OCBC Cycle singapore

The event was organised last Sunday, 22nd February 2009.

Four categories : The Super Challenge – 50km , The Challenge 40Km, Masters’Criterium and Men’s Open Criterium.

A few of Brunei cyclists went to Singapore and one of them is Lim Boon Teck of HSBC Brunei. He participated in the 40km Challenge in the age category 35-39. His time was 1:19:26.001 and ranked 146th out of 365 cyclists in that age category.

Well done and congratulations!!!

IRONMAN LANGKAWI 2009

This big event will be held on Saturday, 28th February 2009 di Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia. IRONMAN triathlon is the longer version of triathlon.

Normal triathlon distance (Olympic distance) which is  – 1.5km swim with 42 km bike and lastly 10km run whereas for IRONMAN triathlon distance it is 3.8km swim with 180 km bike and lastly 42km marathon run.

Triathlete – completing/finishing the 3 multi sport (swim-bike-run) of any distance

IRONMAN – completing/finishing the longer distance of 3.8km swim, 180km bike & 42km run. It can also be given to those finishing the IRONMAN 70.3 event which is half IRONMAN – 1.9km swim, 90km bike and 21km run

So careful with the title.

Brunei will be represented by Hj Abu Bakar – self sponsored athlete macam kami jua.  This is his 4th or 5th time competing in IRONMAN Langkawi. The last time was in 2005.

Next year, me and Ahmad Fathi are planning to register and compete in this event. For now, I must complete and finished the Brunei triathlon and then try to compete in half IRONMAN either in Malaysia or Singapore.

Expedisi Berbasikal Hari Habitat Sedunia 2009

The distance and time to complete the bicycle expedition.



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PNG - the white t-shirt with his new road bike. He cycled all the way from Kapok.



Calling for more photographers - Scarysoul










atu baru ya rilek photographer nya...........






My Air horn, GPS and Cyclo meter




Wear a head buff to protect from sun-burnt



pit-stop at Beribi Gadong outside Jati Transport



The road heading towards Horticultur Rimba



Speed-Cam On Duty - Luckily nobody exceed the speed limit 65km/h

Sea Swim Practice #2

today was the 2nd sea swim practice at Serasa beach and today we also decided to do the bike and run leg. My swim time was a bit faster compared to last week which was 31.08 mins compared to 37 mins. The sea was cleaner with very little rubbish.



At the start of the swim, a few of us who started at the right side terlanggar batu which we didn't see thus bruising and cuts everywhere in our legs and hands. kacau kacau.



For the bike leg, we didn't join the other cyclists because me and my brother are still waiting for GD to come out of the water.



We were hoping to be able to catch up with them but they were too fast. We only managed to caught up with Ahmad at the lambak kanan traffic light. He said he wasn't able to follow them coz they were too fast for him, so ketinggalan. I guess, their average speed was around 37 t0 42 whereas our speed was averaging around 35km.



We managed to cover 40km in a time of 1:09:39 hours with average speed of 34.6km/hr and max speed of 48km/hr.



For my run, I decided just to do one loop of stadium instead of the 10km triathlon route. I've managed to cover 3.97km in a time of 24.09 mins which was way too slow. The time was around 8:45am and it was very hot. I did run-walk-run. huhhhhhhhh




Since Ahmad left his car at Serasa, he decided to hitch a ride with us but wasn't sure whether the Ranger can accomodate another bicycle (3 bicycles already). I decided just asak saja in between the bikes and hold on to the bike. So Ahmad and me ride at the back of the Ranger with its back door down and we used jalan kampong just to stay safe (selamat kan???).




Ahmad was very worried with his new 'baby'. Kami dengan selamatnya sent Ahmad and his 'baby safe home to Manggis Satu.

Next week is the race day. I think I'm ready for the race and I'm hoping to get a number (5 to 10), hopefully.

