the story of mine

From Dis2009 until Aug2010...

2010-09-08T11:48:00.013+08:00

wah.. it has been 8 months straight i didn't open and check my blog here. what?? my last story is on december and it was about malakoff run? wow! what happened to the 1st term of 2010? didn't I have any story to tell.. hehe
ok, basically I think I've been busy since early semester of jan-may 2010.. so, I have no time to write a blog anymore or maybe I don't have interest on writing my story at that time, well you know that people write when they feel like to. Lets try to recall back what happened in Jan until August.. The main things were I didn't join running frequently as before but I more into kayak & gym, and the biggest thing that I have joined in my entire life was SUKMA 2010 in June. Of course not running, but kayak.. On may, I got MASUM game (kayak).. Just 3 days after MASUM game, I went to the training camp of kayak for SUKMA, representing Selangor team.
Our team have only three weeks to train while I heard that some state training for three months. haha!

Lets talk about SUKMA first-

I join this team selection in January if I'm not mistaken, but at that moment I actually couldn't even paddle that K1 kayak.. :D
Even though I can't sit on that kayak for more than one minute, I will surely capsize. But the manager and coach take the name for the record, my friends and I. I quite remember that on the first day we met the manager and coach, we just finished our first 30km New Balance run 2010. haha! so tiring lah that day.. Then, after that day, we just train to balance the kayak and not capsize. I only can balance it around end of February but still can't do the sprint, if I try to sprint, definitely I will capsize. then around march, there was another selection, to focus on 12 people. I am selected due to the good progression I made. Even though at this selection, my paddling still not smooth and i can't even give my 100% but I still selected to join the team. Lucky me.. :)
After a lot of training that was so tiring, I can do the sprint. yes!! that's maybe around May.. haha.. I still not confident when there is wave from other boat coming, but now I think I can handle that.

Joining the training camp was something so valuable to me. I never ever think that one day I will represent any state for sport. haha.. so unexpected.
But training camp for state must be so different with the 1 week training camp for the University. 100% different! My body never get hectic like that before. my back body hurts. but then I cant deny that my fitness a lot better.

the first afternoon that we arrived training camp.. happy paddling at this time :)

The training consist of running and kayak.. no more gym since we are so late to do the training camp. runing around 3.5km morning & afternoon = 9km everyday. first session is around 8am, after light breakfast (2 half boiled eggs + hot milo) then after the running, sometimes i eat a piece of bread then go for kayaking :).. from 8.45am until 11.30am and sometimes 12pm.. then 1.30pm will eat our lunch prepared by our manager. at 3.30pm we have to run another 3.5km no matter how hot is the weather at that time. That's why my skin so dark and "berbelang-belang".. haha around 4pm we must kayak until 6.30pm then we clean up kayak and take shower and solat asar..huhu.. so tiring but it was fun when there were group of people training together. I missed that. Now in UiTM, to see more than 4 people train together is hard enough. oh my~
The training looks simple but it was tougher than what is stated on the paper. haha! The training were like 1000m x 10sets or 500m 20sets, pyramid type training, endurance training (20km steady paddling). but the most tiring and killing training for me was = 1000m x 4set + 500m x 8 sets + 200m x 10 sets.. huh! this training is so damn tiring and normally at this session I didn't seems so talkative.. haha
Then there was one day that we did endurance training, haha so endurance.. We kayak for 60km. 30km then break and had lunch then another 30km going back home. oh my.. the next say, no training, everyone seems so lembik already.. haha.. But I guess it was even better we used kayak K, what happen to us if we used kayak TK? hahaha.. can't imagine..

here are some pictures of the 60km day-

yes, we arrived home at night.. people said that when in the night the fish normally at the surface area, & the funny thing was two fishes enter my kayak & muiz while going back home. haha so lucky we didn't capsize because of that fish jump onto my peha.. terkejut!! :P
So to make the story short, we went to Malacca for the game and trained there (test lane) for two days. My game was the first game, I was in the heat A and the first day. My family came to see me kayak. thanks to them, came along from KL to Malacca just to see me kayak.
My game started in the morning, I finished 5th this time, so I have to go to semi final. The heat already tough, I cant even imagine to be in top 2 (to go to the final straight without semi) because there were Johor, Terengganu, Wilayah Persekutuan, and Perak in my heat and it seems like final already! huhu.. But then the coach didn't satisfied with my performance, he said that performance is not actually YOU! errr... I don't know.. He said that I actually did better in training session, maybe I got too nervous because that is the opening game.
In semi, I did a lot better, to catch up with wilayah persekutuan and leave perak not more than 2seconds. I got 2nd place in semi to qualify me to the final. The coach seems satisfied and manager was so happy when I go to the pontoon.
In final, I couldn't say that I'm so sad with the result of getting 6th place because I really did give all my strength to it. I don't understand how they could be that good to leave me behind around 30seconds. Oh my goodness.. I push myself to catch up, as i can see that in 1st 100m, I am with them, but since after 200m, Terengganu, Sarawak, and Johor start to pull off. I try to catch up, when I increased my stroke rate, I just can maintain with the gap, not even make it closer, than starting from 500m I really lost them, the 1st 3 were far from me.. I just try my best to chase Wilayah persekutuan, to be 5th place. But it didn't happen, I still got 6th place. I'm a little bit dissapointed, but I did my best! I know what is my level.. :)

here are some of the pictures for my SUKMA 2010;

cantik x kayak2 selangor ni disusun? haha

Malakoff 12km Run 2009

2009-12-26T15:35:00.003+08:00

hohoho... the malakoff run was in 20dec but only now on 26th dec i'm about to write the story of it. this 12km run was different cuz i'm running with light injury on my left leg, i dont really know why. this time about 15 URC members joined the race, it was better if compared to the last year malakoff, only 5 URC members joined.

i arrived bukit kiara at 6.30am, then met the members that joined to give them the running vest and bib number. get ready, putting on the timing chip, wear the running vest, rub some counterpain on my left leg and warming up..

then be at the starting point. started with hariz, ben & fifi.. didnt see fizi, nasa, alwi, & others. i saw daus brother before start but i didnt see daus himself.

i just run this race with what i'm able to, dont intend to push myself to the limit cuz it only make it worst - hurting my left leg.

after all, running this route in bukit kiara was really tough, the hills so steep and 12km runners must do 2laps of it. adoiii...

finished the race in 1hour 02mins. nevermind, last year i did 1hour 05mins.. haha..

10km run... choo choo...

2009-12-13T17:45:00.003+08:00

salam..

so, as i posted a post of eating nasi kandar a day before 10km, today is the day! 10km in Sg.Besi. the run started at SJK(C) Kwong Hon then we run into the Army Camp there. uh! the 10km seems so far for me.. i dont know why, maybe it's because i ran 10km on friday then again 10km on sunday (maybe tired).

started at 7am, not many URC runners joined this event. just fifi, ben, & me- again, dont know why!

we entered the 10km. meanwhile, my sisters joined the 3km (a good start for them) as next week they will join the 6km malakoff fun run.

basically, i'm in better form as compared to friday's run. my legs a little bit painful but still can withstand it. eventually, the result quite surprise me. i'm able to improve quite much. haha~

distance: 10km

date: 13dec2009

flag off: 7.00am

venue: SJK(C) Kwong Hon, Sg.Besi

timing: 49mins 36sec

with my siblings

4th placed, fifi..

with ben syahir. i got 8th and he got 15th

yeah, makan kueh teow sup selepas lari.. layaaannn~

a day before 10km!

2009-12-12T12:31:00.003+08:00

salam..

haha, a "nice" thing that i did before 10km - eat Nasi Kandar!!! hahaha....

date: 13 december 2009

time: 7.00 am

venue: SJK(C) Kwong Hon, Sg.Besi

distance: 10km

Larian Rakyat Selangor

2009-12-11T12:01:00.013+08:00

yeah!! 10km.. (after a while i didnt run 10km, so, this is my first 10km in december & november). So, the race start at i-City.. 7.30am the release of 10km for category A & B (not A&W, haha!). i already plan to run relax and happily.. haha so much laughter with my friend, Nazrul.. as this is my very first time to run along with the camera.. we snap pictures from the starting line.. then just few seconds hear daus said "lari nak ambik2 gambar bagi no bib kat org lain lah" haha.... enjoying the 10km bro :) cuz medal too few, just for top20, adoi..

then nazrul & I met awin, yah, time for pictures snapping... smile~

after that we increase the pace (to find other runners).. there, will found fifi. snapping again.. from here (at 3rd km) we just run with fifi.. pushing her to get Top20.

berlakon jer nih.. mcm penat..

hah! posing habis...

run and run, after the turn around we first met hariz & haziq. *snap*.... i think they were the 1st two in our group.. good job!

not long after that met ben (not Ben 10) and luckily he called me, if not, i would missed it. but sorry bro, your picture not really clear.. *snap*

i guess soon after ben, it was jerry.. aih, i think he's losing his fitness a little. if not, he'll be with hariz or maybe faster. *snap*

daus brother just behind.. *snap one*

pahmi and his friend was next one. haha now i really alert for those at the other side of road. *snap*

yeah, then we continue climbing up the slope, pushing fifi.. tiinn tooonn... nazrul also losing his fitness.. adei! last time it was hard for me to catch up with him..

rasanya orang lain mesti xfaham ape lah nak jadi ngan mereka ni.. haha..

then many other runners that i recognize but sorry guys, i dont know your name.. oppss..

then, running along downhill, daus overtook us, tin tin... bagi signal x bro? haha.. wah, wear the terry fox t-shirt? bila eh event tu?

we just continue running and me chit chatting with nazrul.. wakaka..

refuel....

"adik nak pergi mana?"

"adik nak pergi i-City ni pakcik. jauh lagi ke?"

"ye, jauh lagi... xpe2, lari pelan2.."

at around 7.5km, adoi... fifi out of breath.. she likes cant go anymore.. and nazrul?? finding tempat teduh, panas sikit jer trus lari.. hahahah! soory bro, break ur secret :p

haha, at this moment, fifi just want her "tang".. know who? :p

tp oklah, fifi could finish no.11.. nice one! she earned the medal and a beg.. :) awin also got top 20.. i guess she was no 14.. nice one..

URC President and Vice-president

URC members that joined the race! URC Rocks!! nice~

the best thing was this is my first event that my family also joined. they joined the 3km family run and finished 9th out of 40.. good job!

Distance: 10km

Time: 71mins 13sec

result oh result~

2009-12-10T22:35:00.001+08:00

adoi...

i've been trying for about 1 and half hour to check my exam result in student portal.. but still cant..

by the way, esok ada larian 10km at shah alam.. haha

Rowing + swimming~

2009-12-09T11:24:00.004+08:00

ouhh... tired~

yes, that is the feel when i arrived to my home at 9.45 pm..

went to uitm to row for 6km:

5km non-stop, rest for 30sec then another 1km. my target for the 1km is below 3min 50sec (as my last record of 1km indoor rowing competition was 3min 55sec). but, target not achieved.. haha

5km : 21min 40sec

rest 30-40sec, continue-

1km : 4min 10sec (15sec more as compare to my personal record)

ergometer (but not in UiTM)

then after finished rowing at 5.15pm, i went to seksyen 2 waiting for someone to go to Pusat Akuatik nearby Tesco Shah Alam for swimming. well, my swimming still sucks! haha

but thank God, atleast can swim. so, my friend daus look for my stroke. n he said that i have to go for intense training if wanna join the triathlon in July. ok, but yesterday 300m swimming makes me out of breath already. huhu...

well, that is what training are for..

so, end up yesterday (8th dec 09) story. so, today i woke up for subuh prayer and planned to go for a run in the morning as to prepare for the friday run (10km in shah alam). but somehow, i'm too tired or maybe too lazy! haha.. then slept again after prayer and just woke up at 9am. have a piece of bread n nescafe then run at 9.40am, oh my God, it's hot.. hahaha! yeah, it's different if you run in the good weather (early morning) or hot weather. but i wonder how do people run when they join the triathlon or powerman? normally it's about 11am they have to run.. uh! salute~

so, i didnt improve my running so much. just cut of 1mins. adoiii!

distance: 5km

time: 24min 14sec

ave HR: 167

max HR: 190

planned to do 6km or maybe 7km, but when reach home ( 1 lap) so lazy to continue, especially when you running alone.. haha

well,

keep on training, never give up!

Monday - a better day

2009-12-07T15:43:00.002+08:00

today was a better day that i have fulfill it with activities - GYM! haha...

went to UiTM Shah Alam, did 15mins cycling and then teach fifi the workout, all the machine workout first no free-weight. then naz n i did free-weight workout.

-Squat

-Bench press

-Dead lift

-Chin up

i have added few machine workout though like rowing and leg squat. but all the weight is not too heavy as i'm afraid i can injured myself especially this friday i'll go for 10km run in shah alam and on sunday another 10km in sg.besi then the next week another 12km run.. hahaha! Lets Run~~

maybe tomorrow will go to UiTM again, do some indoor rowing workout, maybe 6-8km.. then 6pm my friend will teach me to swim better. oh yeah! lets go for TRIATHLON... :)

Friday test run...

