( I curi from http://crazydarren.blogspot.com )
yES yEs Yes i'm very proud I completed this ride. As a beginners I might sounds a little bit crazy to you for riding 139 km under the hot sun over a few long hilly road. I spent 6 hours and 17 minutes on the bike. Ohh well back to the same old story, if Vong didn't accompany us (me and may senn) or sweeping us , we might end up cycling for 7 hours because we were mentally tired towards the end of the ride. Day dreaming is my favorite past time at that moment. Well to begin with I actually feel bad to cancel (ffk) my brick training with Raymond Ng and Dr Ray aka Dr Rum. I know ,I know u guys are quite envy about the broga ride that I went. Okay some rum ice cream for peace offering, kay ? :D . Anyway how often I have chance to cycle this loop and the best thing of all, there is a support car in case someone gave up. The journey begins at 7. I drove to Pekan 18 which is just 15 minutes drive from my house. I didn't really jot down the time we start to ride but according to darren (http://crazydarren.blogspot.com/2008/04/broga-ride-2642008.html) we started to ride at 7.45 . I would said i'm quite excited but at the same time, I try my best to conserved energy . I tak nak koyak towards the end of the ride. And I don't want to go into the support car cause it means I did not finish. :( .We finish the ride at 3.55 p.m and went to a malay food stall to have ice kacang and rojak . (Have to summarize the whole thing as I do not have time to write in details, for more info please read daren's blog and one more thing after this ride siok bee asked me not to tell people i'm a beginners anymore) :P
just wondering, have you use the calculator so often that when you press your mobile phone numeric keypad you always press the wrong number?
This is tough compare to orange run 2 weeks ago and there isn't any water station at all. It took me almost an hour to complete and I got 11th placing in women open category. I struggle in the run to keep up with 5.5 minutes per km pace. I ran out of breath easily . My legs are still strong and wanted to push forward. Times like this I wish i'm running for 21km with 6.5 minutes per km pace. After 5 – 10 minutes of run, Tony came and pace me but I eventually gave up following him after 4 km runs as my body is asking me to slow down. It was great and he actually taught me how to swing my hands while going up hill and body positioning while going down hill. I should start practicing it. :D BTW I still got another LONG report to write about my broga ride experience on 26/04/2008. If you want to know what happen you can read http://crazydarren.blogspot.com/2008/04/broga-ride-2642008.html
“I can't believe I'm climbing volcano for 2nd time too..... still remember during the climb at Mt. Semeru.. I swear to myself no more mt. volcano....... Rinjani.... please don't give me tough time “ this is the exact phrase Soi Fung aka Tang commented . I still remember the Mt Semeru trip . I cannot believe the journey ended at the peak as I almost wanted to give up , 500 m before the peak .Yes you heard it correctly, it's 500 m before the peak. How did I survive walking 1 step at a time to reach the peak ? In total we walk around 20 hours not including the break at the camp site , our breakfast , dinner and lunch. Most of us ended up with blister on our feet or swollen feet. We swear never to hike any mt volcano in our entire life. But why are we back again ? We like to suffer ? To test our endurance ? Or because we are addicted to the endorphine hormone release into our system ? OMG ...I really cannot believe I signed up again.
I miss the trees , fungus, flowers and waterfall. And most of all I miss the feeling of being away from city live. I don't really know where to go yet but I reserved this 3 days for hiking . My wish list will be Gunung Yong Belar.
9km or 10 km ? That's the question that pops up in every runner brain when they finish. To be exact is 9.9 k.m according to Siok Bee's watch. Finally i'm happy with my time. I did it in 55 minutes ++ . Siok Bee, Shih Ming and MaryAnn won some petrol voucher and since shih Ming won some cash voucher she treats us breakfast after the run. No special reports on orange run apart from running on a wet floor and running without knowing how many km more to run. There's only one water station which I think is sufficient on a cold rainy Sunday. Photo snap by http://pmtey.multiply.com 
Photo grab from Jason Lee (pacesetters photographer)
 Photos taken from :http://ecgoing.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for the photo.
