Sarawak International Triathlon 2009

My first triathlon. Very glad that can finish it safely.... first time swimming in the sea and also first time swim for so long distance.... ha... After the race feel that my legs aren't my legs as nearly cant feel it..... but it was a very exciting and fun race although i didnt get any placing. Achieved my mission already, that is to finish the race safely. ha....

This event is an international event, so more than 12 countries are involved in this event, such as South Africa, Japan, UK, USA, Hong Kong, Macau, Brunei, Australia, Singapore, Germany, Canada, Sweden, Venezuela, Czech Republic, Bolivia and Malaysia.

Really learnt a lot from this event, especially the 2 transitions in the event. First transition is from swimming to cycling, i was number 5 from behind as my swimming is very poor, many of the competitiors are swimmers. Luckily before this i searched and watch from you-tube bout the transition area, have to prepare many things there such as towels to wipe body and also feet, helmet for cycling, shirt for cycling with number on it and water to clean the feet from sand. It took me quite sometime to dry my feet and wear socks and shoes, what i learnt from the pros was that most of them didn't wear socks, but im afraid if i dont wear socks i'll get blister. The second transition is not much a problem as i was using same shirt and shoes, but after the swimming and cycling, most of my energy is gone and i really felt couldnt breath and run anymore.

In the running part, although it was just 5km, but i couldnt perform well like my training, i took around 32 minutes to finish the run, compare to when training i took around 26 minutes. My cycling caused me couldnt perform well in the running as i struggled very hard while going up the hill when cycling, i still cant master the gearing part; of coz using an antic mountain bike is another reason why i struggled. ha....

Overall, it was a very great experience for me and what i got is worthed what i payed for. With RM 60, i got a t-shirt worth RM25, a swim cap, finisher medal, power bar product and buffet dinner worth RM30, and the most valuable of all is the experience of swimming in the sea. ha.....

Pros n Cons of PBIM 2009

Heres the photoes being shot by organiser of PBIM,and i m quite satisfied with it which quite similar to Adidas Sundown Run
in Singapore.I would like to comment some of the pros n cons of PBIM 2009,if theres any mistakes or ur different ideas do not hesitate
to post ur opinion to me.

May be i post the article too fast without think twice about the race outcome of PBIM 2009,anyway i hope that with my post here will really help those either newbie or inexperience in our local running races.
Let me show out the pros of PBIM 2009 first:

1)Before the race,i think that the PG government been doing great enough of the pre race introduction and also when the bridge will be closed for the event.You have to know that such imformation is really important either to racer n non racer!Wong run steadily in hismaiden PBIM finishing!The fact is he sakit perut!....

2)Ya,its been sharp enough that the starting time of each category!This is what we runners want about!
3)Convenient facilities toilets been provided to runners before and after the race,Thumb up to the PBIM 2009 organisers!This i really have to tell u that not much running organisers in Malaysia can provide such a good sanitary service.

4)Water stationimprove alot as compare to last year,even for my half marathon,i can sense that atleast 4,5 water station been provided to me even banana station as well!I wasnt really show out my finishing style,always look at my hand watch zzzz..

5)Wow!i love the way PBIM Organiser start d event by hitting the chinese drum and half way through the bridge also with d drum that can really spur up our spirit during running!
6)I run for half marathon,so is it correct distance?I didnt use any GPS eq but i quite sure that the event is in 21km distance which close to the real half marathon event distance.

7)At first the organiser wan use the lousy method of lucky draw by asking all the no. but after discuss a while they tend to use the easy 1 by publish on the announce board for those lower lucky prizes,good!Lim kor finishing,nice hand work out!

8)Organiser good in capturing the photoes for participant,i love this 1 very much!
9)Uncle Moey told us that he got comment in Facebook of PBIM about the design of medal,and they really keep up the promise to make a nice look out medal rather than traditional colour which is blue,white n red.
10)Championchip,the running chip given free to runner,i love it!As organisers say as souvenir,never been before i got such item to be kept!


Ok,now its about the cons:
1)I dun really like about the parking area provided by queensbay area there and also its been quite messy right after 12am as alot runners coming in whereby the guard wasnt really control well about the traffic.I got heart some of my fren coming late need to ppark their car at Kristal Point which is 2km from starting point!
2)a little bit of confusing about the running distance whereby the signboard wasnt really showing the true distance,its a little different from actual 1,for example when we U turn at the bridge the signboard showing 10km and at that time,i clock 40min+i can really sure its wont be that fast that i run,i think most probably is 9.5km nia.
3)Banana station?Aiya,they giving it half way during the running course...cannot leh,its actually not suit for it,its either before the race of after the race.
4)Prizing giving ceremony wasnt good enough as they make it after lucky draw which all the crowd getting home!
5)I just felt that by providing a bottle of water to runner during half way just too much!In fact d organiser waste quite alot of water/bottle in this event,during running course they provide ccup of water been good enough already!
others>?can comment about it or continue my post if you want do so coz i may miss something else especially during race kit collection.