2009-12-06T16:08:00.003+08:00

salam..

4th December 2009 (Friday), the feeling to go for a run comeback even though my body still hurts a little due to the workout at the gym on tuesday. didnt plan to run long miles. just a short one but maintain the pace i set 5min/km..

uhh! 5mins?? TOO SLOW

but what can do,since my last jog was on sunday for 4.4km ( a slow and steady jog). oh, 25mins run for 5km cause me a bit of leg problems after that day. erm, i thought it wont be a problem for that distance.. well, hopefully this coming sunday (13dec2009) will goes well.. since that one is 10km.

distance: 5km

time: 25mins 13sec

max HR: 197

ave HR: 167

but instead of planning to do 10km sub 50mins, i just hope that i can do sub 55mins. cant hope more than we actually can..

therefor, i really need a consistent training for the 30km on 17th January 2010 (going to be my first event of the year!!)

Kayak lagi...

2009-11-26T15:05:00.001+08:00

Hai.. sekarang nih dah dalam cuti semester, tapi lepas start je cuti hari tu dah ada Sesi Pemilihan MASUM 2010 utk UiTM. So, dah kena pergi UiTM untuk ni. Program ni bermula dari 18 nov sampai 21 nov 2009. On the 1^st day, dah ada bleep test. Just imagine, 5 minggu dah stop running, mcm mana nak ada fitness untuk bleep test nih. Haha! Mmg kantoi ar camni. Daripada 21 level, aku just dapat buat sampai level 9 jer, but dah dekat nak masuk level 10. Whoa! Pancit worr.. then the next day baru lah bermula kayak. Our coach dari sabah turun, En. Fauzi. Tapi, ape kan daya, player dari Sabah dan Sarawak x dapat dating, jadi ann dan jennissa xdapat join kami dalam program nih. Sebabkan dah lama x running nih, stamina pun out, masa ni nak sprint kayak pun out of breath. Tenaga pun x sehebat dulu. Yelah, dah tinggalkan running. Then hari kedua ada lah rasa sakit-sakit badan. Hehe.. normal.. lepas je training stroke and stamina untuk kayak, our coach suruh aku belajar balance kayak K. kayak standard olimpik. Huhu mmg susah gler. But slowly aku dapat ler nak balance. Thanks to coach cuz ajar sculling and tapping bler nak terjatuh dari kayak K ni. So, dah boleh lah kurangkan jatuh. Lagi satu benda penting yang mempengaruh aku dpt balance kayak ni sebab aku pergi join belajar kayak polo ngan star polo. Time belajar kayak polo ni lah belajar tap untuk defensive, belajar scul, belajar rolling.. hehe mmg best. Tapi untuk main game polo nih sendiri aku xde confident lagi. Insyallah game kenu kebangsaan nnt kami akan buat dragon boat team. Yep, perahu naga! Sbb, aku xyakin untuk bg performance yang baik dlm game polo. So, ada member hari tu cakap pasal nak join dragon boat uitm, ape lagi, jom ar buat pasukan dragon boat UiTM. Hm, training utk dragon boat nih maybe minggu kedua December ni. Kejap je lagi. Haha xde cuti..

Lepas habis program kayak ni (21nov2009), keesokannya, pergi Johor pulak, ada explore race yang dianjurkan oleh UTHM. Malaysian University Explore Race. Dari 23nov – 25nov. ceritanya akan diceritakan kemudian.

Sayang betul lah rasanya, program sesi pemilihan MASUM 2010 nih xde banyak gambar. Rugi..rugi..

I'm Back!!

2009-11-14T22:11:00.003+08:00

haha.. it's about 5 weeks I didn't update my blog. wah, sudah bersawang & berhabuk....

well, honest speaking dah 4 minggu tak running, skadar jogging 3mins jer utk warming up klu g gym.. :p

mmg betul, once if you stop running, it's hard to start it back.. well, i will come back. semalam (jumaat) berjaya gak jogging short distance (2.5km). saja xnak lari jauh2 utk mula semula. xnak ada any injuries.. biar naik gradually (hehe dah pandai dah, dulu balun jer jarak).. hmm.. byk benda nak citer, xtau mana nak mula by the way.. nantikan cerita aku yg lain ok.. :) antaranya;

1. summary of my 1st sem in degree lifestyle.

2. i'm a kayaker - is it good or bad for my time?

3. stop running, but coming back with even bigger target.

4. what is my target for my next semester.

hurm, itulah antara citer yg nak dikongsi bersama.. well, esok akan di publish satu dulu kot.. the No.1 tu dulu.. so, see yah.. :)

ni aktif balik dgn blog sbb dah cuti sem.. boleh access internet ngan mudah n xbyk kerje or xperlu study bagai nak rak utk tests yg byk.. n lagi satu, jeles gler tgk blog org2 lain yg slalu update. nice work..

wah it's been a month!

2009-08-31T08:03:00.005+08:00

salam to all reader..

wah, it's been a month i didn't write anything to my blog. am i busy or i just lazy? haha!

well, since i've been in a new semester, doing my degree, it's a little bit harder to update my story in my blog. never mind, the most important thing is for me to keep on training.

my last update was in 28th july 2009. i joined the Adidas king of the road and i'm not satisfied with it even a little!! i joined the 22km, and i arrived late, i started my race from behind, and the worst thing i didnt received finisher medal!! damn frustrated.. cant believe i ran for 22km without a finisher medal (really hate to talk about this event!!!).

my last running event after duathlon was "Larian Sukan Antara Fakulti" in UiTM shah alam. i got 10th position in that event. i was shocked due to so many participants participated in that race, about 600 joined that race (only for UiTM students). good one!

well, what am i proud of is from no.1 to no.15 were UiTM Runners' Club members except no.7 and 8 i think. the distance? oh, it was about 6km. i'm not so sure. but i'm sure that i push myself hard enough to maintain that 10th position. oh my God, i do really need more training to be faster. hehe..

before the race started

to the finish line.. so close with the runner behind me...

yah picture after running....

that was my last running event, now, i just keep on training with Nasrul and Fizi (but he's in recovery). few months ago, when i have nothing to do in the afternoon, i was relaxing myself in the room or look for the unfinished works or playing computer games but now is totally different! when there is nothing to do, i feel so unsatisfied. i need some physical activity! huhu.. as now in ramadhan month, i just have light jog from 6.10pm to 6.40pm or maybe do a speed training. but somehow it will change soon..... as i received a call from en.hafiz (our kayak team manager) telling me that we have a game in Oct 2009! ASEAN VARSITY BOAT RACE. sounds big isnt it? hehe.. so, my running will be cut off a little and put some kayak training in the afternoon. ;)

well, lets hope what i do is good enough for my kayak performance, running performance, and of course my STUDY! hehe..

with yazid in the first day of degree register i guess...

well, all the best aizuddin! big effort big achievement! insyallah...

err.. long time not blogging :(

2009-07-28T21:10:00.016+08:00

err.. too busy with degree lifestyle.. no time to sit in-front of computer to update my blog nor the internet connection is not hard to reach. the first week of campus life was busy with the subject registration, credit assumption, PTPTN, and also hay-wire timetable..

on 19th July i joined McDonald Olympic Day Run 2009 at Dataran Merdeka (again!!!). this event was 7.5km run. went to dataran merdeka with UiTM Runners' Club, the club that really likes to run.. haha!

went together by bus (about 20 runners..) and we arrived early, that was so nice to be there early and not rushing to get prepared. the medal for this event just for top100. adoii i knew this is hard for me. but i just try my best!

fortunately, i got the 100th medal. i overtook about 5runners for the last 300m and i'm so lucky to do so. haha! the runner behind me look so frustrated as he did not get the medal because i really overtook him at last 100m. so pity for him, but he didn't speed up for it though..

line up for the medal; the 100th...

with top runners, alwi & syah

wiv my bestfriend

UiTM Malaysia Runners' Club......

run...run..run..

then on 19th july 2009 i joined the MALAKOFF UNIVERSITY DUATHLON 2009 in UPM.. it is a series race. have three events, 1st in UPM, then Uniten, lastly UM.. but UiTM only sent for a race. nevermind, this is for the exposure to the duathlon race..

run 3km - cycle 13km - run 3km

UiTM didnt sent individual participant, all of us entered the team category. consist of three people. runner A, cyclist, & runner B.

for this event, i didnt run, but i cycle... for 13km. my 1st cycling event..

after this race, i really want the road bike! so that i can joined the individual race next year. haha! the road racing bike cost about rm3000.. adui mana mau cari duit??? :(

but honestly, my knowledge about this road bike is so poor, hehe.. maybe after i joined UiTM Cycling Club i can gain some knowledge from few cyclist there.. they are good about road bike or mountain bike.

and for this event, it was the 1st collaboration between UiTM Malaysia Runners' Club with UiTM Cycling Club.. hopefully, one day, we can make collaboration with swimming club too. so that, we can join triathlon. nice....;)

my team.. sufi; me; fizi

the UiTM runners & cyclists..

Standard Chartered International Marathon

2009-06-29T22:10:00.011+08:00

Standard chartered international marathon just past yesterday with about 12,500 runners participated ;)..

as for me, i had registered half-marathon last two months and thinking of can have enough training for two months, but somehow in april and may i was busy with my kayak training. due to this, i left my running training behind, i didnt run more than 7km as a training anymore, i just run 15km (for NB Pacesetters) and 11km (for NB Setia Alam) race. and setia alam race was my last 11km run, after that i just run at 3-4km haha! and with that mileage, i wish to make a new personal record of 1hr45mins for half marathon, i'm definitely crazy!!

as usual, i went to the race with UiTM Runners' Club (URC), we have more than 20 runners this time. mostly joined the half marathon and 4runners joined 10km race. we left uitm at 4.50am and arrive at dataran merdeka at about 5.35am. i took ablution at masjid negara and did my subuh prayer at dataran merdeka as they had prepared one small area for muslims to pray. as soon i finish my subuh prayer i called my mom because today (28th June) was her birthday, Happy Birthday Mom.. then, i called my lecturer, this is her first race event (if i'm right), her first 10km race. good job for her as she willing to wake up early and just to join this run. not so many people dare to take the challenge. you should proud of yourself miss as you had did something good.

the time is 6:10am, 5minutes to start......

at this time, i didnt see any women (URC members) that join half marathon. huh! they went to the starting position earlier.... so, alwi, nasa, fallah, hariz, nas went to the starting position together, we didnt see asif too. we planned to start at the back, but then syah is coming and going to the front, we just follow him. some of us manage to go infront a bit, and some went more further. the the race begun...

i ran together with fallah as some URC runners run faster. i told fallah it's better to be slow now cuz it's far more.. this is not 10km like we always did, this is 21km! so, at about 5min, we just ran behind people, we overtook when there was bigger space for us to overtook. but after 8min, i told fallah we must pace up to finish at about 2hr. if at this speed, we r going to finish at about 2hr40min.. so, fallah and me start to overtook people and we met munirah, she's doing good at this time, she had improve a lot. good job. then, we met puteri, and pjart, and i asked her to join me and fallah but she couldn't hear as she was listening to her mp3. later, we met nasrul, we ask him to run together, we maintain the speed. then we met another URC member, ruby.... at this time kami sungguh kecoh! haha. we were talking so loud and laugh together and i still remember there was one guy look at us and smile. hihi.. we ran together - me, fallah, nasrul, and ruby. later, ruby can't follow (she is injured). then i met my neighbour, uncle chris. he was the one that first introduced me to this kind of open race. Thank You to him. i greeted him and he was happy to see me and said "hey din, i met your people justnow".. and i am wondering who did he met? wow, he knows our runners club member? hehe.. URC getting popular now. weeee :)

ok, as we go on, i can see nasrul pull over, he couldnt maintain the same pace and it's ok, take it easy. however, bad things starting to happen to me at 7km, above my ankle starts to hurt, not so much hurt but it affect me a bit and i dont know why, my left knee feel uncomfortable - it hurts a bit everytime i land my feet. this time, i recall, oh yes, i never run more than 5km for my training! padan muka!

i still follow fallah, i just loose him at the second drink station, he didnt stop but i did, i need 100plus, cant deny that my body needs water. then, as i continue my run alone without URC member, i try to maintain the same speed as i ran with fallah, but i think it didnt turn out well. i'm getting slow. i just keep on running, i keep in my mind that i wont stop run and walk, NEVER!! eventhough i just slow jog, I WONT STOP! that's wat i keep telling myself. then at about 10km, i take my POWER GEL (Tangerine flavour), i'm getting better at it. Previously, i stop at water station and ate that first, but this time, i eat it while i was running. hehe!

