University Malaya's 1st Duathlon Race

Participants : Adelin (me) Shasha (my cousin) Botak (my husband) and lutfi (somebody else's husband) hehe
Supporter : Pisha N Eppot

This is the first duathlon race organize by University Malaya. There's 4 category .. Varsity Women, Varsity Men and Women Open and Men Open ... its a 5km run 20km cycle and another 5km run.

Hujan renyai2 pagi tu .. pergh syok nie kalau sambung tido. 8-) Made in on time (tak la jugak .. org lain sumer dah siap kitaorang baru nak setting beskal)

The first 5km run jer terpaksa mengadap bukit yang macam tak der penghujung .. nasib baik baru lepas hujan .. cooling .. kasut plak dah tercabot tapaknyer sebelah aiseeyy ..

Next 20km cycle .. adoii .. mengadap bukit yang sama 4 round.. ader yang sampai tolak beskal ..
The last 5km run .. sakit kaki lari kasut tak balance .. decided to cabot tapak lagi sebelah .. rasa macam pakai kasut ballet la pulak

Shasha placing 17th - Me placing 19th (nasib baik tak ramai female participants :-> ) - Botak & Lutfi finisher

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LARIAN NEW BALANCE 10k Melawati

Its been a while since i've been here .. kesian my blog macam kena abandoned ajer.. nie pon sebab terjumpa blog anis yang makin hari maki padat blog nyer ..(jeles la jugak but am happy got to know her xperienced). dont really know where to start.. been here n there.. got married..(hehe) .. now am ready to start running again ..

The New Balance 10k Run was held at Taman Melawati Hulu Klang (weird right!!). Maner penah ader larian buat kat sini but its great .. dekat dengan rumah.. jln kaki pon sampai..but late as usuall. The run was supposed to be held at Dataran Merdeka tapi clashed dengan HLA BigWalk.

Arrives at Padang Phase 5 Melawati around 7.00, glad that the run havent started yet.. me, botak, nelly and my cousin shasha is taking part .. tapi its 7.30 batang idung shasha still tak nampak (sah bangun lambat nie). So i left the number kat viper kereta...

The route is cooling la berbanding lari kat area KL yang banyak asap hehehe ... the weather is also just nice ... timing 50.23 .. lama dah tak lari semua nyer sakit2 ... tak ramai participant kali nie maybe sebab banyak runs n race yang clash kot ... organizer macam kelam kabut sikit sampai which way to run pon tak sure dlm map tulis different route biler lari different route pulak ..

Waiting for Shasha ... tengok kat viper no dah takder ... call handphone tak pickup sah mesti dia lari jugak ... so we all patah balik nak kereta cari Shasha .. bout 2km to the finishing line .. dia tengah lari escorted by police n ambulans ... she didnt give up ... she made it and got a medal ... caya lah Sha ..

KL International Titiwangsa Triathlon 13 November 2005

After a month of puasa and a week of rendang, lemang, ketupat, kuih raya and all those open houses i would never think of entering the KL International Titiwangsa Triathlon ... 1.5 km of swimming, 40 km of cycling and 10 km of running ... giler ker aper .. hehehe .. tapi tawaran Anis tak dapat nak ditolak. Masuk main-main ok la .. tapi sakit gak kalau tak der trenning ..

Last minute registration .. bole la ...

Our swimmer _ Shasha
The Cyclist _ Adelin
SuperRunner _ Anis

Team name TriAngelz, baru perasan kategori mixed relay n men relay jer yang ader n we r the only women team.. aisey .. bantai lah

Briefing n Registration_
Biasala usuall crowd tapi tak ramai as before, agaknyer masing2 masih bercuti Raye. Went with Shasha n Ya, meet up with Anis n her hubby there. Husband Anis kecewa sebab tak masok .. hehe

Race Day
Sampai lambat sikit .. Anis n Shasha risau takot kiter tak datang .. Husband Anis dah prepare dah nak ganti .. sorry la .. maner bole lepas kan peluang nie..
Shasha dah siap streching dah (tido sampai mimpi2 lemas masa race .. mokekeke). This is her first triathlon. Goal .. Just to complete..take ur time Sha..
First lap .. looking good .. finishes 2 lap for 32 min 27 sec .. laju gak kalau kiter sure dah kena tarik ngan kayak.