  
Huh....where am I ? I guess I overslept . I woke up and found out it's only 9.30 p.m , sunday night. I initially thought it was monday morning. You might want to know why I slept from 4.30 p.m till 9.30 p.m which is the longest afternoon nap I took ever since I started working. Earlier of the day, I woke up at 5.30 a.m to get ready to meet up with pcc group for a ride to Batu Arang. Since i'm a newbie I decided to choose option 2 where I have an option to U turn back at the petronas in Ijok and the mileage is only 80k.m instead of 110km ride to batu arang but I ended up taking option 1 (50km mileage) during the briefing as there isn't any group taking option 2. As usual, the ride starts on time and this my chance to apply what i've learned last thursday during the beginners ride at putrajaya. At the beginning everything is easy especially from Centre Point to Kota Damansara and of course i'm quite happy to be able to draft until I reach the traffic lights and drop out from the group when trying to clip the clipless pedal again. Alright time to get back into the group again by increasing the speed to 30km/hour. “errr..arhh.. sTiLL canNot....” This time I increase it to 33km/hour, I wanted to give up being in the group but the traffic is too heavy for me to ride alone. I don't know where am I,when one of the PCC's rider , Terry ride besides me and told me “it's easy to ride in a group, try to follow?“ . I've been trying to get into the group for few thousand minutes ago until I realize their speed is not realistic for me to keep up. At times I wish a dog would chase me from behind so that I can get back into the group again. :(
Tadaaaaaa.... I reached the turn off at Guthrie Corridor and i'm suppose to wait for Nabil the ride leader for option 1 when Bernard Tan was teasing me about choosing option 1 and I told him there isn't option 2 for me to choose. Mac over heard the conversation and volunteer to accompany me to take option 2. It's so nice of him to be the ride leader for option 2 and the ride to ijok is fun as the pace he set for me is not hard for me.
When we reached petronas station at Ijok, the earlier group were already there chit-chating and resting. For me the first thing I did was to swallow a bottle of water and a bottle of 100 plus thinking that i'm a camel trap inside a human body
“Michelle why not continue the ride until batu arang ?” , PK the ride leader and organizer for this ride asked me . “Errr... I can still continue but I have to cycle the speed that i'm comfortable with” that's the only answer as pk and mac ensure me that they will cycle with me to batu arang. Finally I reached batu arang feeling hungry and thirsty. My theory to store water before the ride doesn't really work. I had 2 half boil eggs, 1 wan tan mee , 1 milo ice and 1 barley ice for breakfast which is quite hard for me to digest.
Going back is very tiring for me ,a few km of ride feels like eternity . I starts to imagine parking my car near Guthrie Corridor or somewhere near kota damansara. I really appreciate Vong encouragement and sweeping the last rider which is ME !. Without the sweeper I guess I might take a taxi to Centre Point BU to collect my car after Guthrie Corridor Highway.
The journey ended at where I started and every rider at centre point are clapping and cheering for me . I was smiling away and reminding myself to unclip the pedal as the news of me falling down from the bike due to failure to unclipped the pedal at Ijok travel faster than the wind.
Special Thanks to :
4 a.m at bukit aman car park ? I'm so early. The reason why I reach so early is because i'm afraid I make a wrong turning into dataran merdeka again. Another reason is i'm actually doing a charity run with hitz dot fm morning crew JJ and Rudy. They manage to collect RM 8000 from all the volunteers including JJ and Rudy . It's sponsored by nike, each km I run , RM 10 will be donated to charity and at the same time nike sponsored the volunteers a nice running jersey. I got a purple (my fav color) color running jersey. I met up with a few classmates on that day, Sook Mei and Chee Mei. Sook Mei is doing half marathon and Chee Mei is doing 10 k run. Anyway back to the race report, I was anxiously waiting for the time to start and when it starts I regret that I didn't stand in front and I have to walk slowly to the chip sensor that creates a bottle neck. Water stations is quite sufficient and I manage to maintain my targeted pace at most of the water station. I can say the most boring route for my half marathon will be Jln Sg Besi, TUDM airport, the longest flat road I ever run. Flat as a pancake. Feels like a never ending road. And of course my favourite moment is when I pass by my office at Jln Sultan Ismail at 8:02. I know i'm going to reach very soon and in front of me there is Adidas Water Sprinkle System to cool me down. Another 3km to go and I have to increase my speed gradually and I reach the finishing line in 2 hours and 17 minutes. 2 minutes above my targeted time. Anyway I'm quite happy with it as this is my first half marathon and my first international race.
