Announcement

To all the Kakithoners,after messaging you guys/gals,i decided to make it next monday,27Oct 2008 at night will be our Kakithon's party for this year.I hope that you all can attend it to make it more interesting.For those that have some'winning prizes/hamper' can just bring to share among we all.I myself going to do so.Anything regards the party just sms(016-4339095) me directly.I sincerely hope that with this party can strengthen the friendship among us.

The recent MUDS Powerbar full report had been sent to me.I hope that you all can download and see through out the whole process of us joining that event.click the link below.
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Perhentian Island Challenge 2008

Wow!What an amazing and spectacular Perhentian Island Challenge 2008 for trio of us(Lim,Yong Han and i)Through out the whole race we had been treated nicely,kinda like VIP ha!We reached KL on Thurdays night where we need to assemble in Malaysia Tourism near KLCC there.The organiser and the Terengganu Government had already put 10 new buses in to bring all of us go to the state.We met UPNM guys,Kak Julie,Abang Badrol,Lydia and so on.The Marshal of our Bus 10 are Michelle and Lee An.Both of them have done great job to make sure our trip went smooth.We all reached Terengganu state at around 8am and we all been served by the state government their special Terengganu food kind like Nasi lemak but
the nasi just not the lemak one,is abit oilly and smell really nice.Then we all been gone to the state Muzium and the newly built Taman Tamadun Islam which has their well known Crytal Mosque in there.Afer that is the time we all travel to Kuala Besut,which is the place we use the boat to the Island.Againt we are treated the lunch at there.Then around 2pm the boat came
and we need to pay RM5 to reach the island.The boat speed so fast that all of us kind like riding a horse,ha!At about 5pm we reach thePulau Perhentian Besar Island where we used around 30mins to reach there.Almost all the camp tent been set up.And we been provided the camp No.106 which well beside Chan,my upnm friend.They are joining the elite category while 3 of us only joined the novice de.Then we having our free and easy activities there where most of them choose to swim,and some gotong royong around the beach there.The seawater there is so clear!That we can really see through it and the fishes in it.Then we meet new friends there.The star that coming to join this races are Eugene Chan,Heidelee,Razani and Mariana.That friday we trio didnt go in water as we want to stay in better shape for the next day race.Ya 1 more thing is i saw the Gamat which is sea cucumber!Its just so nice to touch it!I like it so much.The next day morning/saturday is the race day.Novice will be started off first.I thought that most of our running route consist of beach side but my expectation turn out wrong!We been mostly running over the forest trail.Then we also need to come across the seawater obstacle where i need to pass through the ring circle the provided.Then i had not been lucky and my condition not good enough where at first i had been behind the 3 leader in the race who are the men novice top3 placing guys,1 of them is the Ganian Richard.Anyway when reached the first beach area i been behind them quite a far distance.To make the matter worst i lost my way after finish the water obstacle where i need to wait and turn back to the slower pack at behind,at there i miss more than 5 mins.Then i run back my usual routine and pace where its been too late for me to chase the front 3 guys.In fact i also having cramp a bit in the right leg,where i have to stop more than 1min to rest on the bush area there and been passed by 1 guy.Then i tried to recover my muscle pull and slowly run back anyway i just dont use my normal pace which can be dangerous to have second pull!At that time i also been passed by 2 guys.Then i tried my best to finish the line,i knew that my chance of getting top 4 is gone.Anyway i was lucky to stay in top 10.1 more thing is that almost all of us had scratch around our hand or leg coz we pass through the bush area,and i even fall down wounded my right hand,anyway just ried our best to finish the race.Both Lim and Yong Han also doing the great done to finish whithin top 10.In fact Lim suffered his worst injury where his old injury habit(ankle sprain) at his left leg came back!This mean he need to run with full of pain through out the whole race!Anyway he still manage to finish the race in good position.Yong Han finished the race just front of the women category champion,she was superb through out the race.My place is 8th,follow by Yong Han and Lim.At that night we having our dinner and Barbbeque and prizes giving ceremony we even been treated firework !Dino and Razani got the first in elite men,Upnm's Chan and Amirul got 4th!Congratz to them!Kak Julie and Abang Badrol got 3rd in Mixed team whle Marian and Jusery got 1st.Those got the top 3 placing will be treated good cash prize and sponsored prizes such as cleman,Deuter,and Suunto watch.What about 3 of us?We only got Rm200,Rm150 and medal.The cash prize given till top 15 and medal till 20th.Then we had our boat ride back to perhentian besar.The day evening we having our 'snorkelling' and saw some nice fishes just well around the seaside water!The last day mornig/sunday we packed all our thing and the tent.By the way,3 of us really need to catch back our bus at 10.30pm in Pudu,but unfortunatly me missed it!We reached Kl there around 11.45pm.Lim had no choice,he need to make sure all the thing of his thesis presentation goes smooth!If not?No grad for him!He is been sacrifice so much for this race,i felt really proud having him in our team.Then we all reach UTM at 3am.....whole body pain....sleepppppp....Monday morning is also test for me....

A warm welcome by the Terengganu state government

Our Bus 10,every bus have different views

In KT there,everone have their own post,Abang Badrol,Kak Julie,Han,me,and Kak Julie's friend

Walking to Crystal Mosque

Front of Masjid Kristal

Lim show us the map in the Taman Tamadun Islam

Terengganu Muzium,said to be the biggest in Malaysia!

The view of Crystal Mosque we want to go to Kuala Besut

See....so many bus there..We really felt that become VVIP ..Ha!

Yeah!Its VVIP also got Policemen rode along our bus..ha!

Inside our Bus,Lim and Han sit together.