Aisey .. my turn cycling 40 km = 10 laps around Titiwangsa. Never have I kayoh 40 km before .. kayoh makan angin ader la .. First, Second, Third, Fourth ... ok la the last six round is killing me (dah macam kura-kura naik basikal dah rupa) ... The last round baru la bersemangat nak kayoh laju2 pasal lengoh dah segala macam sendi. Tiba kat transition Anis tengah tunggu (habes la kena berlari dalam panas). Finishes at 1 hour 34 min 25 second ... as xpected lah .. lembab giler

10 km = 3 laps .. Lari suka suka nampak hehee ... we waited by the kaki lima for her to finish. 51 min 57 sec her usuall timing she said .. maintain nampak ..

Tak sangka pulak dapat medal ingat kan dapat sijil jer. This would be my first triathlon medal lah ( medal larian pengguna tak kira la .. hheeh). Lagi la bertambah jeles Si Nazlee ( ahli kumpulan kasut getah malakoff) n hubby Anis .. Botak pon tensi dah la kena bangon pagi tapi tak masok race .. moekekeke .. next time..

4 more information visit ... Triathlon Malaysia

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Yeaahh tahniah la everybody .... yang pasti we did have fun at the race even tho sampai kebas-kebas bontot .. hehhe
Thanks to Anis yang sanggup tunggu kura-kura kayoh basikal .. moekekek dan terpaksa berlari tengah panas.

Thanks to our swimmer yang menawarkan diri, harap2 tak serik lah lainkali bole la kiter masok triatlon lagi... biler lagi kan sha nak swimming kat tasik titiwangsa .....

since dah ader swimmer and runner yang power .. i have to try cycle road bike la pulak next time ...next time biar lah ader ranking sket .. hehheh

Thanks to all the supporter who came
Botak , sanggup bangun pagi hari-hari minggu nie, prepare the bicycle for me ... terharu beb

Nazlee, cameraman AXN-walaupon ari tu tak bawak camera tetap datang gak, mesti ko tak tau kan aku masok .. moekekek .. takper lain kali ko masok la team ngan pisha n budien...

Fahmi, hope to see u racing tu next time .... tapi jgn curi my my swimmer .. hehehe

Hubby Anis, jgn sedih next time bole masok lagi, thanks for ur support tunggu kura2 nie berbasikal .. hehe

Hope to see u guys in the next race ( kalau la masok) .... eh next week tak der aper 2 larian ker ... cam dah syok lak ...

AXN Challenge 2005 Malaysia

The Ultimate Urban Warrior Challenge

A multi-disciplinary urban adventure race organized by AXN Malaysia, Asia's only 24-hour non-stop action adventure channel - and supported by the Tourism Malaysia

Date : Saturday, 1 October 2005
Venue : Start & End Point - KLCC Parking Lot @Jalan Ampang (Opposite Avenue K)

Race Disciplines :
Abseiling, Climbing, Flying Fox, Canoeing, Mountain Biking, Running, Mystery Tests, Food Challenge.

27th Sept - COMPULSORY Skills Test, Equipment Checks and Race Briefing for KLites . Venue at Summit Climbing Gym from 6pm. Last check-in no later than 7:45pm of you will be turned away.

1st October 2005 : RACE DAY

0830 hrs : Bike drop off at Lake Garden Parking Lot

1000 hrs : Teams register at start line at Open-air Carpark, opposite Isetan @ KLCC

1015 hrs : Distribution of race instructions, maps. Race briefing

1100 to 1200 : Pre race planning

1200 hrs : Move to start line. VIP welcome address

1230 hrs : Flag off!

Have to run around kl and look for 6 clues (answer 6 questions regarding places around the area)
Once completed, pick up a brick and ran to the Ampang Park LRT Station and pick up a pail.
Then continue running under the hot blazing sun to Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve.Teams must complete 3 out of 5 Matrix Zone tests. Among the tests were sponge throw (tengah-tengah panas main air syok gak), island crossing and go-kart. Upon completion, teams must drop the pail and brick and ran to Central Market.. raser cam kena panggang ...panas

Central Market Food Challenge - corn on the cob : eat the corn without touching it.. pretty easy and since we were all starving, the corn got destroyed pretty fast. After filling up our tummy, we had to run to lake garden for the next task. Reached Lake Garden and had to complete an obstacle test where one person cannot touch the ground (Pisha), another had to be blindfolded (me) and the other person had to carry Pisha (Anis).

Next, continue running to the next checkpoint and perform another obstacle course :Over and Under.

