Report: Powerman 2006

One of the events that i'm very nervous and gabra bewak. With leg still not fit, start at 1pm - tengahari rembang/lit-lit (never training under this condition) and >4hour workout - a kind of marathon duration. Sejuk/Kecut perut aku. Pray hard.. to finish faster for jamak.

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Bawa ayah sekali to pom2 me. Dia dah risau dah... aku tak kasi bawa kelambu tidoq dia.
"Takpa ayah.. aleh bawak 2 ubat nyamuk letrik"
Dia memang tak boleh tidoq semalaman jika ada 1-2ekoq nyamuk.
After heard his snoring that night... lega aku - Tidoq lena dia.

At night and early morning.. not going any where - stay @hotel. Went to car park, belek2 gerek, adjust sini-sana - hati tak sedap, saja kasi sibukkan diri. 11am pi kedarah nasi siap2.

12pm - park gerek dlm bike area. Jumpa + chat will net friends.
Panas nak mampus. Warm-up belom.. peluh basah baju.

01pm - Peeekk START! 10km RuN
Leg still... arrrgg.. Just doing slow pace.
"Apa kejadahnyer aku buat kat sini tengahari rembang?..." - pop-up on my mind.

This year the race start at Hotel Putra at Dataran Lumut not at Marina Wing (MMDS II - 2005), which is a 1km behind on same road. Same U-turn location, at Venice of Perak.





Too hot.. sip abit at 1st Drinking Station (DS).. then curah atas kepala. Continue slow habis punya pace. 2nd DS - mandi again. A U-turn at 5km, watch shown 25.07mins - Had to change to plan B. Still running seelow + fake senyum. Till bike transition area.. 1:01mins - confirm B. After that i did not track my timing any more. Tengok jam pon dak.






60km Bike
From Hotel Putra to KL university (Maritime Division) u-turn back to Lumut. Need to finish it in 2laps. Quickly changed + out from bike transition. Naik gerek. Kayuh slow for 5mins.. then start speeding.

Then @16km after u-turn at KL-U, left leg cramp. Sempat pull right leg from pedal clip. Left leg dah jem.
Kedebbbukk! jatuh aku belah kiri jalan.
Melalak aku - tolong!! help!! arrgg!! @#$%^&*^%$@#
Dia tarik gila babi.. tumbuk tanah aku masa tuh. Kaki kiri still clip kat pedal.
Then one of competitor stop & mai bukak kaki aku dari pedal + bukak kasut + rapat kaki kat tanah + tolak hujung tapak kaki kedepan. For 3mins.. said OK to him
- start kayuh.







Again at 20km - right leg cramp plak!! Boleh rasa urat peha aku dah keras. This time both leg tak sempat tarik dari clip..
Kedeeebuuukk.. terlentang - melalak sesungguh aku. Dia tarik cramp lagi kuat belah kanan. Siku tanah lagi aku - tahan sakit.
Mai 2 marshall, bukak dua2 kaki dari clip.. then tolak hujung kaki.
"Bang! mana boleh!.. letak kaki saya atas tanah.. tolak hujung tapak kaki"
"Bang! pegang lutut saya"
"Hah! Tolak hujung kaki - kuat!"
"Arrrggghhh!!!"
"Lagi... aaarrrrgghh"

10mins after that..okay abit, continue slow ride 24-26km/h. Hujan. 2nd lap. U-turn again at KL-U. Slow. Takut aku.. cramp lagi.






A few meter to bike transition. Left leg tarik lagi - cramp. Sempat bukak kaki kanan from clip..
Kedeebuuukkkk.. terlentang kali ketiga.
Ramai orang tulong. Habis 8-10mins tang situ.









@Bike transition
Quickly change to running shoe... Aku rasa lain macam dah.. kaki kanan nih.
Cramp again!! Melalak aku panggil org tulong. After 5mins..
"udah bang.. terima kasih!"
Capai botol ayeq.. continue 10km run.




10km RuN
Half km.. again - macam nak start cramp lagik. Aku try duduk atas jalan, tolak dua2 kaki kat divider jalan... kedudukkan macam nak pumping. Kira nak buat prevention laa.. Takdan dah.. CRAAAAAMPPP - arrrggghh!!
Datang sorang uncle/competitor + polis bantuan tolong aku.. Uncle tu tolong bukak kasut, aku suruh polis tu tolong aku.
"Uncle.. you continue lari.. go!"

That time.. aku betul2 dah gave-up dah. 5 kali cramp including 3cramps in <1km. But looking back.. tengok ada yg dok pulun kayuh, ada yang baru 1lap bike..
"Can walk.. what!"
Start walking.. run abit.. walk+run+walk+run.

@3km/10km
Cramp lagi. Dua2 belah peha kejang+keras. Nasib baik ada orang kampung tolong. Piii lagi 10mins tang situ. Huh!! Nih kalau cramp dua2 kaki + tarak sapa tolong... mau berbuih mulut. Sakit yang amat. After that walk+run+walk+run till finish line. Dapat habis.. kira hebat gila.










Official result keluar tengahari tadi.
10km Run = 57.09
60km Bike = 2:21.02
10km Run = 1:30.59
Timing = 4:49.10
My watch = 4:49.06
Category position = 79/100
Overall position = 189/233

A bit choleric..
1st 10km run, 57.09 = position 43
2nd 60km bike, 2:21.02 = position 82
3rd 10km run, 1:30.59 = position 95

Think.. this is my last event for this year. Will gantung my Pegasus again but not my Shimano.

Powerman 2007, sure!