Life a Shaq

Nak pi Shopping...events

2011-06-10T15:26:00.000+08:00

merapu jer lar kan, i don't know what to write and having had a very good productive day at work. Thought of going to FTAA nak pi borong larian apa yang best, kaki dah mula gatal nak berlari balik. Even though the fear is still hanging at the corner of my mind, well it is something u like to do and u will keep on working on it till it get better kan, mmm.....dah rindu ler nak berlari lari di atas jalan beramai ramai....

yang mana satu pilihan kalbu yer...

KL Night Towerthon 2011

2011-05-08T12:21:00.000+08:00

Happy anniversary run for me, 26 minute ...teruk ek, the run up is fun but the journey way back ..ayo fening ...berebut nak masuk lif...perg...Tee Hee..

The journey up there was like it was back in 2009. It was my first competition..remembering the day, when u don't know what is coming and feeling intimidated by the fellow runners whom are stronger in physique as well as their attire. Aku ni siap pakai organiser tees lagi heheh back then,,,.

If i am not mistaken my time back then was 30 minutes, i had several pit stop for hydration and now i did not take a few ,I guess skipped two of it. Well tak boleh bawak air but then semuanya bawak dengan selamba nyer ..and some of them even splash it all over their body...WT>>> hello, i am right behind you...well thanks to my previous experience and training that gave me the edge to run in that claustrophobic situation.

This time , nobody puke at the staircase, but the journey up memang crowded, most of the time i'll be like sight seeing pace..suka suka panjat tangga but looking the other person beside me, OMG look like a dead zombie climbing up stair...kesian tul depa n i..kena paksa masuk ka?

Anyway overall it was a nice journey up but a terrible one down, mana tak nyer...there are only two lifts available for thousands of us, we can't took the stairs cause we will interfere with the ascending runners so tunggu lor...punya lah lama is like an hour of sardine canned environment up there...did not like it at all...

Last but not least it will be a start for this year...will see you guys again at some other selected races....

Happy Training To All

Redah jer...

2011-05-04T20:28:00.000+08:00

Soon it would be my first attempt ...wish me luck

Food and the Joint that I like...

2011-04-12T20:17:00.001+08:00

Oops..Some people may not agree with what i am writing here..well first of all some of it may be featured in a health webmag...ouch...any ini hanya lah selingan..please approach the food with caution and do be mindful of the after effects....

Each person have their own version of it . These are mine:-

Nasi Lemak - Mak wanjor at Kampung Baru
Nasi Goreng Kampung - Gerai Milo at Kampung Baru
Roti Canai - Raju in Jalan Gasing
Nasi Kandar - Line Clear and Beratur, Penang
Mee Udang - Sungai Dua, Penang
Char Koy Teow - Gurney Drive, Penang
Chicken Chop - Desa Pandan Stall and Cozy Corner Ampang.
Mee Kong Hoo (somtimes pronounce as mee kung fu) - Cozy Corner Ampang
Nasi Ayam - Yet to find one
Beef Noodle - Taiwanese Noodle House Ampang Point
Double whammy Sandwich - Zang Toi Cafe Pavilion
Spaghetti Bolognaise - Cooked by my fellow colleague ..wow mmm..
Nasi Beryani - Thalapakattu Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman
Ice cream - Haagen Daaz
Gelato - Lecka Lecka
Tomyam - Tahara Desa Pandan and Kak Mah Kampong Baru
Ikan Bakar - Pasar Keramat
Ayam Kampung - mmm....Kinrara Kesas Stop over
Mandy rice - Saba
Kuih - makcik aku wat lagi sedap
Epok sayur - Gerai Kuih mak wanjor kampung baru
Minang spread - Minang Sayo Taman Melawati
Nasi Dagang - Kampung ladang KT...rindu sgt,,
Kerpuk Leko - Kemaman
Sata - Kemaman jugok..
Sotong Sumbat - Arwah nenek buat...OMG to die for..
Laksam - Still can't beat my colleague one...terangkat pekat nyer...
Laksa Johor - yet to find the best one, still longing for my cousin , that is the best i had ever tasted
Pizza - Yellow Cab
Calzone - Pizza Uno (is it still open for business ?..)
Choc Chip Cookies - Famous Amos...
Satay - Haji Ismail Satay, Keramat
Cendol - Mamak cendol tepi jalan Setapak
Burger kampong - Ramli Burger Chow Kit
Apam Balik - Jalan Hospital ( tiap petang)
Sambal Goreng Jawa - mmm Makcik aku wat sedap
Fish and Chip - Manhattan Fish Market
Kelantanese food - RNZ ( in front of PPZWP's building in Chow Kit)
Tostada Chips - Chillies
Cakes - Still secrete recipe
Currypuff - Old Changkee
Coffee - Old Town White Coffee
Tea - Cameron Highlands
Pastries - Breadtown
Laksa Asam - Gurney drive Penang
Mee Kolok - Some shops in Kuching

Enjoy your food and please do take care of your weight.....

Burrppp...

Dream and getting towards it

2011-04-01T06:10:00.000+08:00

Everybody has at least a dream , right. Cause having one of these is like a surreal fantasy...weeehoo we are on dreamland where everything is like chocolate..yeah u wish shaqeee. Well mine is and sometimes but always do are... to be known and venturing all over the world. It has always been something i wanted to do when i was a kid...tu pasai aku minat Discovery channel kot. Anyway, it open up your mind to a different prospective of life.

Yeah, working towards your dream is not something these two hands could grab half empty. Sheer determination and sweat like running a marathon kind of thing and giving up is not an option. However, the drawbacks are its only a dream ...kind of lost looking for ways to get there...for awhile. I wish i could have a guidance like a forest ranger that will guide you every step of the way and catch and heal you if you fall.

Having a day job is essential or else macam mana nak makan lor. These day job , sometimes i wish, would be enough to finance my dream, well dream on Shaqee. I need to be in a business in order for me achieve my dream. Some people may find it rather a waste of time and money, ape punye mimpi ler hang ni?. Well it is a dream right , doing things that out of the ordinary or else it would just be day to day life ( in my context of Life). I'm constantly looking for ways to make me rich, these dream of mine is not cheap.

Skills that could help? mmmm..well i could bake. The thoughts of having a bakery had long overdue, pressured by peer ever since i did a my first cheesecake. What a disaster it was baking the first time around..hehehe.. Baking cake is not an easy job and it requires a lot of hardwork as well as money because a good and fresh raw material are often expensive. A good thing always cost more, i believe in giving the best, [i'm so sorry to someone here , i know i owe you one cake..currently the oven had been off for a few months ..sudah rosak maa...(got no balls to tell him..gulp) please feel free to SMS me back so that i could refund double the amount]...I am still raising fund to buy myself an oven and a good mixer to do all the things..wow those things are expensive.

A total of RM5000.00 plus a numerous amounts of baking classes needed. I am waiting a windfall this coming August or else i need to apply for a loan. My gearing is kind of high now..mmm and thinking of soft loan..mmm .. Plan Plan Plan ..asyik plan ajer ..when it comes to execution masih lagi cricket sounds coming up ..Come on Shaqee stop planning and start doing. It times to put the plan into action, well you need a plan right to guide you.

Hoping this would be the answer to my dream..thus making me rich to be with people all over the world. Day job funding baking equal to more money to be with my dream.

Just like a marathon runner beating the "wall" that what i should be doing..

Tata..

mmm...tempting

2011-03-24T19:47:00.002+08:00

Banyak nyer ...running competition and events flooding my inbox mail...sounds and feel so yummy, mental block still runs high..inside, not progressing well on the road yet. I still feels some stiffness on the left leg whenever i reached the third kilometer..ouch.... I need to add more weight and cross training.. build up more muscle so that the ligament would not be easily torn again. Macam-macam cara den dah cubo..tapi masih belum berjaya lagi.., tapi den tak putus asa teruskan juo..usaha ku.. Aku nak lari Marathon jugak ...lantak ler ape nak jadi den tak leh jalan lagi ke?? eheh..boleh sampai ke situ ke?? Over pulak perasaan ini.

Lame nyer menyepi buhsan ler pulak... nak redah je lar..lantak ler...mmm....Lantak ler ape nak jadi jadi je lar....but kalau tak cedera itu kira bonus ler kan.. yeaahuu..Orang main bola tu ...selalu jer kuar masuk Hospital hehe..boleh jer main lagi.. Keep the spirit running high...positive vibes...

Sometimes u just need to do it without thinking..

....mmmm yang mana satu yer???

Surgery anniversary,,,,,

2011-03-19T11:15:00.001+08:00

Yup, it has been a year , wow time do fly so fast when u patiently and anxiously awaiting to be back on the track again. Looking at the progress of others ,made u felt so left out, it all started as just an exercise routine later moves on a fav free time thing...and ohh how i miss those days when u are burning rubber soles.

If i could see that it was coming , I could just gave myself a good rest or trained well. I guess it is too late to do that. Looking back at the medals made your mind wonders ,What had happened to me? I guess this is what an athlete felt like when he is crippled by his own injuries. I had decided to faced it, the surgery, well it did not turn out to be as i wanted to be but i had no regrets over doing it. Yeah that is life, sometimes it had no fairness to some, as for me, it felt like the only joy had been taken away. It is hard to keep you head high up.

Looking back on the day , i decided to do it. The butterflies, shivers and the feeling of "what the hell had i done this time?" haha..funny funny ...a wimpy person like me had to go through. Wow what a feeling it was , awake while the Doctor is puncturing your knee and showing to you on screen what its look like..wow it was amazing. Something beyond my imagination.

It had been a year....hoping i could be as good as the others soon

Eating spree (kononye Demam)

2011-02-02T06:14:00.001+08:00

From last Saturday, i was downed with a sore throat which eventually end up with a fever, well it turn out to be an eating frenzy ler pulak, I took off day(s) from exercising and relaxing..though while eating yer.... alasan Nutritfying myself so that i will be stronger to fight the fever. hahaha LOL

Exercise, to me, can sometimes goes overboard...heheh can't help it. My body tend to exhaust all of its nutrient and can sometimes put me at risk of contacting diseases. What a dumb thing to do, Shaqi, ...therefore berhenti sekejap, Haaaa..amik ko makan tak ingat....

How could u resist the temptation, BBQ night on Saturday, (chicken, udang sotong, hotdogs, spaghetti..to name a few lah..),Sunday (Chillies...full stop u know what i mean), Monday (Nasi Lemak spreee), Tuesday ( Nasi Kandar Sek. 13 PJ)..Today ape ler pulak ek...

Ayo...need to shrug off this habit fast or else gulp.....

I wanna Run Run Run....

2011-01-27T20:58:00.002+08:00

Training after training...... had been for several months now after the surgery and yet my legs are not strong enough to carry me over the 10k marks pain free, sigh..... Breathing techniques baru dah cube, 5 steps inhale then 5 steps exhale yet it felt so hard to achieve the targeted loops of the day. Worst still, the pain i had to endure on both thigh is like as if i was having a cramp and my leg literally beg me to stop while the brain did not register that (hang ..kejap). Is it the knee or the thigh? I had to stop a couple of times to power walk kejap then continue on running. Sometimes, i did felt like giving up and forgoing my targeted loops for the day. Being a stubborn person (degil), I kept on going till i reached the targeted loops of the day regardless of the pain.

My staple road running nowadays ,would be a 3 loops around Bukit Jalil Park, ever since i moved into my new pad, it seems very convenient. 3 loops completed in "as fast" as i could manner. I did not had any time limit. Through Mapmyrun, the route of which I took is about 2.3 km. Therefore, i should be completing about 6.9 km. Too bad , the pain usually strikes in whenever i reached around 2.0 km, I felt so frustrated and at the same time puzzled, what I did wrong this time, I did stretched and quite well hydrated , api lagi yang tertinggal ler??? Sakit hati gak bila tgk uncle and aunties overtaking you, isk tak patut tak patut. This is my dilemma now? How could i be ready ,even 10k pun tak boleh lepas lagi ni....mmm ..berangan nak buat marathon tahun ini.

Sometimes i even felt some pain whenever i am ascending the stair, ayoo..macam orang tua lor. Takkan ler once broken consider sold out....waaaa :( tidak...I had to find some solutions to this problem, A chiropractor...mm ..koyak ler poket...that will be my last resort...

I'm not gonna give up till I reach my first marathon mile. I will keep on training until my muscle and ligaments (hoping so badly) are ready for the challenge. I don't wanna give up running , please Allah let me run again, i want to be with running friends..please...i want to feel the air beneath my leg again , it felt so good....i wanna felt that way again...

May be i should enroll myself in running clinic...yukkkk pergi....I wish i could be as fortunate as the others...ada hikmah di sebalik setiap dugaan....praying hard that i could run my first marathon this year....

Happy Training To All...kalau jumpa si siput ni jangan ler asapkan dia yer...hehehe

Undecided, However, determine..Yichalal

2011-01-19T06:08:00.001+08:00

That is the perfect phrase to describe what i am feeling now. Yup, Its already 2011 where my running plan should be in place. Owing the fact that i had suffered terribly in Teluk Intan, which is not even close to a marathon mileage. I had doubted my fitness level in competing for long distance endurance run.

Wow, it is that hard to be back in shape after surgery. Well, Yichalal, if u think u could then u can achieve. I dont regret having the surgery, ada hikmah disebalik setiap peristiwa.

I would not be entering any competition until i am fully ready. The journey is tough but i'm not quiting.

Happy Training To All :)

Time fly ?? -Reflecting 2010

2010-12-30T19:45:00.002+08:00

Wow, what a year it was for me, it started off bad, i remembered the first run of the year, NB 30KM which took away my ligament, ACL to be exact. Ouch, later it moves on to be a very emotional ride indeed for me, the very thing that eludes me from my emotional trouble...was taken away from me. Not giving up,trying solutions after solutions given by fellow RBU(s) and end up with inevitable recondition surgery.

The surgery was done based on my eagerness to be back fast on track. Therefore, opting for it was the only way as advised by the Doctor that i would be able to be back on track faster. Instead, it turn out to be a very very long vacation from any competition. Take it like a man Bro, well i did, though it was hard as if i am losing the love of my life. Recovery was not an easy thing to endure. I did not recommend it to any other person whom loves this sport. Prevention is the key not recovery.

Training during recovery is very hard since a little pain in the joint would be predicated. You were constantly in a state of unknown, clueless to be precised, not knowing whether is it normal or not ? and How far are u willing to endured it ? I continued on jogging and slowly progress into running, building mileage from 3km to 6 km and cross training in between.

However, the training was not enough to take on the mighty 63 km in 12 hr Rogaining at Teluk Intan, i was downed with an injured leg. Maybe i was pushing too hard to the extend not even realising that i was hurting myself. Thus far, i had not sign up for any runs yet as i am not confident of my own strength , even to run 10km. With Godwill and I could run pain free then i would consider joining back the competition scene.

Sometimes things happen for a reason, not all things were sober for me this year. I managed to move in to my new house, my new Bach pad, i guess, huhu. It had always been my dream to own a house which i eventually did. Thanks to my mom and dad for making my dream possible. Rekindle back my friendship with old buddies and trekking the world outside. Venturing into baking bizzz...

Hoping for a better future lies ahead though things would not be easy.....keep on striding ahead..

Happy New Year To All , May this coming new year we would be blissful and be filled with great things.

Keep on burning those rubber soles.

Non Impact Cardio

2010-12-24T21:09:00.000+08:00

I had always avoided from working out on a non impact cardio machine such as the elliptical bike. It could be due to lack in the running feeling. A few days, back i tried the new elliptical bike at my new refurbished office gym and to my surprise wow..u can burn a lot of calories on it...perggg i was sweating like a pig (ok ke?) burning almost 500 calories by doing 40 minutes on the preset workout program installed in the bike system.

The plus point is that it was really gentle on my knees. I felt so liberated ....I recommended it to those whom in recovery like me, you are not undermining yourself , in fact u are helping yourself to recover much faster than you think. Remember ya uolz...your ligament grows at a very slow slow slow rate yar.... the fastest is six month. Sangat...so that why lar, you see those sportsman when they said they had ligament issues ,they were put to rest immediately.

Phobia ke uolzz...yes you should be, cause the reality is tough, so better check yourself. Techniques are the key also. So let go non impact, i wish there are non impact shoes as well so i would not bust another knee in another race.

Happpy Training You All

Bila tulisan dan larian itu cacat...

2010-12-24T20:35:00.000+08:00

Mohon maaf jika penulisan ini sedikit berlainan dan juga penggunaan bahasa yang lain......

Hidup kita sentiasa di kritik samada untuk kebaikan atau tidak. Kenapa kita seakan begitu degil untuk menerimanya....kekadang apa yang kita fikirkan terbaik bagi kita adalah buruk bagi seseoarang walaupun usaha untuk menghasilkannya tidak pernah ada rasa penat. Adakah kita akan dilabelkan Cacat kerana itu?

Cacat itu bermaksud kurang Sempurna?.... Sempurna? Dari setiap manusia adalah berlainan tafsirannya, ia mungkin berlari dengan langkah yang tegar and teguh, memanjat dengan gagah dan menulis dengan kata kata manis dan puitis. Setiap manusia dambakan kesempurnaan sebegitu . Ia bagaikan sesuatu mimpi bagi seseorang dan mungkin juga realiti kehidupan seseorang itu pada saat ini , syukur pada Tuhan.

Terlalu banyak yang perlu dikejar...semakin hari semakin banyak menghampiri kepada kegagalan...rasa penat menusuk hati apabila setiap usaha bagaikan tiada berguna lagi. Perasaan putus asa tidak ada dalam kamus tetapi kekecewaan itu tetap ada.Setiap yang kalah pasti ada yang menang, jika tidak menang dalam apa yang dikehendaki mungkin jua pada apa yang tidak diharapkan. Setiap pintu itu terbuka pada pintu yang tertutup.

Penulisan adalah sekadar nukilan sahaja......sekadar mengisi mindaku yang dikategorikan cacat.

Sadness? What would you do?

2010-11-13T01:39:00.000+08:00

I felt frustrated with my life....everything is falling apart...and why am i writing it here...cause i just don't know how to express it.......and what would you do when u feel downed.........:(

In Life somethings are not meant to be yours....

2010-11-10T22:36:00.000+08:00

I wish i have it as much as i had other things in my life now.......its up to God whether i will be or not.....that's life...u can't have it all.......

Turning 30 at the 30th day of the10th month of the year 2010 (Double Effect)

2010-10-30T08:00:00.001+08:00

Auspicious , coincidence or just plain luck, today would be the day i'll reached the "three O" in my age , departing from the two..in age digits, haha, what had i achieved thus far ???? well for a start i'm proud of whatever i had done bad ,worst or even good, no regrets, taking the essence of life into betterment of the futile future...

I had been bruised, downed, cursed, back-stabbed, cam cam ler...bad things over the years, its a part of life. There are no bed of roses along the way, i wish i could turn back time be the best that i could be now...i will keep on doing my best to achieve my dream.....i'm just sucks in writing , cakap pun kekadang berterabur... lari kelam kabut....

No wish list here just...some words to share......Thank you for being a friend and accepting me within your circle of activities.....

Ok that's all

Genting Trailblazer...09 (revisit memory)

2010-10-28T13:53:00.001+08:00

Seronoknyer...if i could ler...well , as i remembered, last year, we had a blast of fun in the mud, it was sweet because it was right after my B'day, i treated it as a gift to myself , huhuhu...the trail was fun, challenging and congested (byk sgt org nak manjat bukit yang same mane tak sesak?..) what a trail it was.

