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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Perodua Crazy Hazy Race For A Cause 2013 - Lemauness No More! =D

Nice running tee, nice lucky number too... =D

Dear followers, silent readers, my beloved running buddies, brothers and sistas of running community. After the worst haze that has been enveloping our country, especially Klang Valley area for about 1 week, now it's about time to share with you guys out there on my not so recent race review. My utmost apologies for this late race review. Felt lemau to write eh? Sigh... T..T

Building Car People First

I immediately registered for this run since I am a proud owner of a Perodua MyVi. Must support that brand name no matter what. Even though there was a MAEPS-MARDI Trail Run that was held on the same day. Perodua tetap dekat di hati, Chewah! After all, i can just run the trail everyday here. Hehee... ayat nak sedapkan hati sangat.. Huhuu.. I received my racekit 2 weeks before the event. Pretty fast too as I was completely forgotten that I opted for it to be sent via courier. Senile old me... LOL! The running tee's design was nice although some of the little words stickers were easily peeled off after my 1st break-in run in the MARDI Trail. Hence, I've decided to not wearing it during the event. Could not complain much for the cheap RM30 registration fees, right? @.@

POJ Kami Datang 2.0 Runners... Kami redah walaupon jerebu tebal melanda!

Rashid dengan penampilan imej muslimah ayu terbaru dia.. I barely noticed him/her at first glance... Like seriously! LOL

As the haze was getting worse and our legs were getting itchier to run, Rashid and I decided to join a LSD-ish run organized by POJ Runners, called POJ Kami Datang 2.0. It was a night run that was held on Friday, 21 June 2013. There were 17 runners came to support this event, just like le Sabuns Ultra LSD. Despite of my lemau-ness and sore muscles after the Mount Jerai Challenge the week before, I braved myself to finish 13km lemau run, with a long break after 6.5km for the makan2 and group photo session. Managed to break in my SCKLM running vest too.. Comfy just like last year one... =D

Decided to wear this multipurpose BUFF on my Haze Run... Love the Purple v much!!!

Fast forward to the day, I woke up around 4.30 am, got up and had my Nutella sandwiches to stimulate my bowel movement asap. I went to fetch Fadzil, my running buddy in Taman Maluri and realized I forgot to bring along my knee straps. Oh well, let's hope that both of my knees will behave well today, I said to myself. On the way to Palace of Justice (POJ), we stopped at the RnR MEX Highway for Subuh prayer and did my no.2 business.

Yours truly, Inah and Eena before the run... Neves dah nih... Lemau please go away.. =I

We reached POJ circa 6.30am. Still got some time to do no.1 business (jittery pee, as usual) and did some light warm up. Although it was hazy, but I did not feel the lemau-ness anymore, unlike Mizuno Wave Run. Met with Razinah and Sis Eena before the race and took some pictures with them. After wishing each other good luck, we were flagged off by 7.15 am, I guessed.

Here I was struggling and huffing my way in the hazy run... Didn't notice the camera at all... Heng was in front of me!

My hazy pose... Damn it's hard to breath in this harsh condition... @.@ Credits to Zaini, Kak Lina's hubby.

The first 5KM was doable although I was struggling to keep with the pace. Tried to catch up with Padel for a few hundred meters before I slowed my pace. Then I tried to hook up with Aafong blistering pace at Sub 6min/km, but only for the first 5KM. I managed to do 5KM within 30 minutes, thank goodness! Mostly because it was a flat route. Bumped into Nadea Sukarno, my ex-pacee after KM3 but she had to slow down after 6KM, maybe due to the hazy conditions. She seemed to be having a tough time to run in the haze. I was huffing and puffing to maintain my pace after KM7 too. I could smell the smoke from the forest by the highway. Blerghh.. Gulped down GU Energy Gel - Mandarin Orange is my favourite after KM8. We were running along the Men's Health/Kidney Run route. Managed to do 10KM in 1:03, not bad lah, still within my targetted time of 1:40 hehee...

