Neo - Ultra LEV

Jeng Jeng Jeng!

No wonder Neo R3 new batch have not come out just yet. Those guys are working on something even leaner and meaner. No details as of yet 'bout this super ultra Limited Edition Vehicle.

According to this, the damage is almost 100k or even more!

You can check out r3gister. Whatever update on R3 or Proton performance parts can be dig through this forum. It's not R3 official forum, but official club for R3 enthusiast.

"We're Not Just about The Cars, We're a Community" - quote from SGTI club

I dont mind getting my hand on this car if i have the moolah.

*Update: Its officially out! RM115k! Click here and here.

Run Bike...Race!

HPC events are coming in. Tons of clutching,steering,shifting and oversteering. I'm missing the screaming sound of lady V in white clad dress. Oh, how i adore her, Miss FD2R. Yummy! And of course her younger sister,Miss D for DC5. So gonna get pawned again for next round. Makan asap lagi la this time around. Be prepared!

Pidot, cam biasa. Pinjam helmet hang!

Energizer Night Run....what a run. Clocked 2:30. Almost the same as Putrajaya Night Run, 2:29. If there any improvement i've made? Well, it felt pretty much more doable for me. Injury free again. No pain. Just keep moving on. 2 kurma and 2 powerbar gel down my throat. Yeah, kurma. I've been using date to replace pisang for quite sometimes. Even during my ride, i just eat dates. This is more practical than bringing powerbar or banana. Work wonders for me.

Finally a running event without 100 plus. Gatorade replaced em'. Limau gedang a.k.a grapefruit. Tank up my favourite flavour. Down it goes. Fuh! I think they used limau gedang as Nicol David is the new face of Gatorade, and she's squashing on the drink label.

Overcrowded i may say at the finishing line. Dont even know which way i should go. Long queue of runner trying to get their goodies bag. Thank god it's for the 10k runner.

Pop Shuvit song keep blasting from the stage area. Dint know there are actually few local acts performing. Walked there. Hey, One Buck Short is up next. Just my luck. Front row lagi ha. Who would watch all these concert anyway after the race. Request one song,, dapat pulak. Thanks Mooky! Kelibat Korupsi FTW!

Ask my friend to wait for me in the car. Parked inside MMU. Switch on my headlight. Cheering and clapping session. Full respect to all the marathoner. They already done 5:50. Even saw few familiar faces through their blog. For almost 40 minutes i keep on cheering them near the starting line. Never felt so energetic after a race. These guys really inspired me.

"3 minutes ja lg,kak/bang", "Great job,sir","Excellent!","You already survived 42km, few more meters are nothing to you.", "Few more steps,few more steps.", and lots more motivation words (really?pardon me if i annoyed any of u)

What keep me cheering them up is that, from walking, they move up to fast walk to jogging pace as they passed me. This what we really need in the community. Support. Not just from the spectators but also from the fellow runners too.

That's pretty much my write-up. Anyway, is Baling Duathlon still on? Cant seem to find it anymore on Triathlon Malaysia race date.

Gloomy

Rain. Fever. Throat infection.

That have been buggering me this week. Can't do much.

Only did 8k run on Monday.That's it.

Today, wanna do 26k Semenyih-Ulu Beranang route. Also failed. The weather is the opposite of my mood.

Am i still able to complete this Saturday Energizer Night Run? I'm in doubt right now. Finishing,yup. Improving my time, dont think so.

*Update: Manage to slip in 9k spinning. Stop till Broga. Rain.

Real Man, Real Food

This is something proper for those people out there looking for proper diet.

He's an average joe. Day to day basis working hours. Just another normal guy.

He set on a journey of his own. Leading a healthy life. Starting on February 2007.

The progress he made so far, is amazing.

Do check it out. Click here.

Jalan Jalan

This week, less training. Reason due to my mind gone haywire.

Yesterday the only almost-an-hour-activity done,cycling. Semenyih to Ulu Beranang.

My average speed is getting better. Hitting almost 29km/h. 30km/h is in sight at this stage i think.

19-20k long run wont be possible this week,but there's still the chance.Either Saturday or Sunday.
Lets just wait and see.

Ok, that's all.

Training Log 8/3-14/3

Mon - 47km ride
Tues - 18km long run
Wed - 45mins tempo
Fri - 8k run
Sun - 21km ride

Total time: 5:58:04
Total distance: 98.1km (Run=30.2/Bike=67.9)

Backpacking

I'm so gonna do this. Jalan2 kayuh basikal. Masuk jalan2 kampung. Tengok tempat orang.

Fuhh. Memang stim abis la mau boleh buat. Hopefully, middle of the year.