We were running in the mist and quite a thick fog (race partner aku tah kemane ler mase tu), harap-harap x de ler hantu pulak ( like the movie "The Fog") my breathing was slightly off the norm due to the lack of oxygen, pressure changes at higher elevation from the sea level, the first leg of the journey was just Tarmac around the golf course then the muddy slippery trail (u should wear a good pair of gripping shoes or else masak ler....), my racing partner learnt his painful lesson , well i did too but on the different parts, hehehe,

Sometimes things could get pretty ugly when u team-up with the wrong person, therefore make sure ur partner knows that how things would be during the race, bukannyer nak race like no tomorrow yer, be mindful of the torns around the trees, wear a pair gloves, don't get yourself bilsters nanti dah x glam, protect urself well, paramedic jauh yer...so u are by yourself ( actually x ler..sbb mesti jammed nyer lar dlm trail tur, nasib baik tak de traffic light or else perr...).....the fav part was the last leg of the race, the obstacle course (mixed of mud ditch, wall climbing (rendah jer jgn takut), wade pool,etc) and u need to do it together with ur partner or else disqualified, so jangan ler kiasu sgt yer.....remind yourself that this is a team event, bukannyer lari syok sendiri (like i did last year, kesian my partner) .

The after race meal, leh thn ler, ade pasta, lasagna, ade mee goreng , fruits, juice....well the sad part of it, i was downed with severe cramps on both legs at the shower place (perr,,memalukan ler hehe) tempang ler ckit bila balik kete tu,

I wished i could recover faster so that i could be in the race this year.......well who knows....i might....heheh

Happy Training To All

Trail running again....

2010-10-25T00:47:00.001+08:00

Venturing back into trail running is like falling in love for the first time,that first look and feel when your body is touching the other,,hahah,

ade jugak yang agak surprise that i was there to run, as they said what did not killed you, would only make stronger. haha may be because dah menjadi satu trend to keepyour race partner surprise, i wonder why ler kan nak ade drama jugak ke...mmm this may could be i will be running this Sunday...Mmmmmmm

Happy Training To All

mm tulisan kali ni pendekjer...nothing much to discuss here....

Disconnected to get connected...

2010-10-17T20:10:00.000+08:00

Yup, it was kind of ...out of place....i was totally lost of the conversation of what to begin, Dale Carnegie....help me...i had been out of the scene for so long and seeing them again for the first time, i felt so alive...yup when u are not preparing for any races..u left out of group training...and what is next...somebody had suggested me to volunteered , well it not easy mar...ade criteria ka nak jadi volunteer ni ek...??

While munching our foods, asyik dok dgr jer citer citer TNF and Biking...wow sounds fun, to recondition back your mind into competing.. i wish it was easy.....not going to let this passion ran out of fire.....

The road is long...

Nice Run At Bukit Jalil Park

2010-09-21T21:40:00.000+08:00

MMmmm nice park it is, had a generous amount of loops around the park, but still snail pace ler....hehe masih ade terasa lagi, need more conditioning works.....what i like about the park? it is near to my house and it wayyy much cleaner than my usual place at Lake Titiwangsa and even the Lake Garden, it is also filled with generous amount of green spread, the route is mixed of hills, slopes and flat tarmac....mmmm

Recovering is not easy , ye lar, dah lame tak lari since fasting month started, the first run seems very thrilling , haha...teringin nak masuk 10 10 10 run mmm tapi the fear of competing still runs deep in my mind,maybe i should just concentrate in making my body leaner instead, cutting all the fats , hanging....Lemang O Meter running high....

There are quite numbers of runners and familiar faces there but looking at them pergg laju nyer...novice betul ler aku ni and part of getting injured is to deal with the emotional stress behind it i.e. not being able to run as good as before, never mind Shaq, i kept on telling myself that its not going to be easy but i'm slowly getting there, brushing through the pain and moving on to the peak again.....siap makcik tua lagi laju ni...isk isk isk...though i managed to finish 4 loops non stop....heheh

This park will be my second choice after Titiwangsa kot...hehe Fav weekend morning thing..

Happy Training To All

A Song for a time like this knowing we are under the same roof -Maher Zain - Hold my hand

2010-09-07T07:15:00.000+08:00

Salam Aidilfitri

2010-09-06T07:24:00.000+08:00

To all my blogger cum runners' friends, i know u are longing for day running spirit, hold that thought , it is not that far away, Raya is around the corner, as for me i tak lari pung...felt that the pants are a bit loosen could be from lost of muscles. Hehee how was your raya prep. is thus far? judging from Kak Haza , Kash and Gerb..they had started baking cookies, as for me i'm busy with furnishing my new pad, "Bird Nest", single though...a little too much for a start, i can't help but spending a little more there...heheh..well yet to be completed.

Hopefully this coming Raya will bring a lot of joy and happiness to all my frenz here...and lastly i would like to seek Forgiveness from the bottom of my heart (cheewah) to all the wrong words that i might had used, those blabbering i had done, those grammatical error that i had posted, stupid but funny ke?? jokes and not being the person you can rely the most.

Inshallah, you will find the best way to seek the best in your life should any obstacle arises, it will be a signed for u to move on farther and further....May u find happiness and joy with all of your love's one...

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri and Maaf Zahir Batin

Happy Training To All

All i ever wanted in life ...

2010-08-20T22:51:00.001+08:00

Why tetibe pulak bercakap pasai ni yer, well for a start I got what I wanted today GCB McD haha teringin dah lama tul tak makan hehe, after terawih fuhh sedak tul, sambil tu wifi jap leh ler I ngarut serba sdikit, not too much , I hope.

I was brought in a typical nucleus family, but that too typical if u put in the perspective ler, but that had not snot made me stop from having one or plan to,hehe, life is challenging when u are brought up with different set of views and environment, try to make things to work your way instead of the other, In the end, it was destined to be in that way that may not be what u wanted however u are better off than u thought u wanted to be..

Udah ler ngarut jer aku ni, sajer jer layan otak jap sambil melihat mcd yang penuh dgn budak budak and mak bapak yang menjadikan mcd meal sebagai moreh...hahahah

My bachelor pad is slowly taking shape, but the hardest part is to detached from your parents or in my case my aunt,can't seem to find the right time and words to explain, or should it just be my weekend port ajer hehe,

When u actually got it, u become undecided or rather uncertain

Salam Ramadan Al-Mubarak

2010-08-10T06:37:00.002+08:00

Ramadan datang lagi, the holy month of the Islamic calender, the fasting month and refraining yourself from any physical activities that may take up most of your energy and committing yourself into

a zombie...heheh...

Somehow, this ramadan seems a bit different than last year , well i don't have to train for any races for a start, so i'm free to enjoy the day, however, i would love to loose a lot kg though....having said that, for the past few days, i had a blast of feast from the morning right up to the evening tau....asyik dok makan ajer...tah hape hape aku dok tibai...mmm..it did'nt sounds good kan, anyway tried to make it up by burning at least 500 calories the next morning...

Burning calories while devoting yourself to the Almighty is the sure way this month, so better lengthen those pants a little more down your knees yer...ceee wahh .., Hopefully i would not be traveling too much this month,

I just got my key to my new crib, well, undecided to move in or not, as currently i'm living with my aunt which is a few walking distance to my workplace, mmm, however, i would like to have a life of my own now....yang mane satu ler...

Tibe tibe teringat lak pose mase kecik kecik dulu...yang yang yok sangat.. kekonon basuh muka sekali telan jer air itu masuk mulut...my grandma gave us that weird stare to us..isk bebudak ni asyik dok basuh muka jer.. an old tricks of quenching your thirst during fasting month, tibe tibe dah besar pun ade orang wat cam tu gak..aiyo , the tricks never dies one ler...hehehe, i never had enjoyed ramadan as much as i did for Raya,

My life now is pretty plain...hoping it to catapult to the next level.....

Salam Ramadan to all and Happy fasting....

Feeling whatever....

2010-08-01T07:23:00.001+08:00

buhsan nyer, takde apa apa aktiviti ni...mmm tempted to join the run but i dont think i am fit enough to, well...exploring new things....ape ler swimming kan lame tak activate....should be doing that again....
ahh,,, itu jer lar aku dah x de idea nak tulis ape ler kat blog ni....

saje nak aktifkan merapu rapu...started training for stairs and i'm doing fine...hopefully my leg will be up and ready for next climbathon...that is what is miss the most...teruk tul aku ni...asyik dok nak seksa kaki jer...hahah
maybe i will be participating in 2011 TNF challenge , yup kalau ade rezeki , kasut trail pun dah berabuk ....

Is anyway u wanted and anyway i need it....redah jer...properly trained dulu yer....LSD pun pancit aku ni...nak g trail lagi ke...isk isk isk...hehehe.

pose pun dah nak dekat ni...gonna shift into hibernating mode...to conserve the muscle..

Happy Training and Ramadan to all

Yeah, 6 months and No competitive running yet

2010-07-26T07:05:00.003+08:00

MMM...tut tap tut tap, it had been 6 months and i had not been into any running competition, it felt so different, reminiscing the days that i used to run almost every weekends, endless prep for any long distance run,

well i did my run for the past two days at the not so pristine anymore lake garden ,yeah thanks to the ongoing construction works even on Sunday perrgggg, having that feeling of mini LSD , hehee and yet i can't make it after the fourth loops, my leg is still not strong enough to pull through, well i will keep on pushing till it is ready for it,

But nothing beat the adrenaline rush when u reached the goal u set daily, fuish, i like the feeling whenever u run, u get that elation running through your veins, watching the green all around you dispersing their precious O2 and the people that will look at you then smile and somewhere at the back of their mind , thinking that i am an athlete, which is not, but somehow honored by the look, hahahah perasan ler aku ni..Octoberian memang camtu....can't help it...

Yup, i'm not going to write again that the road is not easy, i'm hoping that it is but at least i could run again though not as fast i could back then but at least i could maintain my ideal body weight kan,

Recovering is not an easy peasy yer...so i'm just going to enjoy doing it....

Still Struggling, a long winding road ahead for me...

2010-07-18T18:21:00.000+08:00

I had been running since my doctor said i'm fit to do so, however it had not giving the results i'm hoping for, this morning i started running at 6.00 am around lake titiwangsa ( my fav place for early jog) scenery pun ok plus the crowd pun leh thn jugak cuci mata jap..hehhe...back to my running, i did 10 minute stretching, then off to slow jog plodding my way around the lake outer circumference, thought of going really slow so that i could pickup my speed later but it seems that i'm stuck to that same speed, i can't lift my left foot higher without feeling some pain at my knee, i hate when that happen, tak pe teruskan ajer with the plod pace..

when i reached the second round, the pain started to increase causing my pace to be huru hara, i had to stop for a while, power walk a bit then started plodding again, habis sume makcik pakcik potong i , alamak malu ler pulak hehhe, ape nak wat, i guess i'm not ready yet for long distance yet, i did not exercised till it was Friday, i did a little run on the treadmill, 5 km ler jugak i tibai heheh,

Susah jugak nak recover yer, tak fair kan ..i ni baru jer lari setahun belum pun masuk setahun tapi dah sakit begini, really killed all hope of getting back into my passion, geram pun ade, but this my faith ,i'm not going to fight it instead embracing it, rehat jer lar....terima seadanyor je lar, this is my faith in running, nape ler yer...i hate it so much, can i change my leg instead, rasenyer macam tak bersyukur pulak , ramai lagi whom may not have the experienced that i had.....masalahnyer i'm always the one ended to having all of this kind of things, jatuh sampai kene jahit 20 stitches, pastu kene langgar motor mase naik basikal, org keje dapat bos best aku dapat bos yang macam hampeh, kawan lak asyik dok makan kawan jer, aiyo,,,,,,lar ni kene bedah lutut lak....
punah harapan ....meroyan pulak,,,anyway

Tough times dont last but tough people do....sometimes i rase dah nak give up running, i hate it that u been taken off the things u like to do...but that is life, i'm still fighting all my heart to be back on the road, doing what ever it takes to bring me back on the road....

There will be a lifetime of running...tak pe lar, lame kene tunggu, pun den tunggu ler...kalau tak den pi buat bedah lutut letak bosi ajor ler....tak dok lar sakit sakit lagi...

Happy Training To All......

Phobe to Run

2010-07-06T07:17:00.000+08:00

The doctor had deliberated about my knee condition that i am fit again to run, wow, the strength training did paid off well, I was elated as ever hearing the doctor's diagnosis, smiling from ear to ear..looking at the field and the road, suddenly something struck in my mind.....

Though i had started jog extra mile but my speed and agility is not as before i was injured, i was reluctant to join any race though my condition fit me to be in that situation, i did wonder and ponder of what had happen to my passion in running, where it used to be ecstatic, mmm am i having a running phobia...!!!! cause i been avoiding to take part in any upcoming races even 5km race, it makes me terrified of what i would done to my knee...

Oh no...OMG...maybe the traumatic recovery had instilled the kind of mindset that competitive running will brought back to my knees again......i need to overcome this fear through improvising mental as well as my physical training before i'm fully confident again to be in competitive running...

Felt kind of left out here...everyone had broken their virginity in Marathon ..off course...maybe one day i will when the time is right....

Happy Training To All

Do you believe in second chances in life?

2010-06-27T20:12:00.000+08:00

Well i had been off from running since January, i had not connected to any of it since then other than reading through people blogs and did some talking to my fellow colleague, i was watching some series i downloaded through the internet and makes me thinking whether i was given the second chance i longing for???

Well i never believed that there is second chances in life, for a start, may be it could just be that my life is not as complicated or i did not do any criminal activities that warrant me to think about having one. It all started last Friday, a normal routine visit to my Orthopedic whom conducted the surgery on me last March, he told me that my knee is fully recovered that i could go back into running, wow, good news, then my housing loan had got through and i will having my first home, ever since i was a child, my dream is to own a house, this chains of events that lead to today, makes u wonder whether the faith had been written that this is my second chance, to redeem or to move on into something bigger ....

Second chances do exist, it would be a lost if i had not realized before it is too late, i'm not pushing myself just yet into competing , i will start my training regiment back on the road, when i'm sure that i am ready, i'll be nearby, not gonna let the second chance be wasted....

Happy Training To All

Congrats to all SCKLM finishers.....

Knight and Day

2010-06-25T07:54:00.000+08:00

mmm....Two Big Stars

Plot :- the story revolves around a battery rupernyer, u only get to know it at first half of the movies, the plot is some like james bond movie but sucks ler, the story line left the audience wonder what in the worlds is happening ler, well i did enjoy Cameron D wit, there were few family moments to brought it some morals to the story, not bad ler quite touching , as for the rest of the plot it was boring....sorry ler but comedic moments between the two saves a bit from it becoming a total flat....

Action:- Overall ,It is just ok, there are a few of them in the movies, not so bombastic ler, but i think they could done better if the use a better double for cameron d , whom like too manly from the back , heheheh, could not help it , it loook so fake....

Romance:- If u want to see a cocky Cameron d, well they are not many in this movie, much of it had been held back, pretending to be non intelligent girl, well there is difference between plain stupid and being stupid, hahaha, there are a couple of lovely and romantic moments between the two, especially during the shooting inside the villa in Spain, mmm macho ler konon Abg Tom tu , ok ler...no steamy steamy scene ler....

Music:- mmm ok sajer lar, nothing to be hype about....

Verdict:- 2 out 5 stars, all because of Cameron D and Tom wit and funny moments, but the rest fell flat...

Happy Watching

Megenang Jasa Guru...

2010-06-25T07:10:00.000+08:00

Last week, i received an sms from fellow coursemate and happened to be my ex-colleague too, my loveable, bubbly, fun, cheerful, chirpy and ever helpful Doctor cum my supervisor of final project during Uni year's is being hospitalised for dengue fever, critical -liver and kidney failures, Ya Allah, ...

Dengue fever is caused by Dengue virus (DENV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, some info on dengue, it has no cure, the medical world could only prevent from the virus from spreading throughout the body, bahaya tu so prevention very much better than curing...i had it and i was lucky to be given a second chance, a second chance...

I visited him yesterday at Hospital Serdang, ICU,(teruk nyer hospital ni baru jer bape tahun tapi aiyo sgt teruk yer maintenance dia, dirty..) he was been quarantined, i could only see him from the glass door, he is not doing very well albeit he had recovered from the critical stage last week, i did not managed to talk to him, he is still unconscious though the nurse said that he is recovering, liver started to function normally again however the kidney still requires dialysis, watching a helpless body on the bed whom used to fill any room with laughter and that never ending passion for teaching makes me sad and ..yup i did cried, this man helped me to be what i am today, how could i not be...yeah yeah...i know..u can call me sentimental freak...

by the way his name is Dr. Luqman Chuah Abdulahh (Teong Guan), i been to his wedding, he never ceased to help us in any situation we are in, during our student days,...i pray that he will be back in his feet again ..as bubbly and cheerful as ever......he gave us a lead to live now he is fighting for one...may God be with you though u failed to make here...u had gave us all the gift that only God would be able to return it...

Still Hoping......

world cup fever

2010-06-20T12:15:00.002+08:00

Never would thought I said this, but I'm having one guess, haha could it be
May be looking at crowd n I got into the bandwagon, it is hard not to, everyday they kept huming to the tune of the game, well my all time fav squad is the argentine, I'm not a big addict to football as to my brothers,

They certainly eat breathe and drink football, as for me I enjoy the beauty of the game and the challenge,

Hoping the game to cure my longing towards running, each and everyday I could just picture myself on the road, one day...for as many to come

Go Argentina...and coincidence my bday is the same as Maradona...

The A Team

2010-06-14T06:50:00.000+08:00

Wow... that my word describing this movie...

Plot:
It is ok. very entertaining and captivating, but at times u really wonder what they actually looking for? As for me i got a hind from reading the preview before the movie, The interaction and humor between the characters expecially BA and Murdoch was hilariously funny and cute..., the redemption journey's was done on very large scale and at times look so supra real, like blowing a Container ship may be worth more than the cost making the movie( tapi itu effects lar kan) but really can it be real..hehe, anyway in a nutshell, the plot were fun and nothing short of fun, amazement and sweat plus quick JBond romance...

Action:
No short of it for the entire duration....of the film yar,....uolzz...

Romance:
Mmmm a short and quick with Metro soldier cum romeo "face" with the Hot and Sexy "Sosa"..i like it, not overshadowing the team core plot...

Music:
It's ok...nothing new to be hype about...

Verdict : I gave it 4 stars cause it did not make me want to puke or felt asleep or talk during the movie plus..the action were fantastic and hillarious at times....

Little Seafood Hawker Behind Bukit Bintang

2010-06-06T08:30:00.016+08:00

The damaged was done on Thursday, two days before my big Futsal match..., It was my best friend's Bday, owh he is turning 31 ...poor chap...talking like u are 21 years old ke..hahah anyway the place was located behind Starhill hopping center, not to say immediate behind but a little walk from the end of the shopping center then u will find a medan selera kind of joint, and the seafood hawker is the first one at the very beginning of rows of stalls, Don't freak out if u saw only Chinese food court but this one is Halal, they had been established since the Campbell hawker center , if u remember those days ...back...

