TOUR DE BRUNEI 2011 – PRE-RACE UPDATES

Obtained from http://www.letourdebrunei2011.com

 

17th Ramadhan

Today is the 17th Ramadhan 1432H (Thursday, 18th August 2011) and its a public holiday  - anniversary of the revelation of the Quran.

For the past few months, I have not done much on updating my weekly training – the usual 7 days a week of activities/training, how it felt, expectations and targets. I guess I don’t have the time anymore to update about myself to my webpage.

The only updates that I can still managed are the race results and reports and any upcoming events and these updates I usually do it in one go i.e. sometimes 2 or 3 updates in one time.

Its not that I don’t do anymore training – I’m still doing it. The time to update it is used to do something else – IPADing. You can say, I can use the IPAD to update on my activities but it is not the same as using the computers.

I have signed up for the 2nd Brunei Tasek Climbathon. The 1st Tasek Climbathon was in 2008 and I did not participated and I don’t even remember why I did not joined. It is still the same event management coordinator and hopefully they have learnt something from their first event. (Read This). But from the look of it lets just HOPE for the BEST not for the WORST.

I have done a couple of times training at Tasek Lama during this fasting month. At first I was just walking but now I’m doing the run/walk routine. My training usually start around 4:30pm and it took me around 1 hour to finish it. I have not tried the race route yet because it is still unclear/vaguely describe. Today I’m going to Tasek Lama again and maybe I’ll add a few more distance to it.

Just a reminder to those who are joining/participating, most probably the finishing area will be at 2 different locations depending on what categories you are doing. The finishing points, one at Tasek Lama parking area and the other one at Yayasan Complex. BE READY…………

Keep on running…………………………………………

2nd Brunei Tasek Climbathon

Event	2nd Brunei Tasek Climbathon
Organizer	BLUEWATERS EVENT and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports
Time and Date	7:00am, Sunday, 25th September 2011
Venue	Tasek Lama, Bandar Seri Begawan
Registration Fees	FREE. Event T-Shirt - $9.80
Registration due date	10th September 2011
Registration Place	MY SMALL WORLD Gadong Unit 102 & 103. Ground Floor. Bangunan Kambang Pasang Jln Gadong 3.5km. Tel: 2457298 email: msw.brunei@gmail.com Facebook: MSW BRUNEI MY SMALL WORLD CITIS SQUARE Unit G20. Ground Floor. CITIS SQUARE Kg. JAYA SETIA UNITED BABY KINGDOM Unit 19. Ground Floor. Block I. Abdul Razak Complex Gadong. Tel: 2457500 email: ubk.brunei@gmail.com Facebook:UBK BRUNEI
Information	www.bruneitasekclimbathon.com
Categories and prizes	Refer Below

TOUR DE BRUNEI 2011

CYCLING ROAD RACE SERIES II – THE FULL RESULTS

The race was held last Sunday, 31st July 2011.

Results obtained from: http://www.letourdebrunei2011.com/national-road-race-ii-2011-result.html 

BORNEO MTB CHALLENGE 2011

Event	Borneo Mountain Bike Challenge 201
Organizer	Majlis Sukan Negeri Sarawak Bahagian Bintulu
Venue	Litar bicycle Taman Wisma Bintulu.
Time & Date	24-25 September 2011
Closing Date	20 September 2011 (5.00 pm)
Categories	MTB Men’s Open - RM50 MTB Men’s open U18 - RM30 MTB Veteran 36 and above - RM30 XC Endurance Man 46 and above - RM30 MTB Women open U18 - RM30
Registration Form	http://www.mediafire.com/?f0bjcw8osfx1yxt

RBAF GOLDEN JUBILEE TRIATHLON – RACE REPORT

Pictures are taken from Facebook photos.

http://www.borneobulletin.com.bn/mon/aug1s1.htm

  

Bike checked in was on Saturday and the bikes are stored inside a big hanger. These will also going to be the transition area. The bikes staying overnight inside the hanger without having to worry about raining or the morning dew and fully secured. Memang bagussss !!!!!

All bikes types are accepted for this competition. TT bike, road bike, MTB and even a few FIXIE’s.

During the number collections, I saw the list of participants in my categories and from the look of it, the chances of me getting top 5 is very high. Most of the superheroes are not attending, so good for us lah. The only superheroes attending is Ahmad Fathi. So still 4 places to grab.

The Sunday race will start with a sea swim at 6:20am and the first group that will go will be the individual RBAF personnel and civilians. Most of us the public reached at the venue very late. I woke up at 5am and reached at the venue around 5:50am and have to parked far away. I think Sofian Thani arrived 6am and Ahmad Fathi arrived 10 minutes before the flag off.   

2 weeks ago it was low tide. You can still walk 100m and even some part of the swim is shallows but on race day, it was high tide. It was swimming all the way. No chance of walking. Managed to swim 1500m in 37mins and ate 1 Powerbar Gel before the swim

I passed by the transition area for the cyclists and runners of team relay. Ali of Team Anakpanyu was one of the cyclist and he told me I was no 2 out of the water in my categories. Yeaaaaaa, I was happy and excited. So far so good.

I went to my bike and saw that Ahmad Fathi’s bike was already gone. I saw Ahmad Fathi outside the Serasa beach road and I guessed I was behind 2 minutes. After the U-turn at Serasa beach road, I saw Hamsul on the other side and he was, I guess 1.5 minutes behind me.

I was escorted by the Policeman all the way for 40km and I don’t have to worry about any crazy motorists hitting me. Ahmad Fathi was also escorted. This was the first time in any event I was escorted all the way. Siok kali aahhhh !!!