Special Thanks to : AM Bank the organizer Mom and Dad for providing me lunch and dinner at home a day before the race. Nike for the running jersey and charity funds. Photographers that I beg them to snap 1 photo for me as I desperately need some photos to update my scrap book. If you got my photos pls email me at michlooi@gmail.com. Bernard Tan for the sport watch and phiten as I don't have budget to get a sports watch this month. Traffic police for their duty to ensure smooth traffics Volunteers at the water station, first aid and adidas cheer leaders.
My Results : Total Ranking : 34/157 Overall Ranking : 64/ (anyone know how many half marathoners? ) Chip Time :2:15:48 Official Time:2:17:29 1KM: 0:12:35 10KM: 1:17:59
I really need NST to confirm this. Anyone read this article ?
I was a bit reluctant to wake for KLIM circuit run 2. Then again, it's a training for me, I should go as I did not train for long distant run last week and already reject 2 hiking trip invitation, Gunung Suku with Richard or Bukit Tabur with Chim. The other reason is , this week I will be in Jerangkang waterfall for photography session and some gathering with mulu trip gang and i won't be having any training this weekend.
The run was quite relaxing and I have to admit I play safe most of the time. I ended up with 1 hour 29 minutes for 5 loops. The 6th loops is 1 hour 47 minutes. I walk to the booth to check out my position and I found out i'm fifth and the gold medal is only for first , second and third. Alright time to go home. Come back again for the 3rd circuit run.
Another fun cycling event for beginners at putrajaya yesterday night. Thanks to Vong, Adeline, Tok Haji, and the sweeper in pink (arhh I forgotten his name) for guiding beginners like me. I manage to cycle for around 26km. This is the first time I cycle at night and i'm bit tense . Most of the time I can only hear 25% of what the other cyclist is telling me. This morning I experienced some burning sensation when I pee. This is the second time it happen to me. Either the saddle is not right for me or my cycling style is incorrect.
When I first started my swimming session at bukit jalil with my coach peh. I never had an intention to join triathlon event or any running races. I joined the session because of a need to swim in open water as my friend aka lai ma promised to bring me to surf at cherating during monsoon season. Anyway I don't know what happen to his plan. After 2 weeks of joining the session , I suggested to myself why not give yourself a try in triathlon event. So I started calling ah siong (marathon runners) to tell him my intention to train to run and since then I started running twice a week. That time I planned to joined the first 10 k running event in 2008. Unfortunately the first running event of 2008 is GE 30 K and the minimum mileage to run is 20 k. Anyway I signed up and begin to worry that I might get knee injury. Fortunate enough my knee is okay but I have lower back ache after the race. Months of training for swimming and running , suddenly I heard Adrian (adholman.blogspot.com) and Coach Peh mention about Chin Woo biathlon that require participant to swim for 800m and run for 7 km. I was so eager to join as I know I need to start somewhere. I start browsing the Internet for it and I found the form. I signed up and I fax the form to Don Khor. I had a good overall finishing time and I'm happy with it. And now my final destination is bike.
As some of you might know I intend to join A Famosa Triathlon this year. I got a bike from bike pro, tmn megah. Everything is great except for the road bike shoes and its pedal that I'm not use to it. I felt 3 times when I ride on it. I wanted to change it to normal pedal and train to use it during off season. Some said , don't turn back (downgrade ) if you already get a bike shoes. Some said I should master the bike first. For me I said I should master the bike first and I intend to put the bike shoes and it's pedal a side first.
