Brooks Half Marathon 2013: My story

Last running event: Melawati 10K

Date: 3 Feb 2013 (One month ago)

Distance: Ard. 8.5km

Venue: Melawati ar...

Timing: 01:03:25..hahaha teruk kot..

Reason for joining this event: Nak medal tali kaler merah-kuning, tp skali kaler biru ar...

Last running activity: Joging

Date: 16 Feb 2013 (2 weeks ago)

Distance: Ard. 4.01km

Venue: Depan Rumah

Timing: 00:34:22..hahaha teruk kot..

Reason for not running almost 1 month: Audit peak period + Malas + dah kawin bro...

Other sports activity(ies) in Feb: Errrrmmm...I dun think so.. No swimming, No biking...

Body weight: No need to know, juz enuff for u to know aku dah dat naik 4 kilo (net) dlm sebulan. Bukan berat muscle ek, berat lemak ni.

Event: Brooks Half Marathon 2013

Date: 3 Feb 2013

Distance: 21km

Venue: Bukit Jalil

Timing: 03:20:49..hahaha, of coz ar teruk..

Wife: Sepatutnya...5km

Bgn tido: 7:05pm

Reason not joining: Stomach ache

Cerita Aku Di Hari Itu

10:43pm - Kunci jam pukul 4.18am

4:41am - Baru bangun tido, bersin kuat sgt sampai bahu terkehel

4:44am - Terus sarapan cereal Alpen, pastu baru mandi

5:02am - Baru start enjin keta @ Seksyen 22, Shah Alam

5:36am - Baru cari parking, 21km dah flag-off

5:43am - Baru jumpa buggage area, tanya org mn startng line

5:46am - Baru terhegeh2 berlari

5:58am - Perut dah meragam

6:13am - Berhenti solat Subuh

6:45am - Bahu terkehel td pagi x lega2 lg

Lari je laaaaa...

8:02am - Jumpa Timi kat KM14 (kwn 5-6 thn xjumpa), sembang sampai tinggal 1km..

9:04am - Finished! Kutip trophy & finisher tee...3 jam 20 minit! Cam haram..

Kesimpulan: Alhamdulillah, dpt jadikan event ni latihan kuruskan badan sbb dah lama tak bersukan. 

Badan xsakit, myb sbb kesan 2XU compression top. Kaki rasa sengal2 sikit je, maybe nak kena beli compression tight kot. 

Januari...Bulan Busy/Packed Aku!

Busy? Busy la aku rasa. Korang leh baca n decide sendiri la aku ni busy ke tak. Haha.

6 Januari 2013

MPIB Run ni aku ingat nak break personal best (PB) time 12KM aku. Latest skali aku wat timing tercantekk aku utk 12KM adalah waktu Men's Health & Shape Night Run - 1 jam 18 min. Bulan July 2012 dulu lagi. Time tu malam. Malam ni panas tau kalo nak compare dgn lari kul 6-7 pagi. Pastu, Putrajaya lak tu, berbukit-bukau xdiscount punye, bukan senang. Dah le tu, time tu jarak sebenar bukan 12KM, tp lebih. So leh kata timing aku waktu tu kire okay ar yg aku mampu wat. Tetapi...err...MPIB Run aku hampeh jgk...nak kata tak training, training jgk, walaupun 5KM je. Tp maybe bukit die yg mengalahkan Putrajaya buat aku lemah ler. Aku tak training bukit sgt. PB tu, PB jgk, tp better by a minute je pun - 1 jam 17 min. Sampai la arini (3 Feb 2012), aku xde next 12KM categori yg aku register for next, so lambat lg la aku nak break. Memandangkan PB 10KM aku 1 jam 2 min, kire PB 12KM aku ni teruk jgk la. Xsabar la rasanya nak repair. 

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12-13 Januari 2013

Himpunan Kebangkitan Rakyat pd 12 Jan, menyebabkan OCBC Cycle Malaysia ditunda ke 20 Jan. Tertundanya OCBC Cycle Malaysia ke 20 Jan menyebabkan aku brought-earlier aku punya balik kampung. Aku balik penang weekend yg org sibuk nak berhimpun psl Bersih pejadah sume. Haha. Last skali aku balik Penang adalah..mmm...wedding aku la kot. So, pulangnya aku ke tanahair tercinta aku adalah bersama isteri tercinta. Die pun dah rindu dgn Penang. Aku balik penang sempat ushar Uptown Perda. Aku sebat satu suit jersi Liverpool long sleeve + Nike T90 training bottom. Bottom tu terbaek, sedap sgt syialll! Tak sabar nak wat gi men futsal. Skg ni aku dok lasam pakai dok umah n jalan2 sampai jibam.