Ironman Hawaii Top Bike

According to this website, below are the top 15 pro men & women rode in Ironman Hawaii 2008

Top 15 pro men and their bikes - LINK

1. Craig Alexander (AUS)
bike: Orbea Ordu
bike split: 4:37:19

2. Eneko Llanos (ESP)
bike: BH Global Concepts Aero
bike split: 4:33:26

3. Rutger Beke (BEL)
bike: Cervelo P3C
bike split: 4:34:44

4. Ronnie Schildknecht (SUI)
bike: BMC TT01
bike split: 4:34:25

5. Cam Brown (NZL)
bike: Pinarello FT3
bike split: 4:36:46

6. Patrick Vernay (NCL)
bike: Look 596
bike split: 4:42:49

7. Andy Potts (USA)
bike: Felt DA
bike split: 4:46:00

8. Mathias Hecht (SUI)
bike: Kuota Kueen K
bike split: 4:36:55

9. Michael Lovato (USA)
bike: Javelin Lugano
bike split: 4:45:20

10. Eduardo Sturla (ARG)
bike: Cervelo P3C
bike split: 4:34:26

11. Faris Al Sultan (GER)
bike: Cannondale Slice
bike split: 4:33:24

12. Normann Stadler (GER)
bike: Scott Plasma 2
bike split: 4:29:56

13. Ain Alar Juhanson (EST)
bike: Scott Plasma 2
bike split: 4:26:14 *

14. Maik Twelsiek (GER)
bike: Kuota Kueen K
bike split: 4:35:00

15. Timothy Marr (USA)
bike: Ceepo Venom
bike split: 4:47:39

* = fastest bike split overall

Overall - 2 Cervelo P3c, Scott Plasma 2 and Kuota Kueen K and 1 each of other brands


Top 15 pro women and their bikes - LINK

1. Chrissie Wellington (GBR)
bike: Cervelo P2C
bike split: 5:08:15 **

2. Yvonne Van Vlerken (NED)
bike: Cervelo P3C
bike split: 5:05:34 *

3. Sandra Wallenhorst (GER)
bike: Trek TTX
bike split: 5:14:56

4. Erika Csomor (HUN)
bike: Cervelo P3C
bike split: 5:18:11

5. Linsey Corbin (USA)
bike: Scott Plasma 2
bike split: 5:14:33

6. Virginia Berasategui (ESP)
bike: Wave
bike split: 5:22:16

7. Bella Comerford (GBR)
bike: Cervelo P3C
bike split: 5:21:45

8. Gina Ferguson (NZL)
bike: Ceepo Venom
bike split: 5:26:29

9. Gina Kehr (USA)
bike: Guru Crono
bike split: 5:21:46

10. Dede Griesbauer (USA)
bike: Guru Crono
bike split: 5:20:52

11. Charlotte Paul (AUS)
bike: Kestrel
bike split: 5:26:31

12. Caitlin Snow (USA)
bike: Guru Crono
bike split: 5:36:57

13. Sybille Matter (SWI)
bike: Scott Plasma 2
bike split: 5:20:13

14. Joanna Lawn (NZL)
bike: Cervelo P3C
bike split: 5:16:44

15. Martina Dogana (ITA)
bike: Kuota Kueen K
bike split: 5:27:26


Overall - 5 Cervelo ( 1 P2C & 4 P3C), 3 Guru Crono, 2 Scott Plasma 2 and 1 Kuota Kueen K, Kestrel, Ceepo Venom, Wave & Trek TTX

* = fastest female bike split
** = the bike split of Chrissie Wellington includes about 11 minutes lost due to a flat tire


After the race, what are they riding now (LINK)