i keep on running and at about 14-15km i met asif, i'm seriously couldnt believe that he was there infront of me! i talked to "him what happen? r u ok?" and he just ask me to go first. i know he isnt ok at all.. as i keep on running i met sufinah, whoa i cant believe that she was actually infront of me from the beginning. huhu, you are a good runner. i talked to her lets run together as i can see her tired and maybe her leg cramp, but i'm tired too, my pace drop down. i'm seriously slow. after 5mins, i run alone again, sufi cant keep up as i running a little bit faster. i just keep on running and i pray that i wont cramp in the middle of the race. after 10min, i can feel that my peha mau kejang... oh my God, i quickly slow down, but still jogging. at about 2.5km to da finish line,i met my lecturer, just say hi to her and let her run her race. :)

2km to go, i asked for the counterpain and rub it from knee to ankle (avoid my bestis to get cramp cuz it feels different).. the mistake here was i didnt rub it on my peha! adoi... forgot! but then my running went smoothly. then YESSSS i finish my run at 2hr11min..

i went to the half marathon booth to collect the medal and met alwi, hariz, and fallah.. they did greatly in this race, all three of us below 2hours. as i have collected my medal, i took banana and drink a lot of 100plus. then i went to URC area and rub menza ice on my betis and peha.. but, unfortunately, after 10mins, my leg cramp! real bad! my peha was so painful and seriously i never feel this pain before! i rub with menza ice and aishah help me to relax the muscle, then syah came to me and gave me O.R.S to drink up, TQ2. it took about 15-20mins for me to feel better again. i almost let my tears drop down my face. adeh!

at this time, i promise to myself never run half marathon without enough preparation! NEVER!

this race was a good experience for all URC members, almost all cramp!

race summary-

date: 28th June 2009

time: 6:15 am

distance: 21.097km

timing: 2hour 11mins

max HR: 192bpm

ave HR: 167bpm

kcal burnt: 2385kcal

my legs cramp badly!!

official from kl-marathon:

Name:	AIZUDDIN AHMAD IMRAN (MAS)
Net Start:	06:14:26	Category:	Half Marathon 21km
Net Time:	02:10:41	Position:	446
Finish Timing:	02:12:06.88

Pictures:

-the end-

The Power of Father's Love...

2009-06-25T12:09:00.002+08:00

salam to all reader..

today i want to share something that is so touching.. it also shows with determination, you can do anything you dream for.. and i just know about this from another blogger - Mr.Penonton (http://2009tonton.blogspot.com/).. thank you for such a wonderful link.

copy from MR.PENONTON:

RUNNERS MUST READ THIS & MUST MUST NOT MISS THE VIDEO

This is the True Story

A son says to his father: 'Dad, would you be willingly to run amarathon with me?'
The father, despite his age and a heart disease, says 'YES'.
And they run that marathon, together.

The son asks: 'Dad, can you run another marathon with me?' Again father says 'YES'.
They run another marathon, together.

One day the son asks his father: ?Dad would please do the Iron Man with me?'
Now just in case you wouldn't know, 'The Iron Man' is the toughest triathlon in existence;
4km swimming, then 180 km by bike, and finally another 42 km running,in one stroke.

Again father says 'YES'

Maybe this doesn't 'touch' you yet by heart ... until you see this movie
(put on sound!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJMbk9dtpdY

Kayak - Kementerian Belia & Sukan

2009-06-15T12:24:00.008+08:00

salam..

Last weekend i had joined the kayak competition in Putrajaya. This game was different, this is not meant only for IPTA students anymore, this is open competition, from state player, club, or individual.. but mostly come under club and state.. My coach encourage me to join this event as he wants me to gain experience by compete with other people and not just public university students (MASUM games).. Most kayakers came with club or Jabatan Belia & Sukan for each state, but my group just came with UiTM team!... We have 5 kayakers, 2 women and 3 men. unfortunately we have some problems with the registration of one of our kayaker, man. As his name did not registered for the 500m men single. So that means our team is only 4 kayakers.

Each people can only join 2 category in this event. As for me and kamal, we joined TK1 1000m and TK1 500m.. I got 1st place in MASUM last time for the 1000m event, and this time I want to try the 500m race too.. Another 2 women kayakers join TK2 1000m (TK2 for double category) and both TK1 500m...

So, as my game (1000m) held on friday after friday prayer (3.30pm) we had our lunch at 12.30pm.. and as soon as we reached putrajaya after prayer, we warming up, strecthing, and did some land paddling.. a little bit nervous. I was in the heat 1 and kamal in heat 2, just different 15minutes.

I went to the starting place early as i want to avoid myself from tired. then the race begins!!!

I was in lane 4, and my left side was PDRM and my right side was from Sarawak, no kidding they are fast.. I was no.4 at this time. For the heat, each top 3 will go to the final and as we only have 2 heat, that means 6 kayakers will be in the final.. Attention TOOOT, the race begins... I paddle as fast as i can and i was at 4th position this time and as at 500m I still unable to chase the no.3 (I forgot where was he from).. I did my very best just to get 3rd position because I really want to go to the final, and at only 300m to the finish line, I start to get closer to him and overtook him, and I just able to left him 3seconds away and the no.2 kayaker was 4seconds infront of me but the no.1 for this heat was about 8 seconds away.. huhu PDRM was so fast!

Kamal also got into final, he got 1st place for heat2..

Our final 1000m was friday afternoon too, 40minutes after our heat!! so tired laaaaaa.....

I was in lane 6 and kamal was in lane 1.. This time I just pray that i can get 3rd place atleast... cuz i know i cant beat the 1st place in my heat (from PDRM), he was too fast.. i hope heat 2 people is not that fast so that i can still gain 3rd place. haha!

10 seconds to go, TOOOTTT... the race begins, and i started smoothly.. after i did my speed stroke, i check what position am i, and i can see that heat 1 contestant making gap with heat 2 contestant.. lane 4, 5 , and 6 were about 5 seconds infront of lane 1,2, and 3 (all from heat 2).. I feel a little safe at this time, but this is 1000m race, anything could happen at last 200m.. at this moment, no.2 was kayaker from Sarawak and he was about 4 seconds infront of me.. I try my best to stop him making gap between him and me, so i started to speed up my long pull (just speed up a bit) and push my kayak with my feet, and maintain my body position.. as at 500m, I can see he was looking at me with his "all-out-face", he looks so like pushing himself to stay infront of me as so i am to chase him.. haha! this race is like fighting for the 2nd place because the 1st place was really meant for PDRM as he was infront of us about 8-10seconds..

As I at 300m to the finish line I can see aishah was shouting at me to paddle faster cuz i just side-by-side with him (kayaker from sarawak).. so, i power up my paddling, i just keep my focus, using my body to paddle, use my legs, maintain my body position, faster my breath and bla bla bla.. at 200m i successfully overtook him but at about 100m i really worry that i cant maintain my speed and he will overtake me back.. haha! really out of breath this time.. but alhamdulillah i still able to paddle and finish 2 seconds infront of him... :)

I was so happy and shouted out loud even though I'm not no.1 but to get 2nd place in open competition was something good for me.. or perhaps something very valuable for me..

Kamal got 5th place in this race, he was in lane no.1..

However, for the 500m race, which i was in lane 6, and kamal in lane 1 was not so good.. I have lost in this race, I got 6th place and kamal 5th place.. we were so far behind (both of us), we were about 4 seconds behind from no.4 but 11 seconds behind no.1 kayaker from Jabatan belia & sukan Perak (he played for UPSI in MASUM for this 500m event and also got GOLD)..

Nevermind, i think i'm not into this short distance.. hahah! 500m need power and stamina.. but power comes first. unlike 1000m, it requires stamina more than power..

SUMMARY:

MTK1 500m (kamal) - 5th place

MTK1 500m (zuddin) - 6th place

MTK1 1000m (zuddin) - SILVER

MTK1 1000m (kamal) - 5th place

WTK1 500m (ecah) - GOLD

WTK1 500m (fifi) - BRONZE

WTK2 1000m (ecah & fifi) - GOLD

UiTM gained 2 GOLD, 1 SILVER, 1 BRONZE...

shimi, me, kamal

my result..

adeh, keciknya aku nih.... ni nak besarkan badan nih.. haha

MASUM - Kayak....

2009-06-06T17:02:00.016+08:00

salam..

cerita pasal kayak, baru2 ni satu event MASUM (majlis sukan universiti malaysia) diadakan kat putrajaya. aku main kayak kategori "MTK1 1000m" (Men Touring Kayak 1000m). kalau nak di ikutkan, TK ni kirenye 2nd class ar, klu nak yang the best, kategori K1 (kayak). itu baru gempak, macam olimpik. tapi it's ok, aku baru belajar berkayak sebulan setangah yang lepas, so xpelah, slow2 panjat tangga..

latihan pusat kayak starts 11mei lepas n hari ni gak dua atlit kayak dari sarawak, sorg dari melaka, n sorg lagi dari johor dtg. yang sarawak pernah main untuk negeri sarawak for SUKMA, yang johor ni pernah main kayak kebangsaan, & yang melaka ni plak pernah main dlm MASUM thun lepas (2nd appearance die tahun ni). team kami ada 12 org, 4 doubles & 4 singles = 12 paddlers.. kami lah penyokong, kami lah cameraman/woman, kami lah yg membeli mknan (bersama coach), & kami lah yg mengankat barang2 yg byk.. huhuhu..

starts training kat putrajaya 20mei, walaupun test lane 25&26mei, saje coach bwk pergi awal utk biasakan dgn angin & air tasik yg berombak kat sana. well, masa pagi mmg tenang tp bler trun training petang, fuhh dah macam kat laut plak bler masa2 tertentu.. air sampai terpercik masuk dlm kokpit byk kali.

kami training pagi n petang, b4 that kne g jogging dulu, biasanya trun tasik kul 9.45am (ntah lah x igt sgt) then petang lebih kurang kul 2.30pm n 3pm masa hari jumaat. tats y mkn kne awal, bg hadam dulu makanan tuh.

kayakers dari UM mmg kental, lama gler training diorang, kami sempoi jer, trun satu jam je kot.. then naik. haha!

hari isnin bermula kul 2pm baru leh turun (lepas meeting bersama semua pengurus pasukan & coach). ada 6 lanes semuanya.

game start hari rabu, n hari rabu ni just women, lelaki hari khamis, xtau nape diorang asingkan. then hari jumaat & sabtu acara final masing2..

sape2 yang dpt no.1 dalam saringan pertama akan terus ke final & pada yg x menang diberi peluang kedua dalam saringan kedua dan hanya pemenang akan ke final.

me, iwan, kamal, nas

jom ke putrajaya.... yeeppeee

nak angkat kayak masuk dlm lori...

baru sampai putrajaya, tgh setting kayak

coach bersama isteri & anak tercinta..

so, game aku start hari kham pagi, 10min lepas tu game fizi n nasrul (MTK2 1000m), lepas 10min game shimi (MTK1 500m), lepas 5min game kamal n iwan (MTK2 500m)... berturut2 game kami, jadi kami xde supporter UiTM lelaki kat atas kecuali coach n manager... hanya 6 perempuan je bersorak (hmm... harap2 dgr) haha..

seriously aku sgt2 nervous time ni.. pagi tu aku masa on the way ke putrajaya dari uitm mmg aku xbcakap banyak, dalam kepala macam2 pk.. 1st time race nih, xde experience langsung.. yah, coach mmg ckp xde pressure utk race ni cuz ni my 1st race, n bru sebulan blaja kayak, n 2minggu latihan pusat.. so, mmg newbie lah nih.. huhu.. pagi tu trun coach follow skali ke tempat trun kayak (just like others). masa ni coach just igtkan pasal power stroke, starting, n finishing kne ada! ok, all set in my mind...... masa ke tempat permulaan pun coach suh cari rythm kayuhan, masa kat 500m to the starting line aku try pecut skit... tgk ok x ok.. yup, mmg xde masalah, cuz game aku pagi (10.20am)..

2minutes to start.... gler nervous.. ada org pegang kayak kat belakang, so pe yg kne buat time ni, luruskan kayak, doa, n tarik nafas.. 1minute to start.. pheww! aku tetiba rasa x sangka aku ada kat putrajaya n wakil UiTM dalam acara kayak 1000m. terpikir pasal training sebulan, n now here i am.. so buatlah habis2an...

