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Week 26 - 22/06 - 28/06

Monday: UF practice at JIS

Tuesday: 12.54km road running

Wednesday: relax

Thursday: Morning 5km run and lunch swim 700m

Friday: Morning ride 40km

Saturday: Briitain Brunei Running Festival 6.4km

Sunday:

My New Toys

My New Bike or is it just a new bike COVER???

Giro From Wiggle !!!

fun orienteering 2009

Event	Fun Orienteering
Category	Team of 2 where the team leader must be 18 years old the other team member should be 12 years and above and must be a Brunei identity card holder
Registration fee	BND$10.00 and payment can be made during the briefing session
Briefing Session	Friday 3pm, 3rd July 2009 or Saturday 3pm, 4th July 2009
Registration Form	LINK
Venue	Health Promotion Center, Commonwealth Drive, Jalan Menteri Besar
Prizes	1st Place – BIBD account BND$500 2nd Place – BIBD account BND$300 3rd Place – BIBD account BND$200 10 consolation prizes of BIBD account BND$100

expedisi berbasikal hari keputeraan 63 tahun

 

Event	Expedisi Berbasikal Sempena Hari Keputeraan KDYMM Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan dan Yang DiPertuan NBD ke 63 Tahun
Organiser	Jabatan Kemajuan Perumahan, Kementerian Pembangunan
Time & Date	7:30am, Sunday 16th August 2009
Start & Finish	Kementerian Pembangunan, Old Airport, Berakas
Registration Fees	BND$5.00
Submission Due Date	4:00pm, Tuesday, 11th August 2009
Registration Form	LINK

Week 25 - 15/06/09 - 21/06/09

Monday: UF Practice at JIS
Tuesday: Afternoon Swim 1300m and 5km track run
Wednesday: UF practice at MOH
Thursday: 5km night run
Friday: Morning long ride to Tutong and afternoon swim
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Olympic Day Run 10Km

This week is still my recovery week. I have not fully recovered from the previous weeks activities. Too many activities this month and next week I still have a few activities. Bila tah kan beranti.

This year Olympic Day Run 2009, I managed to break my 2 year old records of 49 mins to 44:45mins. I was pretty much satisfied with my performance today eventhough I didn't managed to outrun Zaeidi (He was leading by 20 seconds).

34 days to my first Half Ironman (Ironman 70.3). It is 1.9km sea swim, 90km bike ride and lastly half marathon (21km) run. For this, I would need to concentrate more on swimming and running. Other than that 'BRICK' sessions. Most probably this will be my last competition (international) for this year and I will be having my long break until December next year. Locally, I will still be competing. Next year, my target is Phuket International Triathlon which is held every December.

Keep on training....................and hope for the best.

registration done

 

 

Zaeidi

Ahmad Fathi
Keeran










Baharudin

cabaran bukit mentiri

The event was held today, Sunday 14th June 2009 at Bukit Mentiri. A few of my brothers, nephews and niece did join in the race.

 

Zaeidi and Baharudin and we are in the same category 18 to 34 years old. I was supposed to be in category 35 to 44 years old but since my age have not reach 35 (in a few months time) so I just follow the youngster categories.

For our category we have to run the red and yellow marker i.e. 2.7km + 1.8km = 4.5km

Sefli – Brunei current no 1 runner and he is winning this run

  Zaeidi ‘sayur-ed’ me around 5 mins. He is getting faster and faster and at the right time and the right age – PRIME time to be in the peak of performance whereas for me I was somewhere behind my prime time – slowing down.

 

 

 

  The unofficial result. Zaeidi was top 10 and I was somewhere 18th place.

 

4th Laguna Phuket Marathon - Brunei Runner

The event was held today 14th June 2009 at Phuket, Thailand and Brunei was represented by a few runners. Some of them are

Hamsul Sulaiman (Bib NO M1391) - 21Km in a time of 2:29:05 and ranked 371/488

Zaki Mohidin (Bib NO M3240) - 10.5km in a time of 1:28:50 and ranked 625 /741

Congratulations to both of you. Brunei is proud to have you as a runner........keep on running.

Adidas Sundown Marathon 2009 - Ultramarathon 84km

This again, Brunei was represented by one runner to the Singapore Adidas Sundown Marathon - The Ultramarathon 84km. The event was held on the 30th May 2009, Saturday Night.

Haji Kamaruddin Hj Abdullah managed to complete the distance of 84km in a time of 13:35:16 and his time was way much better than my time last year which was 14:15:55. Hopefully next year another Bruneian will try the 84km run or maybe I should try it again. I did register for this year but one month before the event, I have to withdraw due to lack of training and furthermore I was concentrating more on my Xterra preparations.