P/S :above all are kakithoners that joined the race,paiseh(sorry in hokkien) i put 2 of my pics inside,hehe!I just wonder d pic abit same with my Sundown race...

PENANG BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON 2009

PENANG BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MARATHON

This event is organized by Penang State Government every year. 3 kakithoners which are Ong, Wong and Lim took part in half marathon (21km)...

The run start at 2.30am for where full marathon category kick off the race. Then followed by half marathon, an hour after the full marathon start. The quarter marathon and fun run are the categories start last.

Ong, at the very beginning already run as lead for kakithoners, followed by Lim and Wong. Ong appear to be in the 19th palcing with time 1hr.33min, Lim in 73rd with time 1hr.47min while Wong who experienced stomach ache completed the 21km run in 150th with time 1hr.58min. Total participants took part in half marathon are 2800 people. Ong and Lim had did their personal best (PB) time in half marathon...Congratulation to them for completing the race...

More updates will be 。。。。(Written by Wong if i not mistake)
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Heres my update(Ong)
I had been less online for these few days all because of my current condition of working everyday frm 10-10pm and my home also dun have internet connection anymore coz the phone line been damaged quite long time,and my parents decide to cut the line.

So i been prepare for the Digi dial up line connecting thru bluetooth of my Hp and my laptop.Lucky today i manage to settle it.Although the line very slow but still enuff for me to upload something else at here.

Both Lim kor n Wong been first time joining the PBIM,so me as host really thnks that they willing to travel such far to my hometown n join with me in the race.Anyway both of them didnt really stay long in my home as they back early.

This year been 2nd time the opposition government taking up the task to organise the PBIM,As i heart alot of comment about the first edition of PBIM last year,so joining it in 2nd year will be alot to watch out.

3 of us joining the Haf Marathon,a race n distance i fear the most,y?coz i x pandai dalam distance ni lo.I more to 10km running rather thn >20km running,somemore i just back frm my holiday in Sarawak with my coursemate for 5days staying there without doing any training!Got la,once oni hiking up to the challenging Gunung Santubong!So i think for PBIM,I may well outside the time that i wanna achieve.The fact is in PBIM 2009,I didnt really target anything else,for both time n postition.As i knew i been doing really bad in the last time PBIM few years ago which around 1hr 45min + if i no mistake.

Thanks god that after all my training of mileage in UTM been fruitful that i didnt really discover it.K,let me continue about the race start at 3.30am sharp,the PBIM orgaiser been doing great that provide all the facilities to runner such as toilet which cater for all of us n the sponser booth all just around the corner with the starting line.

I meet with my BM Leoapard frens as well,they all been well prepare for the race here.Thnks to Yap also 1 of my BM leoapard fren that help to take the no. n vest for us.I think by oaying RM40 is worth enuff for us as we getting the Brooks vest which can worth rm20+.3 of us been reaching Queensbay mall at around 12am right after i finish my restaurant work at Chai leng Park.SO we jus had around 1-2hrs time to take up the nap.

As usual i can c those familiar faces before n after the race.Right after the race start,i just follow tightly with Ah Koon 1 of my Leoapard fren as well.amazingly when we reach the U-turn of 10km,my time was 40mins,wow!thats fast! its what i think about when reaching there.Anyway i didnt really bother much about it,jus continue to run and i feel really really good,just dunno why,i think may be coz of my mileage training 5days in a row during my exam week!I knew that my weakness point and just hope that it didnt really occur back,luckily it only occur at the time of around 1hr 15min,so i hav few more mins to improve my timing.

The fact that i think that i might well achieve below 1hr 30mins,its been already too late coz of my poor fininshes at last 4km.Anyway i really thnks god for giving me such a strength to finish my best ever Half marathon n i getting love to this event haha!I manage to capture lim kor pic but its quite blur,he also doing his best time in Half marathon,congratz to him.He is a busy man,want to train also hard as we only can see him may be once a week nia.Wong finish well below 2hrs,not a good time for him as he feel not nice in his stomach before the race.So hopefully he learn frm the lesson.

After the race,brought them to eat famous food in Pg,as well some interest places,but i can say we miss alot of thing to be enjoy in Pg coz of the short time we had here.Anyway hope all of us getting enjoy to the race n Penang here.Overall the organiser been doing good for this year race!Any of our other member wanna join for next year PBIM?Come on jus dun hesitate to ask me about it.