I had prepared myself with an empty stomach...it was recommended by one of our friend ,boasting to have one of the best money can buy seafood delights...mmmm in KL....???? We ordered two plates of main dish, that are sweet and sour lala and garlic fried prawns plus side dishes Kueyteow Goreng, Nasi Goreng and Sayur Ubi goreng ( i think so ler...i can't recall the exact words as there no menus on the table)..hehehe..wow to my surprise the foods were prepared very quickly and the taste was fantastic...the Lala and the prawns were so fresh..mmm almost did not believe it myself, though i did not eat the prawns..allergic here...but who cares...hehe..i wallup the Lala like crazy ler...like no body business...with the tune sneezing and wheezing, hahah it is just so me and seafood...(Hippoallergenic..hahah)

i think i might had pounded a little too much glucosamine in my blood...that night, it was a happy night...celebrating a Bday and my empty stomach....

Huhaha...me....the damage was about RM156.00 for 4 persons, but looking at the leftovers u could says it is well worth every penny...

Knee Injury.....Over rated.,,,13PG..Dr...

2010-06-04T07:12:00.000+08:00

haha ape nyer title ler i letak ni kan...ayo sgt ler...anyway..i had an intense discussion with Ian regarding Dr. advices on sport's related injuries, Diagnosis versus Techniques, do anyone ever think about this when u come to the doctor to seek for advice on your knee or what ever is hurting...especially runners...well for a start i didn't..

Bro Ian was in the same situation as i am, the doctor opined that he should go a surgery, mmm...i wonder why i did it..mmm, pondering, well for a start, my doc. said i'll be running again and he never said that i'll never run again plus he said that my condition is treatable, he said it is mechanical problems, first of all , u can't see what is happening inside ur knee kan, so how can u tell ,is it ok or not? .kan...but did u ever look back at the cause of your injuries or not,mm... let me spill out the beans yer...what happened to me...

As u get physical, ceh..wah.. not that one ler, when u get your physique right, then u start to challenge your body for higher mileage, my pain did not started when i went into 10km, it started when i cross the 21km mark, mmm...could this just be i'm not up to it, well may be it is, why? cause i did not train enough plus , had u ever wonder about your running techniques, if u are running in pain that means ur techniques are wrong, pain versus fatigue is two different things yer, u could have less energy but pain free, if u master the right techniques u'll be liberated from all the pains....Yes my dear runners friends it all about techniques, which i tend to put it all aside, thinking endurance is all i need to carry on that higher mileage , if u are running pain free ..it could just be you have the right techniques all the time without realizing it yourself,

Learning my own painful mistakes , makes me re-look back at the things i could have done top prevent this mess i'm in, perfecting my techniques rather than pushing for higher mileage weekly, yes , the first step is critical,

Looking at the status in some of the runner's blog , aiyo leh wat kelab ler...hehehe. anyway..some of the comments could just be over rated ler, none of the doctors would tell u to train or changed your running techniques..kan...mine did not, but i found it myself ....and with the help so called Google ler....ok..as for the Doctors, yup ,they are good in giving diagnosis, but when it comes to the solutions and recovery, u need to ask yourself whether is it worth or not.? Well mine is, but it could be avoided...though

Before i end this, i would like to congratulate to all runners of Sundown...

especially Kak Haza and Kak Kash amazing women ler depa ni...and as for Nik, wow man u upgraded my bib into Ultra, i'm so proud of u, i wish i could run again,...soon

Happy Training To All

Aku Mahu Lari...Tapi....

2010-05-26T19:31:00.000+08:00

This sounds like normal phrase for any person whom were in too much of stress...haha it has been almost three months since my operations, but the pain is still there, need to check back with the Doc, What happen? yikes, please don't tell me that i can't run anymore, could this be a recovery phase, i'm confused, may be i'm just pushing myself too hard, not stopping when the pain strikes, though of it would be off after a rest, i had to do intermittent non impact cardio, interchanging from stationary bike to the treadmill, taking it step by step, wow it really not an easy path to take, well i opted for it, no choice , i had too or else it would be severed,

Aku Mahu Lari....for a runnerholics as me it is hard not able to enjoy doing what u like most, well that what u call takdir, it can happen when He says He will and it did, i can't escape my destiny, this time around i'll be the person cheering by the side, yeeehooo, feeling really sad and disappointed, well at least its the end of my running world indefinitely, i will be back in god knows , but hoping it will as soon as possible, hehehe, if you keep on thinking that why must this happen to me? aiya u be gila lar...accept it like a champ and push through it with high hope and spirit, it is hard on me...sedih sob sob sob...heheh itu ler tak nak dengar cakap orang habis tu...asyik nak dok dengar jadi ler kita yang biasa biasa ajer....Mcm bunyi Dr. Azizan pulak,

But what worries me most, is that, i don't feel like i used to when ever there is a running event coming up, opps had i lost interest in competing, i'm not drawn so much into it, even to fact of knowing there is one coming up, i guess i'm being slacking for quite sometimes, out of shape body, losing focus, aiya this can not be maaa....hopefully resurrection is coming soon,

Reading from previous case study discussed in the net, well most of them were thankful having the kind of surgery i did and they took at least 5 months to recover fully, may be i should just be patience and do the same lorr, kan...

sometimes people throw all sorts of questions of why and how did u get ur knee busted, when i said due to run, ha???they get confused?? and concluded that i had a weak knee or just not fit to run, could it be due to that, then comes another question? bila start lari, i said baru tahun lepas, wah...ape yang ko wat sampai leh rosak, aiyo macam macam soalan yang panas and pedas ler...entah ler..maybe i was not build as a runner, could just be my techniques ler, or no stretching or over train, x leh cakap over train cause a lot of people ran higher milage than me. ..then what yer...alamak susah nak jawab ler...may be this the way The God to say enough...please be mindful of your body next time around...

Lagi teruk bila i jawab, i will not stop running, their typical answers will be, ko ni dah gile yer! mahal tu lutut ko! lantak ler ko kalau nak sakit lagi lari ler! sudah ler...ko tu bukan nyer leh lari pun! behenti jer lar!, aiyo tak de lak satu statement yang mengalakkan, susah tul...anyway being Octoberian, known for its ego, redah jer...peduli ler ape depa nak cakap, kekadang tu susah gak...aiyo what happen ler to my english here berterabur ler, sorry ler, kalau bos aku baca ni habis ler kene wat correction from top to bottom..hehe lari tajuk lak...those are the kind of reactions that i would normally received if were to moot any of my suggestion back into running. I know they really care about and the tribulation i been through post recovery, well a little understanding would be helpful...

Sometimes u can beat the odds you just to adjust around it, sometimes i just dont understand the mechanics of it....aiya...i will carry on my dream of becoming a Triathlete, hopefully it would be the end...praying so hard it is not......

Last but not least Happy Training To All

p/s: for those joining Sundown this Saturday Good Luck and Happy Wesak Day to all

Knowledge Sharing- Glycogen

2010-05-25T21:55:00.000+08:00

Glycogen is the molecule that functions as the secondary long-term energy storage in animal and fungi cells. It is made primarily by the liver and the muscles, but can also be made by glycogenesis within the brain and stomach. Glycogen is the analogue of starch, a less branched glucose polymer in plants, and is commonly referred to as animal starch, having a similar structure to amylopectin. Glycogen is found in the form of granules in the cytosol in many cell types, and plays an important role in the glucose cycle. Glycogen forms an energy reserve that can be quickly mobilized to meet a sudden need for glucose, but one that is less compact than the energy reserves of triglycerides (lipids). In the liver hepatocytes, glycogen can compose up to 8% of the fresh weight (100–120 g in an adult) soon after a meal. Only the glycogen stored in the liver can be made accessible to other organs. In the muscles, glycogen is found in a much lower concentration (1% to 2% of the muscle mass), but the total amount exceeds that in the liver. However the amount of glycogen stored in the body, especially within the red blood cells,liver & muscles, mostly depends on physical training, basal metabolic rate and eating habits such as intermittent fasting. Small amounts of glycogen are found in the kidneys, and even smaller amounts in certain glial cells in the brain and white blood cells. The uterus also stores glycogen during pregnancy to nourish the embryo

My first FootSoul or Futsal

2010-05-21T20:03:00.000+08:00

Running had always been my passion ever since i was so drawn and addicted to it, haha, Since i was down with injuries, it has been quite hard for me to run long distance again, when you hurt pretty badly like me it is hard...

Tetiba,my colleague at work insisted that i joined the futsal team, aiyo me playing football ka? well i did play for my school last time, yup back when i was in primary school....yikes...panic button about to be switch on...i am really out of shape to be playing a football game now, my body had not been contoured enough to carry that level of skills, ...they insisted that i 'll be in the team, even with the present condition, i am, isk...tempang...they said i just need to be the Goli, stay put and let the team do the defense,....mm sounds like a very comforting situation kan....well knowing me, always redah ajer....so be it my first futsal on last Wednesday at Sportsplanet Ampang..

Obviation is not apparent at the moment, nak cari kasut ler, what are the rules are? Are they same as the FIFA rules on the field ..will the opponents going to thrash me like a tin can..cam cam...rasenyer the anxiety is like the first time , i enter a running competition, what would happen if i did not finish the run, which I'm proud to say that i never had any DNF even though seriously injured...get back to the futsal thing again...

I did arrived at he futsal field in time, while thinking , what had i put myself into now, Are serious in playing this game after an abstinence for over 15 years, well here i am no turning back, wearing my joging shoes instead of futsal shoe, hahaha,,,malu pun ade...well u are surrounded by people whom well equipped from top to toe,,,hahah i'm really in the wrong field ler ni...haha ape rusa masuk kampung katanyer....

The whistle blew off , let the show begin, i was so clueless about the rules, i was very lucky to have a very supportive team mates whom guide me all the way through out the game, better not gone too far with the adrenaline , loves your knee ( capital investment tu) hehehe...so tahan pakai badan and tangan ajer...goli tempang katanyer,,,hahaha i did not let my team down well there are couple of good saves..kudos to me...hahah could this be?????

hahah...my team did great , i awed by the level of commitment they shown...and level of skills ...mm i was so out this league ler ....well play for fun....that what i wanted when i started competing against myself....

So let the soul seep through the foot and flows back to veins....

Happy Training To All

Recovery Training

2010-05-18T21:18:00.000+08:00

The doc said i could run again but slowly ler ..and my knee is getting stronger, it had moved back to the original position, Katanyer ler, I was fortunate to be had done it ACL recondition, now my knee much more stabilize whenever i run or walk, My muscle on my left leg is still weak, thus far i can only go up to 9 km, it going take a quite sometime before this leg could be up again running the first marathon...

It is always been my life , go for it, take the risk and be joyful in the process....,,,,

Keep the spirit high..RUN for A CAUSE...

2010-05-12T21:07:00.002+08:00

There had been few runners that i knew whom running for a cause such as follows:-

Diket for MAKNA
Irwan Annuar for Majlis AIDS Malaysia
Kak Kash for Autisme NASM

Hopefully there will be more runners out there to follow their generous do of sacrificing part of their energy to spread a message of hope, some may not aware that one of us may had endured the painful memories in the past of losing someone or may just be suffering now on any misfortunes of life......i may not be the best person in real life..broken down but my hope is still burning inside of me..watching them my fellow running buddies...

Please reach for them, donate generously as u can...or moral support to continue on their journey...

I pray that their faith will conquers their fears

Happy Training To All

This sudden feeling..of disabled..

2010-05-09T20:32:00.000+08:00

Macam macam feeling..this is what i'm feeling right now...reading a few bloggers wrote about their incredible tribulation preparation for their upcoming races..wow..how i missed that day so much..out of the blue..this feeling of disability arises...may be this is what they are feeling..whenever u being left out or feeling incomplete..not being able to do what the others do...it is sad kind of feeling..feeling ever so grateful that i can still walk to the mamak stall ..will be able to run soon...if Godwill..i'll do...

People will stare at the way you walk...ahh so funny ler that guy..felt so left out..kekadang..malu pun ade..haha. they would not know i'm a runner, yup caused i'm a bit gumuk sudah, haha, i was lucky to have a good support group here..thus being this state i would not be left out....

I guess, i had to forgo my Singapore dream, i'm just not fit, it will take me months to be up running, i take this as sign for me...to be more careful and cautious of my body.....

Please take good care of your knee or else the retribution will be fatal to your running passion..

Happy Training..To All

Mataharibawah Singa Pura Pura Dua Puluh Sepuluh Mahu lari Ka?

2010-05-04T20:19:00.000+08:00

well it has been five month since my last run, from then on it has been a struggle to cross the 5 km mark, limping at every step you push, then come the surgery, the fortunate me, well i'm loving the effect of the surgery though i can't run yet but i'm feeling optimistic that i could without any pain, huhu, being positive right, hopelessly positive dude...i had lost count on how many runs i had missed or not known, wow i can really got disconnected from the running world, oisk...i guess the holic of runnings is leaking away...sudah tidak jadi pelari tegar lagi ler....hehehe

I had this crazy idea about mataharibawah run down south...mmm well..i could not run as fast or run at all, well i may be left at the road side kot, i can't really tell what will happen by then, mmm may be i should just run or walk all the way...i had bought the bib, is it...ok ke? mesti i akan dikutuk oleh mamat -mamat pelari tegar ni...look at that guy nak masuk jugak, kalau jalan baik duduk kat rumah jer...huahuahuhau....mmm spare the embarrassment or redah jer lah...

Tomorrow will be another appointment with my Orthopedic, my leg is still weak, the pain seem to gradually decrease, kerna kedegilan otak ni, i did 4 loops around Lake Titiwangsa last Saturday, i did felt pain around the muscle at the upper and lower thigh, limping the whole day, it did not stop me from going to watch Iron Man 2, haha, the next day i took a day off and found that the pain is almost non existent, mmm could this be...

The surgery is quite costly RM 12k in total, ouch investment tu..luckily i took it...mmm nak jalan ke tidak ni..mmm hopefully i could finish in time so that i could get the Finisher's T, lantak ler...6 hours pun ok jugak..ceh..confident,,,entah entah 8 hours...hahhaha ...could this leg last that long....mmmmm....

My Runner's Oblivion

2010-04-26T21:40:00.000+08:00

It has been quite a while since my last post was only made for my Bib sale, no taker so far, i guess i'm suck at marketing...kot, product x dak bagus, anyway..it has been almost 5 month i had been hibernating myself from running, ever since the painful yet to be fruitful knee surgery, i was left with very sedentary lifestyle, living it loud ..yeeeho...yup till realities kicks in...big bump on the belly ...hahah dah gumuk ler....well i did lost a lot of muscle mass from my thigh...though....yikes...fit the pants again...

my life had become somewhat like a cricket creaking in the night while gazing the stars....dreaming of the day when will i be free again and regain back the utter feeling of champion...well that is life, never what u wanted it is always what is given...appreciate the moment as it pass by,

My knee is slowly coping with fast pace of life, catching up with the normal routine of life, well it has not been that fantastic as before , at least its a start, some says i should just give up running and just live life as it is, don't put yourself in the situation u was, mmm felt kind of hard to accept, when u put a lot of effort towards it ,would'nt u want to see the final result is? right..half way done is not going to yield any....feeling kind of low right now...shall i give up this dream...?

Lately , i went to Bandung with my friends, we had so much fun, looking at the life and living there, makes u realize the unfortunate and selfishly i am thinking that i had nothing compared to the others, nothing beat the dose of reality to bring back the senses into your life. Life will be fair to those whom works for it, kudos to them,

Maybe some of u guys may had thought , what happen ler to this guy kan, well i'm clueless too, it has always been my dream to be free and fly away to every part of the world, hopefully i would have the chance...hahah deep inside lies the same person u knew all along....laarr

as for running, i wish i could run as fast as the wind and strong as a horse, when will it be? Only time will tell, they said runner's is no quiter, well... it really hit me hard in the face now...be strong Shaqi, held your head high and never give up that is my mantra now, hoping that God will be on myside.....till then........;

Happy Training To All

Adidas Sundown Men's Open 42 Km Bib up for sale

2010-04-06T07:15:00.000+08:00

Anyone interested please leave your message, i'm selling the bib at RM180.00 an early bird price, if u all wanna bid pun ok ...please leave ur message in my comment box with your contacts (emails). Closing is at the end of next week.

I guess i'm out of running for half of this year......

Happy Training To All Of You

Ebullient is an oblivion now.....reflections

2010-03-31T14:57:00.002+08:00

Kind of bored sitting at home right now, done with the book and looking for another set to finish,i guess writing blog is something fun to do, i guess, Do you ever had the feeling that life's really start at 30, well i did and not seeing it in any pretty pictures yet, i'm not the person whom believes in those superstitious things but after a series of misfortune i'm in makes u wanna think twice,

The start of the year of thought to be one of the glorious year yet it turns to be quite miserable inside, end up with knee surgery that prevents you from running and change to another department (which the boss i hated so much) , aiya i'm practically filled with negative energy now, trying so hard to make a smile, pushing this mind so hard till the sinaps snaps...to move on, to take the baby steps, its so hard kan, this will be an inspiration for me to rise up again.

May be ini adalah pembalasan Tuhan terhadap hambanya sebagai pembalasan, pasrah terhadap apa yang berlaku tidak dapat mengubah kenyataan, di mana sengsara hidup seseorang itu tidak akan berubah sehingga manusia itu keluar dari lubuk dengan usahanya, this series of misfortune could be due to the crimes i did in the past- for running away from problems, making good of myself, fostering broken ties, may be its not enough to mend the calamity, i wonder how do people went through tough times such as those at Haiti and Palestine, what am i to compare to those,

Ebullient will be an oblivion for now, it is destined in our faith to be what we are, some may be lucky some may just had to be miserable, top scientist never had sounded mind albeit their creations revolutionize established civilization,

Though it is hard, but these series of incidents makes want to think twice of every big step in your life..could this be the last...

I will not bow to this thinking anymore, i had worked so hard to reach this far, should i just wasted it away, this misfortunes could be the only thing i need for some reflections of the past, the wrongdoings that you might had thought it settled. Should this get worse i would not give up on hope and keep on trying till i reached my goal, my misfortunes will be the thing in the past, crying as i am now would not turn back time and makes things better. Praying so hard that to This fragile soul gasping for an air of ebullient which now seems lost is strong.........being a runner , knowing that the wall will hit , it just a matter of mind over the body...shall the soul of mine be as good as the body.....in time....

Rise of the ashes....at the moment let's enjoy this ,period

Setiap musibah ada hikmahnya.....

Recovery stage : Physio and Boredome

2010-03-29T14:16:00.000+08:00

I'm guessing u must had wonder, why am i still writing a blog? Well for a start i was kind of bored sitting around having nothing to do resting at home, today is the first day i started my physio, they scheduled me 10 sessions, which the first was done this morning,....is better than doing nothing at home without any net connections...and i can't do any physical workout without the doctor's permission,...ouch...sedentary again....

I took on walking as my daily routine exercise, yeah...it brought me to nearest mall, Wangsa Walk...bought myself a new story book, what else to u expect me to do...kan...well a good book will always works for me...apart from watching the every football matches on ESPN, Astrosupersport, etc...criticizing every player macam ler aku ni bagus sgt...plus every korean soap drama that my mother loves so much since i hold the remote for the rest of the day...sedentary paradise i am in.....

Back to the physio, the session today started with some Q&A session with a trainee physio from some private nursing college....yadi yada yadi yada....then he made four marks at the painful parts around the knee, then he put on this suction cups with electrods in the middle injecting small direct current into the muscle...felt like somebody is massaging your leg without hands... then he moves on with an ultrasound...massaging at the painful points he just marked...some measurements were taken after the session .