Congratulations to Haji Kamaruddin........keep it up.

week 24 - 08/06 - 14/06

Monday: back from Kuantan Malaysia & Afternoon UF at JIS
Tuesday: Recovery
Wednesday: Recovery
Thursday: Recovery
Friday: Morning bike ride to Tutong 99km and afternoon trail walk at Bukit Mentiri
Saturday: Rest
Sunday: Mentiri Hill Challenge

sarawak adventure race

 

1	Event	Sarawak Adventure Race – Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort Challenge
2	Venue	Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort, Miri
3	Time & Date	Saturday, 18th July 2009 7:15am
4	Registration Date	Friday, 17th July 2009 – 8:00am to 5:00pm
5	Registration Fees	RM20 per team
6	Categories	Team of 2 – 1 male & 1 female or 1 male & 1 male veteran (40 years & above)
7	Registration Form	LINK

 

Greetings from Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort, Miri!

Dear All,
Please find attached herewith the Sarawak Adventure Race - Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort Challenge's entry form.  This event is co-hosted by Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial dan Urbanisasi, Pejabat Residen Bahagian Miri and Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort,Miri.

The main objective of organising such an event is to promote the 'Adventure' sports all over Sarawak which will inevitably highlight interesting and unexplored locations in our state and Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort is honoured to be chosen the hosting hotel and venue.

This adventure race consists of 2 elements i.e 6 KM of Mountain Biking and 3KM of Jungle Trekking, all within the resort.We are expecting participants not only for Sarawak but foreigners as well.
Registration day is on 17 July 2009 ( Friday ) from 8:00 am - 5:00pm @ the resort's main building and thereafter a briefing will be held @ 6:00pm.

Registration fee is only RM20.00 nett per team of 1 Male & 1 Female OR 1 Male & 1 Male Veteran ( 40 years of age and above ). Race day will be on 18 July 2009 ( Saturday ). Flag off is expected to be around 7:15am. All participants are requested to be there by 6:00am on race day and expected to finish by 2:00pm.

The resort will provide accommodation and guests have the option to stay at either Engkabang rooms in the main building, the Chalets, the hostel (Entulang & Liam) and the camping site ( without tents). All rates are affordably priced and are inclusive of breakfast for 2 persons.As we have limited rooms, book early.

Prizes are very attractive with the 1st prize going for RM3000.00, RM2500.00 for 2nd prize & RM 2000.00 for the 3rd prize and last placing i.e no. 20 will still get RM250.00. The top 3 winners will receive a trophy and certificate whilst the rest will get certificate.

For further details on the race , please feel free to call the Race
Director, Sports Division, Ministry Of Social Development & Urbanization Sarawak at :
Tel: 082 472 526 / 013 825 9990 ( Mr. Ambau Galeh ) or 019 879 9762
(Mr.John Nasuil Peter).

For accommodation and transportation ( for participants only ) details,please feel free to contact our Sales team at Tel: no: 085 613 888 / 613 810 or email us @ info@borneorainforestresort.com

The next thing to do? Forward this message to friends, colleagues and even family members, near and far.  There could be a champion just waiting to be discovered....

We look forward to welcoming all guests and participants to the Sarawak Adventure Race @ Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort.
Thank you and Have a nice day.


Yours Sincerely
For Borneo Tropical Rainforest Resort, Miri
Clement Chin
Senior Sales Executive

Xterra – race day part ii

I woke up around 5:30am. Had a quick shower and put on my race gear. I have to wait for Zaeidi to finish his shower and we went out of the hotel around 6:05am. My breakfast was only Powerbar Triple Threat and a bottle of 100plus. When we arrived at the transition area, not so many people had arrived. I arranged my gear nicely and neatly and at the same time looking around how the other triathlete organise their gear. After everything is done, it’s time for body marking. Luckily it was still early so the queue wasn’t that long.

After that we went back to the hotel – one last ritual. To the toilet (membuang mana mana yang patut).

The sea was calm but from far away we could see there was a black cloud heading to the shore. I guess its going to rain in the middle of the race. We did a few warm up and Zaeidi was still trying to overcome his fear of sea water going into his mouth.

The Swim

The race started 5 minutes earlier and we decided to start at the back. Let all of them go first, we don’t want to get punch and kick in the face. The swim was a 750m 2 loop swim. I was expecting my swim to be around 50 minutes but instead I managed to do it in 38mins. First loop I did 17 minutes and I was pretty much surprised. Lajunya masa ku.