Satu lg yg aku tak lepas is to buy Each A Cup milk tea. Nabilah (adik pompuan) lar ni yg ajor. Aku dah naik gile dgn Chocolate + Black Pearl. Aku xkisah Cool Blog ke, Chatime ke, pape ke, asal pekena yg lebih kurang. Aritu Mak beli Strawberry Orea + Black Pearl, n Vivi beli milk tea + Black Pearl.

Ktorg gi jalan2 kat Penang. Actually ktorg gi sana nak cari cenderamata nak bawak balik kt org KL. Ayah bawak ler gi kat Kek Lok Si temple. Vivi sempat beli baju satu. Cantik jgk. Aku gi kedai basikal beli glove utk pakai kat OCBC Cycle nnt. Gambar atas ni bukan kt England, tp kat Padang Kota Lama (Fort Cornwallis).

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20 Januari 2013

OCBC Cycle Malaysia

24KM tak rasa pape sgt pun kalo kayuh basikal. Kire tak pelik la bile aku tgk kt blog, geng2 basikal kat Malaysia ni 'sihat'2. Haha. Aku join ni ade tujuan. Tujuan jangka masa panjang aku adalah aku nak wat triathlon tak lama lagi. Aku juz nak test je aku leh wat basikal ke tak. Kesimpulan yg aku dpt n belajar, basikal ni berkemampuan utk dijadikan time 'Relax & Rest' waktu triathlon nnt. FYI, Triathlon adalah bile korg wat displin Swim 1.5KM + Bike 40km + Run 10KM. So, basikal ni kire korg rest lepas swim, sebelum wat run lar. Haha. 

Dapat ler medal kat OCBC bile korg finish. Event tu kire besarrrr ler. Ramai giler org. Happening. Tak rugi masuk. Race pack pun best. Dpt mini beg lg tuh. Fuyyoo.

p/s: Adik aku, Remy Paan, pun join. Tp die lg terrer, die wat 48KM. Die wat dlm masa 1 jam 51 min. Aku nye categori takde time, sory. _____________________________________________________________________

26 Januari 2013

Aku, wife, adik laki (Remy) and other wife's siblings wat trip BESTTTTT sgt. Kire family activity la jgk ni. Ktorg gi caving kt Gua Tempurung. Agak adventure la. Gua Tempurung ni terletak di Perak. Gua ni sepanjang 1.9KM. Ktorg bwk headlight yg dpt kt Energizer Night Race tu. Haha. Time ni la nak guna, tul x?

Ni gambar bebudak yg dah nak masuk gua. Mmg best la rasa. Gua tu dah la cantek. Sekali sekala wat outdoor camni rasa excited sgt. Aku bawak n pakai bedak askar yg ayah aku beli kat aku. Haha, tp xde pacat pun aku tgk. Ktorg start masuk gua kul 10 n abis kuar gua kul 12.

Bergambar dgn Vivi berlatarbelakangkan Sg Kampar. Ni tempat camping or chalet. Chalet die cantik n best. Tp aku tak tidur situ sbb nak kena terus ke Penang utk Penang Run esok pagi. 

White Water Rafting!!! Ini la ktorg tggu2. Lepas ktorg lunch, ktorg gi la smyg. Smyg dgn budak2 dr Oman. Dorg smyg agak pelik, myb mazhab len2. Xde takbir n xde qiam. Kalo ktorg tggu dorg angkat tgn, mmg tak smyg la ktorg. Haha. Lepas tu.....OMG.....White Water Rafting!!!

Water rafting ni wat kat Sg Kampar, Perak. Sg ni ade byk jeram (rapid), sbb tu sesuai utk water rafting. Ktorg mandi kat sini pun best sbb air dalam. Akak Vivi n adik aku antara yg terlepas kluar dr boat kat rapid. Tp kire dorg dpt experience yg best la camtu. Penat gile ari tu. Aku balik ke Penang leh terlelap sambil drive. Tp best tak hengat la. Rasa nak wat lg ASAP. Hahahahahaha...