Measurement of the degree of knee bend, taken on both knees, the right knee was at 130 degree and the left knee about 110 degree angle....not as much as the right though it should be the same, keep on exercising the leg....we moved on to the stationary bike, i did 15 minute and i did not felt any pain on the left knee..., mm maybe it does works...or else back to the surgery room i guess.....waaahhh...my therapist said that i could do stationary bike as my cardio but no running yet (stern voice) ....'

We (me and my therapist) had a chat on my conditions, that my ligament was torn and it was reconditioned therefore it is very hard, generation of the ligament would take at least 6 months, ouch...if its snaps..could more than that....ouch....better focus on getting better...now....but the eagerness in getting back into running still burns with myself...mmm need to find something to move this thought...a bike...mm looking very hard it right now...

That's it for now, thank your very much for the words of encouragement...and last but not least...

Happy Training To All

Recovery stage

2010-03-25T22:18:00.000+08:00

I could not believe it myself that i really did it, the fear among all runners , knee surgery..well i can't avoid it anymore, it could be worst if it is left unattended, it is highly recommended by the specialist , hopefully he's right about this, cause i'm running out of options/potions for running....injury free

Here how the days started, it is 23 March 2010, at 10 am i was being towed by the nurse to the OT room, yikes, i did my fasting starting from 9.00 am the day before fuhh, The first feeling of entre to the OT , siad to myself ,Oh my God! what had i put myself into?...yikes.. the heart is beating fast, gazing and looking at the surgical instruments laying around u , just gave u the creeps...plus it is supercool inside there, i'm practical freezing with fear and coldness, waahh.. i took the Local Anesthetic instead, cause i want to be awake to witness..mmm is it a bad idea,,,,well sort of...hahah...but it was every educational ones indeed....the local anesthetic went through by spinal..i.e. u can say it is epidural , it is when the specialist injects the anesthetics through your spine...ouch kind of gerun that time..the "what if" thoughts are flowing through mind like craazy...mane lar tahu if i am the one in a million yang tersilap ke...ngucap banyak banyak..mane lar tahu senget sebelah ke...huaaahhhh.......

After the anesthetic kicks in, i did not feel a thing waist below, i heard the doctor coming in and greeted all the OT nurses then me, and the next minute i looked at the monitor weyy a picture of a knee...inside of it..opps he was already in, he opted for laparoscope or they called it 'scope' for short, two incisions were made at my left knee one for the camera and another for the works....

The doctor was so kind to explained to me everything that he did at the time, wow., surreal experience watching a live knee in action, they snap a few pics, may be later i upload it, for educational purposes..when the doctor mentioned to me that it was mechanical problems, well yar....heheheh i got the first hand lesson of my knee, it was quite hollow....i can see my knee bones the two head going downs, he showed to me the painful parts, on the right side of the knee is caused by the upper bone at distal femoral condoyle is rubbing against the tibia, there are some bruises on the lower meniscus which can't be seen in the MRI, some bone trimmings is done on the upper part of it, then he moves on to the patella, it was diagnosed from the MRI to be lopesided or kind of hard on the left sidehe removes like web kind of things by burning the excess tissues.
The crucial part that makes me worry much is the posterior cruciate ligament , the one's that connected the to the tibia at the back, He briefly explained that its not as flex (sudah hilang kekenyalan) i guess it must had lost it from the many uphill runs kot...hehehe, heated the ligament to shrink the collagen and walla its tight again...but too tight that means i had a brand new spring which is yet to be conditions..the surgery went alright..i was towed back to my room.....

The first few hours after anesthetic, u are not allowed to eat or even move (rules of the thumb 6 hours), especially when it involves spinal, cause the after effect could be quite detrimental after few years,,,prolong back pain...yikes...i was practically starving from the late night fasting...pergggg...after three hour , i was given a chance to have a sip of water,..i almost forgot that i still cant move my legs if i where to eat n drinks then the toilet moves will be quite a hassle therefore better refrained myself owing to the thought, hahaha, the real pains started to sink in very badly after the anesthetic went out, i was practically crying and crouching on the bed, the pain was unbearable, i can't sleep and i can't walk, the pain killer tooks a while to kicks in too, wow...what a bloody pain it was....

The pains slowly subside and now i am doing some physio plus an orthopedic knee brace was placed on my knee set at 60 degree, huhuhu, the docs says i could get back into running after a month depends on my recovery stage, but he only mentioned joging, i guess long distance running still out of the question ler ...expecting a miracle...we''ll wait and see ler...

Happy Training To All....

Pre Knee Surgery

2010-03-22T18:10:00.001+08:00

I can't say that i was not warned before i joined this kind of activities but as the adrenaline pump'in u are so high on the adventure ride of your lifetime, yup the verdict is in Doc said i need a minor corrective knee surgery, yikes...and i'll be off god knows ...hopefully not for long, doc said i could run again..well.. provided that i take good care of my knee,

I always wonder why is it have to be me yer???...I'm always the first to everything..especially the wrong things ler....kind of used to it pulak...geram pun ade ...sedih pun ade ...at the moment...it is mix of everything hopefully it will not be down the drain for good....I guess Nadia's is right sometimes it just not meant to be u....

hahah ...seram sejuk ni...Doc said it will be a minor surgery using laproscope, non invasive type, He suspected that i had minor torn ligament and displacement of the patella meniscus, some bone trimmings will be done...yikes...what had i put myself into....macam macm thoughts ler i coming through my head right now...like would i able to run again like normal or not at all.....

Sob ..sob ...sob her...wish me luck for tomorrow's surgery....

Sundown Marathon, State of preparations

2010-03-01T14:26:00.001+08:00

13 weeks left before the event, i had not been banking any milage since my injuries in January, Shits...would it be enough to start training this April only if my knee is fully healed, hopefullly it will, for the past two days i had been power walking for 6 km around Lake Titiwangsa,

I can't help it ler, the Adrenalin is pushing me to take the road instead, well this time i pay extra attention to my pacing ,not to go into joging pace and Alhamdulilah i did not felt any pain at the usual spot that is my left leg bicep tendon, what a relief there, well i'm not giving it any "go" signals for running however there are time when i felt some of the hip muscles pull on both sides, yikes...maybe its too early....hehe signed of relieved that now i can walk and power walk injury free, ...huhuh one step ahead..

But what worries me most is that 42 k i'll be doing in May, yikes...kalau x boleh lari ..aku power walk all the way jer lar....nampaknya...Kiasu ler i ni, nak masuk jugak...x nak lepaskan bib...

Sometimes i wished that i knew that this is coming but there is a quote i just read from the book "The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari" , U dont know the peak till u reached the lower valley, part of learning to reach for something is to endured the downside of it,...

Happy Training to all of u

Ever had that feeling of disappointment after a big meal( expensive ones) = TGIF

2010-02-26T21:09:00.000+08:00

Ye lar. My aunt had this craving before she goes to Makkah for her Umrah, Nak Makan Steak lar, mm thought of going to Pavilion where she can shoe shop , again!! while me eye washing ckit...got to burn some calories jugak though its my cardio break day, ahaa...well there are several choices to have it here....mm and i chosed TGIF...

My order was Sizzling Chicken and Cheese and my aunt was NewYork's Grill Steak, the waiter and the services were fine but the food aiyo kind of sucks, Tekak Melayu ke aku ni?...anyway i had my fine share of steak when i was an avid red meat eater, but this time it just sucks big time, we took well done, cause half done would be eating something goooey...but some people enjoy it cause it brought the sweetness of the beef, its not a sirloin, we did ask the waiter which is the best ones minus the one's with the Jack Daniels or else my aunt will be a bit coocoo afterwards...

The side dishes to the steak were stir fried broccoli with garlic mashed potato, its was too bare to be called an American portions, honestly the meat tasted like...plain grilled beef, lagi sedap daging bakar kelate hok buak..makang dengan nasi kerabu, sorri ler i slang ganu ckit...Honestly.. Chllies is far more better than TGIF, this is the second TGIF which is out of my list.....i tasted TGIF in PJ which is good , and the rest fare bad....

Next time i'm sticking to my fave place for my American portions, have not tasted Tony Roma's yet....

having said that, it brought memories when my father used to make this weekend dinner meals we called western weekend feast, where my father would bought lamb chops and beef chops from the local deli's, my father is the connoisseur of western cuisine , being born and raised in KL, he used to hang out at the fav western outlets here, last time it was called Colliseum, wow fantastic they said, it was the birth place of Chicken Chop,...back to my childhood memories, my father would marinates the chops at least a day earlier and asked me Julliene and shred the vege's for the coleslaw , we would have it after Maghrib, he grilled it in an open pan, together with gravy of the marinates, ..... lots of fun back then, now sume dah besar jadi maleh pulok...maybe one day i'll do it for them,

Anyone up for ENM 10's Bib : Men's 20km Open

2010-02-26T15:12:00.001+08:00

Alamak everyone must be joining Full Mara ler ni....if anyone interested please let me know yer....although i could run but better left it healed fully then go for Sundown...my maiden...

I'm letting go my bib, i just wanted the Running Vest for my collection .....please let me know

Dah ler tur trail running is up...yikes...tempted so much to join

Frustration

2010-02-24T18:03:00.003+08:00

Sigh...not again, i been having these days where u just wanna be yourself and get out of these acting wardrobe and just be yourself nothing else matters....trying so hard to find the reason why am im here, it may sounds that i'm ungrateful of The Almighty gifts, i can't seem to find my strength and enjoyment anymore...

I wish i could get backed to my roots...and do the things i like...my knee is getting better, its no longer hurts as before (that's something good to feel about kan..) , ye lar i had no obligation ...its easy for people like me..well its true...may be i should looked at others whom unfortunate to work like dogs days and night without rest...at least i could buy a house now, lucky me...heheh

Staying positive is tough when u mind is constantly battling the downside of life, its hard battling emotions and keeping up a smile, making others happy will eventually lead to yours too right...well as what my friend would said Chin Up and Walked Tall cause u are precious...

Abstaining for Abs : No Roti Canai or Nasi Lemak Month(s)

2010-02-20T19:48:00.000+08:00

I lost 5 kg since i stopped jadi pelari tegar ni, recuperating that Kenyan keting for awhile, simpan sekejap kasi polish ckit kasi wat alignment then baru pasang balik...hehehe.. Reconnecting back to my weight training, strengthening the core muscle, reading a lot about the six packs ( technically it is 8 packs), loves the quotes : Six Packs are made in the kitchen rather than the gym....points to ponder,

So now i'm trying to live without Nasi Lemak and Roti Canai for at least a month...if it last then maybe months to come...hehehhe my favorite place to have Nasi lemak is my neighbor's one..fuhh sedap ler and for roti canai Raju's at bukit gasing...perr..macam teringin la pulak...gulp two Most Popular Malaysian Foods..can i resist the temptation well see...

Clueless Mind Over Power Walk

2010-02-19T17:06:00.001+08:00

I am in a state of clueless, not knowing what to do? Last Monday, i planned to go out walking in the park early in the morning before going off to PD in the afternoon, i'm just bored sitting at home without doing any workout/ exercising without any impact to my knee, that would be impossible to create zero gravity...hahah,

Armed with my MP3 player and my latest pair of Adidas runnig pant, huhu it was supposed to be a walked around the park with slighly faster pace or some says power walk, wow i felt so refreshed and joyful, smiling to myself and gleeing along the joging path...started with small pace progressed to fast stride..it continues on without realising that i'm actually running...brushing through people...oopps got carried over...who would not when u are beaming with joy in your hearts...i did finished 2 rounds non stop..when it reaches half of the third loops ...the pain strike back...The Empire Strikes Back... well it has only been three days since i did my MRI scans...tendonsitis ouch....i stop running immediately which was supposed to be power walk kan..dumb dumb me

I went home immediately iced my swollen tendon...ahh what a relief it was,,,or else limping pulak kat PD...dah tak smart ,awek pun tak nak tengok..huahuah...it is not as prolong pain as it was before,,after the icing ..i could walk again as usual and climb stairs..as normal....but not giving it a go for running just yet...
i will rest till the Doctor says so...

So next time when u power walk make sure it is power walk yer Shaqi....jangan lak berlari...

Blazing Hot PD..CNY Getaway session

2010-02-18T14:35:00.001+08:00

Haha this is definitely not another....sports related session yer..its just me telling a story about my getaway with my friends up in PD, ...we spent a night ajer di sane....ape PD jer...at least its not KL..hahah

Letting go of some steam from hustle anf bustle of the quite life in KL during long holiday break is ..gila ka....i..yup PD is fulled with all sorts people and families enjoying their very long weekend even though...bukan celebrate CNY pun hehe...anyway..the weather there was blazing hot...yet u can still see all of this guys and girls terkinja kinja kat pantai at Noon...aiyo...memang SPF tahap 150 kot...as for me i chosed to stay indoors ..and wait till the sun is set.baru mandi...hehehe

The beach where we swim is fronting Bayu Beach Resort, thought it is clean but turn out to be quite a disaster, ape ler depa ni...buang sampah merata rata ler....begang tul aku...cehhhh....

pandangan yang berbeza boleh menyebabkan your mind goes astray from the stress of day to day life...semacam soccer daddy jer i ni....hopefully one day ler...i'll be one

The food, we ate at Restoran Nasreen Songkla , its nearby Ming Court hotel (yang closed down)...on the left side road leading to Teluk Kemang town, each of three of us ordered two dishes, honestly, i can't recalled the menu, but there were two types sayur, one pandan chicken, tomyam pok tek, cashew nuts chicken and fried prawns....The verdict is superb ler...we enjoy the food very much...its very tasty and the flavors are balanced of sweet, hot, spicy and tangerine tinge -macam masakan Thai kebiasannyer ler.. there goes my diet of free carbo katanyer...hehe it was a joyful thing to us due to foods are very dear to our hearts.. lupe the price is considerably cheap ler..the bill with drinks total up to RM 39.00..well worth it...recomended to anyone for a stop here ..if u are thinking of going there for dinner make sure u get there early..cause the crowd could pull back the serving time of the foods...but well worth the wait

The night we spent reminiscing of our past life ...kutuk the old friends yang tak jejak bumi whenever he/she talks about themself..ay yadayadaydaya....next day chow to KL...surprisingly the road was clear..

We made a stop at Al Diafah in Sri Petaling for some quick Arabic lunch feast....our menu was A whole roast chicken with bread ( its not that typical pita, its kind of puffy) and mint sauce, my drink was lemon tea while friends opt for Almond'd milk ( cow's milk mixed with almond and a tinge of mint)...loves every bit of it...though its pricey RM 45.00 for a whole bird...well its worth it..sedapler...sgt...

Sorry pics taken kebanyakkan nye censored so x leh nak upload...

Bunny Run Bib's 20km Men Open Is Up For Grab..Opps Energizer Lerr

2010-02-12T23:48:00.002+08:00

I'm listening to Glee's version of Defying Gravity,quite aspiring indeed, but letting go is what the best thing to do now ...Anyone interested please kindly leave any messages, U don't have to pay, i just wanted the Running Vest only ( collecting It for my training needs)......

The MRI had spoken and the verdict i have left knee bicep tendonsitis with some fluid( can't seem to remember what is called medic terms) if it is worsens in another 3 weeks and it may required to be stitched, yikes seems very painful i will be out at least half of the year,

Final Verdict : There is no use defying gravity , humbled grounded here...

Resting Again and Lookin Back

2010-02-11T08:11:00.000+08:00

Another run missed, this did not happen to me last year, sumenyer rempuh jer..., now i know that the art of running is to be able to run the next day after any races, flexibility and agility should be hand in hand...held and bonded together for life long..

Never knew resting is a part of training, pergg..hand on my head now.. always into pushing higher and higher further up the mileage bank, now it left me humbled in my own less impact world..makes u think, is this what u missed when u are running all the time...pondering to some of my family members whom are being cynical about me running all the time...ko ni tidak bosan ke...asyik lari lari jer nanti injured padan muka hang...its hard to explain to them unless they are in my shoes...or runners too...hehe..running for me is like paracetamol to headaches, penicillin to bacterial infections, steroid to athletes (over lak..)...

Infectious in a good manner, it has brought joy as well instilled positive values about life, plus meeting with new running buddies whom are very supporting and encouraging in every step of the way, building new network of friends from all walks of life, jumping with joy every time we run while sharing stories of up and down of our life apart from our running series, this a part of running that i really missed, listening to their stories..seronok tau..they are indeed .. very good story tellers, aku ni hampeh ckit...but i can count though....reading blogs is not the same as making direct face to face contacts...where u can see their grins, laugh, cheeky...sharing their stories while agonizing the pain after a long run.

The carboloading session, at times it went overboard ler pulak...melantak macam esok tak de ler pulak... well that was me...hehe semacam dapat license to kill, can't help it they are so many foods to try when u are at foreign places...hehe...

Cam-whore at every point along the run as much as u could possibly can...Abg Nik with his trusted Canon and Bro Ian with Olympus Tough plus my friend's Warie's Sony...me taking picture while running ? mesti kelam kabut tahap cipan ler......thought of doing that after this....photographed my memories...

Shoe shopping has been very technical lately...unlike before..ahh any shoes will do as long as it comfortable..comfort yup, well it could only be for a short distance ...sekarang tengok kasut dah pandai dah predict what will happen if i bought this kind of shoes...cheewahh.....shoes evolves from Power to Adidas AdiZero...lum kira Trail running gear lagi hehehe...thinking of moving into MTB pulak..slowly saving enough cash for it...

I will keep my Chin up and rest till i'm ready to brush through the tarmacs and hills again...thanks again to all my fellow blogger runner for the support and not forgetting Congrats for finishing the gruesome PNM..

Resting and Supernatural Ability

2010-02-07T08:38:00.001+08:00

I wish i could have the ability to tell what is happening in my knee right now and projecting my rate of recovery, this is what every runners are unable to tell and which lead to devastating results, after yesterday chit chat with Nadia at Bro Ian's POR swimming, macam ler aku swim sgt kan....i'm reactivating back the swimming mode, hopefully it will be back in the veins,

yup the supernatural ability i meant is to know your body functions, u are able to look at yourself far beyond any modern machines would able to do....wah hebat tu, u can even tell how much actually your body endured, She did mentioned that one ex runner stories that really gave me the creep, now a cyclist - his knee was toast due to excessive running, yikes, he wished that he could run again and warn her that don't avoid the warning signals, please rest well make it 100%, gulp,

The supernatural ability will enable me to see myself beyond the skin thus making sure that i would not hurt myself too much, morally i would not able to see others except myself, hehehe..

I'm enjoying the resting period i'm in although its hard to see most my running buddies were enjoying their run, if they are happy then i am too right, reading their stories in their blog brought me closer the running world, hehe ...yup taking their advises-venturing into other side of running swimming, biking (i wish i could are there any bikes to rent ke?, for two months) motivating myself ,believing and praying hard to Almighty that i could run like the wind again.............................................................................................................................

Landing, How Do U Do It?

2010-02-03T20:48:00.004+08:00

Me and Bro Ian were chatting and discussing our running techniques, and he did mention to me, how do you land your feet during running, i said forefoot..well...that may be the main cause of my injuries, i should be focusing more - landing on my mid foot or heel...however there is this interesting article about landing.......written by Jonathan Dugas and Ross Tucker both are pHd holder in Exercise Physiology from University of Cape Town, very enlightening indeed, enjoy reading it and ask yourself which one are u ? and What should u choose to land on?