Hey, look at me, I`m floating at last... Nice picture... Me likey!!! Weee... Credits to Zaini once again... =D

The last 5KM was the slight hilly flyover route heading towards POJ via 1Malaysia Futsal Court and the posh neighbourhood of Putrajaya. Still struggling with my pace at this moment although I know we were almost near the finishing line. I tried to pace up with one chinese girl but I could not go any faster, my left knee felt a tad sore after 10KM. I crossed the finishing arch in 1:37:46 (Garmin: 14.87KM), 4 minutes after Aafong. Yayyy... Later it turns out that I was at the 165th placing out of 479 runners in the Men's Category. It's a PB some how... No more lemau feelings... It's all in my mind... Yayyy... =D

After I took the finisher medal, certificate and light snack pack, I went to have the refreshing Dutch Lady chocolate milk drink as my recovery drink. I kept on commuting to the Dutch Lady van for 3times. Minum sampai lebam pun boleh.. LOL! Then it was time for a group and wacky solo photo session as the haze was getting worse.Took lots of pictures with the usual suspects, running maniacs and running bloggers... Hehee... I coughed non-stop when I could not stand the stingy burning smell. So uncomfy... Curse you haze! @..@

Exclusive with Datin Millie, Yours truly and Kak Lina Femes Bunny... =D

Fadzil, Me, Chiew and Heng... Good job guys... Keep on running ok

As expected, Sis Eena got her second no. 4 podium finisher, RM200 you... Congratz Sis!

Group photo session with my We Are Runners (WARs) was a must! Even without Rashid in the picture... hohoho... I had a sore throat too you know... hiks! Oh by the way, met MatJoe, one of my blogger friend for the first time and a photo shoot was a must then... =D

Goofy W.A.R.s in action.... Wished Rashid was here... It's a great get together session after each run

Overall, it was a job well done. Credits to the organizer for being able to organize such a great event despite the bad haze conditions. Plenty of water stations along the route, 5 of them! All of them were serving us with cold drinking water and isotonic drink (100 Plus). The route was safely marshalled. The traffic was minimal too on that day. Looks like more people chose to stay indoor during this haze, unlike us, runners, the crazy bunch. LOL! I'm looking forward for next year's Perodua Run already... Felt so good!

Catch of the day: Finisher medal and hazy ninja pose.... =)

After the health hazards run, eat lah, what else! It's melantak time... LOL! Had a scrumptious brunch with Fadzil, Chiew and Heng at Zouk, Putrajaya... Yummeh...

Secret's Recipe Tom Yum Kung... Spicy Yum!

Until then, toodles!

Feeling jadi Duta Skechers Sat... LMAO... Dream Big I Must!!!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

LSD POJ + Maiden Nuang Hike + Deuter Trail 7K Fun Run = Super Packed Back 2 Back 2 Back Insane Weekend!

Owh hello there to all my fellow readers, followers, my brothers and sisters in Runninghood... Have a Happy Productive Tuesday to all of you. I would like to share my 1st impromptu back 2 back 2 back madness activities during the last weekend and how I reap the benefits from it indirectly. Hehee... So, here we go!

Jangan lupa dapatkan #KuihSiputBonda Azrul Adnan aka Roy... Bagus untuk runners ni... Sesuai dimakan selepas LSD!

Squash & 23K LSD POJ (Friday, 10 May 2013)

As usual, me and my colleague, Nizam has planned to play squash every Friday evening after work, around 5.30 pm. We just played it for fun and polished our rusty skills after the long hiatus. But still, I sweat bucket loads. Gosh! So, after 7.15 pm, I drove to POJ since I've promised to do my last LSD before the Hat Yai Marathon with Kak Nannoor, Razinah, Izman and Baman by 8 pm.

Let's hit the wall, shall we? Ada gaya Azlan Iskandar x? LOL... Brangan giler!

Thank goodness, it was a pretty windy cooling night for us to do LSD. I saw many runners gathered around near POJ not knowing that they were there for a night run, photo session and for a cause, to show their support too. Kak Suzie and Arman was there too, so I was told by Razinah.

