XC at bukit ambuk tutong

Sunday, 31st January 2010, a few Mountain Bikers from Brunei Muara decided to try the XC trail at Bukit Ambuk. We parked our car at Taman Rekreasi Sg Basong around 7:30am and around 8:00am, with the help from Tutong riders, we explored the trail – the old and the new trail. In attendance around 12 cyclists

 

 

The top of the hill. The track is mostly singletrack and compared to Hutan Simpan Berakas, this is much more fun. The trail is mostly on soft ground – not those kind of hard ground at Hutan Simpan Berakas.

There are a few challenging climbs, a few fast downhill, 2 very steep downhill

Zaeidi trying one of the not so easy climb but not that difficult (apa kan tu??)

We finished exploring the trail around 2 hours and we managed to test the new trail 2 times which they called it Bukit Berbaloi – i think so.

Most probably there will be a XC race on the 27th February 2010 – To be confirm.

Overall, the trail is very good, not that too hard. Need to try it out a few more times before deciding whether I should join the XC race or not.

week 4 - 25/01/10 - 31/01/10

Monday: recovery
Tuesday: rest
Wednesday: Morning 5km run
Thursday: lunch swim and afternoon bike of 56.59km
Friday: Afternoon bike of 56.34km
Saturday: morning run of 15km
Sunday: MTB at bukit ambuk tutong

training with the brunei national team

 

If you see this signage, please slow down and be careful. Cyclists in training mode. Show your support by honking your car’s horn 3 times. Horn, horn, horn !!!

   

This year 2010 starting from January, Brunei has a new cycling coach. His name is Coach Yafiz Jamaludin from Malaysia. Before this he was the state cycling coach for Selangor.

We are very lucky that those not in the program can join in anytime we want either in the morning or afternoon session. Not just the national cyclists but us the weekend cyclists can benefit it also.

Usually a short briefing will be held before each ride just to inform the distance, the route and the speed. Sunday ride is usually for longer distance from 100k to 200k. These photos were taken during the 130k and 100k ride. 130k for the elite and 100k for MTB and weekend warriors.

 

Anyone are welcome to join. As long as you can maintain the speed 30k/h to 35k/h, then you should be ‘ALMOST’ ok. What I’ve found out is that their easy ride is around 35km/h and seldom below than that. Sometimes I can keep up with them and sometime I just fall behind. To join in the training you have to be properly rested, hydrated and fully energize (carbo loading).

Keep on riding…………………….

Expedisi berbasikal sempena hari habitat sedunia 2009

The event was held last Sunday, 24th January 2010 starting and finishing at Housing Deparment, Old Airport Berakas. The total distance covered - 44km

Photo courtesy of http://scarysoul-quest.blogspot.com/


Team Anakpanyu. One person not in the picture and One absent.
 
Team BIBD + RBA (far left).

 
Two bikes in a car

The guest of honour riding Brompton folding bike (silver helmet, red and white jersey)
  

The other brother not in the group photo. No jersey yet.



The official Team Anakpanyu bicycle. Half way, I change bike with my brother.

 
Sofian Thani and his son.



After 44km – Makan !!!!

Week 3 - 18/01/10 - 24/01/10

Monday: Recovery
Tuesday: Morning 10.4km run and afternoon 28.44km bike
Wednesday: Afternoon 3.2km run
Thursday: morning 5km run
Friday: Afternoon bike ride of 60km with G530
Saturday: Morning E1 - 45km and SE training with National Team and afternoon 60 mins run
Sunday: Expedisi Basikal Hari Habitat Sedunia 2009 - 44km

Week 2 - 11/01/10 - 17/01/10

Monday - Recovery / rest
Tuesday - Afternoon bike ride of 24.33km
Wednesday - morning 5km run
Thursday - morning 1.82km run and lunch time swim
Friday - morning 10.3km run
Saturday - morning 5km run
Sunday - morning run 1km followed with 112 km bike ride

XPDC berbasikal hari habitat sedunia

Event Name	Ekspedisi Berbasikal Sempena Hari Habitat Sedunia 2009 Kali ke 6
Organizer	Jabatan Kemajuan Perumahan
Time & Date	7:00am, Sunday 24th January 2010
Start & Finish	Ibu Pejabat Jabatan Kemajuan Perumahan Lapangan Terbang Lama Berakas
Distance	44km
Registration Fee	BND$5.00
Submission Dateline	4:00pm, Saturday, 23rd January 2010
Registration Form	Available at Triple Star Kiulap and Jabatan Kemajuan Perumahan Lapangan Terbang Lama Berakas

Week 1 - 04/01/10 - 10/01/10

Monday: Recovery
Tuesday: 10.3km morning run
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: 5km morning run
Friday: Afternoon 50.93km bike ride
Saturday: 5km morning run
Sunday: morning group ride 70km with National Teams

So far this week, my running mileage is not that good. My first run was good - 10k but the 2nd and 3rd run was below 8k. Hopefully 2nd week ada improvement.

I did 2 group bike ride with group 5:30 stadium and the national team. It was a good learning experience and if I can keep up with the training, gerenti ada improvement.

There no news about Brunei Triathlon. Probably no triathlon this year but a lot of bike race - Road and MTB.

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

new year labi ride 2010

Saturday, 2nd January 2010 – I just had my 2nd bike ride at Labi and the first ride for 2010. This time we went all the way to the end of the road – Rumah Panjang Teraja – 53km from Sg Liang Recreational Park.

Around 20 plus plus cyclists showed up and mostly are from Brunei Muara. Thirteen cyclists (pictured above) and another 5 cyclists (not in the picture) reached the Teraja checkpoint and other cyclists only rode until the Labi shop checkpoint (35km mark)

It took us almost 2 hours to reached Teraja longhouse and another 2 hours to get back to Sg Liang. If added the resting period, it would be around 4.5 hours.

The weather was very good at first, not too sunny. But by the time we went back to Sg Liang i.e 11:30am, the sun decided to show itself and switch on the heater.

Since my capabilities is only limited to around 80km, so after reaching the maximum distance, I had cramped on both legs but I know from my own personal experience, it is not a good idea to stop, it is better to carry on. The trick is to switch to heavier cassette – put more effort or harder pedaling (someone taught me). Eventually it will disappear and for sure it will come again. I just carried own pedaling using slightly heavier cassette until I reached Sg Liang – flat land, downhill and uphill all using heavy casette.  NO PAIN NO GAIN. Ada rasa sakit, ku tekan lagi sampainya hilang. Some of you might not agree with me but it works for me.

Seperti kata pepatah melayu – bersakit sakit dahulu, besenang senang kemudian.

Until next time, we will be back to Labi for another challenge…………………

 

Note: Need to put more mileage on my cycling. More mileage to built up endurance and stamina.