1/2 Yearly Report (ramblings)

Mak oit, dah nak masuk Ogos baru nak tulis blog! Last posting aku bulan February, lepas tu terus senyap sunyi. Ada juga pikir nak tutup account ajer terus tapi dramatik sangat plak jadiknya. So, if PLCs need to submit their financial statements/reports to the Stock Exchange on a quarterly basis, I hope I will not be "de-listed" from the RBU List by submitting this 1/2 yearly report.

The thing is (sorry shuk, pinjam phrase ni kejap) I didn't really have interesting news to be updated. Not so suprising as it is reflective of my YOYO involvement in either running or cycling activities. If I could recall correctly I had a good momentum in cycling starting from the HoHoHo Fraser Hill's Ride late last year and followed with a few enjoyable and fulfilling long rides with friends, peaked when I did the Broga Reverse (captured in my last report). After that, things went downhill.....at a very fast pace. The culprit was when I was instructed to handle a deal with a crazy timeline. What to do, cari makan maaa.

So, to cut the story short, after suffering from my maiden Gombak - Janda Baik's ride due to lack of rest the night before (dah ler mmg kureng power), from that point onwards I 'd been bailing out many-many weekends of endorphine seeking retreat with friends. So, up to 30 June 2011, here are the races that I managed to force myself to do (no worry, it couldn't even qualify as a list):

(a) Energizer Night Run - Didn't register for it. The plan was to run with another's person bib in the HM category but ended up I did my maiden pirated run :-). Supposed to be my HM's PB with 2:24 but was told the distance was 1km short. No big deal since I treated this more as my first LSD after months of absence.

(b) SCKLM 2011 - A primary event for the local running scene. It was difficult to miss this so register I did for the Full Marathon category. I should have known that to run a good full marathon (of course in your own respective standard), training momentum is key. With zero events done since ENR, I found out that I was severely lacking in that aspect. Never mind, the "hayun ajer" spirit was in full swing. The result, no need to guess lah, I'd received the real life lesson of not respecting the "respect the distance" mantra. It was not a mtyh for sure! I had my PW of 6:00:40. It was not the timing that made me remember this run but the suffering that I had to endure to complete it. I had never imagined that I would even think of taking my first walk break at KM7 due to fatigue while running a Full Marathon race. Res Ipsa Loquitur!

Head down, end of suffering

Yes, that were the 2 races that I had participated so far this year. This weekend I am having my 3rd event, a relay in PD Tri. I was under coercion by OtoRayMau when I signed off for this as the team's cylist (Ray did all the registration hehehe). I hope Mr. CR1 (still lack of Buk Reynol's charmness) will be in good behaviour comes Sunday.

TO THOSE PARTICPATED IN PD TRI THIS WEEKEND, WISH YOU ALL THE BEST!