ATTENTION TOOOOT (bunyi siren).. damn!! aku terkejut & x 100% ready.. knapa lah diorang x ckap 10sec to start.. starting aku xcantik, aku terlambat.. for the 1st 100m aku skadar kejar dari no 3 ke no2.. sebelah kanan aku UTM depan dah (+- 5 saat depan) then sebelah kiri aku UMS (+- 3 saat depan).. aku cube kejar trus, takut nnt xsempat, so masa 500m, aku depan sikit dari UMS (+-2 saat) & UTM mcm dah start pancit... die kebelakang.. masa dah lepas 700m aku tgk UMS dah jauh kat blakang, UTM pun sama, so aku just buat long pull kayuhan aku tu. simpan sikit energy utk speed up masa nk habis. masa long pull ni kne recover breathing n energy coach ckp, standby utk speed up last 100m... masa dah 100m to the finish line aku dgr DJ hari tu sebut "lorong 4, UiTM" & "itu dia kayuhan bergaya dari UiTM".. lagi lah aku mempoyokan diri laju kan kayuhan.. wakakaka XD

then alhamdulillah aku dapat 1st utk saringan 1 ni & xperlu ke saringan 2, so aku trus ke final hari jumaat kul 3.30pm..

result: 5:14.23 & aku depan UMS 12 saat (tempat kedua)..

keesokannya~~

game final pagi b4 solat jumaat ada dua - women double 1000m & woman single 500m..

yang double menang tempat kedua tp yg sinle tertewas terhadap pesaing2 yg hebat..

fifi & ecah - 1st runner-up..

kami mkn ramai2 kat foodcourt hari jumaat ni cuz bas uitm tggu utk bwk kami solat jumaat.. walaupun dah lama training kat putrajaya, tp ni 1st time makan rmi2 kat fudcourt.. game aku kul 3.30pm lepas solat jumaat..

2.40pm, perhh berangin kuat plak... air tasik mesti xtenang punyer... n time ni fam aku dtg bg support.. yuhuuu... so, aku warming up n buat stretching... rsau dlm hati time ni xde sape tau.. masa beli mknan smlm ngan coach, coach ada ckp aku ada potensi pingat, tp warna apa pingat tu yg xtau cuz contestant dr universiti lain tu hebat & ada kayakers lama.. die kate xde pressure langsung utk aku, yg penting buat ape yg dah belajar, starting, long pull, power stroke, n finishing kne ada!!! yup.. igt!

so, 3.10pm kne trun tasik dah utk ke tempat permulaan.. oh my God, air kat tempat mule ni gler2 bergelora, mmg kne betulkan kayak slalu.. ditambah lagi ada feri plak lalu, mmg ada bonus ombak plak! siot tul... 1minute to start, mmg aku berdoa & pk yg aku dah kat final n buat lah ape yg terdaya, ALL OUT MAN!!! aku kat lorong no.3 dari 6 lorong.. kiri aku UTHM (winner heat 3) & kanan aku UPSI (winner heat 2).. ambik kau, die bagi star race kat sebelah kau...

ATTENTION TOOOOOT..... skali lagi aku terlambat start.. masa ni mmg mata aku meliar ar tgk kiri & kanan, igtkan UTHM n UPSI jer depan, rupenye2 aku leh tgk ada 4 kayak kat dpn... so aku no.5 dari 6 peserta bertanding time ni.. aku try habis2an lajukan kayuhan (speed stroke) tp xdpt nak kejar or samakan kedudukan... redha jer time ni. dlm hati dah terpk dah gler gempak final ni... masa 500m, aku skali lagi check status aku (pndg kiri & kanan) nmpk UTHM n UPSI sblh aku tp xdpt potong lagi. aku nmpk UPSI dpn, UTHM no.2 n aku no.3... kayuh punye kayuh, masa 600m aku dah sama kan kedudukan (lebih kurang antara 3 universiti ni - UTHM lane 2, UiTM lane 3, & UPSI lane 4).. slowly UPSI mule tertinggal tapi x jauh.. so aku just nak kejar UTHM.. masa ni mmg dah xde tenaga dah... sbbkan 1000m ni jauh, aku smpt lagi pk balik masa aku ulang alik dari bangsar utk kayak ni, dtg pg balik malam, tertido dlm bas, jatuh kat tasik, perabis duit utk mkn, letih travel, duit tmbhan parents kasi utk training, 4org classmates yg dtg sokong, n nasihat coach.... time lagi 300m++ utk finish aku igt nak long pull slow skit utk dptkan balik nafas n energy utk speed up last nnt.. tp aku xjd buat, aku just follow speed UTHM masa ni sbb aku takut die makin jauh n buatkan aku malas nak kejar nnt.. elok jer lagi 200m nak hbs aku start overtake die skit2... huhu n xlupe apa yg coach pesan - finishing kne ada! so, ape lagi, aku speed up ar walau pun dah penat n rasa mcm xcukup nafas dah... aku just pk time ni klu aku nak pengsan or kejang ke ape, biar lepas race, biar aku lepas finish line tu.. POWER UP!!! yeah aku dpt potong die n lagi smgt bler aku leh nmpk pasukan UiTM tgh smgt bersorak kat tepi terlompat2... aku dpt potong gak UTHM ni, aku just dpn 1 saat dari die.. Ya Allah, mmg nasib menyebelahi aku... alhamdulillah...

mmg happy gler time ni, aku igt nak rest setgh minit jap kat garisan penamat tu tp xleh cuz aku tgk sume team uitm dah lari ke tempat turun kayak dgn bendera, coach pun ada skali... smpi2 je coach trus ckp "hebat lah kau, kau kalahkan player lama tu", "tu baru 2bulan training, belum setahun lagi".. ya Allah, mmg gembira, tgn pun x kejang mcm heat 1.. naik jer, fam aku ada kat depan, n classmate aku pun ada... :)

sesi ambil hadiah... :)

just after ambik trofi

1st- me (UiTM), 3rd- Hamid (UPSI), 2nd- Shukri (UTHM)

jennisa - winner (women single 500m)

Other pictures:

UiTM Water Chaser 2009 with the coach

UiTM Water Chaser 2009

New Balance Pacesetter 15km

2009-06-05T15:19:00.005+08:00

salam.. aduh, ikutkan cerita ni dah basi dah.. yelah mana taknya, larian ni 17 may 09 yg lepas, & aku baru nak update blog. sibuk sgt dgn training kayak b4 ni. xdapat nak online n duk depan laptop sambil menulis blog. so, skrg ni dah ada masa & mood nak menulis baik tulis skrg.

larian NB pacesetters ni masa aku dlm latihan pusat kayak (wakil UiTM utk game MASUM). masa ni dah risau gler dah sbb rasanya xcukup training lari. yelah hari2 turun kayak n buat weight training sikit. tp alhamdulillah, sejak coach kayak dtg dr sabah, kami punye training more to fitness, xde weight training langsung. training kayak pagi n petang, n b4 trun kayak tu kami jogging lebih kurang 2.5km.. so, walaupun xdpt training lari dgn betul n cukup, tp sekurang2nya ada jugak persediaan dari segi fitness..

target aku utk larian ni 1jam20min, tp memandangkan aku xde training lebih 5km pun so aku rasa target tu benda yg x realistik. so, aku ubah kepada 1jam 30min. sbb aku xnak injured, larian ni ahad, isnin kan kne trun training kayak plak.

untuk larian ni, klu xsilap lebih kurang 9org jer members URC yang join, sbb ni masa cuti sem. tp yg mengikutnya ada 9 org gak.. ramai ar skit.. huhu..

so, sampai2 kami solat subuh dulu. n then baru g kat tapak start race. bergambar sikit2 then warming up, stretching, n ready to start..

so, aku pun berdoa lah supaya dapat habiskan larian ni dgn selamat tanpa injuries. start je larian ni aku xterburu2 nak laju sbb aku tau kemampuan aku x setanding masa larian amal seri sinar dulu. skarang ni mmg fitness cukup n better tp kaki plak x ready utk kne impact yg berterusan sejauh 15km. time starting aku lari dgn nas n fizi n farid. naz xtau mana... then berpisah, aku n nas lari fizi dah ke depan, farid ke belakang n nas plak mule membuka langkah. aku tertinggal n just maintain pace. tp lepas 20min aku jumpe nas, then fizi pun.. fizi ni injured, sbb tu die perlahan, klu x, hilang ntah kemana...

masa dah 1jam, aku dah macam xlarat nak lari.. lagi2 jumpe itu berlambak punye bukit baek kat bukit tunku punye area. haram tul!! tp aku just xnak stop, sbb bler dah stop die akan lagi malas nak start balik, itu ape yg aku rasa lah.. tp setelah ku pendam je rasa nak berenti berlari tu jauh dlm hati, habis jugak bukit2 yg kurang sopan tu (menguji tahap pernafasan tatkala pelari2 keletihan macam nak mati) haha...

elok je smpi kat area nak masuk lake gardens tu aku tgk stopwatch, baru 1jam 16min.. perh!! time ni aku bersemangat gler2 nak hbskan below 1jam20min, aku increase speed sikit (tak byk mana pun). sbb sptutnya lagi 1 or 2min dah leh sampai.. tp, apekan daya, diorang ubah laluan, dari pintu dpn tu bukannye trus smpi tmpt finish, tp kne pusing ke tepi n then pusing satu tasik baru lah sampai... siot tullllll!!! aku dah pancit tahap ape dah time ni sbb dah start lari laju dari junction ke lake gardens. time ni, mmg slow umpama kura2 lumba dgn kuda ja aku rasa.. hahah! penat2 je potong org sebelum ni. tp kne potong balik.. :p

tp alhamdulillah, aku finished this race at 1hr 20mins ++secs.. walaupun target aku below 1hr20min, tp ni pun dah memadai... dgn xcukup training running nye lagi..

tp, hr isnin, kaki rasa sakit2 skit kat betis.. huhu.. but still, kne jogging gak b4 trun training kayak hari isnin ni.. lagi dahsyat bler hari selasa.. hahah! makin sakit.. masuk rabu dah mule hilang... gler tul.. pengalaman2...

1hr 20min....

cute medal... hahah

nas, farid, kamal, me, ecah...

some of the members..

with my bestfriend.. die x lari pun.. :p

under construction....

2009-06-05T11:42:00.001+08:00

salam to all readers, it has been more than a month i didnt update my blog.. will update my blog soon about the NB pacesetter run and followed by kayak race..

Ulu Yam Trip~ yehaaa

2009-04-23T10:06:00.008+08:00

Salam...

this post is about my fun trip to ulu yam with another four friends of mine. we (amek, amad, bro, & I) departed from shah alam with amek's car at 9am then went to Klang to fetch ujid. ujid prepared fried bihun for us, yehaaa.... so then, we went to ulu yam, errr we really didnt know what way amek used, huhu... later, we arrived at ulu yam P3 (the waterfall) at 11.15am, this is the first time for amad, amek, bro, n ujid to come to ulu yam. but for me, even though i live here before, this is the first time i came to that waterfall.

as this day is tuesday, there were not so many people there or maybe no people at all.. soon as we arrived, amad really gets excited and we took a picture b4 we went down :)

the water was so cold and we couldnt stand for more than 30mins down there.. just about 20mins we sit at the side to eat fried bihun and yeah ujid brought "cekodok" too.. hehe..

after 40mins, we came out from the waterfall and we moved to the another spot, this time is now waterfall but river... ;)

it was in ulu yam woods resort. the place was not as good as before, i've been here in 7 years ago and at that time, the river is a better (not so much stone).. oh yeah, now this place need to pay the fee, rm2 per person.. i forget wether i did pay for it last time or not.

we stopped here for about another 40mins. the water was so nice - cold and clean.

my friends... bro, amad, amek, ujid (from left)

then after we finished at this river, we went back, but it's not the end yet... we stop by at Rock Dam. i dont know wether it is in selayang area or hulu yam already.. we stopped here to finish some more fried bihun and to take pictures. the view was nice.

lastly we went back to shah alam and hang out for some drinks in shah alam section 2 food court, and at this time it has been already 4pm. after drinks and chit chat among us, we went back and as i have to prepare for my kayak training, huhu....

i went to kayak training like always, still have energy this time.. did my regular training.

in the night, we went again to the section 2 food court and had our dinner. whoa! nice dinner with friends, we had chicken soup, meat soup, and tom yam as the hot soup! nice~~~

this is the story of my last tuesday :)

tq for reading it, until then, chow.....

Cleaning up my hard disk

2009-04-22T23:10:00.004+08:00

fuhh.. my hard disk is so messy just like my room (was... not now anymore)... so does my laptop suppose to be, now i'm cleaning up (compress or delete) pictures in my F folder. as i love to take pictures and collect pictures, so my laptop is like an album.. haha!

normally people will spend most of their space in laptop for games, songs, or videos (either movies or video clips) but not me! I have 18.5Gb of pictures in my laptop which contains of 9259 pictures and 174 folders.. haha love it!

now (11.20pm) i'm continue my previous work of compressing pictures. adoi! ada pening jugak, too many folders, want to delete some but worry if i want to use it. even though i know i have save it in DVDs, but still didnt delete it. hehe XD

hmm... just done compressing my pictures folder. now is 12.20am.. watching those videos and pictures of my friends when we in UiTM make me smile.. and at some point feel sad cuz miss those moment so much.. as now, some of us wont further their study - working right now..

by compressing the pictures & delete some unwanted pictures/vids, now my pictures folder is 15.8Gb, which contains 9183 pictures with 173 folders..