During the 40km bike, only 1 person managed to take over me. It was Moza and luckily he was in the RBAF Individual category. We stayed together for a while taking the lead and helping the other person to draft. Before the U-turn point at Vocational school, I’ve decided to let him go as he was too fast and I need to recover. I took 1 Powerbar Gel to top up my energy. I saw Ahmad Fathi was already on the other side of the road and to my surprise I saw another cyclists with his number range the same as our categories. So I’m not number 2 but no 3. That means I have to beat 2 person to get to number 1.

I managed to catch the boy and looked at him briefly. He is/was the Brunei National swimmer. No wonder he was fast in his swimming but from the look of it, he was already tired in his cycling.

I didn’t managed to catch Ahmad Fathi probably because its either I was too slow, he was too fast or both our speed was almost the same.

Reached the T2 area at a time of 1:08:00 and I still considered it good timing. I saw Ahmad Fathi was already running and I guess he was leading 4 minutes. I know my chances of winning are already gone. Ahmad Fathi is a very strong fast runner. So my target right now is to maintain my position in 2nd place. 

Outside the Serasa beach road before heading to Serasa housing scheme, I saw Hamsul in 3rd place and followed by Sofian and Zaeidi. I know Zaeidi is also a strong runner, so I have to maintain my pace and not to stop running.

I guessed around 5 to 7 runners overtook me but all in the different categories. So nothing to worry but I keep on looking behind if Zaeidi is within the distance.

I crossed the finish line in 56:30 minutes and 4 minutes after that Zaeidi. Ahmad Fathi crossed the finish line in overall time of 2 hours 29 minutes, 17 minutes leading to take the number 1 title. From 4 minutes leads in the cycling, it becomes to 17 minutes in the run. He said his run was around 45 minutes.

Overall, I’m happy with all my swimming, cycling and running. I had to stop swimming for 2 weeks due to eye conjunctivitis and only have 2 weeks to train. I only did 2 times a week of cycling and my running, I didn’t have much time on it. Brick training, I only did it 1 time and it was 3 days before the event. 10km bike with 1km run.

Overall this was one of the great race this year. Getting 2nd place and all the 5 winners are friends. It feels good and very very happy.

Remember this: “ In TRIATHLON, You crossed the finish line not by swimming or cycling but by running to the finishing line” – anonymous.

Keep on tri-ing………………..

RBAF GOLDEN JUBILEE TRIATHLON – RACE RESULTS

 Individual Civilian Category:-

Rank	Name	Time
1	Ahmad Fathi Junaidi (106)	2 Jam 29 min 02 saat
2	Baharudin Hj Nordin (107)	2 jam 46 min 07 saat
3	Zaeidi Haji Berudin (108)	2 jam 50 min 43 saat
4	Hj Ali Sofian bin Hj Thani (109)	2 jam 56 min 22 saat
5	Hamsul Sulaiman (105)	2 Jam 58 min 40 saat

 

Team Relay Civilian Category:-

Rank	Name	Time
1	ABSOLUTE THREE (A3) - (406) Mohd Bahrin Shah bin Behrom Shem Mohd Azbe Hidayatullah bin Zainal Arifin Muhd Sofian bin Ismail	2 Jam 08 min 06 saat
2	TEL BRU G530 - (403) Jermey Joint Riong Mazlan bin Mohidin Zul Azmi Abdullah	2 Jam 19 min 55 saat
3	TEAM SKY 2030 A - (407) Azli bin Mohd Ali Pg Md Ali Anafiah bin Pg Hj Bakar Md Nurisman bin Ismail	2 jam 20 min 30 saat
4	TRIPLE X - (405) Mohd Azim bin Pengarah Hj Brahim Danial bin Abu Bakar Zainor Sam bin Md Zain	2 jam 20 min 30 saat
5	AZA TRI -  (404) Adi Hj Mohammad Hj Mohd Zul Yakub bin Hj Ibrahim Azuan Othman	2 JAM 31 min 57 Saat

 

Individual RBAF Category:-

Rank	Name	Time
1	Mejar Simon Kerishan (017)	2 Jam 12 min 52 saat
2	13503 Kpl (L) Faizal bin Hj Ahmad (012).	2 jam 16 min 36 saat
3	12889 SSjn Zulkifle bin Liman (025)	2 jam 24 min 50 Saat
4	10844 SSjn M.Noor bin Hj Abdullah (024)	2 Jam 30 min 15 Saat.
5	13004 SSjn Sukry bin Hj Matassim (003)	2 Jam 33 min 49 saat.

Team Relay RBAF Category:-

Rank	Name	Time
1	TANGKAS 2 - (253) 16827 Lkpl Nurul Ikma 17535 Kpl Abd Rashid 18415 Kpl Hilman Bahrin	2 Jam 22 min 23 saat
2	TANGKAS 1 - (254) 16677 Lkpl Hj Zainal bin Hj Daud 10895 SSjn Siman bin Lamit 16912 Kpl Muhammad Isa bin Ali	2 jam 24 min 05 saat
3	BLACK HAWK - (215) 12388 Sjn (U) Hj Md Huzani 18208 Lkpl (U) Masri 17965 Sld (U) Ismaazmi	2 jam 25 min 35 saat
4	ADIZERO 2 - (214) 12509 Sjn Pg Sufrinah 15228 Lkpl Ampuan Md Norshahlan 12881 Lkpl Hj Busu	2 Jam 25 min 50 saat
5	TANGKAS 3 – (252) 18595 Lkpl Khairinnazzmi  16802 Kpl Mardi 19260 Sld Shahniman	2 jam 25 min 58 saat