	Previous ride	New ride	Date of change
Andy Potts (USA)	Felt	Kuota	January 09
Normann Stadler (GER)	Kuota Kueen K	Scott Plasma 2	June 08
David Thompson (USA)	Litespeed Saber	Felt DA	November 08
Jonas Colting (SWE)	QR Lucero Ti	Ridley Dean	November 08
Richie Cunningham (AUS)	Trek TTX	Ridley Dean	January 09
Marino Vanhoenacker (BEL)	Isaac Joule	Kuota Kueen K	January 08
Cam Brown (NZL)	Scott Plasma	Pinarello FT3	January 08
Thomas Hellriegel (GER)	Look	Planet X	January 09
Alex Taubert (GER)	Wave	Planet X	January 09
Sergio Marques (POR)	Isaac	Trek TTX 9.9 SSL	March 08
Maximilian Longrée (GER)	Giant	Look 596	July 08
Luke McKenzie (AUS)	Litespeed Saber	Scott Plasma 2	August 08
TJ Tollakson (USA)	Guru Crono	Specialized Transition	February 08
Jordan Rapp (USA)	Trek TTX	Felt DA	January 08
Paul Amey (GBR)	Giant	Kuota Kueen K	January 08
Bjorn Andersson (SWE)	QR Lucero	Cervelo P3C	July 08
Victor Zyemtsev (UKR)	Trek TTX	Guru Crono	n/a
Jonathan Caron (CAN)	Cervelo P3C	Cervelo P2C	January 09
Frank Vytrisal (GER)	Walser Cucuma	Cervelo P3C	June 08
Fraser Cartmell (GBR)	Ceepo Venom	Felt DA	October 08
Kieran Doe (NZL)	Cervelo P3C	Argon18 E-114	July 08
Simon Whitfield (CAN)	Litespeed Archon	Cervelo S 3	July 08
Jarrod Shoemaker (USA)	Kuota KOM	Orbea Orca	April 08
Leanda Cave (GBR)	Elite	Pinarello FM1	n/a
Erika Csomor (HUN)	Corratec	Cervelo P3C	n/a
Rebekah Keat (AUS)	Planet X	Cervelo P2C	January 09
Bree Wee (USA)	Scott Plasma	Argon 18 E-114	January 09
Sandra Wallenhorst (GER)	Trek TTX	Cannondale Slice	January 09
Dede Griesbauer (USA)	Guru Crono	Kestrel Airfoil Pro SE	January 09

My Runs

By now I should be doing my run of not less than 8km and longer run of more than 19k. It's gonna be another painful ultramarathon.

Week 7(2009) - 09/02 - 15/02

The triathlon swimming course - it is just an approximation

Monday - recovery
Tuesday - 4.05 km run
Wednesday - Swimming Lesson
Thursday - Cycle 2 Work - 54.09km
Friday - 1300m sea swim at Serasa Beach
Saturday - Recovery
Sunday - 7.06km afternoon run

It seems that my running is getting less every week. This is not good. I need to do more quality run. 13 more days to go.

Keep on training.................

Road Race 156KM Results

The Road Race 156Km was held today 15th February 2009 at Brunei National Stadium.

From Road Race 156KM

22 Cyclists Registered for the event

From Road Race 156KM

From Road Race 156KM

From Road Race 156KM

From Road Race 156KM

From Road Race 156KM

From Road Race 156KM

From Road Race 156KM

1st - Md Arbe Shadatul Farrani (Blue/Pink)
2nd - Muhammad Khalid bin Sata (Blue)
3rd - Abdul Hardie bin Morsidi (Yellow)
4th - Suhimi Anak Siba (Red)
5th - Md Azbe Hidayatullah bin Zainul Ariffin (white/Black)

Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya

I got the info from http://zulhassan.blogspot.com/

About the Race
Regarded as the "Intelligent Garden City," Putrajaya will play host to the inaugural event on July 26, 2009. Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya will lead athletes on a scenic course in and around the new capital city, one that sits among lush landscaping. With a one-loop lake swim, a flat bike course and a picturesque run, participants will experience many of the area's historical attractions.

Kuala Lumpur is close by, so there will be lots of attractions for both athletes and their families.

Race Information:

Swim
A triangular loop in Putrajaya Lake covering 1.9 km

Bike
From Putrajaya (on the banks of the lake) headed towards PCC, the swing bridge in Putrajaya including many attractive places. Total distance covered in this bike segment is 90.1km. (TO BE CONFIRMED)

Run
Four loops round the Putrajaya and finishing at the main entrance of the Putrajaya Square making up a distance of 21km.

