back to reality

this morning i woke up to run 9.5 km. yeah, i am back training. few months back it was so difficult to go back training after running an event, and i know why. i took it slow and steady at last Sunday's KLIM and i went for a message session at the padang right after the run. my muscle relaxed much faster and true to what had been said by the lady who promote the massage - don't bring the pain back, leave it with us.

i ran my normal 9.5km course. from lot 1 (kebun bunga) to aseana (danga bay) and back. noticed the high tide. lucky it did not rain, it might give a hell lot of problems to jb folks. heard a documentary on bbc the other day about waterwolves. the flooding episodes which johorian experienced a couple of months back is nothing compared to what the Dutch encountered decades back when the waterwolves attacked.

during my run i noticed 3 souls who shared the same interest as mine. 1 uncle and a veteran couple. it is all good. i hope more and more johorian will make running as part of thier way of life.

"Kau tender nombor ni ke?" (did you tendered for this number) asked the president of pacesetter club to me before the start of race. I smiled at him, did know what to say. I told him that my friend helped me out during registration and I was lucky, I guess. I said to myself quitely, I hope I will not run out of luck for the race.




I did say that my wife and I will be participating in KLIM 08 - 10 km race. Well, it did not turn out as planned. Wife stuck looking after the kids and her training went "funky monkey". Mine went fine so we agreed that this time around I'll do the running. I decided to do the half since it coincides with my sundown training plan. That was Monday of the KLIM week. Called my ever reliable friend to help me out on registration and race pack collection on Tuesday, bought return ticket on Friday and by Saturday afternoon I was in K.L.


My race starts at 6.00 am. Woke up at 4.00 am. By 4.15 am I was flanging the cab. I was at Dataran well before 5.00 am. Going around snapping pictures. Looking for a sign that tells "you are gonna have fun running this morning". Finally my prayers were answered, I saw Spiderman - not sure of the person's gender behind the suit, I take it his or her appearance is the sign that I am looking for.





True to my instinct, I had a good run. Timing was lousy - 2 hrs 30+ min. I am not complaining, its part of my training regime. Organizers did a wonderful job in getting things done, well, almost. Except for some traffic mismanagement, runners might not have complained. Medals were given once crossing the finishing line, thank god they did not make us line up to collect our well deserved medal. Lots of refreshments, and one thing that I really appreciate was the shower facility. You guys are great.



I will definately coming back next year. I was not sure a week ago but now I have made up my mind. Full or half is yet to be determined.



I thank you my friend who helped me with the registration and collection. You rock. I have the feeling that you will do you first marathon within 18 month from now.

14 more weeks to go for Sundown Marathon

Got back early from work today. Called wife to get ready for some action in the park. She got her 20min run/jog/walk but I got the babysitting part. Seeing her in action is all worth it. I want her to be fit physically and mentally. Ever since I got her to use my heart rate minitor, I've seen progressed in leaps and bounds. She no longer carry her inhaler during the run/jog/walk. And her face got this radiant-like thing. Now I'm thingking of getting another one. Now I got all the reason to grab the RS something-something...in my dreams...

I was so mad with e-banking. Tried to make payment after registering on-line for Sundown but was turned down. Well, I didn't get through registering just now and I didn't want to use my other card. I'll just wait for tomorrow and settle this things. I'm kinda eager cause I want to have the feeling of training legitimacy. You see, I have putting up some mileage for Sundown but I have yet to register.

What's on my plate tomorrow? 6.5km. I think I'm gonna run from Taman Bunga northwards 3.25km and back.

I am back on track

It has been a while since I had my last entry. From that day to last night, I wasn't sure of a lot of things. But this morning, waking up to my morning run and looking up to the sky, I got all figured out; I am not going to go all out futsalling.

I always have bad feelings about this game (futsal). It is all about kicking the ball into the back of the net. The problem is that it is not like soccer where you got to pace yourself. In the game of futsal, you are bound to get all excited and you tend to forget yourself. In excitement, you will hurt yourself. You only find it out when you are about to leave the court. That was what happend to me. I expose myself to injuries. And injury did I get. I couldn't walk straight and my butt hurts. I can't even jog. I didn't have my routine long run during weekends. man I feel like a slob. I vow that I will never play this game again. Well, if I got no choice I'll just be in the court do my best to avoid fancy movements.

This morning I try to run. Man it was difficult. But half away running there's this guy who always keep up to my running pace, joined me and I have forgotten about the pain. And I did quite well. It proves that its all about the mind. its the mind game. Gotta be focus and stay in the course.

My wife will be joining me...

Told my wife that I have decided to do 2 marathons this year. Along the way I managed to convince her to do 10K. She's no runner but she's has the desire to keep fit.

I assured her that I will train with her and run side-by-side with her during the event. So she has decided to do the 10K event in the AmBank Kuala Lumpur International Marathon 2008. Way to go! Now got my wife to train with me.

Next step, we gonna search for a suitable training program from the internet and stick to it.

So, you wanna do 2 marathons this year....

I am a Malaysian working in Johor Bahru (JB). Did most of my practice runs in JB and participate in running events mostly in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

I did my first marathon in 2006. The Putrajaya Marathon. My second was the Standard Chartered (Stand Chart) Singapore Marathon. This year I plan to do 2. I am thinking of doing the inaugral Adidas Sundown Singapore Marathon and the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon.

Why the heck I wanna do marathons in Singapore, where it costs more and I got to cross the border? Well, its all because of timing. Sundown is scheduled on 31 May 2008 and customarily Stand Chart's will be held in December. It nice to have about half a year to practice.

I started running in late 2005. In less than a year, I already did my first marathon. The Putrajaya. I did it in 5hrs 55mins. I aimed for sub-6hrs. It was my desire not my strength that made me cross the finishing line. My Stand Chart 2006 was terrible. I did 6hrs 25mins. I only aim to finish the race.

So for this year, with the aim of doing 2 marathons which is 6 months apart, I should train well and beat my personal best.

Here we go ...