Right now, training dulu tgk cemana.

Check this out. Traveling Journal.

Live Free or Die Hard Tryin' !

Tribute to all those doing IM Langkawi 2010 this upcoming weekend.

Semenyih-Seremban Ride

First ever long distance ride,for me at least. Measured distance 65km back and forth. Took me 3:09. That's my longest duration for whatever discipline of sport i did. Average speed 20.29km/h. Very slow.

I guess luck is on my side,start rolling at 8:30. Cloudy all the way till Seremban. That took me almost 1:30 to get my wheel there. 3 stops along the way. Hydrating and cooling purposed stop. Finally i have 2 water mount. 1 for plain water and the other one for gatorade.

Barely going even 1km/h at the route 8-10km to Seremban. Very hilly. Stop once. Almost give up. Thinking bout pushing the bike up. This is a really good route since it's all covered with tree shades. Would love recommending this route for cycling. Even if u still cycle at 11am! The best part is, no dog encounter at all.

Need to try those Powerbar thing for refuel. I'm so not accustomed to their taste. Had my refuel stop in Mantin on the way back. 1 roti canai and 2 half boiled eggs. Water bottle refilled. Off i go. 5km reaching home,scorching sun appeared. Reached home around 12pm.

Was thinking to do some running in the evening. Mission failed. Too lazy. Let's see how it goes today. Next event, Energizer Night Run. Just checked PNM 2010 result, im 379/891. total time 2:29. My first 10km 59:50. Below 1 hour for 10km,finally.

Blister Plaster

After a long run,take off your shoes. Found out, there's blister on your foot. What you do? Pop it?

Check this out!

Breaking News!

Click here. Refer to my previous post on 15th km.

Putrajaya Night Marathon

Putrajaya Night Marathon (PNM). A well organized event. Just how i always make do with my rehydrating stop, 1 water station per 2.5km. The race start amazingly, 2 minutes earlier. Normally it would either be a minute or two late. Or even more. Mileage marker marked every kilometer. Nice.

I entered the half marathon,21km category,my second half marathon which is Ipoh Half Marathon in 2008. Starting the race felt pretty amazing. Lots of cheering from the spectators. There's even brass band rolling up their drum. Not sure if there any percussion involved,cant really tell with all the energetic noises.

Foot pounding start as usual, not in a rush. Manage to clock 38:40 for 6km. With this pace i can do 2:15. Well i doubt i. if my memory serves me right, i think at 5th km, 21km runners need to do a U-turn. U cross over the road divider then do a u turn which would fit 2-3 person for such a small space. It is between a lamp post and some small bushes. Nalarekek betui. This kind of u turn pun ada ka.

10km clocked 1:05:46. Looking at this timing, i still have the chance to do what i've been aiming for. 11km pace drop to 7min/km. 13k even worst ,7:51min/km. 14k at 7:53. 15k at 8:22.

Reaching 15km, rehydrating. Sponging. One guy collapsed. Can see blood stains on his vest. Did slow down a bit kot-kot ble dengar hot story. Nothing. Hope that guy recover well. Starting this point onwards, my pace just keep getting worst. Bye-bye 2:15. Long stretch of not so hilly road but still a killer on my knee. No pain so far, which is pretty amazing for me.

16k at 9:48min/km. Time clocked 1:54:12. 5k to go. Full marathoner goes left, halfer goes straight. Mental game session. Imagine this is your normal 30 minutes 5k race pace. It worked wonders. 17k reached at blazing 5:33min/k. OK! Another 4k to go. 6:40min/k at 18th km. My mental game lasted just for 1km ja. Ish ish ish. Clocked 2:13:59 at 18th km.

Ecstatic. Rapturous. I can see the finishing line from this last 3km. Its like the shortest 3k i've ever experienced. Just straight. Sepang Drag Battle kinda of distance. Quater Mile. Easy. 100 plus, 2 cups down my throat. Put some racing fuel. Last few km to go.

An arrow sign caught my tired eyes, turn left. It's a detour. Fuhh! Mental ni. No wonder la 3km look like drag race. Ada detour rupanya. 20k ticking at 2:21:59. "2-3 ratus meter ja lagi bro". "Gimme 5!". The volunteers keep on cheering. As i passed the juction, turned right. Drop gear dulu, layan corner. LSD locked in. Slow in, fast out (This is how you tackle corner, not fast in slow out). Pedal to metal. 4G93 rev redline. Changed gear. Woohoo! Go to hell la mivec ka vtec ka 4 throttle ka. The feeling is like you conquered Sepang 15 corners smoothly without any unforgiving understeer.

Completed the run in 2:29:00.