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27 Januari 2013

Wat keje giler. Balik dr water rafting kul 5.30 ptg. Sampai Penang kul 9.30 mlm. Tido, tp tjaga2 every hour, xbrapa nak tido. Pastu kul 4.30 pagi bgn n siap nak gi lari. 17KM agak giler ar aku rasa. Aku penat tak hengat-hengat weh. Gambar kat atas ni mcm the only moment yg aku senyum, sbb aku nampak kamera. Haha. So, secara kesimpulannya, aku wat 7KM Water Rafting + 2KM Caving + 17KM Running dlm masa 24 jam. Agak gila, tp puas ati sbb rasa kurus pastu. Tu yg penting. Haha.

Sebagai balasan utk aku yg penat-ranat ni, my beloved mum and dad bawak aku gi makan syempoi punya kat Pulau Aman, Penang. Makan asam pedas ikan merah. Paling sedap aku rasa aku penah makan. Mula la aku rasa aku gemuk balik. Haha. Tempat die sgt besar. Macam Tan Sri punye bisnes. Aku rasa mmg pun. Mak aku dah mula tanya, kot2 leh wat venue kawin adik laki aku. Kih Kih.

Assam pedas ikan merah...nampak sedap kan? Memang sedap sgt...

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2 Februari 2013

Beriya-riyanye ktorg nak masuk Zombie Run Malaysia 2013 ni, sampai jadi kumpulan pertama di Malaysia yg register kat Hamshire Business Suite. Haha. Tp lepas abis event, sorg2 tension. Haha. Event tu best la jgk. Cuma ramai injured kena serang dgn zombie. Ezani, Pyan n aku suma kena medical treatment. Nasib baik tak patah. One word to describe this first ever event in Malaysia - GILORRRRRR....

Ni injured aku je, belum masuk Ezani n Pyan. Sampai time aku tulih post nih, aku xleh duduk btul2 lagi nih. Tiap2 ari sapu minyak gamat. Gilorrrrrrrr. Tahun depan ktorg jadi zombie je la.

Zombie Butcher tuuuuuu...

Agak ganaz zombie nih, sbb tu aku kutip gambar die...

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Sakit buntut, calar-balar, luka2, tu satu hal la jgk. Esok tu aku lari jgk 10KM. Xkan tak lari bro, dah register. Sakit2 pun, aku wat 1 jam 2 min. Aku rasa sumthing wrong dgn jarak die. I dun think it is really 10KM. Maybe actually 8KM++ je kot. Aku sakit pun 1 jam? Xlogik, xlogik...

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9 - 25 Januari 2013

Working in EY - FINAL AUDIT aku - Nak ke aku ckp pasal ni. Busy yang ni xyah cakap la ek. Satu, psl intergriti, aku sebagai External Audit Personnel xleh talk about this publicly. Dua, busynye psl keje x terungkap dek kata2. Tu sume org len pun rasa, org len pun tau. Hahaha. See you next month.

Since my birthday...

Gile ar...tak tulis pape since my bday. Macam2 jadi actually, but have really no time at all to tulis pape.

3 hari lepas my bday, is the day I wrote my last post. Lepas tu je, busy nak mampos dengan my wedding. Wedding is on 10.11.12, we chose this date last year lagi tau. Haha. The best date for us I think. No any feng shui but juz a nice-to-see date. So grateful it is finally happened on that date.

10.11.12 - Akad nikah buat kat Surau Seksyen 3, Shah Alam. It is so simple but so beautiful. Yang paling beautiful is, sekali lafaz bro!! Hahahaha. Alhamdulillah.. Tp my wifey pun beautiful. Juz dat honestly I dun really like her make up on dat day. Hahahahaha...sorry. Nvm, nnt i cover balik kat komen I psl kenduri.

Akhirnya, kami sah diijabkabulkan dengan satu lafaz nikah..

Lepas sarung cincin..

Aku lak pegang bunga. Wife punya pasal, layannnn je. Hehe..

11.11.12 - ..is our reception. Kenapa sehari lepas akad nikah? Sbb ktorg wat kt Fraser's Hill. Juz macam ktorg punye pre-wedding photoshoot, ktorg love sgt dgn bukit misteri ni. So, nak semadikan kenangan perkahwinan ktorg kat cni. Rite after akad nikah, balik rest jap and packing and terus gerak ke Fraser's Hill petang tu jugak. 

Esok tu ade 2-3 kali hujan, maklum la, musim kan skrg ni. Since majlis resepsi ni wat kat garden with "English Garden" theme, hujan aritu tul2 wat tempat makan tu becak and berselut. So sorry to all guests. Xde sorang pun I think yg escape that mud, so went back with muddy pair of shoes. Deep apologize. But I hope everyone enjoy the wedding. 