Heel vs. Midfoot vs. Forefoot: How do elite runners land?

I've finally gotten around to this post, which is probably two weeks in the making, and it follows on from our recent series on running shoes. That series began by looking at whether shoes are in fact as much a cause of injury as a cure, and then evolved into a discussion of how the running market is evolving. Twenty years ago, it was all about motion-control shoes preventing overpronation to prevent injury. Today, it's all about running "barefoot in your shoes", as companies try to go back to "natural" without selling you "the Emperor's clothes", in effect! (It's quite a long post, my apologies, but a lot of important information to get through...)

The next logical question is to ask how is the foot supposed to land during running? This question evolves out of the discussion of shoes. vs barefoot running, and is often at the heart of discussions on running technique. Very often, debates of "technique" tend to start from the feet, jump to the knees ("lift your knees") and then skip to the arms, and that's about it! We won't go into too much detail on technique today, focusing instead on only one of many aspects - the landing of the foot, and particularly, whether the elite runners tend to land on the heel, the midfoot, or the forefoot.

Elite runners footstrike patterns

Perhaps surprisingly, there are very few studies looking at elite runners and footstrike patterns during actual races. Despite this, until recently, the overwhelming majority of coaches and experts were advocating that heel-striking was the most effective technique, simply because most athletes did it. That claim will come up again, but the perception that it was most effective has, over the last few years, been changing. And with the advent of Pose and other running techniques, as well as the observation that not all elite runners are landing on the heel first, people have now begun to advocate that forefoot landing is better! So we have this 180 degree shift, often in the absence of any substantial data to support the claim.

I am sure that many will have seen this kind of assertion (this one is from Wikipedia):

Leaning forward places a runner's centre of mass on the front part of the foot, which avoids landing on the heel and facilitates the use of the spring mechanism of the foot. In other words, landing on the heel is bad, to be avoided...

Or there is this, from Gordon Pirie (admittedly somewhat older):

"Running equals springing through the air, landing elastically on the forefoot with a flexed knee..."

But what is "better"? Where science has yet to catch up with opinion

It's important at this point to ask the very pertinent, but infrequently asked question: "What does 'better' mean?". In other words, when people are advocating that it's 'better' to land on the forefoot, what do they mean? Is it faster? More efficient? Less injury-prone? The fact is, the word "better" is used without studies specifically looking at any single one of these aspects. And the 'prudence concept', as applied to science, says that you cannot say something is "better" unless it's been studied and compared to the alternatives. Unfortunately, the science lags behind in this regard.

So for example, above you have the quote that you are supposed to land elastically on the forefoot. That implies performance and efficiency, which might be true for short exercise, lasting a minute or two. But in an event like the marathon, are we sure it remains the "better" option? If you went out and ran 2 hours today, landing on your forefoot instead of landing as you've always done, what would be the likely outcome? Chances are, you'd be hurting for a few days, with calf muscles that you had perhaps forgotten you had! Worst case scenario, you'd be injured for months with an Achilles tendon injury. That is certainly not a desirable outcome. So there are problems with making sweeping statements about landing patterns.

But more than this, these kinds of statements are never grounded in proof. So for example, when it's written that you land "elastically", has anyone ever done the study of elastic energy return in different types of running? They haven't, but there is theory about it, and that's where these recommendations come from. So the approach in the discussion that follows is for me to adopt the role of "questioner", playing Devil's Advocate, with the humble admission that science simply does not know the right answer, only the possibilities...

Looking at one particular study - elite 21 km runners

So in the current climate where real evidence is scarce and opinions hold sway, let's take a look at one study that has examined footstrike patterns during running events. It was done in 2004 in Japan, and published in 2007 in the Journal of Strength of Conditioning (not sure of the reason for the delay - it happens sometimes in science!). The full reference, for those interested, is Hasegawa et al., J Strength & Cond., 2007, (21), 888-893

It was performed at the 2004 Sapporro International Half Marathon in Japan. The scientists set up a high speed camera (very important for accurate collection of information - beats YouTube science any day!) at the 15km mark of the race, and captured most of the runners coming through. In total, they were able to observe the foot strike of 248 men and 35 women, and characterize them as either heel-strikers, mid-foot or forefoot strikers. They also measured Ground Contact Time at the 15km point.

The finding - what do you expect?

Before giving their main finding away, take a moment to guess what they would have found...If you are anything like me, and have read the substantial amount on the internet and in books about how it's "better" (there's that word again) to land on your forefoot, then of course, your expectation might be that they found:

The majority of runners land on the forefoot
Those that DO NOT land on the forefoot are the runners who finish towards the back of the field

Well, if that's what you thought, you'd be completely incorrect...! Because the finding is the following:

The vast majority (75%) of the elite runners land on the heel
About 1 in four (24%) runners landed on the mid-foot
Only 4 out of 283 runners landed on the forefoot

Those runners that landed on the forefoot did not finish in the first four positions, so the common argument (a flawed one) that the best athletes are forefoot strikers is not supported by this finding.

Possible conclusions - how you read the study is influenced by what you wish to prove...

So, given this, one is tempted to say that the landing of the foot makes no difference to overall performance. Of course, this is not necessarily true. As I wrote above, science is often taken out of context, and this is one such example. You cannot, for example, rule out the possibility that these heel-strikers might be a few seconds or minutes faster if they just learned to land on their forefoot! Personally, I think that's highly unlikely, and what is more likely is that they'll end up in rehab for Achilles injuries, but even that is a "bald assertion", based only on opinion!

Now, however, here is where it gets interesting, and this is where the forefoot advocates got quite excited. When the researchers divided the finishers into groups of 50, they started to see something of a change in mid-foot landing as you moved further down the list. In otherwords, there was a higher percentage of midfoot strikers in the first 50 runners than in the second, and then third, and so on. The graph below shows this for heel-strikers and mid-foot strikers (I haven't shown forefoot, because it's so tiny and insignificant by comparison):

At first glance, the conclusion from this graph is that if you want to be a faster runner, finishing higher up in the overall order, then you should be a midfoot striker, not a heel-striker. That's how many people interpreted the finding. And this may well be true. Unfortunately, there is another possible reason it looks like it does - perhaps it's simply a function of running faster.

Speed and footstrike

In otherwords, you naturally shift your contact point with the ground further forward when you run faster. The average speed, incidentally, of the first 50 runners was 3 minutes 3 seconds per kilometer. The second group of 50 runners averaged 3 minutes 10 seconds per kilometer. Hardly a big difference, but given the range (the 50th runner is at least a minute behind the 1st runner), is it possible that groups of 50 is too big, and that all this "finding" represents is a speed effect on footstrike?

The point is, this study does not allow you to differentiate between three possibilities:

Faster runners are midfoot strikers (could be co-incidence or some other cause); or
Midfoot strikers are faster runners (and therefore we should all change our running style and land on the front part of the foot more); or
All runners would eventually be midfoot strikers, if they just ran fast enough!

This is another classic example of how a scientific result can be taken out of context and applied to give advice that may not be 100% correct.

Personal opinion and implications of this study

My personal reaction to this research, when it came out, was that it disproved the popular theory that all runners should be aiming to become midfoot or forefoot strikers. Most of us (well, I'm in this group, apologies if you are not) are nowhere near the elite level, and we're often told by experts and coaches that the elite are landing on the ball of the foot or the midfoot, and so we should too.

But the next time you think of running like Gebrselassie and trying to land mid or forefoot, consider this: if you go out and sprint 100m, you're likely to run on your toes the whole way - because you're running faster, you land more on the mid-foot, or even the forefoot.

Sprinting as you are, you'll probably cover 100m in 14 seconds, which puts you only 1 second ahead of a Bekele or a Gebrselassie in a 5000m race, so is it any wonder they are midfoot strikers on the track - they're running as fast as most of us sprint? The point I'm trying to make is, if you ran the speed they did, you'd be a mid-foot striker too! But just as I suspect they change as they slow down, we all do. So why, and on what basis, should you try to run with the same foot strike when you are running perhaps 3 minutes per kilometer SLOWER than them? Again, these are relatively bald assertions, but hopefully you recognize the implication of speed on foot strike.

So when you go out and run a 3 hour, or a 4 hour marathon, that's another story altogether. And what the Pose running study at UCT showed me a few years ago is that if you change the landing of the foot, you predispose the athlete to injury - that study took a group of runners and within two weeks had them all running on the midfoot (please don't write in to say that Pose doesn't mean midfoot, because Romanov was the coach and he was happy with their technique!). Two weeks later, they all broke down with Achilles tendon injuries!

Why? Because sitting where you are right now, if I was to walk into your office or your home and take you outside and ask you to please run landing on your forefoot or midfoot, I can pretty much guarantee that the way you would achieve this is to point your toe down...you're probably doing this as you read this - contract the calf, and point your toe away from your body, like in ballet. Now imagine your body weight landing on that contracted calf muscle 85 times a minute for 4 hours. That, simply put, is a recipe for disaster.

However, if you can gradually change your landing, then I do believe that you can shift your footstrike. But it's a gradual process. And more important, what is the point? There is no evidence that heel-strikers are injured more, no evidence that mid-foot runners are faster and perform better than heel-strikers, and so the ultimate question is:

Why would you want to change your foot landing to begin with? Science has little to offer you in support of this. And so my advice, having read this far (well done!), is to forget about the possibility that you're landing "wrongly", and just let your feet land where, and how they land, and worry about all the other things you can when you run!

If there is one thing you change in your running, don't focus on your footstrike, but rather on WHERE your feet land relative to your body. Because if you are over-reaching and throwing your foot out in front of you, that's a problem, but what happens when the rubber meets the road is less relevant!
I'm sure there's more to this topic, based on your questions and comments. As usual, fire away! And remember the humble admission from earlier - science, believe it or not, does not know the answer definitively! (just as we can't tell you why Bekele is so dominant in World X-Country!)

Resting Is A Part Of Training Vs Degil Nak Lari Jugak!

2010-02-02T20:50:00.000+08:00

I always been known for my stubbornness.. itu ler...orang kata rehat tak mahu dengar nak lari jugak.... i tried talking to myself tapi susah ler...it keep on saying alar lari je lar...your knee able to take it punyer....

anyway kedegilan dah terbukti, we are human, biologically different from one person to another therefore our recovery rate are not the same, kemaruk berlari lar katakan...itu ler nasib baik ler...Dia tak marah..understanding... but how long tak tahu ler....

Resting meaning no high impact activities for me, thought of pursuing back my swimming lesson and continue on my search for that dream MTB..if everything goes according to plan i will be move in to my new house by end of this month...Alhamdulilah ...

Pastu leh ler continue on swimming on regular basis since i got a place to do it, tak payah ler nak sneak in to the apartment anymore heheh,

Part of resting cum training ni..is to avoid the running temptation, ohh tu yang susah tu, treadmill pulak vacant tak de orang guna..plus on Saturday and Sunday , i'm almost free all day...tambah lagi nafsu makan bertambah tambah...gulp...funny?? Since i stop running my friends said that i'm so thin, i said really i dont think so, i ate alot plus i'm not burning a lot calories as did during running, mmm point to ponder?

Iyerlar zaman dulu dulu, orang bersilat pun kene bertapa bebulan bulan, i guess it must be a part of their training so that they will be able to recover and rebuild the muscles lost during training ir fights....

Hopefully i will be fit for Energizer...tak best ler nak derma derma bib ni...tapi kalau ade orang nak derma to me, Saya terima ajer...heheh(tamak betul ko,Shaq)

Resting Here but not in Peace yet or ever ,i meant Running not that Eternal Peace...

Happy Training

Losing The Joy

2010-01-31T13:45:00.003+08:00

Yesterday and today , i started of running, thought of doing 10k - 5 loops around Lake Titiwangsa, woke up early that morning ,did myself a mix of sport drink then another for my bekal during the run, i like to be hydrated during long distance continuous run, arrived at the parking spot at about 6.30am, quite a number of people were there, oh ade event kaki pancing , no wonder people were reeling theirs rods around the lake, well i'm all charged up for my first run...got my shoes on and my MP3 player pumping,, pushing on the tarmac...

Wow...i can run again...the feeling was great and like flying without wings ler...but the dreadful things started inching up my knee, alamak..it happens when i reached the third round and was about to finish the 4th loops, i was clueless..i thought its over...that i could happily run again it really hit my confidence very hard...and the thought of able to run again really got flushed away from my mind at that moment, the minute the pain arises i noticed that my pacing were a out of place, suddenly im not in control of left leg, it had become stiffed, huhh??

The frustration is running very high, i almost could not believe it, when will it be cured, ....i felt so depressed, nape yer....may be it could be running has become very personal to me kot, well for a start its what brought joy back to my gloomy life and the profound happiness, I kept on saying to myself u will get back to it in time, well not so good timing ler..cause there are quite a number of run's next coming month,

The Doc said i could get back to running its nothing serious... but why it kept on coming back, mm misterious indeed, i'll be seeing the Doc back again for definite answer on Why? and When? and i dont know how much longer should be resting from running, i'm not saying competition wise but the routine long distance road running,...

Therefore, i'm planning to rest for some months ( god knows how long ler to get it cure or i should be getting a surgery instead), i would have to let go of my bibs, though its hardest thing to do ( cause this is the thing i loves so much to do) but i guess i didn't make the cut ,there are others who fare better than me and we should give him a chance, i just have to console to my own world now ...i will informed from time to time about the bibs i'm letting go, as far i had now are Men's open : PNM 20k, Energizer 20k and Adidas Sundown 42k,

There goes my dream of running my first marathon in May...dah dapat bayangkan my first marathon wahh bestnyer....tapi....apakan daya, there are no quick fix here...i wish there were..

Felt so sad here, sometimes losing is the way to go, can't believe it myself saying those words that i do not champion ....Kudos to me and to all the others whom supported me all the way, I'll be running in the shadow now ..hopefully not for long..sob sob...

Initiating The First Gear of Running

2010-01-27T20:44:00.001+08:00

I did what i had planned before - to start with a low impact activity, i choose stationary bike, nak dynamic bike x de lak kan, so i guess this would do heheh, i did about 30 minutes cycling , felt that i'm not moving anywhere..yelar that why its called stationary bike ler Shaqi ..oops lupa,

what i means is that it did not have the kind of feeling u had after running, quite surprising that the hurts on my left knee seems to be reducing more and it had become more flexible than before, i'm not pushing myself too much till i'm fully ready , looking at the treadmill seems very tempting and tasty like kid eying for a candy

Itu ler PNM is coming, well my running buddies will be there, hopefully they don't grilled me if i'm late even i'm just doing 20km, run or walk....or may be.....

Solitary of Run's

2010-01-25T20:39:00.000+08:00

I had been living away from the running world for quite a while, it has been a week since i injured my knee, as a matter of fact it still is, but slightly reduced....well not good for full running yet, i mean impact activities, plus works had started piling on the table, therefore running is squeezed somewhere in the closet, duhhh,

im going to start introducing some cardio activities back this week, stationary bike may be?, well i like to take up swimming but the place and time yet to be synchro with schedule now,

i can see that i'm getting a bit fat, after weighing myself in Singapore last weekend, gulp i gained 2 kg ler...alamak ini macam berat ka..i ought to do something fast, thinking of my knee is yet to be fully recovered thus brings in the idea of less impact activities such as stationary bike, actually i'm running out of ideas ler..anyway let do just that first and see what will it do to my knee...?

another race is coming next Feb. PNM. i'm not doing marathon yar..just 20 km jer...wishing that i could run all the way,,,rugi pulak x lari heheh,

Diagnosis : The result is in....and it is

2010-01-22T16:48:00.004+08:00

I made an arrangement to meet the specialist , could not blame the GP cause they had not been trained to check on bones and its relations, an Orthopedic would do..begging my boss to let me off today while i'm practically working from home,

Arrived at Hospital Pusrawi, wow ..they had quite a number of Orthopedics, mine is Doc Azmi, he is quite a charming person, cheerful and glee to greet me, though i waited for almost an hour, takut ler what the outcome would be,

The doctor took my leg and started pressing on both side of my left knee...i quickly shown him the place which hurts so bad..Oh kat sini, ok cube berdiri then bend my leg, ok....what ok? Doc..well he can't confirmed just yet on the diagnosis, so off to the x ray room, i guess this is what athletes had to endure if they were down with injuries, banyak juga ler gambor yang di ambil, about 4 pcs of x ray photos ...nanti i upload yer...isk they managed to make it un -X rated yer,,although the took a picture my hips,

went back to see the doctor.....mm looking at the X Ray now, is that my leg??..leh thn gak byk muscle ke lemak yer...and the result is....

Bursitis, fuhh lega ler ckit..ape ler tur..? by the way Doc said my ligaments are ok, no torn or inflamed, Doc said my tendon was rubbed against my bone, he did ask me how do u walk? ..i said with feet straight...or u should walk like this ler

macam charlie chaplin ke Doc? Oh come on...habis ler ...

no ler , the way i walk and run are twisting my knee so due to my pronating foot thus i need to move my feet away from the 90 degrees angle, a bit wider, buka besar ckit ler...tapi org org tua cakap kalau jalan terkankang ckit itu tandanya boros, heheh..did not apply to me...Big Spender here...

the best thing is that Doc said i could run again, but i need to give it a rest for about two weeks, i guess i need to take running class ler lepas ni., he gave me some injection due to the place had less veins making distribution of the medicine take longer to reach...

Now the pain still exist but it had reduce sharply however, the best part of it that i could still run...

No Gantung Kasut for me just yet Alhamdulilah

Gantung Kasut

2010-01-21T00:00:00.001+08:00

After reading a few articles on knee injuries, the thought of having to do what i fear most is seakan within sight sahaja, most of my friends whom were actives in sports during their uni years said they had to leave out sports for at least a year, i dont like that at all, today i went to another GP which i think is very much better than the fisrt one i met on Monday , pretty helpful in sharing her views on my situations unlike the first one's 3 min diagnose then came to conclusion u kene tanya pakar ler, oh gitu ler pulak...anyway.. i;ll be referring to a specialist this Friday, bile baca paper pulak there is one woman badminton player went for a surgeries and told to rest for 1 year..wow..that's is long, did i foreseen this in my fun running world ? well i never thought i would cause i'm in it for the fun of it...therefore gantung kasut should not be just yet..

currently, my knees still hurts whenever i walk too much, how much is too much ler kan, i;m not running or climbing stairs ,plus my work does not includes heavy mobility,,,yikes reading and browsing people wrote about how fun it is to run NB 30km..i felt so intimidated and ashamed, mine left with an injuries ler...well a token of my will to finish cause i'm no quiter,,,No Gantung Kasut for me....