It was 5.15 a.m, ah Siong my mentor for running pick me and we car pool Tasik Perdana Kuala Lumpur. Parking place is really limited and we have to park miles away from the starting line. Is not a problem for us as we can warm up by walking to the starting line. pOnggggg!! The first siren was heard and that’s the flag off for 30km category. I have ample of time to warm up , report myself and get ready for 20 km category My race starts at 6.30. The first 5km was fun and relax. It’s dark and cold and I keep a slow and steady pace of 6.5 minutes per km as I will have a long way to go and the race route is quite hilly. After crossing the highway and heading to sri hartamas, around 7k.m, I was only surrounded by 20km male participant. Obviously there are 3 male participant : 1 female participant in this category. Correct me if I’m wrong. 1 km before reaching plaza damas , I saw the first 30km male participant at the opposite direction of the road heading back to the finishing line route. Further down is plaza damas, I can’t wait to turn back to the opposite direction. As I need to run a few hundred meters more, I change my pace to medium pace and the road after petronas station is killing me. It’s the steepest hill I run for this race. After reaching the highest point I walk and run down hill to the water station. The first station I saw is a powerbar gel station and it’s only given out free for 30km participant. It doesn’t matter to me as I don’t want to eat anything at that moment. If it’s given free to me I might just take home and keep it for my next hiking trip.:) On my way back at the opposite direction that I mentioned just now, I saw my swim mate, Adrian, Simon , Jeff, Cheras pacesetter members and FHLim. We had lots of fun calling and waving to each other. At that moment I was searching for Anna Khor but to my surpise I saw Freddy running for 20km, male category. Here come the most tiring part, It’s 4km before the finishing line. Legs are heavy, burning sensation can be felt on both of my feet.It test my endurance at this moment, I switch to super duper slow mode which is walking , running and walking again, until I saw the last km. I jog all the way till the last 200m and run as fast as I could to the finishing line and raised my arms . Tey snaps a few shots of me. That’s the most precious photo of the entire month. My position is 32 for women open 20km. and I guess my time is around 2 hours 15 -30 minutes. I’m still waiting for the official results. I took my medal and I saw Freddy at the finishing line. He took his medal and we queued up for powerbar endurance drink . I have to admit that I am very thirsty. That’s all for the race report and Terence is bringing treating me Sake Sushi as a reward for completing the race. Special Thanks to Pacesetter Club Mr Tey and his photography team Ah Siong for bringing me there.
While i was having birthday celebration with 2 of my friends a week ago, a guy name sat chew asked me what's my "new year resolution" /wish list. I decided to come out with a wish list today. :D external dvd writer External hard disk road bikegold /pink color croc prima shoes overseas hiking trip. Most likely Mt Rinjani 3 G7 mountainering trip 1 new waterfall trip. Targeting Jerangkang Waterfall. 1 half marathon race 1 triathlon relay 1 biathlon be a mentor to someone in working life practice zen habits of decluttering Second hand speedlight from canon ( couldn't effort new one). Anyone selling it for second hand? Please send me a private msg Learn to edit photos taken during bad weather. Shanghai style portrait in cheongsam, http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809779143/photo/970446192consistent in saving money every month. A scrap book of my activities. Inspired by sfTang.
Swimming : 2:06 minutes / 100m Running :6:15 minutes / 1000m Chin Woo Biathlon Target Swimming :17 minutes for 800 m Running : 45.5 minutes for 7 km. Next Biathlon, Singapore Biathlon (Not Confirm yet)
After months of using olympus 770sw, i finally sold it off and bought a new camera. I manage to get a good package. RM 1990 for G9, normal tripod, 4GB memory card , screen protector and casing. Time to learn. anyone volunteer to teach me ?
After 2 months of running I try to calculate my speed for running yesterday. I did it for 6.5 minutes per km. for running medium pace. And for swimming ,Peh calculate my average is 2.20 minutes per 100 m for slow and relax speed. And for last week 2 set of 5 X 50 m , slow , medium , fast , fast, fast. My medium speed is around 1:05 minute per 50 m and fast speed, ranging from 52 -58 seconds per 50 m
Guess what I did today? I just signed up for Chin Woo Biathlon 2007 event, 800m and 7 k.m. run which will be happening on the 16th of December 2007. This will be the first race in my life. My aim is to complete it.
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