week 29 - 19/07/10 - 25/07/10

Monday - recovery
Tuesday -
Wednesday - morning 14.76km hill training and afternoon 42.67km bike ride
Thursday -
Friday -
Saturday - morning 51.08 km hill training
Sunday - morning 120km bike ride and afternoon Ultimate Frisbee tournament at Seria

Late afternoon rains keep on pouring down, making it difficult for us to train and forcing us to do it early morning. Yesterday, was the last 120km bike ride before the actual race next week on 1st August 2010. I feel I can finish the race within the peloton. Hopefully I can get enough sleep, rest and carbo loading.

After the 120km bike ride, went back home, had a quick shower and road trip to Seria to my in-laws around 11:45am. Had a quick lunch and went to Brunei Shell Recreational Club around 1:30pm to watch the first ever Brunei Ultimate Frisbee tournament. From watching to throwing the disc and finally I ended up playing in the tournament. It was really fun and I enjoyed it very much. Its good to divert your mind from cycling and play other sports. After the bike race, I'm going to start running again. The last run I did was the Singapore Sundown Marathon (29th May 2010). I need to train for the Mt.Kinabalu International Climbathon to be held 23rd/24th October 2010. More trail running............

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

Week 28 - 12/07/10 - 18/07/10

Monday - recovery
Tuesday - Night Ride 9.02km
Wednesday - afternoon 21.89km bike ride
Thursday - morning 120km bike ride - Test TelBru race track
Friday - rest
Saturday - morning 55.80km bike ride
Sunday - morning 120km bike ride

A total of 330km bike ride for this week. So far so good. 2 more weeks before race day and I still have time to improve especially on my acceleration and interval/recovery. The registration ended last 16th July and there were 10 Novice teams and 8 Elite teams. For the Novice teams, it gonna be a race to the finishing line because most of the teams are made up strong and moderate/weak cyclists. Maybe 1 or 2 teams are perfectly balance. All members of the teams have to help each other especially the 4th rider, he is the one going to determine the overall result of the team (NOVICE).

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

Week 27 - 05/07/10 - 11/-7/10

Monday - recovery
Tuesday - Afternoon bike ride 43.74km
Wednesday - rest
Thursday - Afternoon short swim
Friday - rest
Saturday - morning ride 99.37km
Sunday - morning ride 76.14km

PSK IX 2010 – brunei muara XC MTB contingents

Pictures courtesy of Firdaus HM

 

Rafiuddin Zikaria, the Sukma 2010 bronze medallist, Zaeidi, Aliuddin and Bahar (the 3 ANAKPANYU’s)

The race was held last Sunday, 27th June 2010 at Bukit Ambok, Tutong. Six teams registered for the race – Brunei Muara, Tutong, Belait, Temburong, MS PDB and MS ABDB. 4 cyclists per team but some teams only sent 2 cyclists. All in all, around 20 cyclists.

The cross country track is a 2.7km of 8 laps. It is a very technical track with lots of climbs, steep descending, twist and turns and mostly single track. So you would need skills, balance, endurance, brave and mentally strong.

speed + endurance = Finish the race and possibility of winning.

no speed + endurance =  Finish the race

speed + no endurance = possibility of not finishing the race

 

Looking at the elevation, the start and finish is at the top of the hill. So if according to the graph, I’ve managed to do only 6 laps before the race was stop. I was overlapped 3 times by the winner. The winner crossed the finished line on the 8th and final lap and I was just about to finish my 5th lap.

Comparing the xc track with Hutan Simpan Berakas, this track is much easier. Almost everyone can overcome the obstacles. I mean almost everyone except for the 3 of us (Zaeidi, Ali and Me), we did not dare to go down ‘Bukit Tilam’ because it was too steep and dangerous. Furthermore, we did not have much practice on that area. We heard  a few cyclists tumbling down the hill while practicing descending ‘Bukit Tilam’. Some still having fear and phobia from it, decided to back out of the race. For us, we just pushed down our bicycles. Better be safe than be sorry later.

            

Pictures of me climbing the hills. I was the only cyclists using a full suspension bike Scott Spark 50 and I bought it a month before the race. It is a very good bike.

 

I hate this part, it is not that hard but due to the twist and turn plus the climbing, it makes it a bit more challenging. If I’m not mistaken, these pictures were taken during the 3rd or 4th lap. This area is right after ‘Bukit Tilam’. 3 small climbs with tight corners and very slow speed. If you don’t have pedaling power, low speed and poor balancing, you can easily fall down here. A few of us do actually pushed our bike here. We were already too tired. I remember 2 or 3 cyclists in front and back of me pushed their bikes. (NO names please !!!)

 

The winner Raihan, finishing the race in style while the 2nd place winner Chung Kwei Ming just few minutes behind. The younger and the senior rider.

I’m the last cyclists crossing the finished line. The rest of the cyclists Did Not Finish (DNF) the race maybe due to bicycle problems, too tired to continue or was force to stop.

All in all, it was a good race. On management side, it could have been better if they don’t keep on changing their minds and schedules of the day. Thank you for listening and taking opinions from the cyclists into consideration.

The new track nickname ‘Track Bebaloi’ was very well designed. By the cyclists for the cyclists. Citarasa orang beskal jua !!!

Keep on cycling…………………….

cycling awareness night ride

 

From: Brudirect.com

In response to the horrific and tragic accident, a few cyclists will be organizing a cycling awareness night ride just like ‘Ride of Silence’. Once approval is obtained from the relevant authorities, an official invitation will be sent to all cyclists to participate and share your precious 2 hours of your daily/night life to cycle near the accident area.

Show the motorists, that WE the CYCLISTS have as much right as the car drivers.

Event	Cycling Awareness Night Ride
Proposed Date	Tuesday, 8:15am, 13th July 2010
Venue	Proposed to start at Giant, Kg Rimba
Distance	Unconfirmed
Fees	NO fees
Donation	unconfirmed
Rules and Regulations	As a safety precaution that we do really CARE about our SAFETY, please wear a helmet and equipped your bicycle with a front and rear light.

 

BE A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN AND A CYCLIST. SAFETY FIRST. WEAR HELMET AND LIGHT YOUR BICYCLE. SHOW BY EXAMPLE

PESTA SUKAN KEBANGSAAN IX 2010 – CYCLING – OVERALL RESULTS

 

Kontinjen	Emas	Perak	Gangsa
Brunei Muara	3	-	2
MS ABDB	1	1	2
Tutong	1	1	2
Belait	1	1
MS PDB	-	3	-
Temburong	-	-	-

 

XC – Tutong, Polis, BM

Downhill – BM, Polis, Tutong

TT – ABDB, Polis, ABDB

Crit – BM, Belait, BM

Road – BM, Tutong, ABDB

Team -  Belait, ABDB, TUTONG

Week 26 - 28/06/10 - 04/07/10

Monday - recovery

Tuesday - afternoon bike ride 14.84km

Wednesday - afternoon bike ride 43.61km

Thursday - recovery

Friday - Afternoon Criterium 60km - DNF

Saturday - rest

Sunday - morning 56.95km bike ride

PESTA SUKAN KEBANGSAAN IX 2010 – TIME TRIAL, CRITERIUM AND ROAD RACE – THE FULL RESULTS

Downhill results will be uploaded once I get the copy of the results