Self Prognosis

2010-01-18T18:01:00.000+08:00

Am i having this?

chondromalacia?
The treatment of chondromalacia remains controversial, but most individuals can undergo effective treatment by resting the knee and adhering to a proper physical therapy program. Allowing the inflammation of chondromalacia to settle is the first step of treatment. Avoiding painful activities that irritate the knee for several weeks, followed by a gradual return to activity is important. In this time, cross-training activities, such as swimming, can allow an athlete to maintain their fitness while resting the knee. The next step in treatment is a physical therapy program that should emphasize strengthening and flexibility of the quadriceps and hamstring muscle groups. Use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication is also helpful to minimize the pain associated with chondromalacia. Treatment with surgery is declining in popularity for two reasons: good outcomes without surgery, and the small number of patients who actually benefit from surgical treatment.

or this

patellar tendonitis?
Patellar tendonitis is the condition that arises when the tendon and the tissues that surround it, become inflamed and irritated. This is usually due to overuse, especially from jumping activities. This is the reason patellar tendonitis is often called "jumper's knee."
When overuse is the cause of patellar tendonitis, patients are usually active participants of jumping-types of sports such as basketball or volleyball. Patellar tendonitis may also be seen with sports such as running and soccer. Also, some patients develop patellar tendonitis after sustaining an acute injury to the tendon, and not allowing adequate healing. This type of traumatic patellar tendonitis is much less common than overuse syndromes.

or may be

Bursitis ?
A bursa is a slippery structure that exists in places where tendons pass over bones. These spots are points of potential friction if the tendons were to rub against the bone. The body creates a bursa where tendons rub over a bone to allow the tendons to glide smoothly. When the bursa is inflamed and irritated, bursitis is the result.

yikes it alls boils downs to surgery..alamak..macam serious jer..could this be..i'll be off running like in months...waaaa tak dak suke ler ini macam...well we'll see in 5 days...

Post NB Pacesetters 30km run

2010-01-17T19:28:00.001+08:00

Well what u think is enough is never is...here goes....

I woke up very early in the morning at 3.30 am lagi, i just can't sleep anxious and restless i guess, after watching Blind Side , feeling kind of hype and happy...it could be the stories is about a unpolished football star....
made myself some endurance drinks which i bought from the sale at GNC as a substitute for solid food or i will have indigestion problems later during the run, i was very very nervous about the run since my running buddies are all very very senior in long distance run, i ni jer yang rookie hehehe plus some tormented mental picture about the torturous routes, tapi pelik ramai yang kata Ok jer...memang Power ler depa tur...

Reached the Bukit Aman carpark at 4.00 am, gile awal, there are only few cars parked there, dtg awal sebab takut penuh then Abg Syah arrives then Diket n frenzs, prep ourselves then we moved to Padang Merbok met up with Bro Ian, Nick and Kak Kash, masing masing look surprisingly calm, aku jer kot yang mengelabah ayam heheh, entah ler...i guess u will know why...in the end

since the run will start way about half an a hour before the fajr prayer, i went some shopping yesterday and bought myself a three quarter running pant instead, hehhe so senang ler nak solat, the run start exactly at 5.30 am, as usual u had to walk until u passed the starting arch. We were running in the dark around the Tugu Negara, i was pacing together with kak Kash as usuall Bro Ian, Nik, Diket and Shuk (makan asap depa jer lar aku ni) having trouble running with pouch kept jumping to much causing uneasiness during the run thn je lar kalau i had to carry the bottle all the way, penat gak tur....

my pacing was ok jer, mungking sbb dah wat LSD kat situ so that i was a little bit prepared ler on how the route will be thus making it a little bit easy ler, my legs was still ok, in my mind at that time just as we about to reach Jalan Duta was?..mm fajr praying time is about to be over, i engaged on a faster pace, remember abg syah said they planned to peform their fajr prayer at Petronas's Hartamas ( dah sorok kain katanyer..i wonder camner ler dia wat yer??)as for me as soon i saw a surau at nearby terus masuk, tak jadi ke Petronas, mula mula rasa macam malu to enter the surau, was due to the fact that they were having Tazkirah session tibe tibe jer aku masuk dgn keadaan berpeluh sakan nak solat subuh,,,???after solat i was back on track, on high gear to catch up the time lost (should i say gain in a positive way) on my back to Bukit Tunku routes i was mentally downed, the uphill round was a bit too much on my feet , it started to twitch i hate when that happens i the middle of the kilometers, yikes....i took my ORS salt as Che would said dah terlewat ler Bro...

whenever i stops a while the strained and pulled in the muscles were getting stronger i hated when that happened, kept on pushing myself, chanting the mantra u must finish this run and the worst started to happen- i can't no longer run even though i had the energy to blast me to the moon ,my knee and muscle were pulling me downed and begging me to slow down, i did , what i never did at any road races, power walk or literally walk..no use to stretch the muscle at this point while u still have another 20 km to go, the double hill at Bukit Tunku really stretched my knees and muscle to the limit, when it comes to the Jalan Mahameru i knew i could not go on anymore up the hill climb, i decided to power walk instead and constantly crying and praying to Almighty please let me finish this race,

planned to run the last leg of the race at Padang Merbok stretch but my muscles were not letting me flexed too much so i power walk instead, felt ashamed looking at the older woman and men passed by me, who cares this my race against me, i should be able to reach the finish line in time, there are only a few 30 km runners at that time and i was left far behind, even though i had the energy to run but my muscle resist cooperate with my heart instead power walk all the way, the last stretch pun bukit , aiyo

lega rasenyer when crossing the finish line, syukur sgt, i did not gave up due to my injuries, i was so frustrated and saddened by my time and the condition I'm in, actually i did cried in my car when Bro Ian left ( cry baby kan i ni..a way to express my deepest frustration kot) after we had some brief chat while waiting for his friends, Not just because of the pain but the fact that i had failed to achieved my target,

I had ditched out my friend wedding instead treat myself for a karaoke session with close friends

I am ashamed of myself and not proud at all with this race...well this will be a major lesson for me,to know my limits...

Final Verdict : time 3 hr 34 mins, surprisingly no leaking problems but end up with massive blow on the knees, will i ever be ready for marathon ? I guess u know the answer..

Out of Steam..puuut puuut....puff puff puff

2010-01-15T17:36:00.000+08:00

Bunyinyer macam steam engine ran downed jer..well something really smacked my brain now, feeling little bit under , still have not found the momentum needed for my work..isk dah masuk second week in the new year,...itu ler semangat tak masuk masuk lagi ni....

entah ler ..i'm still confused ape ler yang membuatkan aku lembab ni....Shaqi please...wake up....!!!!

Do. It(eat) .Enough. Though (D.I.E.T) .....The M'sian Way

2010-01-13T16:56:00.000+08:00

Tahun ni adalah tahun untuk menurunkan berat badan..kalau boleh ler....akan tetapi , i will always be swarmed with foods..so angan angan mat jenin ler.. nak jugak keting kenyan tur..hehehe...

dah memacan website g checkout tapi kebanyakkan nyer mat saleh nyer style.. dah menjadi satu kepayahan pulak selera nak makan...ape halibut salad..poach salmon..siap sayur dia pun leh thn terbelit jugak ler lidah jawa aku ni nak menyebutnyerr...

Sbb mkn kat luar...i mean during lunch time...u tend to go by the foods that been served at the cafe ...sometimes tu.....sayur haprak pun x de...macam cafe depan opis aku ni...kekadang tu ade...tapi masak lemak ler pulak...terpaksa aku me'strain kan nyer dulu...satu keje lar pulak...

itu ler....bile ler....fitness kat Malaysia ni nak berotakkan Asia or better still Malaysianise it...so that leh ler kite ikut, sume nak kene ikut depa nyer mould susah gak...i do agrees the Westeners are the best in this fields however when it comes to diet i think it should be personalised ler.....karang meraban lak nak cari ikan Salmon ...sekali..ha amik ubat... pengsan tgk harga sekilo....

itu ler..any suggestion ke? daily nutrition needs or menu for runners.....like me...heheh :)

Redah Je lar Gamaknyer...

2010-01-12T18:46:00.001+08:00

since i kind of injured myself a bit ler kot during my LSD,,lepas tu hentam lak..trail running in Broga, i been very cautious in overusing my leg's muscle...i am thinking of doing just 5 km every day in the morning.jer since i can't afford (malas pun ade gak hehe) the time..to hit the road or the gym in the evening...felt so intimidated looking at Kak Kash nyer training plan fuhh very extensive memeng Pelari Tegar lerr...

May be i should be doing just that...apo ler aku ni isk isk isk... ni tak leh jadi ni! Nak kene tambah kose kude lagi ni...hopefully what i did thus far will be enough for this Sunday...some of them are taking it as an LSD for upcoming PNM wow....Pelari Tegar betul uolzz..

This will be my first 30km ...hopefully i could enjoy the run this Sunday,,,it will be the turning point whether i am ready for my maiden marathon or not......

My very first LSD..:)

2010-01-11T14:42:00.000+08:00

last weekend was nothing short of running ajer...did my first LSD, fuhh Long Slow Distance run, tapi rasnyer macam berlari bersungguh sungguh hehhe, anyway my pacing was all over the place, it could due to my thigh was aching from my Squash training on Friday, itu ler kind of bored...that evening lyn squash lar kejap...that night sakit sgt my left leg..mm dah ler esok LSD lak tur...itu ler bak kata Diket jadi Pelari Tegar ni susah nak tolak perlawaan heheh, i slept with some hope that my leg will be healed and the msucle will be able endured some LSD,

Alhamdulilah that Saturday, my leg seems to be in somewhere/how/what in good shape to run, i did not waste any time, took a quick shower then packed up my things then off to the Bukit Aman Carpark ( dlm hati dok kata dekat mane ler Carpark tu yer...???rupenyer yang depan Masjid tu rupenyer)..meet up with Bro Nik and i went stright to the Mosque for our fajr Prayer, over there we met Diket and friends..not forgetting Abg Shuk...i brought along my brand new water bottles filled with my brand new sports drinks..(beli pun sbb ade sale kat GNC hari tu...the salesgirls said to me everytime marathon mesti orang akkan cari ni) mm cube ler mane tahu leh dpt kose kude lebih...more horsepower (hp) ...sekali....

kene tinggal dar... before Daud decide to make a u turn after meeting Fong and Bacin , i was left behind quite a distance, i am no where near their pace since the start of the run, aiyo manyak kose kude ler depa ni, i guess i'm still rookie in this long distance run, i switched on my mental lamp "to finish is to win"...therefore i kept on my own sweet pace, i can't chat though no one to talk to anyway thus listening to my trusted MP3 player switching songs that could motivate me to go on,...we made our route through bank negara-bukit tunku then to hartamas...Abg Syah said route ni kalau on Sunday penuh dengan runners doing LSD, ....ye lar rookies runner ler i ni kan ... we stopped for a while by Petronas hartamas for a quick refuelling then off to the road again..

On the way back to lake perdana. Actually i was in deep pain but i just could not stopped, i dont want to slow them down just because of me...i'm kept on drinking..managed to refill by bottle with Gatorade courtesy of Abg Shuk, there is enough energy and strength to keep on moving...i was left very far behind the pack, at a point i was about to quit judging by the state of pain i'm in, no sore no gain.....our last lap nearby Bukit Tunku i was accompanied by Abg Shuk, ade jugak member yang slow jugak or else i'll be left alone to finish the run, alamak macam tak biasa ler pulak...

overall the LSD was fun and enlighting, made me realise what state i'm in right now for the upcoming NB 30km..gulpppp...burnt : 1700 calories, timing 2 hr 22 min...distance entah ler can someone tell me???

Next day...Sunday...Broga Hills .....

Runners Lets Us Compete To Be as One

2010-01-08T17:06:00.004+08:00

I hate reading the news todays , can't help but felt sad about what happen to the church today, tambahan its near to my housing area, Wondering hard? what had happen to my beloved place there,used to very peaceful and harmony, some people may like or some may cursed me for writing this on my blog, i just can't help it bu to write something about it, well for a start i'm not a very religious person that doesnt mean i'm abandoning my Islamic way of living and teachings , well there are here bounded to my soul and embebed in my heart...a muslim runner

being a runner means that u get to run with your favorite buddies regardless of their background, although we are competing against each other on the road but we share more common blues of the running world.. as such...aiya auntie mane mahu register itu run yer in Klang or be it competing in the neighbouring ade tempat tinggal kat mane yer cheap ones or uncle samy u very teror ler kaki byk muscle ler..and the usuals aiyo kaki banyak sakit ler...kuku kaki pun sudah biru...that hills damn &*(&*) ape ler organiser ni nak bunuh kiter ke!!!! then lepak mamak/kopitiam/gerai ...share stories about our tribulation of finishing the race..kan the common things...we share, us as runners, plus exchanging words of wisdom, training plan, motivation and praises....isk never knew running could actually brought us together.....kan.....common grounds are often forgotten

please ramming each other,,would not solve anything...to hell with all of those whom instilled hatred to each other...lets runned them down...

Perbankan Milage,,,macam tak cukup jer?

2010-01-08T05:36:00.004+08:00

mmm...im not clocking enougg hhh milage this week ,baru 17km, mm luckily there is LSD this saturday,terasa semacam takut lak fikirkan it will be 30km along tortorous route ler kan, knowing Pacesetters kan, mmm..unlike Sgpore where the route is almost flat but here around KL, almaklum ler..mesti pusing bukit berkali kali.....itu ler Shaqi, stop complaining and start running...push yourself...mm tapi perut asyik penuh jer biler time lari pancit ckit and M bug ni cbuk ler nak masuk...syuhh syuhh pi main jauh jauh,,,
for the past few days we had been treated with so many snacks in the office...yummy but sometimes i could just be binged...haaa kate nak lean body...mmmm

i been having this mood killers ler every time before run, ape ler na jadi ni....i just had to drag myself ...rase macam malas sangat tapi bile dah lari x nak stop pulak...hehe additive macam ICE,...kene ade training plan...so far my training plan this week...masih lagi on schedule...hehehe on route to that dreamed body,,,heheh leh ke??

i wish i will not be smoked this saturday but i know i will be,,,,,hehehe

Varicose Veins, that's what it called...will it stop me.?

2010-01-04T22:12:00.001+08:00

Varicose veins are swollen, twisted veins that you can see just under the surface of the skin. These veins usually occur in the legs, although they also can form in other parts of the body- definition taken from National Heart Lung and Blood Institute website,

Weak or damaged valves in the veins can cause varicose veins. One-way valves inside the veins open to let blood flow through and then shut to keep blood from flowing backward. If the valves are weak or damaged, blood can back up and pool in your veins. This causes the veins to swell.
I had it on my right leg, sometimes it gives me the freak jugak , i only realised it since i started losing weight in 2008, its hereditary things, my mother had it on her leg, i just found out about this since Bro Ian said to me that my condition is cureable, well when i read about it, mm i found some interesting facts about it....the way to prevent it...are to avoid sitting or standing for long periods, stay active, lose weight (if you're overweight), avoid tight clothes and high heels, and wear compression stockings if your doctors advises you to...

but there are some negative effect of which i do have such as mild swelling of your ankles and feet; painful, achy, or "heavy" legs; throbbing or cramping in your legs especially after run; itchy legs; and discolored skin in the area around the varicose vein. Sometimes dermatitis, an itchy skin rash. What i am afraid most is that Varicose veins also can lead to superficial thrombophlebitis. This refers to a blood clot that occurs in a vein that's at the surface of the skin.

would it stop me,? Hopefully it would not ,cause running what makes and shapes me, i shall overrun this...

State of Preparation for NB 30km

2010-01-04T14:16:00.000+08:00

Gulp, another 14 days before i embark into my first 30k, mmm entah ler, mase daftar i was ever so elated and high spirited to do it, now a felt so belittle and afraid that i might not able to..... huaaahhh :( , the hours put in the training i still far from my other running buddies, berangan lak nak wat marathon this May...lepas tu lak ade lak geng ajak g panjat gunung Kinabalu.pastu.perrghh...

apamacam ni... try to do my own LSD, what heppeng ler kan, i ran until 1 hour and 30 mins then poof, dah ler x de pace measurement device, so terkira- kira bape ler aku wat tadi? Well most of it is done at my own backyard in Melawati, not bad ler the route i chosed to run, lari punya lari palnned route pun entah kemane ler...sekejap nak lalu kat kawasan ni...ade anjing lak so ikut hati ler lalu jer lar....the route i took was never less generous of hills ler, sana sini...bikin pancit ler jugak......even though it makes me burn about 1400 calories may not be enough mileage to be called an LSD kot..... got to push even more further, thinking of making another at least 3 hours of running, ye lar 1 hr 30 min pun mak aku dah cakap amboi lamanyer hang lari..kalau 3 jam mahu kot dia tepon polis lak..heheheh:))..............

To start is halfway finish ...so Push harder bro....Just Do It (bak kater Nike)

10:10:30:30 Coming very soon...

2009-12-30T07:13:00.001+08:00

ever heard of of the collision of dates, at first i do not realized it until i looked at our newly received company's calender...isk..wow..it really is, ...wondering what do i mean by it, well for a start next year i will be 30 and i was born on 30th day of the 10th month of the year , 30:10 vs 30:10...what a coincidence right...

talking about new year, new beginning kan...resolution ...azam ler kan..mm i don't believe making it as a routine- for me, but it actually a good way to keep track of your commitment towards something or part of your life, there a lot of things that if look back that were never planned to be completed this year, wow...my uncharted life has taken me to places and heights that thought impossible, for your info, i started this year with very painful memories and stories, consumed with sadness and losing my self esteem. almost throwing myself down the drain...luckily i was save by a good Samaritan and turned around my life...enuf with the past kan...lets moves on...

mm so many things that are interesting to look up for ..although this year had been tough on me physically and emotionally albeit it is the most exciting phase of my life, race calendar pun dah leh thn penuh gak hehe, plus holiday trips, mm hopefully it will be an exciting new begining, ...memacam ler rumah baru pun lum masuk lagi, thought of making it the perfect bachelor's crib kan..plus my craving for having my own MTB , mm sodap jugak tur, looking at the price both may cost...need some really really tight arrangement...

hehe hopefully a greater success next year....

09 Race's Finale :Malakoff 12km , Kiara Equestrian Club

2009-12-24T09:02:00.010+08:00

melawatian runners

huhu i was contempt in joining this race, made last mintue decision to sign up when my friend said she is going to Pacesetter's office, hehe wow what a race it was and my finale for this year,

The route was tortorous there were just hills and steep slopes everywhere, macam mountaineerin pun ade gak, although it's only 12 km perrggg penat nyer macam lari naik gunung, ciss sabor ler....i had expected the route to this be torturing therefore i had set in my mind to just breeze through the run like my day to day training..though it did not had that many bukutbukit gampang as one of my friend used to said, hehe,

the race venue lack of parking space, cuwak jugak, mane ler nak letak kete aku ni, nasib baik gak ler its not the very canggih ones ler or else risau gak, finally parked on the slopes nearby the Security Commission's Office, mm biase ler aku ni pepagi kalau sebelum race ade jer miskal ler, message ler segala bagai, looked at line to the toilet perrggg mmm, susah tul nak tgk race or events with ample toilets such PBIM and SCSM,.....itu ler problem guerr ni...macam masalah negara jer when it comes to starting line, geram sgt kalau kurang minum nanti cepat haus, terlebih ni lka jadi nyer, dah pepagi tu sejuk lak...lagi bertambah ler keperitannya masa berlari huhhu....