First technical test - flying fox done by Anis while me and Pisha had to canoe around Lake Garden for 3 rounds and pick up 1 can of Sprite Remix each round. Fuhh that canoe was tough to handle..
then have to pick up bikes and haf to complete 3 checkpoints - memorial TAR, Eusoff Teh Residence @ Bukit Tunku and Sri Perdana Residence @ Jalan Damansara. Then cycled up to Brickfields. Our team did not make the cut off time (we were late by 15 minutes) and we had to skip all the 3 checkpoints and proceed straight to Tien Ho Temple in Brickfields.

Mystery Test - change a flat tyre. phew luckily we had a few experience (although still kelam kabut when changing the tube and using the hand pump.. hehe)

Cycle down to Lorong Syed Putra Kiri and up to Chinese Cemetery.. quite a large cemetery, never been here before and have to go out via Jalan Bellamy. From Jalan Bellamy, continue cycling to Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka - drop bikes there.

Proceed to Berjaya Times Square on foot. saki-baki tenaga yg ade ni, masa ni bertembung ngn team Storm.. lari sama-sama to Times Square. We was hoping to arrive at Berjaya before the cutt off time so that we wont miss the next technical test. Rugi la kalau abseil from Berjaya Time Square n climbing wall structure at the amusement park ..

Next Technical Test - 2 team members must make their way up to 5th floor by stairs.
5th Floor - I have to climb a wall structure at the amusement park while Pisha have to continue walking up the stairs to 16th floor.. uwaaa!!(lucky it wasnt me) siap take 5 tu kat tingkat 10.
Climbing up the wall structure was pretty easy but u have to cross over to the middle of the structure and blow a wisel hanging, it was prety scary because u have to look down ... gayat siott ... especially biler people from the roller coaster rides menjerit ...

Abseiling - wo0ho0 highest abseiling ever done by AXN - 85 metres high.. (nasib baik dia tak terkencing dalam seluar... then again .. nobody knows.. hehehe kan Pisha kan ..

Both members have to meet up with their other team member for the next test - Perodua Car Pull
Pisha steered the 4wd while the other two had to push the car. The Golden Rule - prohibited to start the engine. Continued running to KLCC. Must follow Jalan Imbi, Jln Sultan Ismail, Jln Raja Chulan and Jln Kia Peng.

Last obstacle course - Hurdles From Hell - one of the toughest obstacles
Teammates are tied together and had to go over the hurdles without your feet touching the ground. AND one hand must touch the ground at all times.. You figure it out..

Final 200m sprint to the finishing line.. Yahoo!! (time nie tiba-tiba lak larat nak lari padahal raser cam nak pengsan dah)

2100 hrs : Prize presentation (Congratulations to Team Biskut Manis _ Eppot_Padel_Botak 2nd Place in Mixed Category)

It was really fun seeing your frens tonggang tebalik trying to complete the mystery test. Everybody was really supportive even tho we dont really know each other. Enjoyed every single time of it. Bila tengok balik gambar-gambar taken by our friends tak sangka pulak we did it. Even tho tak cukup training ( especially me, the other two memang dah fit). Thank you so much to my team mate for sticking with me even tho i'm kindda lembab sket. Terima Kasih la for those who came to give us support n follow us thru out the race. Really terharu mann ... Lets do it again next year .. hehe

for more informations on the event visit...
Nomad Adventure

some news coverage on the event visit ....
http://www.bharian.com.my/Misc/EPG/Khamis/Mukadepan/20051006113622/Article/mukadepan
http://www.bharian.com.my/Misc/IKON/Hari/aktif/20051010113052/Article/

Malakoff Malaysia Duathlon Series III Johor Bahru

Bertolak ke JB around 7.30 am fro KL. Ader yang tak sampai lagi so kena tinggal lah apa lagi. Sebab got few things to do in Skudai. So kitaoang bertolak dulu.

Those yang pegi
Padel, Botak, Mazni & Me
Pisha & Mum
Eppot, Nowa & Nazlee
Najmuddien & Adek + kidss
Budien datang kendian naik bas

Those who participated
Team Biskut Manis - Nowa, Padel & Eppot
Team Kasut Getah - Nazlee, Budien & Pisha
Women Sprint - Me & Adek

Sampai kat JB check in kat Hotel Maharani .... hahaha .... for those yang penah tido sana would know why I'm laughing. Tapi bantai lah .... dah last minute punya plan. It was ok since it is so near to the Starting Point that is Dataran JB.