Lets talk KAYAK

2009-04-15T22:29:00.005+08:00

salam, lately i've been training for kayak, actually at first i was just want to see how is it, i mean can i kayak or not. and also want to learn a little bit about kayak. but then, it turned out the other way.....

we had our first training (a.k.a first class) at 26th mac 09, and the coach were amir (called him koyok) and another one amir (called kayap). the first day, we tried single kayak and all first comers were asked to try "nova". it's a recreational kayak, made from plastic. what type of plastic, huh, i dunno!

it was ok. no problem in balancing the kayak, as i had kayak in last 2 years (the same type of kayak). but it was only once, haha!

that afternoon, en.hafiz a.k.a our team manager met us (me, ahmad, kamal, fizi, nasrul, wana, fifi) and told us to train hard n this is just "nova" kayak not yet the racing kayak which is "TK". the "TK" is harder to balance. as it was built for speed, so it is harder to balance (yes of course just for newbie)..

after two weeks, we had to try the "TK" kayak as we have to get used to it. haha! damn hard to balance it, as kamal n i always shaking when we get into it. huhu~~

and for the first day we must get used to it, no need to pedal fast but make sure go straight and able to control it. then as i can pedal smoothly, i started to pedal faster, and i heard kamal said "wah hebat kau din", huhu~... just after about 10seconds later, debush!!! kayak ku terbalik... hahaha! and i cant swim... trying my best to swim to the side with pulling the kayak together, but i wasnt moving... :p

luckily, the coach is still at the back of us n then he helped me... he showed shocking face when i told him i cant swim.. hehehe... luckily wear the life jacket.

after that fall, i was immediately think that i'm not into this kayak thing. in other way, i almost give up... give up... huhu... the fall, the cant swim make me feel so down.. :p

but, then koyok gave me n kamal bring home the life jacket. because we normally come early. ok, at this time, my spirit had increased! cuz i can see that he wanted us to get down training frequently. so, it's ok... i tried another shot another day..

and as day goes by, alhamdulillah, i'm doing good now. no more fall. kamal, he felt for many times but i believed that were good for him, good lesson.. and now, he doesnt fall anymore and becoming faster. :)

ecah fix the tubes at the front of kayak...

my kayak....

sit- checked, tubes- checked, cockpit- checked~ ready to go..

so now, i have this kayak training every afternoon..! whoa! lalalalala... every 5.30 pm people can see us on the lakes for that training... pity for couple that dating at that time, cuz we will be there to make some noise!! or more noise!! hahaha!

ok, at this moment, this is all what can i story about my kayaking program. will update more story later.

Can't Believe!!

2009-04-07T22:46:00.004+08:00

hmm, as normal last sunday (5th april 09) , I had my sunday run with URC members, but the different this time was there were not many people joint this run, only 7 members. 3 members did one round, and another 4 members did two rounds!

7 members that joint were;

-me

-naz

-soleh

-daus

-hariz

-nas

-sufi

naz; nas; sufi; soleh; daus; me

we started quite late - 7.20am, as usual, we run together 1st than we had our own pace run! hmm, seriously sucks for this day run, my right legs a little bit pain when starting the 2nd round and i had side stitch half of the 2nd round. seriously terrible! for this 2nd round, soleh, daus, n sufi joint together and i'm leading at first 10minutes and later at PTAR 1, sufi overtook me, at end of 'padang kawad' soleh overtook me, and at pusat kesihatan bro daus overtook me.. aiyaa, i have no more extra power to chase them back or even to maintain my pace. i seriously slow down. i had finished this 2nd lap for 27min:16sec.. 29th march run was better - 25min:36sec... hmmm..

oh my God, i lost to sufi this time.. totally lost! huhu

uphills..uphills

see? my damn exhausted face.. how am i going to join da half marathon.. adeh!

jom bergambar

now as i join the kayak training i have a little bit less training for running! hmm, wednesday to saturday have the kayak training, hehe join kayak but can't swim.. used to terbalik once.. then it was tough to get back at the side cuz can't swim.. haha!

but as i really feel that my running performance down a little, so i need to plan my running schedule well! need to ensure that in this month, every week i must run atleast 40k.. huh? boleh ke.. hahaha :)

Sunday training

2009-04-01T13:23:00.004+08:00

Salam...

Last sunday (29th march 2009) I had another training with my club's members, it's a 10km training.. This training I think can not shaves up 15 minutes from my last 20km record but this is for the maintaining the fitness I already obtained. People always said, if you want to be better, you have to work harder.. But this sunday training is more on easy long run, errr, maybe not long enough.... I want to do 3laps soon, as if i round UiTM for 3 rounds, it means i have run for about 15km.. speed?? that one i will focus on later. i just need my legs to be regular with long distance running.. i wonder how some people run ULTRA MARATHON (100km and above)!! are they crazy!?

mun; sufi; daus; me; nassa; amad

UiTM route is really good for training as it has really challenging hills, and if we train regularly at this area, there will be no problems to conquer the hills at Bukit Tunku area later.. haha!

New Balance 15km will be on 17th May. I still have 6 weeks to training. hmm, 15km..... lets put some target here. I want to finish 15km in 1hour 25mins!!

how am i going to achieve that? =long run training + speed training + drills = SUCCESS!!

back on this sunday training, our first lap run was a group run and we ran first lap for 32 minutes. the second lap as we run at our own pace, i did it 25mins 36sec.. maybe i didnt run in the weekdays, so that is a good reason why i'm so exhausted in 2nd lap, while i was running the hills up, i'm breathing so hard, my legs stride smaller and also i am slower! damn... i need consistency in my running now. however, as now i involve in kayak training, i need to divide my time perfectly to train my legs and also my upper body. WOW loves sport!! hahaha

leading in 2nd lap (for a while..hahaha)

bro daus has improve a lot compare to last week, his pace is better than me now! salute you bro!! ~see my face? hahaha, so tired to follow his pace :p

sufinah, another good runner... she has improve so much compare to last year when we were still new in this club. as we run 10km, she overtakes me few times... huhu...

amad, a great make over runner! from non-runner to a mid distance runner, that's awesome... stop his bad habits of smoking to a healthy lifestyle... timing? yup, he is improving well....

must do a cooling down before we get back.. IMPORTANT!!

My next year target is to join the Temasya Olahraga Tahunan UiTM... i need to improve myself a lot to be a competitive runner.. maybe i wont win, but i want to give some challenge to other runners!

-running never takes more than what it gives back-

~Sunday Training~

2009-03-22T15:08:00.004+08:00

Salam..

This morning (22nd march 2009) i did my training in uitm shah alam. two laps of MelatiRun (men route) and so there were few UiTM Runners' Club members that join the training. With different paces we were running together for the first lap, we try to maintain in group as close as possible.

Members that joint the training were:

-ahmad

-nazrul

-hariz

-hafizi

-daus

-nassa

-farid

-pjart

-ruby

-mun

-wana

**awin

**fifi

(**they were waiting at the starting point to take care our bags and also to snap our pictures)

we started running at 7.20am after stretching that was lead by miss awin (club's vice president). we run at slow pace, about 6-7min/km, as we have new members join the run. that was good! new members coming to join the morning run! who is really wanted to wake up early on Sunday just for the RUN???? hahaha! we will - THE RUNNERS..

good effort!

as the first round, i bring my camera along to snap some pictures, because this is for the group run, it's ok for me. but for the 2nd lap (own pace lap), i didnt my camera along as it would make me harder to run or maybe make me distracted by holding the camera along.

The 2nd lap, we run the "bukit tonggek".... whoa! at 3rd quater, i really cant run anymore, and just stop and walked to the top! CRAZY hill! then the other part was ok, but yes, i'm exhausted. hmm, wondering what is the problems? am i not fit enough? hariz and hafizi were gone, never saw them anymore. but nassa was gone faster. infact, he finished 1st and went back to the college to take shower 1st as he has class at 9.30am. hahaha!

i did 23:35 for the 2nd lap. at the 1st lap, we run together for 40:xx..

at the finishing point.... yehaaa....(24mins for the second round)

Larian Amal Seri Sinar~

2009-03-17T00:00:00.009+08:00

salam.. on sunday (15th march 2009) i went to the another 10km run but this is at different place - Bukit Jalil.. "bukit" is just for the name, cuz there were not so much hills. Just one hill which was steep, the other is just average. UiTM route is harder, haha!

So, the UiTM Malaysia Runners' Club joint this event as we had sent 29 participant and 4 person in-charged for the photos and our bags. The plan was to go at 5.45am but again, there were latecomers...... we actually moved at 6.05am instead of 5.45am. then we stopped by at the tol plaza to pray (Subuh) and continue the journey at 6.35am. The race was planned to start at 7.00am and we only arrived at around 7.10am. YES, WE WERE LATE!!

Luckily the race actually delayed for 5 minutes. As we arrived, we walked to the starting area, there was few members infront and i saw fadhlullah saying "kami letak beg kat sini" and daud, hafizi, asif, azrey, & fadhlullah just rushing to the starting to collect the ribbon and RUUUUUNNNNNN!

with hurry, i put my bag and run, the word that i wont forget is when i about to run i heard ahmad said "perlu ke lari tak stretching??" hahaha.. and i just ignore and run. then i saw ahmad also follow me. the early mistake for this run was - NO STRETCHING, NO WARMING UP!

as i have taken the ribbon (at the starting line), i just run without looking back, and for this race, i don't run at slow pace for 5 minutes. i just run at my average pace (5min/km) or maybe even better because i'm absolutely late. 1km ahead was no runners at all except few of the URC members. then, after 1km, i saw some runners ahead and as i keep running, i saw there is hill in-front and thank you to that hill as because of that hill i start to overtaking people. and this is awesome because i'm running at my pace going up hill, not even slowing down. good one! i saw kamal in-front and at the KL city run i actually say something when i was overtaking him but this run, no, i just run.. haha! focus... but i forgot one thing, as i run at this pace, i started to get tired when i was at the top. at the 3rd quater of the hill, sufinah overtook me. oh my god! she just overtook me.. are you kidding? haha. i just follow her for couple of minutes, then i be at her side and encourage her to push more. and maybe i over do it cuz she is going faster (or maybe i'm slower). hehe, she just push and push and go further and make gap with me, aaah! cant follow anymore. then few minutes later, nazrul came from the back. eh! i thought he already in-front. huhu.. he also leave me, and maintain his pace.

finished one lap, another lap to go, yah miss pjart was standing at the starting point to take our picturesss (thank you to you yah)..

the 2nd round i actually out of energy larr... even the most un-steep hill also hard to conquer, kahkahkah! but ok lar, still can run... about 2km to go, pahmi overtook me.. i just follow him, didnt care so much at this time, but only when i saw sufinah in-front, my burning spirits came back!! then, i run beside pahmi and told him lets go run with sufinah. yes we did. we run together for one minute and i said it's near but only have one short hill in-front and i started to increase my pace up and sufina just can't follow, she walked for a while. but i didnt stop, i just have to run, thats wat i told myself...... yeah!! finish line...

got kamal's girlfriend to take our picture at the finishing line. hehe.. tq2x

just one thing not satisfied, normally when i finished the race, i still can go to the drink station with short queue but today, the queue already long as there was only one milo drink station. they should do two atleast!

here is the result:

Distance: 10km

Time: 53:35

Placing: 120th

Average HR: 186

Max HR: 200

Kcal burnt: 1149

analysis:

bad thing: no stretching, no warming up, start with high pace, can't keep up with sufi!

good thing: run easier on the hills.

the great URC members!! (the green tshirt is one of the organiser, Mr. Ronny)

after we finished the run

the members that "gila gambar" hahah!

chit chat while waiting for the bus

lets chit chat about my friend.. i really proud of one of my course mate, as he just started to join the club and now he is committed with running. why did i proud of him? because he is trying his best to improve his performance. and also he was a smoker before! see, a smoker.. now, as he join this club, he had stopped smoking.. GOOD JOB AHMAD...!

ahmad at the finishing line...

My next biggest goal!! the map~

2009-03-15T21:03:00.002+08:00

Yes, the map for Standard Chartered half-marathon is released now! for all runners, have you set your strategy? hehe

Training in UiTM Shah Alam

2009-03-09T00:01:00.003+08:00

Hello, on 8th march 2009 we had our group running.. just around UiTM shah alam, and we used the Melati Run route (but we skipped the "Bukit Tonggek"). people that join were

1) aizuddin

2) hafizi

3) ahmad

4) hariz

5) sufinah

6) syazwina

7) nasrul** he came late!! hahaha

we gather at the car park infront of Dataran Cendekia bus stop, did a little bit stretching and started running at 6.14pm (late! as we planned to run at 6pm)

the amazing thing about this run was we did 2 laps of the route. 1st route using the men route for melati run and for 2nd route we ran using the women route for melati run.

for the 1st lap (or 1st round) we ran in group. then the 2nd round after a little bit refreshing ourselves, we ran according to our own pace (after the pondok pak guard pintu depan tu~)..

the distance is: 9.5km

congratulation as all of us finished below 65 minutes.

as we started to run at our own pace, i can see hariz and fizi had left the group, their pace is good but i know that wasnt their best pace. i know lar hariz, fizi, this training was easy for you guys! hehehe... as for me, it was hard to run up the hills at the 2nd round! hehe but it was damn good feeling when you finished it. and i have finished the run in 55:45.. for 9.5km that have hills, that's quite good.

running details:

distance: 9.5km

time: 55:45

ave HR: 182

max HR: 195

kcal burn: around 1100kcal

-SELECTED PICTURES-

hafizi's shoes - adistar glide

zuddin's shoes- adidas response 16th edition

sufinah's shoes- nike ........

after the run!