Ktorg pun sgt2 nak ucap Thanks, Thanks, Thanks sgt3x to semua yg dtg. Jauh tuuuu, tp u guyz so sporting to datang. Hope u guys enjoy the day, plus jalan2 kat atas Bukit Fraser tu. I Love You All! Muahx...

Wedding at Fraser's Hill

Gambar dgn wife kat meja makan, kiri tu ayah, kanan tu che su..

Gambar dgn kawan2 Vivi yang so cool! Love them..

Me and wife, Nik Evira, had our simple but memorable 3-day honeymoon on the hill (11-13 Nov). Ade la cite2 seram berlaku kat ctu. Maklum la, the founder of the hill, James Fraser, was never found after he is gone in the jungle kat ctu....errrr... Tp tu aku malas nak tulis panjang2 kat cni. Simpan dlm otak dah la kot. Wedding kat Fraser I think is the best make up. Thanks to jurumekap, my bro-in-law's student.

14.11.12 to 16.11.12 - I went back straight to Penang, left my wife in Shah Alam with her family, I am sooooooooooo freaking busy. I had really less time sleeping. Went everywhere with my other family members, preparing for the day. Dah tu plak, time tu jgk la is the race kit collection utk Penang Bridge International Marathon 2012.  I registered for 10km, and plan to run in my wedding costume. Yeah, I am doing it. 

17.11.12 - English Wedding theme..for me it's so epic. Ktorg punye kenduri ni at night. Bile masuk hall tu, lagu background is "A Thousand Years - Christina Perri", filem Twilight punya OST. Hehe. We both love that song. Malam wedding tu, me and my brother tak tido langsung, dok wat video utk ditayangkan malam tu. Actually aku tlg2 supply bahan utk video tu je, ye la, dah kenduri aku. Yang wat video is actually adik laki aku, Raimi. Power die, maklum la, engineer. Tgk la video kat bwh ni.

Picture with my family. Cantek tak?? Cantek tak?? Hehe..

Kawan2 yg dtg ramai2 all the way from KL. Thanks geng..

18.11.12 - Penang Bridge Run....Dengan busynye the last 3 days before kawin, plus tido kul 3-4 malam kawin tu sbb buat video dgn adik, plus busy pagi wedding tu, plus tido lambat malam lari tu, still nak lari lagi. Bapak ar penat nak mampus aku. Aku lak tu yang volunteer nak drive gi penang ari tu. So, ape yg jadi, ni la larian aku yg paling teruk skali, my personal worst (PW)! 1 jam 26 minit utk 10km, aku tak penah seteruk ni. Tp xpe la, nak lari dlm wedding costume punye psl. My wifey tggu kat finishing. It's sooooo sweet and memorable. Thanks to mum (bring my wife), and Kudos to my dad yg lari jgk aritu. Die dah 62 years old thn ni! Terbaekkkkk la ayah!

Hasil kerja edit adik pompuan aku, Nabila "10K mencari cinta". Kat bawah tu gambar ayah aku lari dlm kostum baju melayu..

Kawan2 pulak so sporting ikut aku lari. Dorg pakai kostum kerja. I'm so touched..

Lari dalam kostum kawin nye pasal, wartawan paper cina, Guang Ming Daily, interbiu ktorg..

Memorable medal and race bib..

I Ran For The Cause: Fight Breast Cancer

The last time we ran together was at the NTV7 Feel Good Run back in July 8. Exactly 3 months after that, on Oct 7, I ran with her again. This time we ran for the clear cause, to create awareness on & to fight the breast cancer. Organised by Pantai Hospital Klang, the event held with the aim of educate Malaysian on early detection and prevention of breast cancer. This is the second instalment of the run, after the success of the last year edition. Other than to give support indirectly to the breast cancer awareness program, the proceeds from the event were channelled to the Breast Cancer Welfare Association of Malaysia. 

Another good thing about this event is the present of the ambassador of Pink Charity Run 2012, the Malaysian popular celebrity, Sarimah Ibrahim. She did gave a talk on the stage. Two distance categories offered in this run - 10KM and 5KM. Me and my fiancee?? Of cos, 5KM. Haha. 

This is the second time my fiancee joined the 5KM categories. She didn't even know it is going to be 5KM until the race day itself. Huahuahua. But, you know what, she ran (with me) for 5KM in 51 mins. Bravo to her! I love her so much...ooops...teriklan plak...

Below are our pictures ran together...enjoy!!!