All of us meet up at M Suite (formerly known as Micasa). Registration + Breifing + makan2. Next thing is to unload our gear. Aiseeyyy ader AF3 la pulak malam tu .... we decided to cari any kedai yang ada ASTRO malam tu ... Danga Bay here we come. JB really chaged a lot since the last time was there. Dulu mana ader Danga Bay sekarang waaaaa ... ader cafe, lampu lip lap lip lap, horse & pony ride, siap ader tramp macam funfair. There was this Motor GP punya tour plus ader RTM mini studio ... happening betol. Everything was grand except for the parking space ... jauh giler nak jalan. Ader banner kat Danga Bay tu tulis Peminat AF3 boleh menonton Konsert setiap hari Sabtu 8.30 malam ..... waaaaaa apalagi ... nak pegi beli makan pon kena tunggu iklan ... moekeekke

Race Day .... wasnt looking foward to compete since training pon suka-suka jer. Asalkan habis cukup. The first 3km run was ok la but masa cycling tu cuaca .. adohh panas giler ... angin pon tak der ... got problem with the bike when changing the gear, tak tau la kenaper ... bantai jer laahh asalkan tak pancit.

Finish the race quite terok jugak lah .. kantoi ngan mama Pisha n Pish sebab jalan sambil borak2 ngan Adek .. tak perasan dah sampai finishing line ... mokekeke
We went running together thru the finishing line together ... syok gak ......

Malam tu lepak kat Danga Bay lagi. Ader konsert sempena Motor GP ader la artis2 jemputan ine of the band called Chilli, the singer tu cousin Pisha ruper-rupernyer ... After all the makan2 n tengok show Mama Pisha ajak gie main bowling. Main bowling kat Komtar around 12 something. Anak-anak Najmudeen pon angkut sekali ...... Happening betol

The next morning biasala bangun lambat, tau-tau jer mama Pisha baru balik jogging sampai ker Komtar pulak tu. By this time Padel ngan Mazni dah balik KL dulu. Kitaorang nak lepak2 dulu.

Lunch kat Taman U kat Skudai sajer sebab nak singgah tengok bundle. ..... lepas tu terus shoot ke KL. Overall it was a new experience,a relaxing trip, met new friends Hanis (if u r reading this do drop a line).......... syok lah next stop would be Putrajaya .... mmm ... tapi tak sure masokla kot
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Malakoff Duathlon Series_Lumut

Everything is packed ready to go.

Destination : Lumut.
Event: Malakoff Duathlon Race.

Pick Tasha and Yana up, went for lunch first then leave KL at about 3 pm. The rest of the gang should be there already to register n stuff. Botak is not feeling well this few days.
This might affect his performance.

Arrived at Lumut around 7 something. Meet the gang for a the tarik at this nasi kandar shop behind KFC (they have really nice cheese Nan) borak2 kejap then of to the hotel (Hotel Putra) unpacked. Turun bawah kejap ambik gambar at the Water Front.

Yana “ Jom kiter pose Berek 1” …. Salute….

After that, freshen up and of we go for dinner at Teluk Rubiah. Along the way there’s signs showing 3 km run .. alamak apasal nampak jauh sangat. Thanks to Isekb for the lovely dinner …. Kenyang bangett….

6.00 am the alarm clock rings, the two sister’s are still sleeping. Syok nyer kalau bole sambung tido. In my running shoe’s already. Open the door “Hujan …..”. Didn’t see any of the racers. May be they are thinking what I’m thinking … “go back to sleep”. But its too late

Yana has conquered the bed ….. Tasha still sleeping …

Went up to room 306, Adek n Eppot already awake. Took of my shoes and ambush their bed instead. Kak Ina and Cha’ aka support team is still slepping. Went to the boys room, everybody is ready off to start line.

One by one category has been flag off. Its time for the sprint category. Me and Adek at the starting line eyeing other participants. Being interviewed by the cameraman Jon “Do u guys think u can win?” we both answer “ aaaaaaaaa ….” And laugh together.

The race starts …….

Few seconds after that somebody at the back was shouting … “adik adik .. kawan adek jatuh kat belakang”. As I turn back …AdeK was not at the back … what happened??