Info dari http://ironman.com/events/ironman70.3/putrajaya70.3

Tasek Merimbun Run 2009

Event: Cabaran Marathon Merimbun 2009
Date & Time: Sunday, 6;30am, 1st March 2009
Venue: Tasek Merimbun, Tutong
Categories: 4 Male categories and 2 Female Categories
Registration Fees: B$5.00 for Male below 18 years and B$10.00 for other categories
Closing Date: 15th February 2009
Distance: 14km for Male 18 years to 44 years and 9 km for Male 45 years above and ALL Female runners
Registration Form : LINK


Note:
This is not a marathon run eventhough the event name says Cabaran Marathon Merimbun. The distance is not even 42km. The event should have been 'Cabaran Larian Tasek Merimbun' or Tasek Merimbun Run.

The event coincide with 3rd Brunei Triathlon thus the probability of winning the run is high because some of the faster runners is participating in the triathlon.

Anakpanyu Bicycle

Picture taken by www.putihandlush.com

Sea Swim Practice #1

Friday, 13th Feb, 7am at Pantai Serasa around 13 triathletes wannabe (some are already tri-athletes) are trying out the swimming course. I was only informed yesterday afternoon by Ali Sofian Thani, so I only managed to contact a few of my friends. The sea swim familiarization was not organized by the Brunei Triathlon Committee but by some enthusiast athlete. The swim was being monitored by the Brunei Marine Police. Thank you very much guys

Getting ready for the swim. For me, I was wearing the full gear that I'm going to wear for the triathlon event.

Me and GD setting our stop watch. My time was around 38 mins and according to the time keeper, the distance is less than the actual (kurang 300 to 200m). Ahmad time was around 37 mins and GD time was around 44mins

The Brunei Marine Police with their cool ride

Overall, I was pretty much satistied with my performance today. I'm more confidence now that I will be able to finish my swim. Inda ku rugi berminggu minggu ku belajar swimming. I'm ready for the marathon swim. I should register for the Labuan 5.4Km cross channel swim <---I'm not that crazy to try this

Swimming in the sea is very much different from swimming pool. Its salty, cloudy (dark) bottom and not to mention rubbish everywhere. For us today, the starting line was full of rubbish with lots of floating logs.

I heard next week there will be another another swimming session. This time we will bring our bike. We didn't know that today they were also doing the bike route after the swim (brick training).

Until next week...........................

Cycle 2 Work

Today managed to cycle to work 26.56km in a time of 57.21mins. I took the longer route. I started from my home to highway Mentiri and to BSB using Jalan Kota Batu. It was just an endurance ride, no speed work, just cruising along. I arrived at my office around 7:15am and most the workers have not arrived, so easy for me to carry my bike without anyone noticing.

After work, of course lah balik pakai basikal. It would sound stupid if you went back home using your car and the bike at the back seat. hahahaha...................

Went back home using Jalan Kebangsaan and stop by at Stadium to meet up with GD and Aliuddin. We did 5 laps around Stadium road with speed interval. After that recovery rest at the Pusat Dakwah bus stop.

I should do this weekly - Cycle 2 Work - Healthy, Fitness, Fuel Saving and Rejuvenation.......

The Greatest Race On Earth 08/09 - Hong Kong

The HongKong Marathon was held last Sunday, 8th February 2009 and Brunei was represented by Sefli Ahar. His time was 3:04:17 hours.

With all the 4 races (Nairobi, Singapore, Mumbai & Hong Kong) completed, Brunei is now ranked 19 out of 23 countries participatig in the race. Not much improvement from last year. The 4 countries that we beat were Korea, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Pakistan. We managed to beat them due to the fact that some of their runners did not showed up for the races. yehaaaaaaaaaa

Keep on running.........................

Week 6(2009) - 02/02 - 08/02

It was a slow week due to hujan di sana sini, turun inda berschedule. So to cut short, below were my activities;

Monday: Recovery
Tuesday: Recovery (Hujan)
Wednesday: Morning 5km run and Afternoon swimming lesson
Thursday: Afternoon bike ride 21.44km
Friday: recovery (swimming pool break down)
Saturday: 3X500m swim at Anggerek Desa Swimming pool
Sunday: 62.97 km bike ride

The weather is getting better nowadays and with raining only occuring at night (sakajap saja). 18 more days to triathlon and I've seen a lot of athlete doing their training. This year will be the year where we will see alot of new Triathlon bike compared to the previous triathlon. If I'm not mistaken only 1 or 2 Triathlon bike were being used at that time. This year, most probably more than 5 triathlon bikes ranging from Scott, Pinarello, Quintana Roo and not forgetting Cervelo - the number 1 Triathlon bike and maybe a few other triathlon bike that I'm not aware they have bought.