'The distance may look easy, but you don't feel the hills yet!! who dare to take the challenge~!!'

-impossible x ada pape- hahaha....

nothing to say

2009-03-06T22:56:00.004+08:00

jom minum....

lets start back a healthy diet for a healthy & fit body for THE RACE!!

last 20km was 2hr:00min:54sec..

target this June is 1hr:45min:00sec..

for those who are professional runners please comment is it to cut off 15mins is okay or it is too much for me as a beginner?

-impossible is nothing, adidas-

UiTM Melati Run, 6km...

2009-03-02T23:57:00.009+08:00

salam to all readers..

there were 3 events for last sunday (1st march 2009) and our great running club (UiTM MALAYSIA RUNNERS CLUB) had done a great job by sending its members to all this three events! the events were

1st - KL Towerthon, in KL

2nd- UiTM Melati Run, in UiTM Shah Alam

3rd- UPM e-Charity Run, in UPM Serdang

5 members (as in 1 team) joint the KL Towerthon event, 5 members joint the UPM e-charity run, and the other members join the UiTM melati run as it is internal event and here we come to support UiTM! Lets talk about this event;

i arrived melati early in the morning with ahmad shahrir and guess what, we were so early! hahaha..... just one more runner was there, and cuz of that, my bib no was 003 and ahmad was 002.. hihi.. this event was meant for internal students (students that live in the college provided) but no excuse, event i'm not live in the college, here i come from bangsar to run.. spirit of running.. :)

then, one by one URC members came. nas, pjart, ecah, ruby, hariz, sufinah, etc.....

The event was scheduled to start at 8am, but delay to 8.30am as we have this morning aerobic 1st. hehe.. the aerobic instructor do it so good but as for us (1st timer), haha messed up dude!!

then, all runners were release at 8.33am...

run with jeans?? hehe :p

Oh my God!!! it's true, we have to run the "bukit tonggek" at the very beginning. what a tough hill! i'm not at the front line, so, at the very beginning i tried to run a little bit faster then my previous run, try decrease the gap between front runners. haha, as we almost arrived at the top of the bukit tonggek, almost all berjalan kaki macam baru belajar jalan.. haha!

then, for 3minutes downhill route, can consider they gave us some time to relax the legs lar. same like uitm megathon, for men, here it comes- DOUBLE HILLS. again, the same route. ok ok, i try my best to control my breathing & control my landing of foot, hey din, mid foot~mid foot, no more heel! but poor me, my legs get tired easily, my breathing a little bit messed up, only my spirit left in my heart to drive me to the top of the hills. so, don't go anywhere my spirit, i need you from now on to drive me! hehe

huh, this is all due to not training properly, aiyoo, adek dush will be mad if he knows i didn't training. haha! just a week before was the KL City Day Run (10.8km) n then on friday i did my light jogging. then, here i am for the race.. how come i can perform well right?

my mind was ready for this race, but not my legs, my lungs, and my heart! they need training badly. if not, i will just injured myself every time after the race. hmm... :(

i was at 10th position at 15mins, then hariz start to come near to me, and run at my side for a couple of minutes, then he continues to make the gap between us, i just follow him and not letting him to go away far from me as i know this is just 1km more. i follow him closely and i can see zaki was about 20-25metres behind me (so, i'm not that tense to keep the position). then, about 800metre to the finish line, i was just at hariz back and overtook him at 300m more to the end as at this moment i gave my 100%, there was no look back.. but hmmmm, cuz i wasnt training well, hariz overtook me back at the finish line. so he finished at 10th and i'm at 11th.. huhu, i feel like want to vomit. but relax, keep breathing, breath smoothly... lucky, i didnt vomit, kalau x, malu worr...

pjart, me, izzuddin, hariz, & sukha

after the run... huhu, jom duduk dulu sembang2...

URC, the best!!

here are my details (not satisfy with it, really...)

distance: 6km

timing: 24:35

ave HR: 188bpm

max HR: 205bpm

kcal burn: 532kcal

but never mind it was a good run for non-training outcome, got 11th place, and got RM10 for the position.

hmm, i need to training back, as URC will join the:

LARIAN AMAL SERI SINAR at BUKIT JALIL at 15TH MARCH 2009....

must train at the hilly area. make some weight training and also speed training..

pjart, this is for you: "push to the limits of ourselves as we actually never reach the limits!"

URC members........ on the stage

tq for spend the time to read this...

KL City Day Run

2009-02-26T21:38:00.003+08:00

hoho.... another 10km..

So, last 22nd feb 2009 was another 10km for me in Dataran Merdeka.. after 10 days no training, i joint the 10km race. CRAZY!!!

by the way, at first, i just think to have fun jogging with the crowds, but after 10min run, i start to compete with people around and at 20min, i think if i already tired for this run, why don't i push myself to get medal atleast! hehe.. the the struggle begins~ my breathing wasn't that good compare to the great eastern 20km run, my pace mix up (sometimes fast, sometimes too slow) and in fact,i stopped few times for this race because too tired. haha! really not fit enough. at 30min race, one of the club members, Sufinah overtake me. and i definitely shock! she overtake me? how slow i am? hihi... oklah, then i just follow her for 7mins and i overtake her back. then start to push myself harder. and about 2.5km to the finish line, there was one guy talk with me, at first i'm ok, but one minute after that, my breathing berterabur, tercungap-cungap.. hahah!

oklah, i finished the race and received the finisher medal.

here are the details:

event: KL City Day Run

date: 22nd Feb 2009

starting time: 7.30 am

distance: +- 10.5 km

time: 56:05

max HR: 198 bpm

ave HR: 185 bpm

kcal burn: 1205 kcal

Sabah Food Product Development...

2009-02-26T20:46:00.004+08:00

hello..

Last 13th - 15th february 2009 I was in Sabah for the food product development competition.

It was really a hectic time for my group and I, as we have to sleep late at night and come back the next morning to have the confirm formulation. We had given two weeks for the preparation, and as what students do the best, 1st week was like a honey moon week, haha! Then the 2nd week was hell! Not much time to rest and due to this task, I have skipped my training, poor me~

On friday, we all leaved the Seroja bus station at 7.00 am to the LCCT. Flight was on time, no delay. Then as we arrived to Kota Kinabalu Airport, we went straight to the apartment to check in. We used the only free time we have to walk around the city and hang out for about two hours if I'm not mistaken. We got back to the apartment at 5pm and nothing much to do, the guys think to do something fun, we dive into the swimming pool. haha!

Ok, nothing much about it, then the night's stress started at 11pm.. As our lecturers want to see us perform as in the real competition day at 9.30 pm, but we were not 100% ready. Then, the lecturers give some advice how to handle questions, how to explain, how to attract the judges to you, and the flow of explanation. At 11pm, Yazid's group started their rehearsal, and my group was after them (around 12.15 pm). We finished rehearse at around 2 am but we didn't stop at that time, there were still some mistakes to be corrected. So that we follow to fix some problems, Yazid and I went to bed at 4am! wahaha.. This is the night of competition where we should have enough rest.. hihi.. But this was all because of us, xnak siapkan kerja awal2..

We went to the Universiti Malaysia Sabah on saturday morning at 7 am sharp! Then the exhibition started at around 9 am, but the judging time started at 2 pm. Actually by 2 pm, we already get tired. There were five judges and three round of judging. Alhamdulillah, all went well except for the first two judges that came to us. They look not interested and we didn't even have the opportunity to present our work to them. They came, ask few questions, and blah.. hmm... After this two judges left, I looked at our banner (product's banner) and thinking of how hard I worked for this things to come here and did I just deserve 4 minutes to talk?? did I work until late night, wake up early, run to the market to buy stuff for this project, get stressed, and all other problems that come through, and i just have 4 minutes to talk. By the way, it wasn't even present, it was just answering their questions....... So, I tell myself, no matter how, I will present for the coming judges. As what people say, when you confident, Insyallah everything going to be just fine.... And yes, our group able to present as what we have planned. :)

For the hard work that we did for this project, we won the 1st runner-up. The only award for UiTM in this 6th Food Science & Technology Competition.

UiTM Megathon Day

2009-02-08T14:16:00.002+08:00

Salam...

fuh, today was megathon run and yah, I'm not at peak performance yet but i'm able to run! hehe.. running those hills gets me crazy! damn hard.....

the track for this year was tougher as it was longer and it had three hills.

Distance: 6.5km

Time: 33:07

Placing: 11th

Max HR: 200bpm

Ave HR: 185bpm

Congrats to all uitm runners club for your commitment for this event! Lets run~~

the training today

2009-01-25T21:31:00.004+08:00

today, 25th jan 2009...

sunday, a holiday, a break from working routine, a short time for mood recovery, a single day of rest, and yes a good day for training......

today i trained twice, in the morning and also in the afternoon. morning run started at 7.00 am, and just a short run to keep active. meanwhile my afternoon run started at 6.30 pm (because i accidentally slept! haha) is a 4.4km run..

i used my heart rate watch for my both run. morning run using the lap timing and afternoon run using the stopwatch. here are the result:

Morning run:

distance: 1 loop = 900m

lap 1 - 5min:12sec (148 HR)

lap2 - 4min:43sec (178HR)

lap3 - 4min:29sec (182HR)

total time - 14min:15sec

average HR: 169/min

*this run was good as i normally run for 3 loops, so, i wasnt a big deal. i think i should try 5 loops and maintain below 5mins..

Afternoon run:

distance: 4.4km

route: bangsar park area

time: 25min:xxsec (i accidentally delete the data in my watch, luckily i remember some)

max HR: 188

average HR: 175

in-zone: 95%

*whoa! it was good to have heart rate monitor along in the run. as i tried to push to the energy zone (above 185) and it cause me a real terrible mess! i gasping for the air. thus, my breathing wasnt so right but i did try to control it just after my HR pass 180, my breathing became chaos! real one! thats why i need to train at above 180 for 5mins straight, just to let my body used to it. but i'm kinda satisfy with this afternoon run. enjoy it with new gadget.. hehe :)

my training route for the afternoon run

Jom training....

2009-01-25T14:05:00.003+08:00

training training... that's the word! i want to cut off 15mins from my previous record.

and now, training seems more interesting when i got myself a heart rate monitor. haha! i think i'm into sports now, specifically running.. i'm not an serious athlete but i love to run as running makes me feel free and this was the reason before. now, i have jump to the next level, running is not just for recreational but running takes me to my limit and now, i challenge my limit, i push my limit to see what am i capable of. this is my reason of running now.

well, i still have a normal life, it's not that i'm too serious in running till i cant eat this and that. maybe cut down some fatty food, but i still enjoy my meals. perhaps maybe i eat more cuz i run. haha!

ok, this lets talk about my heart rate monitor. it's just have the basic function and this is the cheapest i can find. yeah! thnx to uncle chris to let me "study" his heart rate monitor and tell me where did he bought his heart rate monitor.

brand: Ciclo

model: CP12C

function: clock, alarm, date, heart rate, lap timing, calories, in-zone percentage.

now, and so on i'll be running with my new gadget.. i only use my mp3 in the competition,but for training, i dont like to use it as i like to push my limits with my own motivation in my mind.. training doesnt mean just to train the body, but it also train the mind to focus and determine to achieve the goal..

ok, i will update my training later.. :)

Motivation vs Preparation........

2009-01-19T19:07:00.003+08:00

Hi..

Today Monday which is a working day and I suppose to be in the factory doing my practical training but now where am I??- I’m at home. It’s true! This is the side effect of the yesterday 20km race, I thought I didn’t push myself so much and that I won’t hurt myself. But I was wrong. Consistently jogged for two hours make my both knees hurt now. My muscle feel stress after 30min I crossed the finish line and it wasn’t bad at all, it was just a minor stress and for that reason I feel proud that I didn’t cramp in the race or after the race. Thank you to syah as he spray something on my “peha” as to avoid cramp. I feel good, but yes for sure tired after the race. However, in the afternoon, I started to feel that my knees so hurt. I walked slowly as I can’t put more pressure to both my knees and it hurts a lot when going down or going up. Haha! But I still feel proud of myself. It means that I have did what I think I can’t do it before! And as the word stated – “NO PAIN NO GAIN”… So, I know that I’ve achieved something! I have made an improvement! I have done my promise to run half-marathon! A promise not to someone, but a promise to myself, to me, to AIZUDDIN!