A really slow pace - 7min/km. Damn, my training didnt turn out as what as i expected. Queue up for Milo. Best ever! Give some to my fans. My fanbase is growing up to 3! Haha! You know who you are. Suppose to be 4. Better luck next time. Tried out the sport massage. Full lower body massage just for RM10. Managed to get the coupons. Full body massage for RM25. That is after 50% student's discount. How i love being a student.

Well, one more night run to go, 6 weeks of training to do. Energizer Night Run, starting point pretty close to MMU. Not going to be a good sight seeing foot pounding experience as PNM since there's pretty much nothing in Cyberjaya. Hopefully the organizer has think of something bout managing the traffic considering Cyberjaya is a track-junkie-heaven for RapidKL bus drivers'.

What a long post. Thanks for reading. Congratulations to all the finishers!

Kuala Klawang Saturday Drive

Kuala Klawang zig zag. Mmg best jalan dia. Layan corner sedap ni. Aku bawak keta ja. Clip kt atas ni superbike. Bagi bedesup sikit sapa2 tengok. Layan!

How to get there? Refer to the above map. Map taken from here

HPC

This posting is the first posting related to the automotive industry. For a track junkie, going for track day is a real orgasmic experience. Me, im just a track virgin. Only experienced it twice and more to come. It depends on my financial situation. Starting this year, one SIC track session has increased from RM200 to RM300. Not much for someone with deep pocket but me,a student,it is a big deal. I dont have that much of moo-lah just to go around 5km loop round and round. Why would SIC management increased the fees, it is beyond me. They should just stick with RM200 like how it used to be. I'm not from the Batu 3 generation, so i dont know how much it is back then per session.

Hachiroku ハチロク

If those people really want to to develop the grassroot level, please lah make it more affordable for such a young chap like me. Do you expect people like us to go touge every weekend night? Layan corner? Come to think of it, i should try that once. More like how Mt. Akina ricerboy.

Rant, rant, mumbling. None on HPC. My blog my rant.

Energizer Night Race 2010

It's confirmed. I've registered for the night run. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. The registration went smoothly. Just love online payment. Both Putrajaya Night Run and Energizer Night Run i used Maybank2u. No more P.O or M.O like i used to do. Two half marathon in just one month gap between them. Nice.

LSD 16K

LSD in the early morning 7am,well it is early for me considering i normally do my run in the evening. What is LSD? Long slow distance. Run at a comfort pace without having much target on your timing. 16km is my longest LSD ever. Never done this before although i did participate in Malakoff 26K back in Penang a while ago which is longer than a half marathon. Participate without proper training plan. This time around, i'll try to have a better timing.

Putrajaya Night Run can be consider as my first run with proper training. Not really. This last 2 weeks supposed to be tapering week where you cut your mileage rather than accumulate the running mileage. I've been missing from running session for the whole post week exam period. More into cycling during that time. Might be putting some entry on my first long distance ride on some other entry.

This is the longest boredom of running experience i've ever experienced to be honest. Running in circle for more than 20 rounds on the same tarmac, pounding and pounding all the way. My usual running spot, Taman Tasik Lakeside. Was considering going back and forth to the Uni, since i could bump into the hilly up and down road. Nah, by the time i go up and down i would already be fried up. Having tattoed like arm as Tim Commerford is not something i'm longing for.

To my surprised, i did approximately 16km in 1:34:51. That is like 5:54min/km. Never expect such outcome anyway. If this how i would perform during the Putrajaya half marathon, i might break the barrier of clocking within 2:05:00. Not much expectation for the run on 06/02/10,just targetting to be below 2:15:00. I know,i'm not a fast runner. Here's my half marathon training plan, sponsored by Google.

Gain and Loss

Terasa nak bercakap bab kesihatan plak kali ni. Selalu dengar orang cakap, aku dah jogging tasik 3-4 round dh td. Perut aku duk macam tu jugak. Aku dah kurang makan dah, tiap tiap hari dari 4 kali makan jadi 2 kali x pun skali ja la ni. Dah seminggu aku workout, badan aku maintain ja duk macam ni. Tu la ayat-ayat yang selalu sangat orang duk cakap.

New Balance 15k

Kalau setakat duk exercise baru seminggu hari-hari, mengharap kurang buncit memang tak nampak la beza dia. Mau ada pun sikit ja. Benda macam ni kena konsisten.Biar la tak nampak mirror effect makin fit kat depan cermin tu, yang penting kita kena konsisten mau nak exercise ni. Dah seminggu x nampak berubah-ubah, terus stop sebab macam x da rasa apa2 mau exercise pun. Consistency is the key here. Its mind over matter sometimes.