The Bike

By the time I reached the bike rack, it was almost empty. So I quickly put on my bike shoes, helmet, gloves and my hydration bag. I managed to overtake a few cyclists while on the road. 10 minutes later on I have to stopped because my seat post clamp wasn’t tight enough so the seat post was slowly sinking down to the seat tube. So kana sayur lah.

Zaeidi managed to catch up and overtake me at the first uphill climb (tarmac road) and after that he was nowhere to be seen.

Entering the first off road section – the oil palm plantation. Nobody was in front of me, so I just followed the road with no clear visible Xterra race marking or any race marshals. The deeper I went to the plantation the less tyre marking could be seen but at least there was. So I said to myself I was on the right track. I was not lost. Then I saw around 6 cyclists heading the opposite direction towards me. Is it a U-turn in front or what?? haiyaaaa…..confirm we are lost. we have selected the wrong trail. So as we were heading back to the right path, another cyclist arrived and he said that we were on the right trail. So believing him, we followed like an idiot. He said this is like hashing, just follow the trail. We follow, follow and follow and guess what. We end up where all of us met him. We are going in a circle……….and he didn’t even noticed it. dumb *ss /otak plastik. All of us agreed to head back and trace back the trail. Luckily we find our way out and back on the right track. We add on an additional of 8km (around 45mins)

To me , the off-road trail wasn’t too technical. I managed to climb all uphill and managed to sayur a few people while climbing up. peanut lah. I guess comparing to this trail with McFarm and Hutan Simpan Berakas. This was much easier.The downhill, susah lagi Hutan Simpan Berakas. The difficult part was when it rain, it becomes muddy causing some of the downhill un ride-able. I managed to fall a few times because it was too slippery and due to my wheels was fully covered with mud. Advisable use a disc brake instead of V-brake. I guess those who are infront, managed to miss the rain during the off road trail, that's why I saw some of their bikes wasn’t that really dirty compared to mine.

The end of the bike ride was the beach trail and it was really challenging. At one point we have to carry our bike down the big stone because there was no way it could be ride-able. One ‘mat salleh’ just throw his bike from the big stone to the beach. No respect and love for the bike. A few hundred meters after the big stone, I was still pedaling my bike along the beach, where I suddenly felt my thigh cramping up. So I increased my cadence but still it didn’t do any good. So I stop, mount off, let go of my bike and fall down like a tree. So there I was lying down the beach, the sea water was hitting me, luckily I wasn’t carried away by the water. I had a cramped on both of my thigh and cannot bent it. It was painful. Those who pass by me didn’t do anything, they just ask me what has happen and head on. I don’t blame them for not helping, they are in a competitive mode not in a helping mode. So after a few minutes, as painful as it gets, I bent my leg one by one and slowly I recovered. I was glad that I can continue the race.

At one time, while I was ‘sunbathing’ at the beach hurting due to the cramping, there was this one Chinese triathlete come up to me instead of asking how I was doing, he was telling me not let my mountain bike to be washed up by the sea water. Its salty and it can damaged my mountain bike (as if I don’t know). ‘bodoh punya orang’. My legs is more important than my bike. I can easily replace my bike but my legs ada jual kadai supermarket kah? lagi sekali….BODOH PUNYA ORANG!!!! Next time if I have a cramped, I just first put my bike somewhere safe, maybe under the tree far away from the salt water and then baru cramp. Lastly…….VERY STUPID REMARKS.

I managed to finished the mountain bike trail in a time of 2:45:10 with an additional of 8km

THE RUN

I started my run with my thigh muscles still hurting. I looked at the time and I still have plenty of time to finished the race. It was a 10km trail running divided into 2 laps. The first lap was mostly recovery walk and a few run here and there. I was mostly making friends and talking to ease the pain. End of first lap, we have to cross a small stream waist deep and I heard some of the athlete complaint about it. This is Xterra and trail running not road running. I guess those athlete are ‘Freshie’ or ‘Newbie’ to trail running or hashing. This is nothing compared to trail running in Biathlon Bakam Challenge in Miri or hash run.

The last lap, I’ve decided to run and tried to improve my time so that it won’ be that that bad. I’ve managed to finish my run in a time of 1:15:33.

Overall my total time was 4:39:41 (5 hours was the time limit) even though in the pictures it say 4:43:39. I was happy with my achievement eventhough I was beaten (sayur’ed) by Zaeidi and Zulhassan. You cannot win them all. The biggest improvement was my swimming time. I guess my swimming technique has improved a lot and maybe the sea condition was perfect to score a good swim. For sure I’ll come back again maybe in 2011 or 2012.

Next project is Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya Malaysia to be held on Sunday, 26th July 2009 and I’ve successfully convinced or in Zulhassan dictionary – racun Zaeidi to participate in the event also.