I’m so motivated in the last week to the race day, I trained myself harder (even though runners should have more rest in the last week of the countdown). But to make sure I’m able to run, I must train myself! Yes, I did the 9km training around my home area in the night just after arrived home from work, the time for 9km was 47min 22sec (Wednesday). Then the next day I rested myself and the day after I just jogged for 2km (Friday). This is what I’m thinking about right now, I actually well motivated to run on that day but eventually my body is not yet prepared to enter the long distance race, to absorb all the impact, to sustain the impact that I put to the legs and the knees. My legs, might be able to run slowly continuously but the knees don’t and due to the motivation I kept in my mind during running, my brain told the body that I still can go, I still can run forward, I still can arrive there and arrive there proudly! I have read in the runners’ world magazine that we actually didn’t give our 100% of what our body can. When we almost achieved 100%, the brain will tell us to stop. This is the reaction between the brain and the body. By this article, I strengthened my motivation. Even though now my knees have hurt but I know that I did a good job and good choice not to push myself to the limits! Just imagine what would happen if forced myself to run faster. Haha I would hurt my whole body.

So, this is the story about motivation vs preparation. In this race, my motivation is stronger than what my body as I’m lack of preparation. For the June race (Standard Chartered International), I’ll make sure I’m well prepared before I join the race. Here I come!!

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING…

The 20km a.k.a HALF-MARATHON

2009-01-18T15:10:00.011+08:00

hi to all..

Ok, we change mood, today I'm thinking to write in Malay Language, so, it starts now:

hari ni (18/01/2009) ahad, mcm semua orang tau yg ada larian great eastern @ Lake Gardens. so, aku ni pun yg secara tiba2 pergi register for 20km masa tgk wayang cerita Yes Man pun pergi ar pada jam 5.30am kluar rumah. then solat subuh dulu kat masjid bukit aman. hmm, macam event ahad lepas (KLAVA Open Back To Nature Relay), aku sakit perut pagi ni. hmm, nasib baik tandas kat masjid tu bersih. bagus2 keep it up.. then, lepas je solat, bergegas ke kereta, syah dah ada kat kereta, aku kne g krete utk salin baju n tuka seluar pendek, dan skali lah ambik "power bar gel" (utk half of the race), my neighbour's heart rate monitor (thanks to uncle chris bg pinjam for this race) & iPod aku. aku fikir, 20km ni klu xde lagu, mau semput aku. secara faktanya mmg terbukti jika kita ni lari sambil dgr lagu; kita speed up; pace meningkat; and consistent! masa tgh siap2 kat krete ni,aku tgk jam perh!!!! sudah 6.30am worr.... skrang ni kan subuh lewat, bulan 4 nnt subuh dah start awal semula..

cepat2 ar bergegas ke tempat start, malangnya, tempat start tu lebih kurang 1km away... aiyoo, b4 race start pun kne lari wor, same ar dgn syah.. tp syah tu laju, die dah menghilang kemana ntah. aku ni lagi 300m nak smpi org sume dah start! dah dgr bunyi "gun shot"... inilah race pertama 20km aku n race pertama aku berada paling blakang masa start! wahhaha.. new experience for both situation. the race story begins;

aku start dgn pace yg tenang, jgn gopoh nak pecut, ini 20km, bukan 10km... aku follow jer org blakang utk minit pertama cuz jln sempit, slow2 aku mencelah.. well, aku trus memotong org dlm masa 40mnt.. tp aku x tingkatkan speed, itu penting.. mcm uncle chris (a.k.a my coach) ckp, aku kne cari pace aku sendiri and maintain! itu yg penting dlm long distance race.. so, mmg aku dah set, jgn laju! then jln tu melalui jln berbukit-bukau mcm event Mizuno Wave run dulu yg mana aku semput and berhenti untuk berjalan sketika sbb xmampu lari dah. Tapi skrng aku sekadar tersenyum jer lalu kat bukit tu. haha! itulah die result dari training. mmg x lari laju, hanya skadar jogging tp aku dah x termengah2. dah mampu kawal pernafasan. however, lbh kurang 17km aku dah mule slow down, tp x berhenti, n yg hebatnya aku rasa aku brada dlm golongan yg awal gak, walaupun bukan golongan top 50.. haha! sbb masa time ni, hanya lbh kurng 20-30 org jer dalam yg aku leh nmpk (masa kilometer 17)..

alhamdulillah, smpi jugak aku akhirnya ke garisan penamat dengan selamat :)

dah buat record sendiri, 20km - 2jam 00min 54saat.. klu nk sng ble org tnye, aku bgtau 2jam 01min jer..

analisis result:

1) basically, pace aku untuk race ni ialah 6min/km... hurm?? ok ker? rase cam slow jer.

2) aku mampu bertahan kerana aku x gopoh masa awal2. (tahniah!!)

analisis dari heart rate monitor:

1) masa larian : 2hr 00min 54sec

2) average heart rate: 172 bpm

3) in zone: 1hr 36min 10sec (aku dah set heart rate range from 120-180).. so, 1jam 36min ar aku dalam range ni, mybe masa awal tu, heart beat just 100bpm and masa naik bukit tgh2 tu heart beat aku 192bpm... tu dah kre tkluar range dah..

Club Members result:

1) syahidan (20km) - 1hr 28min..

2) firdaus (30km) - 3hr 01min..

3) aizuddin (20km) - 2hr 01min..

with the UiTM Runners Club Members

Powerbar gel yg aku mkn masa tgh lari...

I'm the finisher of half-marathon....

the 1st 20km medal..

BEST THING IN THIS RACE: I DIDN'T STOP JOGGING EVEN FOR A SECOND (UNLESS WHILE I WAS DRINIKNG AND EATING THE POWERBAR)

1st event of 2009!

2009-01-11T16:55:00.006+08:00

KLAVA Open Back To Nature Relay 2009

Organised by : Kuala Lumpur Association of Veteran Athletes (KLAVA)
Venue : Taman Metropolitan Batu, Off Jalan Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur
Date : 11 January 2009
Time : 7.30am
Distance : 3.6km per loop
Runners per team : 3 runners

This morning went to Taman Metropolitan Batu to join the relay race, for the first time. It was really enjoyful, and need team-work. I was the 1st runner 2nd runner was Nazrul, and 3rd runner was hariz. Our team which was recognized as "Mobbylity" (Nazrul named it) and there was women team named as "Charlie's Angels" (haha! I just suggest it to them, and they accept it). Our uitm runners club president (Mr. Syahidan) was team-up with his friends. Well, this race wasn't in our club schedule, that's why he didn't come with the club, this event is just our own initiative to come and join.

Syah got 4th place for his team. running fast eh!

Team timing (10.8km) - ???

My team got 15th place out of 31 competitive team.

Team timing (10.8km) - 52min 41sec

Charlie's Angels team got 1st place out of 6 competitive team! (Good job girls!)

Team timing (10.8km) - 61min 52sec

Now is about me;

From Shah Alam, we went to the venue noted at 5.45am. arrived there at about 6.40am, we stopped at mosque first for Subuh prayer. Then we went to the park and met Syah there. As we walking to the gathering place, we saw people already started to register and pin-up the number on their shirts. To cut short,I started the race in a good condition, but somehow i feel a little bit stomach ache. Then, just run for 1min, my stomach ache get worst! ah! damn, this is really a problematic..... So, I try my best to not to think about it and just focus my run. Yes, I made it, but it only for about 5min, later my stomach ache attack again. Arr, really distracting. I have no other option but to slow down, there is no such thing as stop and go to the toilet, it will waste the time so much. So I slow down myself but the important thing is to keep running and some veteran men already far infront of me. People said don't judge a book by it's cover. Well, it is so true. They are consistent, infact, they are better than me. They maybe not fast like young people, but to see they stop running and start walking, well,it just in your dream. Then, at about 500m more, I started to keep up pace, adding more energy, putting more efforts in the run. 80m ahead, what else, SPRINT!!!! That what I did, and my target for end of this year, in a long distance running, at almost the end of the race, I want to be able to sprint at 500m to the end.... IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING

"Mobbylity"(hariz, naz, zuddin)

"Charlie's Angels" (fifi, ecah, ruby)

me running to the "change zone"

UiTM Malaysia Runners Club members

(front from left: ruby; fifi; ecah.... back from left: syah; hariz; naz; zuddin)

at the gate of taman metropolitan batu

the new year, new target...

2009-01-01T16:46:00.002+08:00

hello 2009...............

hmm, there were so many happy and sad story in 2008, whatever it is, it might be a good experience for us in the future. well, i have change my mind a little about the Great Eastern race. supposedly i should not enter it as i said before i wasnt ready. but unfortunately, when went to midvalley megamall last 28th dec, i registered for the race.. haha! what a decision...

hmm... need to training a lot but must keep my body energetic, not fatigue. this 2009, i target to join 20km (the longest).. and for the 2010, i will looking forward for marathon.. hope i will b in good condition.. :) see ya!

Malakoff 12km Run

2008-12-28T10:51:00.006+08:00

fuuh.. 12km race last sunday was tough...

Woke up really early that morning at 5.15 am just to have breakfast at 5.20 am - a Gardenia's anchovies bread with a glass of full cream milk. Then at 6 am I took a shower and left home at 6.25 am. The race that suppose to start at 7.00 am but delay to 7.13 am, and believe that the people at the back side singing "why are we waiting~" haha....

Then at 7.13 am, the race begun. I started pretty well, not to speed up because I know that would be a mistake i I do so. I just have to maintain the pace as long as I can. Now, my pace is 5mins/km and not consistent for 1 hour, so I need to improve that. This race (12km) is a two laps race, at first, there is going up the hill (not that tough) then we run down the hill for about 1 km straight and I was thing is this that easy? At that time I forgot that this is "lap racing", and then when I arrived at the checkpoint and make a turn back, and hell yah, the going up hill like real crazy! However, when I was at about 3 km, the Kenyan already at their 4 to 5 km, and when I was about 1.5 km more to the turn back checkpoint, the Kenyan have been there about 5 minutes ago. This is like between Nissan Skyline with Perodua Kelisa. haha!

At 5.5 km, I have problem that I really never had in the race - side stitch! Urgh! So unbelievable, it just 5.5 km, half more... Then I just stop running a while and do the stomach breathing, I read this on the runnersworld story and it helps. Later, i started running again and with the slower pace. The adidas king of the road race on august 2008, I just walk once to take a deep breath and starts running back, but for this Malakoff 12km race, i think i had stop for 4 or 5 times. haha. But, I have finished it in 1 hour 05 minutes 14 seconds (1:05':14"). That would satisfied me, especially I'm just a beginner. :)

And from this race, I'd made my mind, I wont be out for 20 km race this 18th jan 2009 as I know I won't be ready enough.

Looking forward for next year run and my target is 20 km race and improve my pace to 4.5 min/km.. Oh, not to forget the other target - to invite my friend join the race... hehe..

with two of the runners club members

Results:

me - 1:05':14"

edan - 46':54"

firdaus - 51':20"

nazrul - 1:04':00"

New Challenge, new goal

2008-12-14T21:27:00.000+08:00

This Sunday (21^st Dec 08) will be a new challenge for me as I will join 12km race (pushing for further challenge). Will be organized my Pacesetter Athletic Club Malaysia. The race will take place in Taman Rimba Tun Dr. Ismail and I have to double up my effort as I have stop jogging for couple of weeks as I’m doing my practical training until March. I still join the race even though I’m busy with practical training because my goal is 20km next year and unfortunately the 20km is on 18^th January 2009. Just one more month, so that, I have to get ready for 20km as the 10km race already test my stamina and mental strength so hard. Imagine what can happen if we run 20km without enough preparation? We can “collapse” in the race. Hmm…. My training (jogging) will only can be done in the night, at 8.30pm until 9.00pm but maybe after two weeks, I should increase the intensity and the time. Maybe 45mins run. Then the next day, I have to wake up at 5.45am for practical training. Huhu… So, wish me all the best and not to give up in the middle of the race!

2008-12-14T21:19:00.005+08:00

There were two races I have joined in last two month but seems that I am kinda busy to write the blog. The race were “Larian Puncak Perdana” and “Mizuno Wave Run 2008” which the puncak perdana was 5.5km and mizuno was 10km. Larian puncak perdana was held by Puncak Perdana College (UiTM Shah Alam) and I got 7^th place from about 80 people joined. It just a small event. The mizuno wave run which was organized by Pacesetter Athletic Club (Malaysia) and I got 465^th place from about 1200 people, and that result was better than my Adidas King of The Road (due to the time was the same but the track was far difficult). So, I know that I have improved myself a little. For 10km, It took me 55mins to complete the race. I went to the both races by the club, all of us wearing the “UiTM Malaysia Runners Club” t-shirt. It’s proud to be one of the club members, as the club is still new, we are the people that advertising the club to people J. Below are some pictures of the race…

my training route~

2008-10-04T01:03:00.004+08:00

Hello all.. haa, this time I've uploaded my training route (will be soon). It's 5.5km and can test my strength even though it's short, but IT GOT HILLS! hehe...