Me and Kak Nannoor targetted to do 25 - 30km LSD, while Razinah planned to do at least 15k. I followed Kak Nannoor easy peasy pace during the LSD session, while Izman and Baman did their LSD run at their speedy chatty pace, my goodness! Razinah could not keep up with both of us since her knees had not been fully recovered from her recent Mount Kinabalu hike via Mersilau Trail. In the end, I have to be satisfied with my 23k, while Kak Nannoor and her 20k, Baman (18k), Izman (15k) and Razinah (14k) since it has already started to drizzle a bit by midnight. As expected, I saw our living legend Sifu Ultra Ray was doing his LSD at his blistering speed of light pace. Full respecto!

Done with my LSD run, I went home and dozed off right away. Circa 5 am, I woke up and went to fetch my hiking companion at Klang to go for my 1st hiking ever. The last mountain that I hiked before was Mount Angsi, located in Negeri Sembilan in 2000. Earlier on, Zinov invited me to join him and his fellow running buddies to run the trail in Mount Nuang. I agreed to join but I'll just do the normal hiking since it was my 1st time to hike this majestic mountain. Plus it was the highest peak in Selangor (1,493m)! Yosh...

Mount Nuang - Maiden Hike (Saturday, 11 May 2013)

We gathered at the starting point at Kampung Kuala Pangsoon, one of the three trail trails going up Mount Nuang summit. Me and my friend started the hike first around 7.30 am, while Zinov, Kam and Khairi Muin took their sweet time. At first the trail was runnable with a mild incline along the way towards Camp Lolo, the famous camping site but we decided to just keep on hiking since it was still a longggg way to go.

The first incline, spotted a few hikers were ahead of us...

Zinov and the gang overtook us when we were resting at the 2nd cement hut. We heard the torrential sound of waterfalls near Buluh Minyak rest stop (W6) and tempted to take a dip since it was getting hotter and humid. I slipped and fell into the stream as the stone was very slippery when I asked my friend to take my picture... Adei, basah sudah stokin ku...

Pose2 glowing after soaked my trail shoes at the water falls... Hahaa... Need to change new trail shoes asap!

We managed to reach Camp Lolo shortly after that and decided to move on as it stated on the signage that it was 1.2 km away but it will take 2 hours and 30 minutes to reach Camp Pacat. With our high spirits, we soldiered on the steep inclines of slippery vine roots and muddy trails. Luckily it was not wet and super slippery. Zinov and his Ultra compatriots were seen making their way down when we were still braving ourselves and kept on hiking up. Super fast indeed! @..@

Camp Lolo straight ahead.... Not that far though...

As we could almost see the sky clearly through the trees, I knew that we were about to reach Camp Pacat in no time. However, I totally underestimated the toughness and humidity of Mt Nuang offered as we were running out of drinking water, isotonic drinks and food. My friend was started to feel lethargic and running out of energy as his stamina was pretty low. We decided to call it a day and headed our way back. I had to descend slowly since he's started to feel extremely tired and dehydrated. We had to take several breaks along our way down. He even dozed off to recharge back his energy as we were hiking on an empty tank. I kept on motivating him to keep on moving faster as I could hear the soothing torrential sound of waterfalls near Camp Lolo was getting closer and closer. It was a bliss to sip the icy cold water and we immediately took our dip there to cool off the body temperature and quench our thirst. Thank goodness! \(^O^)/

Almost there, yet so far away... The altitude was super challenging with all the humidity issue

After that the we continued our journey back to the base camp and stopped again at the 1st waterfall near W6 to take some pictures and soak in the soothing waterfall. Once we were more refreshed and started to feel the hunger pang, we kept on hiking down. I had to stick close to my friend since his legs started to cramp and had to walk slowly. (Tulah liat jogging and exercise bagai lagi, kan stamina dah ke laut..) I brought his backpack since he's getting very very tired. It was getting scorching hot around 2.30 pm. Luckily I brought my cap and shades with me. Finally we reached the base camp around 4 pm. It took us almost 9 hours altogether for our inaugural hike. My calves were very sore after the awesome hike. Sakit tapi nikmat LOL! I guestimated that we managed to cover around 10-12km on that day... Looks like I will have to revisit this Sleeping Beauty once again for my unfinished business, to conquer the summit. Game on Nuang! =D