Lesson to be learnt – Help other athlete in need of support either by encouragement, assistant, physically and mentally. So next time if there is an athlete cramping by the side of the road, I will try my best to help. (term and condition apply – if there is a chance of winning or at least a consolation prizes, then sorry I won’t stop)

I love the finisher Tshirt. ‘SURVIVOR’

I've forgot to mention my brother Aliuddin - He did not participate in Xterra as a participant but instead as a Marshal. The best thing was that he was rewarded with a free Xterra Crew Tshirt, A Finisher Medal and an allowance. Untung yooooo......

Xterra – the race part 1

Our flight to Kuantan, Pahang via Kuala Lumpur was on Friday, 5th June 2009. The flight was at 3pm from Brunei to K.Lumpur. It’s around 2:15pm and we are still queuing to get our boarding pass. The bicycle bag/box says Merida and Giant but the content inside is a GT bike and a KONA bike

 

We arrived at the KLIA airport around 5:30pm. We took our luggage from the arrival hall and get our boarding pass at the departure hall for our next flight to Kuantan in 10:00pm. Our luggage was not automatically transferred to the next flight because at the Brunei airport, the stewardess forgot to key in.

We arrived at Sultan Ahmad Shah Airport, Kuantan Pahang around 10:45pm. Since it is a small airport, so we have to walk down the runway. The airport taxi here doesn’t have big taxi like the KIA Carnival. They have the Proton Perdana. So we used 2 taxis and we put the box at the back seat of the car. Luckily the box can fit in.

 

This is our room. We are staying near the race venue. The Hyatt Hotel at Teluk Cempedak. The room can fit in 2 bikes and an additional bed. We also have a balcony to dry our clothes.

Saturday morning, we are heading to the race venue to check out the place. The Bike Boutique was also there selling their merchandise. I didn’t bought anything since I don’t have the extra cash.

The yellow t-shirt guy is Sharom Abdullah. Malaysia top triathlete, duathlete and a very good mountain biker. Overall he got number 6th in the PRO category in a time of 2:39:24, 26 mins behind the leader. We managed to talk with him asking him about the MTB trail. Getting a few pointers from him. Learnt from the PRO.That Zaeidi’s bike being checked. Somehow his rear disc brake is not working so the guys at Bike boutique is checking it.

Race number collection was at Vistana Hotel by which we have to take a taxi to that hotel. Why just don’t they do it at the race venue. This was 12:52 noon and we have to head back to the race venue to check in our bike because the dateline to check in the bike is at 4:30pm.

 

 

2:45pm. We check in our bike. They test the brake and the headset.

 

 

 

 

 

The briefing was at Vistana Hotel. Luckily Zulhassan gave us a lift to the hotel. The briefing was supposed to start at 5pm but was delayed to 5:45pm.

The carbo loading dinner started at 7pm and luckily it was on time. Zulhassan & Me were the 1st to carbo load our plate with those yummy yummy food. Sorry no photo, too hungry to take any photo.

We went back to the race venue around 8pm and checking the transition area. There were so many mountain bikes. There are some downhill bikes and some road bike frame converted to a hybrid (MTB tyres and handlebar) but the fork is still the same. They should have not allowed this bike to race. Its dangerous without a suspension.

 

We went back to the hotel around 8:30pm and I passed out around 9pm. Zaeidi and Aliuddin went to slept around 11pm.

Next post…..RACE DAY

xterra official results

The full official results can be obtained from here- Xterra Malaysia

Cat	Name	Race No	Time	Swim 1.5km	Cycle 30km	Run 10km
25-29	Zaeidi haji berudin	174	3:38:40	0:42:17	1:53:56	0:58:05
35-39	Zulkifle hassan (Malaysia)	300	3:47:26	0:34:31	2:06:21	1:03:13
35-39	Baharudin Nordin	303	4:39:41	0:38:57	2:42:14	1:13:15

Cat	Name	Time	Overall Position	Category Position	Gender Position
25-29	Zaeidi haji berudin	3:38:40	89/200	14/20	85/181
35-39	Zulkifle hassan (Malaysia)	3:47:26	102/200	15/32	96/181
35-39	Baharudin Nordin	4:39:41	179/200	27/32	166/181

Photos and stories will be uploaded later. Now I want to rest.

pre-race XTerra

Xterra – sneak peak of the offroad trail

Most of the pictures I got from facebook taken by various peoples who have tested the trail especially the MTB trail. Since some of the participants do not have facebook or have the time to test the trails, I’ll just share the pictures

The official website – www.xterramalaysia.com

 

Start of the Off-road MTB trail 

 

 

 

The trail running path

The FINISHER TSHIRT