>Futsal<

2008-09-28T04:16:00.004+08:00

Its been a long time I didn't play football and that day I play futsal with my classmates. Oh yah! It's kinda fascinating. Even though I'm not good in it, but I found out that this is a good game to play. If you play it seriously, it'll test your fitness and stamina as you will hardly find time to rest compared to football.. Hmm, looking forward to buy futsal shoes but I'm thinking about when will I be playing again after this sem as this is my final sem? Better buy new shoes to run! haha! Running is everything~

Futsal needs skills as it is played in a small court and you really need to be fast enough to be good. My friend (amir) is good. Maybe he should form a team and join any competition open everyone.

taking picture after the game..

*back: me, amir, bro, pok

front: e-cah, ana, milin

Cycling all around~

2008-09-08T16:19:00.000+08:00

somewhere in da campus

going down the hill

with my friend

runners club poster

As the day start to get busy, now I have the chance to write some story of my new wonderful experience. On 6^th September ’08, my friend and I went all around the campus to paste the notice about our new club- “UiTM Runners Club”. About 100 sheets of notices we paste all around the campus starting from 10pm until 3.30am the next day. Now, at my final semester here, I just have the chance looking all faculty in the campus, haha! The night view of UiTM from certain faculty was really nice and it was such a waste that I didn’t bring my camera all along.

Cycling around UiTM which is hilly area really tested my foot strength. Who says cycling is easy? The gasping of air proved me that I’m out of stamina when cycle. However, the adrenaline starts to trigger as cycle down the hills. Even though it was just about 30-40km/h, the shaking of handle when we cross the caution line (yellow line) on the road that always be just before the bump make me a little bit unstable. The 30-40km/h sounds not fast at all, but when you are on the bicycle with the resistance of air, you think you are fast enough. Now I know why bicyclers wearing spec with them all along the race, without it, you will be like crying when you reach 30km/h as your tear starts to come out. Then, imagine the professional bikers that can reach up to 80km/h. How is that huh? Haha..

Looking forward to cycle around the campus again but then I’ll make sure that I bring my camera together with me. Until then, see ya!

The test begins....

2008-09-02T11:30:00.000+08:00

Hi.. Now the fasting month have started and it's like a test to my determination of running. Wether I still continue my training or not. I believe I should do atleast light training just to ensure my fitness don't dissapear just like that after all what I'd done before. The plan is to go for jogging in the afternoon at 6.10pm to 6.40pm, just about 30minutes and probably it's just a light jogging. However, I still have to hit the hill as i know that I don't have enough power to run the hill and the 19th Oct competition in Kuala Lumpur is said to be hilly route. haha! What a good route...

Now, I must re-schedule my plan as I coming to the end of my semestre which is a lot of tests just around the corner. With the group project, I need a really good plan to make sure I'm on top of my own plan. All those schedule only works with discipline and determination.. So, I'm hoping I have all those.. :)

UiTM Megathon

2008-08-31T11:10:00.000+08:00

Yesterday (30th August 2008), there was UiTM Megathon 5.5KM for men open. I joint the race even though I'm not in a very good condition, my leg is hurt but "impossible is nothing" huh! haha.. Some of my friends also joint it under our academic club - Persatuan Teknologi Makanan (PERTEMA).
The distance is short but the route really test my strength and stamina. The route is hilly. When I run the hill, I know that I need more extra training but not a normal training instead hilly route. I got 21st place in Men Open but it's not important, the most important is my own time. As I finished the race in 25mins, I believe that I've improve my running. I run 5km for 25 minutes before in the flat route and yesterday was a hilly route. That's why I think I've improve myself a bit.. But still need a lot of training.
Ok, so, training training training.......

By the way, good job to all my friends - Eddiey, Viva Mariz, Aisyah, Syatilah, Adilah, Eta, & Jie....
All of them had given their best! Congrats to Viva that got 19th place in women open..

the result!~

2008-08-12T09:38:00.000+08:00

It has been a long time I didn’t update my blog as I busy with class. So, yesterday (Sunday – 10th August 2008) was the day that I’ve been waiting for – THE 10KM RUN. The very last week of training I've lost my spirit and discipline, I skipped few training that I’ve planned before. On Friday I just went for 4km jogging and on Saturday I did play squash. This is just to let my body be prepared and not get shocked by running the 10km. But I never run more than 7.2km before this, and this was the longest I ever did as I hurt my ankle that time.

This was the first time I ever join the 10km race. The race started at 7 in the morning. I was very determine to be in the qualifying time (below 50mins). The first 2km was very powerful km, as I run quite fast (but don’t imagine I’m doing sprint as I didn’t do it). I very enjoy the moment I overtaking people infront of me one-by-one. At km 3 to 5 I start running slower but at steady pace and yet still overtaking some people and this is the benefits from the training before this. Then, I arrived at first drink station (yeah! free 100plus), I grabbed one cup of 100plus and a sponge to refresh yourself. Haha, suddenly I feel like a serious runner, I sweat myself hard on this day and with the continuous running – I really never ever done this before. I did stop twice to take a deep breath, I think better to stop for a while rather than I had the side stitch. Then, the real test start at about 7th km, this time I really feel like vomiting. But I don’t want to stop anymore as I saw my watch it was already ~44mins. Later, one more feeling comes to me, it was “REGRET”. At this moment I feel really regret joint this race as at about 9km, I almost passed the qualifying time, it was about 48mins. I walked for about 1 minute. Later, I think that I just want to make my debut record and for sure I want it the best time I can made. So, I trying hard for the last 500metres and sprint for the last 50metres (hopefully in another race I can sprint for last 1km, haha).

I thought I will not get the certificate anymore as I passed the qualifying time, but I consider myself very lucky as I even got the medal and the participation certificate. The moment I hold the finisher medal, the vomiting feeling, regret, and tiredness all changed into – SATISFACTION!! Now, I have a piece of paper that I paste in my locker, wrote – I FINISHED SHAH ALAM’S 10KM IN 54MINS…

My next target is 19th October 2008, Mizuno 10km Run at Padang Merbuk, Kuala Lumpur. The qualifying time is 1hour 20mins for man and 1hour 40mins for woman. This time, I really want my friend to join together. The race is about two months, still have time to practice for better time. Besides, they provide more medals – 500 medals compare to Adidas Shah Alam King of The Road only 300 medals. So, this is my next short term goal – Mizuno 10km Run.

ahmad and I in the morning

dataran shah alam

the running vest

my first personal record.
10km in 54mins.

the medal_1

the medal_2

the reward for myself for dinner that day :)

Life is Wonderful.... is it true?

2008-07-18T23:53:00.000+08:00

When we talk about life, what would be your first impression? How does your face looks like? What do you give? A smile or the otherwise? To me, I would like to give a big SMILE :)..........

why?

I do admit that life sometimes get so complicated, so difficult, so frustrated, but all those things give you and me this thing - "EXPERIENCE".... The thing that make us mature and the thing that gives us lesson. Without frustration, sadness or hard times in life, we could not ever step further in life to achieve success. Remember that those tears is actually the fuel that gives us strength to be better in life and to achieve something that we target. "If it doesn't kill you it will make you stronger".

but,

Our life is something very wonderful as it is full of tears and joy.. Without tears and sadness, joy would be something normal and you wouldn't appreciate it if you have it. Without difficulties to achieve something, you wouldn't appreciate if you get it or maybe you don't even care.
I would never forget all my friends that gave me joy and laughter, all those cherish and crazy moment together. I hope that I can spend more time in that moment but these happy moment flow so damn fast and you would never know it is going to end soon.

Love.....

This is so beautiful and sweet but it is sometimes complicated. How can you love or like someone but you think that you don't have chemistry with him/her? How is it? Complicated right? Hurm.... But when you love/like someone, you would do some crazy things, you would help her/him no matter how difficult it is. You tend to do things you don't actually do before just for the person you like. You start to listen to love songs... Hahaha that's so true..
Love could be simple, easy going, sweet, happy, but it also can turn into vice versa...

doing some reading~

2008-07-16T21:12:00.000+08:00

I've surf the website on marathon in Kuala Lumpur, and I've found one. It's AmBank KL International Marathon. It is an annual programme and normally in March.
The fee is RM40 for marathon and RM25 for half-marathon.
We can get the certificate if finish in 7 hours. WOW! Who is going to run for 7 hours?
And will get the finisher medal for those who finish the race below 7 hours.

It looks very good to me at first, but then, after reading people's story, he told that only about 800 finish the race annually. For sure there is more than 800 participant, but less than 800 finish. What happen to others? hahaha... That's why we need a lot of training before going for marathon. Mental and physical preparation should be done accordingly and discipline...

the assignment~

2008-07-16T20:21:00.000+08:00

Yesterday (15th July '08) my lecturer gave me an assignment and I think I'm the one most excited about this assignment compared to the others. The assignment is to record our food intake for a week. And to calculate how much calorie we take every day.
I think, I'm the one who started the assignment first in the class today (16th July '08).
I've been taking pictures of food that i ate and I'll do extra on this assignment eventhough this assignment don't contribute to any marks. haha, sort of enjoying doing this.. :)

As what we have been taught in the class, how much we should eat depend on our weight (calorie intake).
It is like this:

(your weight in kg x 30kcal) = amount you should take daily

For me;

60 x 30kcal = 1800kcal

That means I should take 1800kcal daily and if I want to loose some weight, I should cut off about 400-500kcal daily...
But as I'm doing exercise, I'm not suppose to take less than that. However, this is what happen - I only take about 1400kcal to 1800kcal...
Now, I'm going to change my diet, I've been thinking to take more protein and carbohydrate. Eat rice back and eat more bread and eggs, drink milk, and not forgetting the meat.. haha!

My training of having good healthy body and life is going well i guess. I will go for jog/run once in a two days and do indoor exercise once in two days too.. If i run on Monday, then on Tuesday I will do indoor exercise and get back on track on Wednesday.
I've read that intervals training is better to reduce weight and build up some muscle (with proper eating habits). Because of that, I have add sprint run in my routine too.

Hmm, all these things that I've been doing is for my health and this also can reduce stress. I do hope that my friend will notice how important exercise is and how important to take it seriously in their life. To me, around this age is the best age to exercise as we are young.

The shoes that matters...

2008-07-13T20:52:00.000+08:00

olla..

Today i just bought a new shoes in Midvalley mega mall. I've been spending 3 hours to look around and do some survey about the price and the model of the shoes. I certainly now into Adidas brand. I don't know why, but i feel that branded things like Adidas, Nike, Reebok, Puma, and etc have their good technology that make it so damn expensive.. Adidas response is now my new shoes.. The feel is so different from my old jogging shoes. The soft, flexible, and comfort feeling is so worth it for the price. With this technology too, I can prevent knee injuries.. My grand-uncle also suggest me to buy a new pair of shoes before from Adidas or Nike that have shock-absorption ability, it's to prevent knee problem in the future.

This is my new shoes: the box...

ADIDAS Response 16th Edition; size 9 1/2..

However, I won't forget all those my training with my old shoes.. It has been my accompany from last 2 years and now, from jogging, running, squash, and even tennis, luckily i have another shoes for badminton. And for now, it should have a little bit more rest now..

Below is my old accompany... hehehe..

Power shoes; size 10...

The Starting~

2008-07-12T12:28:00.000+08:00

Hi.. this is my first time writing on a blog. And at this moment i'm going to write something about my short term goal - running for 10km on "Adidas King Of The Road" on 8th august 2008.
It just about 4 weeks to go starting from now (12/07/2008). I'm going to update my work here as this might make me more serious into this, and next year my target is 22.7km
(for a half-marathon).

On 28th June, i have hurt my ankle when i run for 7.2km in 50mins. Urgh! it's so frustrating as after that i can't run anymore. I have stop running for a while for recovery. But the recovery wasn't fast as i expected. It takes two weeks for that. But in the meanwhile, i'm not totally rest myself from do the work-out. I still do my training in my room, i do push-ups, sit-ups, plank, and weight lifting. This would ensure that i'm not totally out of stamina, i hope so..

The longest run i ever did was the 7.2km and i got my ankle hurt for that, so, i actually wondering can i run for 10km? haha! As Adidas say - "Impossible Is Nothing".. So, i will go for that. Maybe it's about shoes too. I right now using my old shoes to run (it is 2 years already) which i use for squasy and tennis :)
So, it's proven that shoes playing a part too for the run, if you get unsuitable shoes, you may hurt yourself. Looking forward to buy new shoes soon, and it's not just for the 10km run, but it's for my passion of running... huh! i have new hobby - RUNNING..

If, you guys outside there have any tips for me, i would love to listen. Just drop some comments.

"Run For Live"