Keep on training...............................Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, China - the list goes on

BAD weather

For the past few days, the weather in Brunei hasn't been very good. Heavy rain during the night and continues until early morning causing flash flood and landslides. So many areas have been affected including areas yang inda pernah pernah banjir, kebanjiran.

In conclusion with all this rainy season which will continue untuk beberapa hari yang akan datang or maybe until the end of the month, most probably some outdoor activities will have to be canceled.

The bicycle expedition from KB to Kg Salambigar (this coming Sunday) will most probably have to be canceled due to the current road conditions at KB especially Sg Liang road where some part of the road are affected by landslides with road submerge in water. They have not issue any announcement yet but for safety reason cancel tia - panjang lagi masa, ada 10 bulan lagi. Probably jua lumba basikal jarah jauh 156K mungkin akan di cancel. Lihat & Tunggu.

Just Another Week

With all the raining, it's very hard to train for a very long time. If you stay too long outside, the rain might fall on you.

Monday was my recovery day and Tuesday was supposed to be my 10K run but it was raining int the afternoon, so stay inside. Wednesday morning, I did my 5K run with 3X hill sprint. Luckily I did 5k because after that it rain. Afternoon after work at 6pm, as schedule Ahmad, GD and me went for our swimming lesson. It was an exhausting training. The coach first ask us to do 30 laps of 20m pool warm up swim. After that another 30 laps swim from one end of the pool to the other end , climb up, run around the pool to the starting position, jump in/dive in - 30 times. ngalih ngalih !!!! After that another 5 sets of freestyle swim with your head above the water (sighting practice) and come back to the starting position with a normal freestyle swim. All that in one hour. At night I was so tired, it was difficult for me to sleep. 3 more lessons before the event. hopefully the training will prepare me for the 1.5km sea swim.

Yesterday afternoon, it didn't rain so we proceed with our bike training. We managed to cover around 20k with a lot of high speed endurance. My bike fitness is still not there yet. Today, I'm planning to go to swimming pool stadium and hopefully it will not rain.

Sunday morning, we are planning to go to Tasek Biru, highway Tutong. It will be just another long distance ride (endurance) with speed around 28 to 32km/h with some speed burst once in a while.

Keep on training.....................................

Sunday Morning Ride #3

As scheduled, we had our sunday morning ride. Today only 5 cyclists showed up. We managed to cover a distance of 69.22km in a time of 2:38:17 hours.

Sg Akar Highway near Simpang 40

The weather was good and it didn't rain. The route was from Sg Akar to Mentiri Highway then to Serasa beach using Muara road. We have a break at Serasa beach and checking out the triathlon swimming area and the transition (T1) for the bike leg.

The triathlon swimming area.

After 15 mins rest, we continue our journey using the triathlon bike route. We noticed that the road at Serasa is a bit rough with a few potholes. Along Muara Tutong Highway, it is a straight incline ride against the wind. 2 km after the muara highway roundabout, we have to change lane to the other side since there is a road construction thus killing the speed that we have built up. A major turn off.

There are a few places where you can speed off because 'jalan nya menurun' especially Hutan Simpan Berakas Highway and Tungku Link highway.

We have a good ride today and kinda know exactly what to expect during the triathlon bike leg. The bike route selection was good without any steep hill just an incline/gradient. The run will be a bit of a challenge since they include supa save mabohai hill which is verrrrry long.

The New Bike - It's not mine

Summary of these weeks activities

Monday: Recovery
Tuesday: 9.47km run (triathlon run route)
Wednesday: Morning swim 3X500m
Thurs: Morning 5km run with afternoon brick 20k bike with 5k run
Friday: recovery
Saturday: morning 10.94km run
Sunday: 69.22km bike ride