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.

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.

Hiking Bukit Gasing

Last 2 weeks, me and my friends - Andy & Zafir - and my brother, went to the Bukit Gasing Recreational Forest. It is just another leisure activity on the extra holiday, Malaysia Day. Besides, it is also provided me with the preparation towards my Salomon X-Trail 2012, which is on this coming 30th September. 

It's raining on that morning, forced us to postponed the hiking. We started at 9 o'clock, however it is still a good experience we had together that day. Smileys ;))

For more details review and more pictures, you may also log on to my adventure team's blog, EYKL Fun Runners.

We found a creek in the middle of the forest. I didn't want to miss a change to snap a pic there.

At the suspension bridge, one of the a-must-go place here.

Penang Beach Trail Running Session

On the 6th day of Raya, I've spent my morning on the beach, in my sportsuit. As for the previous few days, I did my running training on the hard surface - bitumen/tarred road - so, it's now time for me to experience softer, sandy beach track, as part of my cross training session, ahead of my 16.8KM Adidas KOTR 2012 in another 2 weeks.

Without thinking of I've been over-trained myself, actually I've suffered shin splint for almost a month ago. Therefore, I am desperately want to avoid tarred road training.

My training session took place at my hometown beach in Penang. This picture shows part of the 1.4km loop there.

4-5 families are seen to have their own best moment at the beach.

I tell you guys, it is the special experience to run by the beach. With the sound of splashing wave, looking at the people swimming and playing around, the feel of sea breeze hitting the 'rhu' tree, a fresh look of the sunrise, after a heavy rain the night before...aaahhhhh!!!! Hehe.. No wonder my PB of 32mins for 5KM, became 43mins doing on the beach. Haha. At least, I have my 'leisure', out of normal training. 

Me, as I've completed my 5KM beach trail joging

This is the second time I used my New Balance Trail 411. I love it. Tough, lightweight and comfort.

After an awesome action, my NB 411 took a break...

I found this cutest animal species in the world, joging around too ;)

You better have yours one! Tell me if you want to join me, but first, do visit me in Penang y'all! Hehe..

Go Trail with the New Balance 411

Recently, Me and Ikhwan walk around The Gardens, Mid Valley, KL to check out on some sports equipments. One special thing about The Gardens is when you want to find sports apparel shops, they are all at Level 3, sit side by side. It's easy for you to walk around and compare the price, the availability, what it offers etc.

Ikhwan is in the midst of searching a new pair of road running shoe. His current shoe he's wearing for all his running event is aged more than 2 years. Me, on the other side, are searching for a trail running shoe, as I'm looking for a tougher shoe to do trail running.

We finally reached the New Balance outlet there, and I am thrilled on the prospect of having this shoe, New Balance 411, as mine. 

(Click on the link to go to the New Balance official website)

New Balance 411

"New Balance 411 is the durable 411 has an aggressive lugged outsole for off-road traction and a midsole that provides superior cushioning and support. Sporty styling and New Balance performance make this a versatile option for outdoor activities, whether you're
running on trails or travelling at a slower pace. Suitable for those with a neutral gait."
- Joe's New Balance Outlet

So, are you ready for the off-road running?? Go trail with New Balance trail running shoe!