Mens Health Urbanathlon 2010

An event which i never heart before but i got its new through my email,quite amazing whereby you not only run for the whole 12km but u nid to cross over all kind of obstacle as well!I love that kind of challenge also.It will be held in 31st Jan 2010 in Spore,which i think may join if everything going smooth.More detail check out below here


Some description here:

The first event of its kind in Singapore, the Men's Health Urbanathlon takes endurance racing to a new level of fun, sending you off on a 12.5km run with challenging urban obstacles. Leap over road barricades, scale a wall, jump into a river, conquer flights of steps and fight your way through mud pits to glory!

First launched in 2006 in the US and then UK, the Men's Health Urbanathlon has now made its way to the shores of Singapore. Take on the challenge and put your strength, stamina and agility to the test. All participants will receive a runner's tee, race pack, complimentary six-month subscription to Men's Health and, most importantly, the experience of a lifetime. The top three runners from both the Individual & Team categories will receive attractive prizes. Open to men aged 18 years and above.

Final exam or Training?

I think its been 1 of main concern whenever come to the final exam for each semester that you guys need to face this kind of dillema situation.As a student our main responsibility is study well to get good results which will help us to get first class honour that every1 aim for.

But in the other hand,your shoulder also been stuck with training as to maintain ur performance.Since our group come in with several new faces,its been 1 of d learning process to learn to cope with such pressure.'Being an athlete is special for us' this what our Unit Sukan pengarah said to us recently.You can study just like other students,but you also can do well in sports!So do appreciate the gift given by god as to do well in both field.

Coping with such pressure will drive us crazy if you didnt really manage ur time well.I think the guys out there alrd sense about it.Slowly you will find the way through all these.1 of our very best example is our senior Kak Jiha, being in her final exam on monday morning,she went for Powerman,Manjung on Sunday morning thn come back all the way frm Perak to Johor,and if no mistake she only sleep a while only.Another example is Lim Kor with his very very important PSM(Project Sarjana Muda ) Presentation on monday as well,i and him rush back all the way at 12 midnight frm KL to Jb,actually we went for Perhentian Island Challenge 3 days 2 nights,yet the bus wasnt on time to send us back,You have to noe if you fail in ur presentation : ur PSM burst!That time Lim kor exactly like ant in the hot wok( in chinese idiom)i wasnt sure english been call like or not,ha!

This week also same,before this we planned to go M2M,anyway i cancell it at last not even Powerman to go.Want to noe y?Various of reasons that connected with it.Whenever you wan go for a long trip competition,you really hace to plan well ahead all the basic requirement that you need fullfill so only then you can get through the process smoothly.

I think i ad talk such alot liao.Just remember "learning is a lifelong process" then slowly or 1 day you will noe better and better!

Happy Holidays to all the guys out there


Picture courtesy frm PIC 2008

Saucony Fastwitch 3

Dunno what to say,just kinda curious.I never wear this shoes,never touch this shoes and even never try this shoes at all!But i just kind of like the shoes very much looking at its appearance and design which cater for the racer out there.

So i just search abit of article in the website which hopefully can help me to solve some of the question regarding this shoes.Through my own experience by judging at its design n appearance i can sense that its kinda like the mizuno wave precision wear by ida,Han and also little bit like Chan de Adidas Ozwego.

I dunno whether this shoes will be my next shoes,but its not a new shoes anymore.If no mistake its been out last year.This shoes i can say good for 10k but the website article did mention also good for marathon..Dunno leh,really must try before you wan buy it!1 thing that i really give it added value is the shoes colour which really make me exciting about it.Think more about the shoes you guys can just type its name Saucony Fastwitch 3 to check it out.

Below is some of the article i got frm othe site.Enjoy!

• Brand - Saucony
• Model - Grid Fastwitch 3
• Type - Stability
• Cushioning - Light Cushioning
• Weight - Male 210g Female 175g
• Main purpose - racing shoe

The new Fastwitch 3 develops Saucony's very successful lightweight racing shoe one step further. The mesh upper has been upgraded again to improve comfort, moisture management and airflow. The shoe is now lighter than it's predecessor, but still offers the raceday medial support of the previous Fastwitch 2 Endurance. The women's Fastwitch 3 has good cushioning and just enough support for distances up to half marathon.

Additional Features

MIDSOLE: EVA midsole
i Grid lightweight cushioning
HRC Strobel Board
Dual density

The latest version of the Fastwitch can safely be described as a racing flat for everyone from underpronators to moderate overpronators. (Unlike many racing flats, the Fastwitch is built in both men's and women's sizes.) It includes all of the best features of a moderate stability trainer scaled down slightly to give it a go-fast feel. Despite its flyweight feel and ultra flexible forefoot, it has an adequate amount of both cushioning (high-tech foam midsole) and stability (functional mini medial post and midfoot shank). The highly segmented outsole contributes to weight savings and flexibility, but a few testers noted it resulted in a bumpy toe-off. For many, this could be the perfect marathon shoe.

P/S to look closer to the shoes you can view this website :HERE