Cik adik lari ke jalan?? Haha..

Endomondo tracked us ran 5KM in 51 mins...hooray

Sarimah Ibrahim giving a speech

Me with my finisher medal

We sit on the floor while waiting for the lucky draw..we're not lucky enuff dat day

Redeemable with voucher which received upon finishing the race 

All the goodies from the beloved sponsors..

After months of research, finally I chose Brooks Pure Cadence!

Month after month, I did research kaw2 punya..

given...

1. my running gait, 

2. my foot landing (toe/mid/heel), 

3. my foot width, 

4. my height, 

5. my pronation, 

6. my budget/savings,

7. my current PBs, 

8. shoe's weight, 

9. my shoe preference (traditional/minimal/barefoot)

10. material of the shoe, 

11. cushioning, 

12. heel-to-toe drop, 

13. insole, midsole, outsole,  

14. shoe lace, 

15. shoe design and color, 

and the most importantly is ... 

16. comparison to the other rivals such as Saucony Kinvara 3, Newton Sir Isaac, Skechers Go Run, Adidas Adizero Feather.....

Finally, my choice is....

Brooks Pure Cadence

A sleeping beauty

Ready to run???

This is gonna be my racer. My previous Adidas Response 20 will remain as trainer shoe, as well as this shoe.

This is not a shoe review. Therefore there is nothing I am going to say in detail about all factors given above. But, about test drive, tomorrow is my PINK CHARITY RUN, I will tell you the story after that. Hikhik. 

Thanks for reading.

Disclaimer: The point no. 16 as above is not intentionally to condemn the other shoes (rivals, i said), but using the principle of "There is no one shoe fit everybody", therefore the rivals stated above may not be my fit, but may be yours. Do your own research, buddy!

Now I love trail so much..

Last Sunday (30 Sep), I spent that morning, woke up early at 4.30pm, took a shower, grabbed a yellow T, with the word SALOMON on it. Later, I pinned, on that T, a piece of paper called bib, printed there, A 0058, with the nicknamed F.A.D. Suarez below that.

Before I wear the T, I felt some kind of discomfort at my tummy. I, again, went to the bathroom and did my thing. 

Finish that, now I am ready. I went out of my 'mansion' at 5.30, only to notice that the nearest gate not yet open, it is as usual on my race day (cuz it only open at 6). I walked to the front gate, which took me around 5-8 minutes to arrive to my car location. I drove to the UPM with Nazeem (Pok Yek) accompanied. 

At UPM, searching for Surau. No sign. I detected a guy, walking, seems like he had just finished his prayer (25 years of living, of coz you know already how it looks like), and then poke Pok Yek to go n ask him. Surau located a bit far from the starting line. 

Finished my prayer, I felt something moving in my tummy again. Perhaps, nervous, dunno. I went to the toilet again. OMG!!! I feel like vomiting. Absolutely disgusting smells. Shit! Damn! The worst in my life, in my running experience too. Aah, dammit..all I could think is, as long as I can throw it away, I want to go out a.s.a.p. to the starting line. 

At the starting line, I see Pok Yek with his friends, Zafir with his friends, other than that, I didn't see anyone I recognise. Most of the people are so relax, leisure and eager to enjoy their trail activity.  

Me & Pok Yek

Me & Zafir

 From far I can see a bunch of cheerleaders in their suit ready to perform. I wonder, the event which scheduled to start at 7a.m., but the runners were not flagged off yet. Ooooowh, cheerleaders performed then. Haha.

Can you see cheerleaders performing??

This challenge required the participants to go through all muds, dirty, shitty, trail, road (short distance), running track (in stadium at start & finish) etc. 

Things in my mind:
1. No timing chip
2. First time I trail
3. I know dat this is trail running
4. I came here for trail running/run the trail

All the things above make me feel like, "I shud juz be DIRTY", babeh!!!!

Traffic jam. People avoiding mud. They didn't come here to 'trail' themselves i guess. 

I took a chance to snap a pic while I'm trailing...

I am so proud that I could maintain the slow & steady speed, at the same enjoying the trail scenery. I clocked 1 hr 12 mins for my first 10km trail running. Be the first 1,000 finishers who earn a Salomon Trail cap. Is it really first 1,000 finishers got it? I'm not sure...

I love this race. I would really love to run it again next year. You can just take this change to relax and having fun, without stress of breaking PB or sumthing. My aim next year is, join this run again and buy Salomon goodies at 50%, which I didn't grab this time.