Meet up with my fellow Melawatian runners, sume muke toye jer pepagi kene bangun berlari hehe, luckily i stayed nearby, so leh ler Subuh dulu, x ler rase bersalah ..ingat pesanan Kak Haza..and ade jugak anniversary runners , Uda, hehe keep on running Bro... This time they gave us the timing chip, tied up on running shoes, besar lak tur, rasenyer mcm Badge ade gak..heheh, the starting line was a bit narrow and with astounding number of runners, tahu je lar... we need to walk until we reached the start line arch,

The route tak payah ler nak citer lagi kan..bukit bukit ajer ..pastu lak tur.. kene wat 2nd lap...felt like crying pun ade jugak ler..i thought this would be a very fun run ler.. end up to be a very tortorous ones yer even to the minds, this time around i do not brought any powergel chehh berlagak power ke, nope , i wanted to test my endurance from taking this sport drinks, katanyer it will boost my endurance , hehe, did it works? in terms of averting muscle pains , abit ler, endurance, so so jer lar kot, anyway bought it at least i dont have to take solid food before the race... mmm ape lagi ek.. ahh water station dia ok ler, tapi sedikit lembab in pouring the water in the plastic cups, aku redah jer amik botol jer...dah lembab sgt.... aku dah ler haus...

when i started running, my pace was a little bit kelam kabut ler, so thought of using my friend,Loh, as my pacer, alih alih aku di tinggalkan lak sbb kene detour jap taking a leak isk, nasib baik ler ade port kalau tak pelari kemut ler aku jadinyer bak kata Nadia, huhuh..

the after race goodie bags were very very cheap, anyway a medal and rencah nasi goreng ???? but the after food choice was superb gak, ade mee mamak with tau fu far, roti jala with cendol, the cendol looks familiar rupenyer cendol melawati ler.... sat down by the kerb having my breakfast ;taufu far and mee mamak looking over the equestrian field watching horses running around wahh.. bery english country side ler konon... hehe

we had our extensive after run photoshoots then off to our normal routines...

What a race to end the 09 running calendar..huhhuh hurrraaahahahha

Final verdict : time 1 hr 7 mins, leaking problem still remain unsolved

To begin is half way finish, Hijrah 1431

2009-12-17T19:34:00.005+08:00

in jive with the theme this year, some recaps on Sirah, hehe , hijrah yang bermula dengan Our Prophet SAW, accepting the calling from the Almighty to move to Madinah and recite there when time is right descend back to Makkah, as we all knows, Arabs are well known for the Asabiahans..thus making unification very much a utopia that time...good triumph over adversity, unification was done..through the teaching of Islam....

begitu ler kehidupan ini, setiap kesusahan itu akan ade ganjaran jika kita tabah menghadapi, mm what a year it was for me, why am i writing this today, is not the end of the year just yet, as for me my year started here, ceee wahh, a reminder to myself bile nak achieve that goal..mmm

My running adventure started this year....

it unfolded after my first run Towerthon at Menara KL in March 09, started as a challenge by trainer cum colleague Bro Ian, my running was only for my weight issues sahaja, in quest for staying lean and thin katanyer...hehe punyer ler tak tahu kan...keep on reading the racing rules over and over again ajer.... the mm habis jugak ekk...siap pakai racing tshirt lagi, hehe itu mase tu x tahu pun langsung pasal racing racing ni....hehe

my next attempt , was 10km run in Melawati, where i met my old schoolmates whom are an avid runners too, from then on running had been so infectious in everyforms ler..., from then on i went to, mm let me recaps kejap ek...

Bidor Half Marathon,10km
SCKLM ,10km
Siemens 10km Run
Seremban Half Marathon, 10km
Larian Bomba (skipped)
Men's Health (skipped)
Larian Anti Dadah, Putrajaya
Adidas King Of The Road,11 km
Ekiden Run, Putrajaya
Mizuno Wave Run,11km
Klava Relay 09
Penang Bridge International Marathon, 21km
SCSM,21km
Malakoff, 12km (upcoming, the last of 2009 road races)

my first trail run was MTM Circuit at Gunung Nuang (the first leg), again being a virgin in the trail running world , being so naive about trail running huh kene bwk water beg, what is that? i can always carry my bag pack then put in my water bottles, luckiliy Bro Ian to the rescue brought me an extra hydration backpack, heheh kalau tidak masak ler aku kat atas tu, met Cheramiche there, we ended the race together, the result entah ler no bape, at that time mase start ramai orang but in the end beberape ketul jer tinggal, huhu, to finish is to win, lets recap the races

MTM Gunung Nuang, Selangor
NSGC Tampin (had massive leg cramps and fall)
Sultan Ahmad Syah Bera Eco Challenge
Genting Trailblazer
MTM Gunung Bujang Melaka,Kampar
Salomon (skipped)
not forgetting GBS's trail runs series, seriuos fun involved

I used to lounge around doing nothing during weekends, now i had something to look for and trained for , a purpose to work and challenge myself, some of my friends may think i'm just nuts , nuts about keeping my spirit high, mentally tough and spurring positive vibes,mm can't see anything wrong with that, shared with my family now,..they like it, my ultimate goal is to become a triathlete, gtu kan.. hopefully one day i will be one...Satu Penhijrahan yang masih ku nanti

Geram....

2009-12-16T19:46:00.002+08:00

Geram that is what im feeling right now about myself...what had happened to me lerr..i'm slowly losing the grip of doing my job nowadays, having less and less mood to work, ...baru jer kene marah dengan bos tadi, got my grammar all ...terabur all over the place..pergg pulak tu kene lak compared dengan new guy..tension lak aku...this is really not me at all....need to lift up and take that extra mile ...knowing my strenght, should i be ignoring my weakness ke?......nasib baik ler bos aku ni sabar hehe kalau tak dah memang kene fired ler aku ni.....bos aku ni baik tapi kekadang tu leh mendatang rase kemarahan yang tahap maksimus jugak can't blame him, he sees more than what i am seeing...different horizon kan...

dah ler tur GE 30k entah ler GE ke NB entahler mane satu ni? esok baru nak pergi Pacesetter 's office ni...to submit some registration forms ,kat mane pun aku x tahu ,alamat rasenyer macam rumah orang jer name Kenny..huh? katanyer lagi jauh lak tur...mmm hopefully i could do 30km by then..

Adidas Sundown = Marathon or 21 km jer?

2009-12-15T11:21:00.003+08:00

That is what lingers in my mind now, nak pergi ke tidak, is not that? Should i be doing my first marathon by that time, hehe takut pun ade ni.. although it is in my plan to do full by 2010, gerun jugak ler...dah ler another 5 months away, ade my friends cakap dont do your first at night cause you body is not accustomed to night runs...mmm entah ler..mane satu ler..ni...early bird fees is expiring this Thursday,...should i or should not?

Recovery Run or Mood Recovery?

2009-12-09T16:21:00.002+08:00

mmm this is what happened to me, after every run i tend to ditch out running for quite a few days kekadang tu, itu le nak wat recovery run bermacam macam dugaan ler, that twicth in the morning then i decided maybe i had not enough rest pulak, well what the heck, pagi tadi aku lari jer 5km...ituler kekadang it becomes a mood recovery instead of recovery run...well it will act as catalyst to your upcoming runs,..or else contemplating ajer lar in your head...

hehehe...i'm stuck with so many works now....tension pun ade dah ler ujung tahun...upcoming ade Malakoff so nak kene train jugak tur...got to get the grooves back..fast

GBS Trail Run 12 December 2009

2009-12-07T20:52:00.002+08:00

Taken from Cheramiche blog's for those whom interested

Our next trail running session will be held @ Batu Dam trail @ Selayang (not Batu Dam in Jalan Ipoh ya). This serves as a bonus run for those who had ran the Salomon X-trail and to give the chance to those whom missed it (some of them were running on road @ Singapore) :P

Date : 12 December 2009

Time : Meet @ 7.30 am, Run starts @ 7.45 am sharp! :P

Meeting Place : *TBC

Suggested route : a loop around the dam (either start with the trail then tarmac or tarmac 1st, later trail) < ?

*I wasnt sure bout parking. Do u guys want to park near the dam entrance (start with ascending the dam) or the parking near the small park by the dam? (the 2nd gate). The latter has limited parking space but starts flat out. (as usual, i hate the 'running up' part) - TBC*

Length : About 9 km or so, 1 - 2 hours running, easy to moderate terrain.

Appreciate it for those who have experience riding/running this route to help during the session :) and as usual, i'll be your dearest sweeper :P (to make sure Diket didnt get lost) :P haha.. jgn marah bro!

Suggestion(s) still open until Friday! for any suggestion -please post it here at Cheramiche blogs

Note :
This session is organised by friends for friends, so you are welcome to join (being friendly is a must). The important thing is to enjoy the session and meet new faces (as well as to promote trail running as a part of healthy lifestyle). Your safety during each session is solely one's responsibility. By joining this session, one has agreed to do it willingly and aware of the risk, hazard, and danger of such sport, and not to blame anyone if anything happen during the session. Please follow the instructions given, try to run in pairs and stay in the group.

Post SCSM09 (Updated)

2009-12-06T21:03:00.004+08:00

Wow completed my second 21 km , i cant even believed it myself,... kind of bored in the bus, why not blog kan, it could be i'm not that too tired as i thought i am, could be, thanx to bro ian yg racun i to singapore and kak kash for sponsoring the bib, the run was fun n exciting, i never ventured outside, i guess the curiosity somehow made me stride harder to find what's next?

The scenery were mixed of concrete jungle n the seaside view, the weather was fine, gradually increased towards noon, i am surprised that i could actually completed the race within the qualifying time, this was very very last minute attempt, arrived in jb at 9pm then off to sgpore at 3am, the run start at 6.45 am, adoi x rest pun, luckily the bus was ok leh lar , tido ler kejap, gile punyer keje, no wonder my instinct is telling me that i will be in sgpore this weekend, met up with my fellow kaki runners n melawatian runners,

final verdict: time 2hr 7 min, leaking n muscle cramp remains unsolved

Official result : timing 2 hr 9 min and placing 837 out of 6000++ ( betul ke ni? ramai sungguh)

Here are some pics theme :lari lari Singapore

Yup that's the way to go

The marathon guru's

starting at 6.45 am pergg

Pre SCSM 09

2009-12-04T19:44:00.003+08:00

what ..i did not plan to enter this race, but then i dont know ler..it could be like what the cat had drag in ....i was told by Bro Ian that u wanted to do crazy stuff,,,i said well throw it to me then.. WT ...paused in silence,,,,i ditch this race because i just could not afford the trip to Singapore unlike my other running mates they had prepared very much earlier, i'm abit stucked due to my latest investment in buying a house, so i decided to go just local ler...redah..Kiara je lar...best jugak tur...Salomon lagi tur... pikir punya pikir,,,plus the devil advocate around me...pergi je lar.. 10 km kan,,i never ran in any other country ...ok jugak tur...

tapi tiba tiba dah jadi 21km pulak, Bro Ian told me that someone wanted to let go his bib for free, the SCSM fee is quite hefty jugak ek...maklum ler world class kan...heheh ..i did it in Penang could i done it in Singapore or i get lost in Orchard road instead...shopping...perggg...rase malu pulak nak jumpa geng-geng GBS yang lain, tetibe ade lak muka i sesat kat ctu..daj ler nama pun lain dari bib...heheh, anyway...the this will be my first visit to Singapore, my curremt fitness level..gulp wil it be ready for another 21 km,,,dah ler tur rest pun cukup ..heheh

ok ler....dah meraban raban ler i ni,, so what say u guys outhere....redah jer ke?

Me against hand driven sports..

2009-12-03T21:59:00.002+08:00

"What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.”
1-Arm-Runner, 2009

The above quote was taken from 1-arm runner.blogspot, which is very inspiring, it somehow related to what im feeling right now...well it could be due to the fact that i yet again failed at mastering my squash skills...well ...im just sucks big time at that game. balik balik kene sayur ajer...shall i just put my racket down and stick to what i do best..mmm and suddenly arush of thoughts came into my mind , may be im just sucks at any sports using the extended features on your left and right body...the hands..tak bersyukur pulak rasanyer aku bile cakap macam tu pulak...having read what had happen to the guy above, it could be just me itself....

entahler tried bowling even beli bola lagi..pun sucks...hai fenat ler..dah practice berulang ulang kali...is it my mind that is controlling my hands or my emotions instead..mm confused..mane satu nak dengar kot?? i took up squash as a bid to divversify my workout regime, having running ajer pun bosan jugak..so i did managed to convince one of colleuge whom is an avid turn pro squash's player..Abg Zul, a couple of people turn up....from then on...i got fired up..wah seronok nyer squash ni...cehh..i was inspired whenever i passed the court on my way to the gym....now after few weeks from the first aquintance.... im feeling the pain of defeat after defeat....alamak..tetibe this thought came to me..may be im just sucks at sport that involve usage of the hand...entahler pengkau kot...

well my days of squash would be over ke....mmm having read that article on his achivement...well u should just redah ajer....

In The Spirit of Biggest Loser Asia ( Fat vs Lean)

2009-11-30T20:45:00.002+08:00

why did i brought up this issues , am i a biggest loser too, it could be ler kot hehe, anyway..last Sunday me and my friends were chit chatting after breeze walking around a mall in klang, a day before we had our blood pressure checked at Caring Pharmacy and my reading was a little higher on the lower part 83 ...gulp....never hit that mark before and my overweight best friend is slightly lower than mine....which concludes that being overweight does not mean u not healthy kan...mmm then why do people want to lose weight lar kan...if they are healthy even though they are overweight mm... let it be lar......so x payah susah nak kuruskan badan katanyer...

they kept on teasing me ...hahahah kata lari tapi BP pun tinggi tgk macam dia sugar in blood 4 jer BP pun lebih kurang same...i guess he must be right...well.. having to endure a lot of painful memories of my relatives passed away either obese or overweight related diseases..gave me the creeps ler...

but for me i gain more than i loose, my self confidence, my health or else i'll be on BP medication by now, a lot of motivating new friends and fun fun fun,,,achieving something that thought impossible to do back then....as for me being overweight..well u may get away this time but slowly it will creeps in ..well why must u put yourself at risk..kan... one of the thing i learnt from being slightly lean (huhuu perasan)...is that whenever i do binge..i can shake the weight off...plus reaping the benifits of working out..hehehe

KLAVA 09 Back To Nature Relay (katanyer)

2009-11-30T06:43:00.002+08:00

The run was actually held at Batu Dam resevoir not at Taman Metropolitan as said in the forms, punye ler jenuh mencari organiser x jumpa jumpa dalam taman tu, perrrggg... as usual i am the earliest among GBS, tul ke? i arrived at around 6.15 am, talk about early bird catch the worm, had a quick breakfast 2 set of toasted bread with bluberry jam spread, plus having to endure quite a bad gastric pain post raya melantak, i'm really not in a good shape, well this is only 3.5 km run, what the heck, redah ajer.... the day before i went to redah ajer 17 km at Lake Titiwangsa,

back to the race , the starting and registration tent was actually 1 km away from our parking spots, no wonder ler i tak jumpa, sampai sosat ler,....heheh, called the Grim Tri ( Bro Ian and Che) Otw dah pukul 7 ni, Che's car was in trouble, punctured tyre by an ice breaker stick???huh..how did that get on the road, it could be a murder weapon, ceh CSI ler pulak, ok nevermind i took the bibs and decided the i will be the first runner then Che and last will be Bro Ian ( he much faster than us, trainer kan,..) our number started with 20-01 (first runner) then continues to the third..x de lak 20-12 hehehe

The race was a little bit kelam kabut ler...maklum ler orang- orang veteran yang handle, no portable toilets were available, the ones at the park do not open till 8 am , apo ke jadah ler, well it is back to nature theme right, so another stream of back to nature ler...happening around the race area..huhu...i almost forgot to take my baton, there actually a baton, well...it seems that the organiser had foreseen that most the runners are subsequent runners from the same previous event held before,...well yeah..not us..mane lar tahu tetibe dia bagi ribbon jer..nak save ler katanyer

being the first runner, selalu harapan yang paling tinggi, i did ran all the way to starting line, my pace was terribble , i'm just out of air all the time, 3.5 km sprinting...mmm..not trained for that, the veterans were very strong indeed...they very much better than us..perrr malu ler pulak...heheh, they were couple of the usuall runner's faces around i.e. chap ayam, der pacemakers, heheh..

well it was a fun race, i did not give my all, just enjoying the view of the dam plus running with fav running buddies of GBS,

the price giving ceremony was so lengthy, it was held under the scorching morning sun, perrrg..could we just take our medal and leave, plus there are no foods after race, as for Che he is ok with that but for me..alamak lapar tahap cipan ni...nak tunggu dapat medak pun dah dekat sejam perrrggg...

overall the running was fun but the race ....ok ler, ..taking into consideration the limited amount of funds plus it was organised by the veterans kan...

I was poking around with Che, we were saying that next year Bro Ian could not be in our category anymore hehehe..dah jadi junior veteran ler dia....

Final Verdict : My time 18 minutes, our placing is 18 out of 35 ( i think)...

Post PBIM09 RUN (updated)

2009-11-23T16:56:00.001+08:00

The day that i thought i could just be sitting at home, lounging n sipping tea, yet im up in the middle of the night, this time around me with my fellow runners, haiza,warie, tini,rashid, loh, hanis,mariana,anne n not forgetting our trusted entourage adrea, ayu n jr, hopefully they joint us one of these days, dah macam trip g jalan jalan pulak kan, bukannyer berlari huhuhu, sorry for the lack of info, cause im blogging in the car otw back to kl. The race was fantasticly well organised, kudos to the organiser they did learnt from series of terrible races-ample toilets, drinking stations, etc. The weather was fine all the way till finished, 21km started at 3.30 am, the crowd this time were huge very much more than the 42 huahuahua...may be next year will be my turn, took kak haza n kak kash advice on the need to be well hydrated n pacing, i managed to run all the way to the finish line, kudos to me, albeit my time was nothing to be proud of ...we all did finish before the qualifying time, fuhh kudos to all of us first time 21km runners huhu, final verdict: time 2 hr 22 min, no calories count

enjoy some of pics taken during before and after the run

Our Drivers (cayo lar..)

Pre-PBIM 09

2009-11-18T20:57:00.000+08:00

Thus far, i had not even run 22 km staright yet, gulp...could you believe that, yet...i'm going for 22km..this sunday, alamak...cuwak ler.., i can't seem to find the right stamina to push through the 10km, well for a start i not running out on the road, most of it are on the treadmill, i wish i could just proliferate it on the track but time had always being un kind with me..scarcity as i am in time thus making my training a little bit hay wire ler...10 km pun masih semput lagi dah ler tur...baru atas treadmill tau. I felt so undermine whenever they talk about marathon..kan like to joint them...may u should just be...

am i that ready yet for this upcoming Sunday, is my training suffice or should i add more miles to it,

GBS's Kiara Trail Run`

2009-11-15T20:05:00.000+08:00

GBS with their signature pose on top of Penchala Link Tunnel
(Pic taken by our Official Camerarunner, Nik)

Fun and Filling, two words best to describes the kind of feeling running my my fellow GBSses, this is my first time running at Kiara Park, never knew that there is a park near KL that is surrounded by lush Jungle...maybe i did not explore much of KL parks , so consume to nearby ones only, i did not took any pictures, most of the fellow GBS were bloggers too , Abg Nik and Bro Ian are our official photgrapher, can't wait to see what turnload will be.