As I was running banyak la pulak kena potong. Halfway of the 3km run I was cut by Kak Faizah .. alamak nie tak bole jadi. Try to keep up with her pace. But was left behind. As the first 3km run finished … into the transition, pick up the bike at the same time trying to swallow the power gel …off we go cycling 10 km. Flat road makes it much harder as you have to kayuh consistently. Far in front I saw someone in the sprint category, apalagi kejar la …. Made it at the first half of the cycle. Still a long way to go.second half of the ride is still torturing as the first. One of the cyclist “Can you keep up?” Apalagi ngekor la kat belakang. But he’s using a road bike. Trying my best to keep didn’t realise I just cut another sprinter … WooHoOoo .. Baru la bersemangat sikit.

Made it to the transition, left the bike. Trying to finish another half of the power gel.Another 3km run. As I was running saw another sprinter struggling to finish the race. I set my mine “if only I could cut her…” and I did. About 1.7m saw another sprinter about 100m infront of me. Did the same thing and achieve my goal. All the morning runs and the afternoon cycling did paid off.

As I was running to the finish line, by the side of the road my cousins (oo they are up) tengah jerit “Gombak Clan, Gombak Clan” … waakakaka .. terharu pulak ader supporter nih. Anyway it wasa good satisfying race.

Ooo before I forgot, what really happened to Adek?? Someone from the back accidentally tripped her. She fell, bergeser kulit kat jalan raya. Almost give up tapi semua orang suruh dia bagun lari ….. everybody is being so supportive .. terharu nyer.

Went back to the hotel, Checked out, went for lunch at this kedai nasi kandar. Tasha was hoping to have the cheese nan but was dissapoited as they only serve it for braekfast and evening. The rest of the food was delicious n quite cheap.

After all of the shopping, sightseeing and stuff we all went back home. KL

Thanks to all those who came to support Tasha,

Yana, Kak Ina, Cha’, Maznie and the supporting aunty (Mama Pisha).

Cycling up Genting Sempah

Woke up early this morning, tak la pagi sangat around 7.30 am. Wasn't really prepare for this ocassion. The last time I went cycling was June, masa Malakoff Lumut hari tu. Lepas tu takder trainning aper pon. Just jogging for few times only.

Yang pegi was just the four of us me, Eppot, Pisha n Botak. The cycling route, start point Taman Melati - UIA (lalu highway) - Sungai Pusu - Aalang Sedayu - and terus sampai tembus kat MCD kalau nak gie genting tu ader MCD besar tepi highway.

Masa tengah cycle tu ader 1 group of cyclist from ATMA. Semua pakai roadbike. Ader muka-muka yang familiar yang masuk Malakoff. Semuanyer dah start trainning. Fit - fit belaka. After half hour of cycling kitaorang berhenti breakfast kat kedai mamak nie. Makan nasi lemak. Lepak jap dalam setengah jam lepas tu we start to cycle. Rasa nak terkeluar nasi lemak masa kayuh naik bukit. The next stop is kat batu penanda Bentong 40km ... alamak bunyik cam jauh lagi jer. Time tu memang dah larat dah. Budak-budak ATMA yang naik tadi dah start kayuh balik. sakit hati aje tengok, yer la turun bukit maner kena kayuh. Yang kiter nie tak sampai dari tadi.

Lepas lepak dalam 15 min start la kayoh balik. Kiranyer dalam 2 jam la nak sampai kat simpang atas tu. Sebelah kiri tu ader workshop. Yang tak sampai lagi Pisha ngan Eppot. Diorang lepak-lepak menikmati view highway kot. Tapi tak lama lepas tu sampai la diorang. Rehat jap half an hour.

Start cycle again turun. The fisrt five min gayat rasernyer sebab laju sangat. Takot pon ader sebab jalan bengkang bengkok. Kalau terlajak ader yang terbabas masuk gaung. Tapi after 10 mins camtu raser syok pulak. Dah la tak payah kayoh, angin pon kuat ajer. Raser cam naik roller coaster pon ader. Turun bawah took us only half an hour dari kedai makan yang kitaorang singgah tu. Sekejap giler. Tapi biler dah sampai bawah raser tension pulak sebab dah kena start kayoh. Masa balik nie tak lalu UIA sebab tak larat rasernyer nak naik bukit kat highway tu. So kitaorang lalu Greenwood - Rumah Pak Ali - Balai Polis Gombak - and end point Melati Impian.

Ader la dalam 50 km cycling ...... aiiyakkk ... kebas bontot, next gaji have to buy those cycling tights yang ader padding.

Gambar will upload soon courtesy of Pisha's camera.