Deuter Trail Fun Run 2013 (Sunday, 12 May 2013)

I almost forgotten about this trail running event until Rashid told me that he'll be sleepover at my house on that Saturday. This is because I could not join this event at first, since it coincided with the actual date of Borneo International Marathon and GE13 date (5 May). After they came out with the new date, I immediately signed up especially when announced that the first 700 entries will be given a Deuter pouch bag worth RM55.00. Although the registration fee was a bit rip off for a 7KM Trail Fun Run, but the running tee was a very good quality one. Love the design too.

Luv the blue colour... It matches my running shorts too... Ngeh2...

On that Sunday morning, we took our sweet time to prepare ourselves, since the event started at 8 am. At first many runners were worried about the microwave heat from the morning sun. Luckily it was slightly overcast and we were running mostly in the shades of the trail. Every runner was given a yellow lily wristband each for a safety reason, perhaps. Hehee... We were flagged off 8am sharp and we were running on the tarmac for almost 2km before we headed for the 1st incline. As I entered the trail route, I had to overtake some of the runners who were started to walk in as the route was very narrow, only one person. And I fear that it will be getting more congested once the women and junior category started to pour in soon.

Deuter Trail Fun Run Route... Love the winding ups and downs trail route.... Want more of this please! *Adrenaline junkie mode activated

I really enjoyed running along this trail. Love the undulating ups and downs trail. All the inclines were insanely steep that I was forced to walk once. I could never get bored running in palm oil estate trail with a breathtaking view of Putrajaya Lake from far. It felt like going for a roller coaster ride along the route. Means more adrenaline pumping actions too for me. Almost tripped twice when my legs were getting jelly. And I stepped on a sharp root @ stump and felt the pain since I was wearing my Pure Flow 2 road running shoes only. Looks like I have to invest in some trail running shoes before my Mount Jerai Challenge Run next month. GoTrail is on my mind right now.

The most anticipated picture of me running on the EPIC Putrajaya Trail Bridge ... I'm all hyped up!!! =D

We were served with a drinking bottle, which was not convenient at all. Must be their 1st time organizing this kind of event. After 5km, I could hear the loud sound from the main stage and I knew the finishing line was not that far anymore. So I fasten my pace doing the downhills like mad yet cautiously. Felt like a superhero at that moment with some kungfu steps. Hahaa... Then we were ushered into the final stretch of the route, eight challenging ant hills. It was meant for the extreme mountain bicycle route. I have to tackle all those eight steep bumps on one go as it was such a thrilling experience as I was afraid I might slipped down. Hehee...

As you can see, my facial expression in this picture... Super cuak I tell you.. Totally priceless... Hahaa!!!

I finished my trail fun run in 51 minutes for 6KM . Not bad at all since I've been tormented by the merciless Nuang before this event. It seems that I've been prepared for this run without me noticing it. Thank goodness. Hiking Mount Nuang was a good call after all. Hehee... Fuhhh...

Well, after the race, what else to do other than taking lots of funky post race pictures together with my friends. Many familiar faces were spotted around the venue. Met Khairi Muin, KingKadok, Idot #gengkakilari and Speedy Dayat.
One thing about the event, there was no isotonic water being provided after the run. Just zam-zam drinking water and mineral only. The unique finisher token could have been a little bit heavier because it looked pretty cheap piece of wood. Other than that, it was a very well organised event, with lots of marshalls, volunteers and photographers along the route. Almost got lucky during the lucky draw... Sigh hehe... Looking forward for more trail running event like this next year... Double loops (12K) perhaps? Hehee.. =D