After subuh , i moved on to the park, kind of lost in the beginning, thought it could be another kiara entrance, well the word kiara could be another side mont kiara ka? desa kiara ka? sekali TTDI ler its entrance, found myself a parking spot, right infront of my fav place before any run ler, The toilet, rush in do my business, well i did at home, i guess not enough had been released, it must be yesterday dinner party, though it was fun but the food is quite bad....mmm talked about 5 star rating hotel...

after finishing my business, i thought of going to the venture park since i was there quite early, got all my gear ready : hydartion pack, my trusty trail shoes, genting trailblazer tshirt and my trusty kappa pants, looking at the reaction of the aunties and uncles at the park gazing at me, must be crazy runner ler ni,...heheh took a quick walk around the lake, i'm quite astonished with the park surroundings : the lake, the jungle, the small river flowing to lake..wow the landscape was well maintained and nicely done...the park had mixed of followings from old chap to the younglings and from trail runner up to MTB groups, and its all at the vicinity of the big old chap KL...

while walking around the lake, i bum into Abg Nik and Syah doing their warm up run..to tell u the truth... i felt rather lazy to run that day, i draged myself up so that i will had enough training for PIBM next week. Syah and Nik were so up with their run, so i decided to go back to the carpark and rush back to the toilet for a quick leak, why ler kan sometimes i just can't help it, too much or too little i drank the day before or it just me...met up with Bro Ian, Doris & Meng ( nice meeting you guys) , Kak kash, Shakil (nice meeting u too,confused name lebih kurang same) and Shuk(same to u too;nice to meet u)...did a little strecthing lead by Bro Ian plus some technical jargon about the strecthing principles....no wonder he is the personal trainer kan..per lar aku ni...and finally Che arrived (grand entrance ler tul mamat ni, anyway today and onwards GBS's trail runs will be lead by him plus wild gym prog .by CorporateAthletes.com, hurrah Che) and not forgetting Abg Shukri and his wife(which left early in the midst of the run).

Then off we gone to the trail, according to Che with the map, we will be running the Salomon's X trail route, the trail was wet and quite slippery thanx to the afternoon raining season now, well the weather had been kind on us , making the run more enjoyable, i took the role of the sweeper (well it suits my running mood that morning, kind of under the blues a bit), the track was runnable all the way with a mix of steep up and down hill, at a point we reached to the top of penchala link tunnel, kind of surreal -never thought i could end up on top a tunnel, we bum into abondoned immigrant settlements lar, pondok durian lar and to my suprise there were quite a number of rubber trees and still tappable...another amazing facts for me ,KLians...we did reached to the other side of the Kiara's peak i think so ler, being the sweeper u kind of left out about the details of the pack- ensuring the ones at the back were not left out...the route back were downhills and lead back to a tarmac route..pelik ..we went to the tarmac route downhill before hitting back the off road..and end up back to same tarmac place pelik lagi where all the MTBs group up- i guess they are taking turns to go into the trail kot...

there were few MTBs we met along the trail (constantly shouting : bikers please make way) and gazing at the bike they rode and Shakil said to me one of the bike cost about RM 30k, gulp...should i go for that one, per dah macam renovate rumah ler kan...im clueless about MTB ler...kene ade guide ler or else i will end up with one mountain of debt ler...kan

finally we arrived back to the carpark meeting point but Doris and Meng had to go off right after, missing the splendid after run meals ..the spreads were no close to any run i had been, felt bersalah ler pulak x bwk ape pun, i was thinking of making something but thanx to the hangover last night dinner, there are cooling melons by kak kash, Chickendok by Abg Shah, cooling 100+ by Shuk and not forgetting Salad Popiah by Bro Ian..we had so much fun chit chating while having our meal.. listening to their stories on the preparation for upcoming marathon, excited pulak,

running, sharing stories while eating the our meals, laughing , charming and praising each other, these are the kind of activities u thought running could ever developed...we should do this more often..running in groups..

Verdict : Our time 2 hrs 44 min, calories burnt 1400...and the rest were fun and filling mmm yummy..minus the after toilet rushed...

Squash Training

2009-11-12T22:36:00.000+08:00

My new venture into diversifying my cardio work out plan, well sometimes , just running itself would be boring ....it all started a month ago although i had bought the racket way back even before ramadan..lame jugak nak tunggu bile boleh pakai ler....

Used to see my colleague playing the game whenever i passed the court on my way to the office's gym..seronok jugak watching them hitting on a piece of cute round thing against the wall , bouncing back and forth,mm thinking how was it like to play the game, looks like fun....

i signed up for the training at the office's gym, our prelimenary training was on the rules and regulations of the game then moves on to the delivering techniques, wow so much technicals were involved in playing squash...

squash is physically demanding as well skillful game, you need to be at all time aware of your opponent patterns of strikes, i was toast several times..moving at all four corners of the court, poof...luckily i had my running stamina well that is not enough , u need skill as well so that you will able to drive your opponents in a locking position.

sayangnyer, not many men in my offfice play squash so i was left with my ownself to train and sometimes rely on my coach to play, however they are few akak ler..but not the same ler, fighting with girls , u feel pity that u beat them heheh....

Above all, it makes you realised that there are many avenues for you to stay active, be it running, walking, football, tennis , squash, etc.. people only thought of running is the only best way to be active, well although it is the best, it may not be just that, we need to explore the active definition soon u will find there are limitless of activities u can do to be fit...

as for my squash venture hopefully i could be good at it....practice practice....

22km Vs 42 km > Am i?

2009-11-10T21:01:00.000+08:00

reading other blogger's about their preparation toward Singapore Marathon made me wonder, whether am i prepared yet for such a race, gulp yes yet again, I'm always like that lahh..on any race starter, never had that kind of confident like the other racers ,

my running experiences had always been only in the range of 10 to 20 km..well included trail running too yeah, PIBM is getting near and i am nowhere ready in terms of training, starting to feel the jitters flowing in my veins, i cant make it to my usual running track as i did last time, i could only afford to run on the office's treadmill ajer.. itu pun barely hitting 5 km in 28 minutes...i know i should be doing more than that, i just too poof after that,

itu ler , whenever i heard that someone is doing half marathon, it puts the creep in mind slowly moving into timid mode, i never could actually improve my 10 km time beyond the 50 minutes barrier, i should be sprinting right..frustrated:(

maybe i should just adapt redah ajer attitude, let the mental strength be the controlling valves instead of your muscles..

Mountain To Mountain Zone III: Gunung Bujang Melaka

2009-11-08T18:11:00.000+08:00

Another trail running after Genting Trailblazer, what am i putting myself into this time...giloss..since i had no plans on that day..well another trail run would not hurt kan....

Me and Bro Ian this time around...Abg Syah could not make it due to some Kenduri matters....i guess he must had enough of trail running kot...heheh. We started our journey from KL at around 5.30 am stop by at Shell near Sungkai i think...Subuh kejap then move on....called the organiser to confirm the start time...per..8.00 am..gulp can we make it, with the aid of F1 driver by the name of Bro Ian, we did make it to the race's starting area ,Kompleks Rakan Muda Kampar..get ourself registered..to my surprise i number is A080 (my bday year) ..kan lucky number ke? mmmm

Not many participants this time around, but there are regular faces, it could be they are elite power bar group, we were flaged off at 8.00 am, the first 3 km of the race was tarmac route leading to Batu Berangkai Waterfall, isk some sorts like Tampin, Negeri Sembilan Mountain Circuit...

The trail leading up to the peak..were mixed of runnable and power walkable...in my opinion the trail is milder than Nuang... we almost got lost..during the run..in the midst of the run..we missed out the race markers..per...we hike up to to wrong route..nasib baik ler there are few of us..or else sesat ler aku...wasted about 30 minutes there...

Finally after 2 hours and 45 minutes hiking , we managed to reach the top..with our hydration pack almost empty..mine is..had our rest and some snacking...mini mars and snickers. The downhill was tough..but i kept on running while Bro Ian had move on further down..we managed to refill our hydration pack...i'm more confident to run when i'm hydrated,,dont want the cramps to slow me down..or kill off my running moods..

Reached the finishing line, at about 12.00 pm, the last leg of the race the Tarmac routes was killing me, with the scorching afternoon sun...per..almost fried ler ..well done steak...

(us at the top)

The after run food experiences....mmm not nice..one Kopitiam in Kampar (ok ler) another mee rebus kampar (perr lagi teruk)...

The Final Verdict: Total time 4 hours and 34 minute , end up with nothing...not even a cert...mm but the trail was fun...

Genting Trailblazer 09 Post Run

2009-11-02T17:23:00.000+08:00

yet another finisher medal for my trail running event...this time its Genting Trailblazer 2009, i was fortunate that i was given a chance to enter the race...being a rookie in this arena , i often waited for any offer to joint...Thanx Che for the offered...our team is called Grim Duo ( well we are seriously involved in the run)

Both of us did not had enough rest the day before, Che was even worse, he said that he had to take care of some big event..end up at the same venue as we ( bro Ian and me) are...being newbie to this event, i woke up quite early in the morning..kata nak meet up at Petronas Tmn Melati, but received message that Che is going straight to venue, so i chow dulu..leaving Abg Nik waiting for Abg Syah and Bro Ian...sekali pi sane semua org pun x de..i was the first person at the race venue...better early than late kan..dah ler i ni jenis kelam kabut..huhuhu

Arrived at genting at about 7.00 am..waited by the bench at the race venue ( padang nearby awana).. have a look at the obstacle..oisk leh thn jugak yer...I prepared earlier this time due to the limited time i had before the race..pack myself a lot of chocolate snacks (which end up being eaten at my hotel..huhuh) ,4 packs of ORS , analagesic cream and 2 packs of powergel...some preparation huh...iyelar being only weekend warrior ..u must able to know what your limits are..

got registered and meet up with Macam Bagus (Abg Syah , Bro Ian, Abg Nik [pelik 3 org lak ek...]) had quick and heavy breakfast depa ler...mine is McD's cheese burger while waiting for them at Petronas Tmn melati which i eventually left before meeting them up...,, Jitters started flow again in my veins..later calmed down by my fellow GD mate ,Che...

Before the race start we did some stretching, i followed my Cip ler...had some brief rounds of 5 minutes run around the venue..later meet up with Macam Bagusz (plural sbb ade 3 org hehe) the run started with the championship category then adventure, (nothing differ except the prize money, lebih itu jer) as usual my starting is not always the best..i guess it may be due to the irregular heart beat ..jitters ler...tur..

The route started with tarmac road around the golf course, the weather was misty, it was like running in the mist, with visibility up to 20m.. , another first time for me, wearing shorts pulak, per sejuk ler..and furthermore our breathing were also changed due to the density of the air at the altitude...me and che made an agreement that he will catch me up at the downhill (he knows better) , downhill never my fav running course,

me and Che were moving side by side till at the uphill slope when i move ahead..then we meet up again at the downhill (Che fav)..but guess what?..this time around i was ahead even at the downhill...sliding all the way..maybe due to the adrenaline rush kot...feeling intoxicated..kept on running till i left che quite far behind..Che was having difficulty running due to his about to torn shoes' sole, started to feel the muscle straining..locking and unlocking position on my left toe..i took my ORSs progressively along the run..resting while due to the traffic..hehe traffic jammed ler dlm hutan,,kuang kuang...finally i reached the final water checkpoint waited for Che met up with MB then a few minutes later Che arrived..i kept on running at very slow pace resting leg's muscles before it turn worst..i did not wore my heart rate monitor this time...

I can hear the music from the venue , we are getting closer to the finish line, waited yet again for Che ( he must had serious issues with his shoes ) , when we arrived at the starting point of the obstacle course i could see Che's shoes were almost torn..lar kesian pulak tgk.. It was my first obstacle run, i enjoyed every bit of the mud and sliding and finally i took Che's hand and pulling him toward the finish line..I was not being myself at that time...tingtong ckit...maybe due to the ORSses kot.. then came the very thing i feared in almost every trail run the cramps...i hate it so much,,what did do wrong this time around yer...berape byk ORS aku kene telan ek..to avoid the cramps ..but i was drinking quite alot this time around..and thanks to the ample drinking stations..

(one of the obstacles)

The cramps happened at the embarassing time ,at the shower room lak tur, luckily i still had my clothes on..or else masak ler aku jln tut...at first it was my left leg ok..dah bgn nak pakai kasut then the right leg..per...there i laid flat on the shower room..luckily Abg Nik and Che were around to hold my legs or else ill be screaming till top of my lung..itu ler...i should not had immersed my leg in the cold water (another 101 lesson in running) i had to walk limping all the way to the First Aid tent for additional aid..both my legs were on Ice nasib baik ade St John Ambulance's team, i was not all alone there , there were few racers that were in the same conditions as i am....to add to the misery state i'm in..i was shivering due to the coldness ..still managed to grab some foods and walked back to my car..there Che and the others had finished changing to their dry clothes..

(kaki oh kaki nape ler hang sakit yer..)

Final Verdict : Our time is 2 hours , placing 32, although it was not the best place but i had such blast of fun and thanx to those whom introduced me into trail running....ok Che we'll see what if u can catch me up at Salomon Kiara... ada berani

Genting Trailblazer 09

2009-10-31T17:30:00.000+08:00

having read from others runner's blogs makes u want to think twice , what had u put yourself into this time around ler...per.. it had been three days since my last run, i had breached my limits during my squash training...felt the pain around my hips....plus my busy schedule in the day, the pain went on for two days....luckily it had dissipates, i guess...i must been the full relaxation period...i had been putting myself off to any heavy physical training that could strained my hip's muscle... i cant let my partner down,,hopefully...

with the constant raining for the past two days...would it rains tomorrow...expecting very muddy trail..

tonight i'll be having bank's annual dinner..ceh..the goes my plan to spent enough time before the race in Genting...

hopefully we could enjoy the race tomorrow...Che..please remind me if im late

My first attempt in making Cupcakes

2009-10-30T20:30:00.000+08:00

Im always thinking something to give rather than receiving any....well there are so many things i wanted to give back to my friends back at the office...mm well there are a lot of butter at home ..why not cupcakes this time around.....

got back home kind of late yesterday...got stuck with visiting schedule to client's factory in and around rawang,... perr the butter was tough as brick...thus postponed to early in the morning...strategize the method so that i would not end up in with some bantat cakes,,,perr nanti ponet jer den bangun pagi pagi... punyer ler tekun study recipe books like there will be an exam tomorrow morning on it..heheh

that subsequent morning 4 am per...pagi tu...woke up and look up at the recipe with guidance from the superior (my aunt) ....and walla....2 hours later

i dont think im that creative just yet to create any icing on the surface thus it left bare, actually it is a strawbery flavoured butter cupcakes with raisins and chocolate chips...hehheh...poyo pulak ni pun nak tulis dlm blog....well it could be due to my future venture...hehehe

Mizuno Run 2009, UPM

2009-10-26T18:43:00.000+08:00

Our photo was taken by Tini, usually minah ni lari but this time around jadi photographer ler pulak...mm anyway i was grateful that i could finished the run ...well here, how the story goes...

the race route were generous with slopes; mild ones as well as steep ones....mmm the race organiser a little bit kelam kabut may be it could be due to the huge turnout..well u thought 2000 people is small yer...just imagined the runners are like back to back continously..this time around i ran together with friend to a friend of mine Firman, first time runner, biase ler pancit tengah tengah jalan.....honestly i did not get enough rest the day before the race...the whole day i was at Alamanda, lounging , watching movies, karaoke bowling,,,per a lot of things ler..i only managed to sleep for like about 4 hours....but still managed to wake up early at 5.30 am.. tapi still lambat sampai due to darn inconsiderate putrajaya presint 11 folk whom block partly my car...nasib baik ler aku ni cekap ceh wah kalau x masak ler kete hang..aku keje kan... luckily this time i was in Putrajaya, nearby the race venue,,,kalau x another bomba run incident ler jawabnyer...hehehe

My running was at my worst, i did not push myself too much due to the fact that i had another run next weekend...knowing the fitness level i'm in at that time..there is no point burning too much..i hate it so much the urgency in need to take a leak (happened quite often to me , i really hate that, it literally throw away my concentration ),,,perr,,,menahan tu x hengat ler,,,luckily i knew the route very well...back to school....ckit, so i made a quick stop at the toilet in Bukit ekspo,,,perrrr what a relieved beb..

In a nutshell, my time is 1 hr 4 mins max heart rate 197, average heart rate 168 and calories 1094.

p/s: the race management was quite bad, the really need to be able to gauge the route capacity to the number of racers running at one time....per nak hamik racing goodies pun leh jadi kelam kabut.

Gastric pain and running

2009-10-21T18:43:00.000+08:00

it has been 2 days that i did not run at all, isk...kind of frustrated with the state i'm in right now...i was down with a severe gastritis pains...an old friend or should i said foe whom came back and haunt me .....well i thought i defeated that guy...well it must have been the lemang and all sorts of things put into one package called open house ler...can't blame them...its all up to me, its my own appetite that makes me crave all those foods which u dont usually had during normal days...

Berlatih ke...performance masih average lagi hui hui....anyway hopefully i could regain back my strenght to run again..kind of poof out now...

Salomon Trail 2009, Tmn Lembah Kiara

2009-10-17T07:38:00.000+08:00

Here are some details taken from the official website

RACE DETAILS

Date : Sunday 6th December 2009

Venue: Car Park, Taman Lembah Kiara, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, KL

Distances: 10km and 4km

RACE CATEGORY, AGE LIMITS & ENTRY FEE

RACE CATEGORY	AGE LIMIT	ENTRY FEE
> Men's Open (10km)	18 yrs & above	RM60
> Men's Veteran (10km)	41 yrs & above	RM60
> Women's Open (10km)	18 yrs & above	RM60
> Women's Veteran (10km)	36 yrs & above	RM60
> Men's Sprint (4km)	16 yrs & above	RM60
> Women's Sprint (4km)	16 yrs & above	RM60

* Entry fee includes – a dri-fit Salomon T-shirt upon race kit collection & a Salomon waist

pouch upon race finish. Water and isotonic provided at drink stations along the course.

PRIZES

The top three for each category will receive placing trophies. They will also receive the following:

1st Place (all categories) - RM1000 worth of Sponsors prizes
2nd Place (all categories) - RM700 worth of Sponsors prizes
3rd Place (all categories) - RM500 worth of Sponsors prizes

macam lar boleh dpt, tapi the pouch seem irresistible jer, wei salomon tu bukan murah sey....

RACE MAP

for online registration please click here entah ler aku nak isi form online pun susah ke aku dah pandai isi..anyway the online form giving me verification problems...

Coincide with Singapore Marathon lak tur...since i can't afford to go to Singapore Bukit Kiara pun jadi ler...

My new begining

2009-10-15T22:36:00.000+08:00

like the sun rise on the east, where it all begins..why am i writing this , its getting to the end of 2009, what a year it was for me..my workout session started as just tools for my weight loss ,now moves on to become a routine of race preparation...from road races towards trail run and soon to be adventure racing..wow...

if u see me back when i was in my teens and uni years, i was never close to this, i am always consume to the superficial world of beauty, perfections and grace...mmm, ever known as the soft guy ever since i was in school, well kind of used to it and afraid to try or not been given any chances or motivation to even try... living in my own nutshell. Not having many friends whom understands me...mmm anyway that was me before i could actually knows that they are many ways to endure a blissful life..

Started with KL Towerthon then to 10 km run at various places, wow running sure take me to places i never been to and best of all meeting new and fostering back the old friendship, plus trail running wow i never thought i could actually did it, my friend will sure be laughing at me if i told them that i ran up then downhill in less than half a day, heehe a person like me they will never thought it will be possible..nevertheless i do enjoy it very much and hopefully i get to know more people whom enjoy this as much as i did...