charge me RM40, fair enough. TBB would charge me RM60 for the bike packing. Went panic for a while thinking the shop won't open for the day as I waited for a while, but then Bandit told me that it is normal the shop would open at 1000.

After the bike packing, I went straight to Plaza Sentral, thanks to Aini for the car pass, I manage to park at the basement, from today up until Sunday. Run up to KL sentral to take the bus to LCCT (practically run while carrying the bag bike), lenguh tangan seyh!!

The flight was scheduled at 1405, but then its 1315 and I'm just passing Sepang F1 circuit. Earlier I was told that Azmar and Kam have missed their flight even though they arrived like 25 min earlier. I am totally fucked, few minutes late and I have to buy another ticket to Langkawi.

Mac was worried and kept calling me, which makes me more nervous. DAMN. 1318, the bas parked, I quickly ran (again with the bike ) to the balai berlepas, and thank God, I still made it for the flight. During the walk to the airplane I realise that I left Bandit's meter at the security check point. So I ran back to the airport, and guess what, not only I left the meter, but I also left my Ipod, and my carkeys, kalut betul eh.

Boarded the airplane, and now I'm in this condo, prepping up the bike to test the bike setup.

Haih, cemana la agaknye Ironman aku ni eh

Langkawi here I come

Flight is like few hours away, it's like 1 am and I haven't pack my bike. Susah laaa..and I thought it was easy, jimat duit la sangat..cheh..

I can't focus anything at work, it have been like that since Monday, the only thing that is been going on my mind right now is getting pass Ironman, seriously IM is like my D-day (doomsday), maybe I'm a bit exaggerating, but yeah, I have been training a lot for that day (even though it's not by the book), and I really hate to lose (as in DNF or DQ) on that day. I am still in doubt of my swimming.

Well, I want to go to sleep, morning comes, I will go for my last lite run, then off to the bike shop to pack the bike, and then Langkawi..here I come..yeah

Ironman is 6 days away..I am so Fckd

Few days to go for Ironman and it's pretty hectic to me.I'm working only on Monday and Tuesday this week, and on Wednesday I will go off to Langkawi. Let see, bike not yet pack, racing gears also haven't pack. Perghhh, and Wednesday is like what? 2 days away??? Ironman is 6 days away, what the f***!!!!

B.O.N.K.D

broga loop..again.i think this is the second time. thought that many people would join up today, but it is still me and fong. i started off from bt 14, while fong started from her house in sri petaling. started at 0730. maintain speed at 25kmh - 30kmh, slow stroll only. everything was going fine until i reach petronas kuala klawang, even after eating powerbar and some buns, my body seems to be very tired. am not sure how to describe it. i started yawning, muscle ache, can't push the speed. suddenly it felt the stretch was very faaaarrr, and im going sloooowww. it takes forever for me to reach titi. wtf!!climb up bukit hantu, i can feel cramp attack at my tricep,(yes..tricep!!) and my right rectus femoris.painful, even i try to spin, i still can feel the cramp attack..aarghhh, what the hell happened to my body today.i dont know how long did fong waited for me at the perez, sorry wei. while resting at the top, the only thing that i can think of is a bottle of coke and an icecream.ffuhhh..so i cycled down fast to kg lui, go to the nearest shop and bought it. legaa..sodapp..sojukk..then i continue to cycle slowly, alone, to my car at bt14. the sweats was abnormal, it lookd different. i know this sign, either my body is damn tired today, or an early sign of body shutdown..and yeah, the night before i only slept like 4 hours..note to everybody, kalau tido tak cukup, jangan mengada nak ride jejauh, nanti kena macam aku, padan muka..bink out

A shoe it is

6 pairs of shoes I have. All are worn out, can be use for short distance training, but for a proper full marathon race? I doubt it. Last time I used the Saucony A2 Fastswitch at Singapore Marathon, I felt like thumping on the tarmac, no cushioning left. Thank God the knee still ok.

Bought another Saucony, this time its the Fastswitch 3 (note to self, this shoe is for racing, not for training). Got it from Choi, where else you can get a cheap Saucony product. And some more he is a runner, so he knows what people need. The colour is like one of those stealthy stuff, black and green. Macam kasut jalan jalan seyh.

Met Choi to collect the shoe. Run a few metre with the shoe. Damn light. Thanks Choi

befday besday birthday

Nandos Midvalley, 1pm. Mac, Kash, Aini, Fatini, AJ and me. The occasion? Celebrating Aini's birthday or hangout at Nandos during lunch. Kash was too kind to bring in presents for the guest of honor. AJ turns up at the very last minute. I thought that he wouldn't able to make it, because of his hectic schedule and all.

Langkawi Bebeh

Went to Langkawi for a company trip. Lucky me, at least got chance to train in the hot climate of Langkawi, pity me that I can't bring my bike. I didn't swim, no swimming pool at the resort (Berjaya Resort and Spa). I only manage to run, 9km, 10km, 20km. And I eat a lot. (Free food mah, got a lot of vege and salad).

Saw one cyclist on the second day I'm at Langkawi, two cyclist on the third day. They are in tri suit, pretty early to be here for IM, thats what I thought.

Other than running, I just participate in the company's activity. Annual dinner on the first day at Langkawi (Friday), telematch on Saturday and shopping for chocolates..hehe

Thanks to Shazly to lend me his Tune Money Tri Tops.

Muka wa masuk sulatkhabar aaa

Thanks to Aini to inform me about it. I was at Midvalley, walking around with a friend of mine when she called and told me about the news paper clipping regarding the Gunung Jerai Cross Country Challenge. In this picture is Doc Hisyam, me and Denis Oakley

YouthMalaysia 09

An event that being held at PWTC. 3days, from 9-11th Jan 09. I went there on Saturday, with a friend of mine, a fellow photographer, who is really interested in a band called Pesawat. I rarely go to this kind of event, one because I don't have calendar for this kind of event. But then, I really like the t shirt design by this youth. Cool design, good fabric quality, and at a decent price. Rm25 - Rm30. Among the t shirt group is 84cube, Brain Inc, and Street Wear.

an injured Photographer (blame her Myvi)


chiptune in action

Fatini in action

Then some part of the event, there's this dance workshop. For that day, there's a few of kids doing the shuffle. But the main attraction of the event is the live band, and some fashion show. I did enjoy some song from 'Komplot', some indie rock group.

On the other hand, I did a Broga Jantan with Fong, covered the route within 6 hours 39 min, with 3 stops. Refill water at Lenggeng, stop for food at Petronas Kuala Kelawang, and rest at top of Perez. Start at 8, because waited for Zebet and he didnt show up. Finish around 2 something. 138km.

stop for water at Lenggeng

camwhoring at Lenggeng


at the top of Perez

Just right after that went home and then meet up with Fatini (the photographer friend), at Jalan Yap Kwan Seng.