A view of qspeed boat the seaside/Jetty of Kuala Besut

Our boat's member

The view of Pulau Perhentian Kecil and Besar at the left and right

Reached our camp side,Pulau Perhentian Besar,not really well developed

In our camp side with Amirul,and Chan.

The banner of Redbull just front of our island,this is the place Elite members need to swim untill there and come back,not really far around 100m

Uncle Chan gave out the speech of the route that we will cross that the race day.He is Eugene Chan Father if i not mistaken

Waiting for our dinner and prize giving presentation.2 uncle that we met from Perak,another from KL,and Ms Shelly frm KL.Very nice they are..

A pic at the finishing line with our Bus 10 Marshall,Michelle.

Barbecue time....there can see Kak Julie and Dino.

The Mens Novice results,i trail behind Richard so far away...In fact i wasnt really satisfied with my performance,but no choice...first time being in a race happened cramp on me.. :-(

The firework that presented to us and the Kampung fork.

The Medal and cash prizes..

Uncle Cani,Ms Shelly,Han,Lim and I showing the medal..

With Lydia from UM,she and her partner won the 8th in Mixed Team

A view of our Camp side.

All /not all half of the participant take group photo.

A shot of Perhentian Kecil.the place of start and finish,prizes presentation and firework

Lim again say that he felt nice dont wear shirt..ha!

This is the shot of Perhentian Kecil.

The view of Perhentian Besar.

The view of the Kuala Terengganu beach side where i shot inside the bus

P/S .Thanks to my friends out there,this is a good event that we should join

Sundayt Morning Ride

Its been overwhelming as theres were more than we expected people than joined the ride,should be categorized as mass rideI dont really feel well yesterday,anyway that doesnt mean that i can ride well.Black with us together went to near the power plant station at sri putri there as to wait for the Abang Mus's group.Then came the group riders which around 20 person!This is consider huge for us,as we never ride in such big number of rider together.Then we went to senai town,selong(if not mistaken),Gunung Pulai area,Pekan Nanas,Ulu Choh,Bandar Baru Pulai then back to UTM.Th e speed considered above average,where some of them even ride more than 40km/h.I must admit that using my mountain bike is really hard to maintain the rthym with them.Anyway through out the whole race we manage to learn something which is really valuable for us.Thanks all the guys that participated.See you in more ride and races in future....

Sunday bicycle ride

To all the Kakithoners,we will have a LSD ride at this sunday 12nd Oct at 7.30pm ,where we will have training together with Abang Mus,former Johor cyclist.He will give us a lot of guidance which is valuable!Hope that you all can take this opportunity to learn something from him.Here i represent Kakithon to Thanks him a lot for training with us.The place to assemble is Tepi Tasik bring along your bike,helmet(recomendaed) or cap,water bottle and a bit of money.The ride will well over 45Km,hence its better you all have a good sleep before the ride.Datang Jangan X DATANG o........N Jangan Lambat!!!

The Cert of Adidas King of The Road 2008

Today i checked at my hostel mail box and happened to see the letter sent by Adidas.After tear out the letter is what you see below,the cert of August Adidas KOTR.Its been really nice that they mention my name and my 10km time.This is the first time that my 10km time being official declared!Normally the organiser only use the timing chip to mention the Half-Marathon and above race.Anyway thanks to the organiser.In fact i gained a lot from this race which the value more than RM15 that i paid!A shoes,Vest,medal all this already exceed RM100!I am looking forward of joining the race next year.

Hill training and its goodness

I have read through the runnersworld website and get to know that the fact behind the hill running.Hill running infact is a very good work out.People may think that its very tough and really tiring run up the hill .Anyway run up the hill really save us a lot of training time,injury prone chance also lowered,boost our performance,develope good speed and muscle power.Brad Hudson said "even a small amount of hill work could yield big results: a jump in leg strength, running economy--how efficiently your body uses oxygen--and aerobic capacity."

Hit the hill, but make it fast and short, and you get the maximum amount of training effect with the minimum amount of injury risk. "The best way to recruit fast-twitch muscle fibers is to run at max intensity," says Hudson. "The best way to build leg strength is hill running. So we run all-out up a steep hill. But we keep it to 10 seconds to avoid producing lactate and becoming fatigued." Running no more than 10-second repeats also reduces injury risk by limiting your fast-running time. And hills by their nature lessen the risk of injury because the slope shortens the distance you have to "fall" or land, reducing impact. "Studies of sprinting uphill show that the muscles are in constant 'overload' and the nervous system is firing hard," says Hudson. "It's the same speed benefit as track sprints, but safer."

The recommendation is after each set of runing up the hill,take rest time of around 2minutes of recovery.Hopefully that with all the infos that listed above,we can learn something which can help us a lot,especially for those lack of speed power people.Use this advantage to train yourself to a higher level.For more infos click here.

The news of PowerBar MUDS

I was informed by Tuan Penasihat,Black,that my news was published in Utusan Malaysia on 4th October 2008.Then i didn't really immediately go to buy the newspaper and wait until evening 6pm where i had training with lim.He wasn't felt well hence we only have easy ride to hill area around university and easy chit chat among us.Then we go to the Taman Universiti to buy the paper.I had been glad that my news been published can be said felt on the top of the world a while ha!Anyway thanks Black for telling me.I am still a beginner in the multisport events,hence i really need to put extra effort to perform the best out there.Sincerely i hope kakithoners can really capitalize the opportunity out there by training hard and smart.Its not easy to form a group which has so much enthusiasm ans semangat yang cekal.So lets us go together,no body will be left behind,believe in yourself,you can do it.........Kakithon Boleh!Then you as Kakithoner also Boleh!