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Tuesday 30 October 2007

Penang Round the Island Relay

PAAA 30th Annual Round the Island Relay 2007
Date: 2 December 2007 / 6:30am
Venue: Esplanade, Penang (Padang Kota Lama)
Category: Men only. Open and Veteran.
Special category: Hotels/MNC/Banks/Schools/Govt Agency
Telephone: 016-4628260 (Govind)

Only ran in 2004 and click here for 2006 result.

..the reason how the pacemakers group was set-up.

Detail available at Forms and Events section.

..from Mohd Tajuddin

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Sunday 28 October 2007

Report Larian Peladang



Antara acara larian yang paling kemut pernah aku sertai atau dalam bahasa lain antara yang paling cikai. Tapi bukan bermaksud kedekut. Aku rasa depa ni buat acara larian hanya untuk penuh senarai aktiviti jabatan tahunan. - Halai-balai (kata orang kedah), macam melepaskan batuk ditangga. You got what i mean..

Tahap kepercayaan aku dalam acara lari yang solely dianjurkan oleh pihak kerajaan makin tipis. 3-4kali dah terkena. Nak kata tak pernah buat.. tapi dikatakan join venture dengan Jabatan Belia dan Sukan. Aku rasa depa bukan 2-3kali baru buat. Tapi dah banyak kali dah. Aku pon cam muka depa tu. Yang dok bagi briefing, yang dok buat pelepasan, yang dok urus nombor larian. But they never learn. Syok sendirik.

Acara larian memang mudah dianjurkan, mudah dapat penyertaan ramai dan mudah disertai - cuma ada sepasang kasut. Aku rasa pihak Jabatan Belia dan Sukan induk (HQ), perlu draf atau tetap peraturan2/syarat2 untuk anjurkan acaran larian. Tetapkan keperluan asas contohnya seperti nombor baju (spefikasi/material/depan+belakang), stesen air (jarak/bilangan/air), kategori (bilangan/umur) dan etc.

Hadiah.. subjektif skit. Bergantung pada penaja atau budget. Tapi kalau boleh tetapkan jumlah medal. Paling kurang 20 bijik. Wajib ada. Lebih atau tropi lagi baguih. Sekurang-kurang ada jugak kenangan bagi yang menang. Yang kalah.. anggap ia sebagai rezeki. Itu yang penting bagi setiap pelari "rekreasi". Bagi yang "elite".. aku belum sampai tahap tu lagi. Takat kasi hamper atau wang tunai saja... pakai selamat kat bilik "kecik".

Larian Peladang bermula dipekarangan Stadium Darulaman. Hari Jumaat. Hari kerja bagi aku. Cuti bagi Cikgu dan bebudak. Yang pasti memang kurang kaki lari pagi tu. Pendaftaran percuma. Yang menarik perhatian untuk sanggup memandu >50km/sehala, usung bebudak sambung lena dalam reta, ambil emergency leave.. datang lari, depa offer hadiah hingga tempat ke sepuluh. tapi tak bagitau apa hadiahnya - Nak surprise kot.


Macam biasa.. tak akan start on time. Masa tu lah.. VIP baru sampai, nak test air-horn.. naya bebudak bercempera lari. Start balik. Laluan larian cuma 6.5km saja. Melalui bandar Alor Star. Cornar masuk Jalan Teluk WanJah - Jalan Stadium - Jalan Tun Abdul Razak - belah masuk Jalan Sultanah - lalu depan Penjara, Hospital Besar, Tokong Hindu dan masuk ke Stadium Darulaman.

Memula start slow. Then mula potong antara Jln Teluk WanJah dan Jln Stadium. Antara Jln TAR dan Jln Sultanah... pulan ligan budak muda dengan kaki kiri yang kurang best, kasut merah Pegasus 2005 yang "season" (orang kedah kata - lapuk). Dapat potong depan hospital.. rupa2nya categori lain - Pundek!. Cuba target ligan Zamri.. tapi dah terlalu jauh dah.

Belakang tarak sapa dah.. so aku maintain sampai finish line.

Distance: 6.5
Position: 9th
Time: 26.05 mins

Dalam hati gumbira. Target top10 tercapai.


Geng ASJC dok warm-up

Geng Bedong dok ikat tali

Last option.

Briefing. Rules and route.

Line-up

Dok gempaq bebudak sekolah

Hooorrrrrnnn!

Finish line

1. Muniady Ramadass (SP Runners)

8. Zamri (Jitra)

9. Haris (SP Runners)

Lucky me

Habiiih

A view of finish line from stage

Waiting for top10 names

Top3 prize giving. Even top3 pon tarak medal

Taaadaaaa!! i got a cordial for 9th. That's it!. Baguih sikit drp x dpt apa macam kat Jitra Theme Park. Tapi kalau tak dak budget nak buat medal.. taruh la registration fee. Apa salahnya. Semua runners faham.

Hamper dan beras for lucky runners.. Ingat for Top10. Balik dengan ayeq tu lar.

Result Top 10 Larian Peladang 2007, Kedah.

A - Men Junior dan B - Men Senior


C - Men Veteran


D - Women Junior dan E - Women Senior

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Saturday 27 October 2007

Chin Woo Biathlon 2007

Date: 16th December 2007 / 7:30am
Venue: Stadium Chin Woo, Kuala Lumpur
Telephone: 019-3635167 (Don Khor)
Fee: RM30 for public and RM25 for Chin Woo membership.
Prize: Trophy for top3 and finisher's medal for all finishers.

Same date with Penang Starwalk.

Wish i could swim more >500m right now... eemmm.. let me finish at Manjung first. Jot down in my list.

Form available to download at Forms and Events section.

..thanks to pmtey

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Friday 26 October 2007

City Run Form

Date: 18 November 2007
Time: 7:30am
Venue: Jalan Dr.Lim Chwee Leong, KOMTAR, Penang
Distance: 10km

Form available at Forms and Events section.

..from Alex Ong

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Wednesday 24 October 2007

Report AIMST Unity Run



AIMST (Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology) Unity Run was held on 20 October, a week after raya aidilfitri at permanent campus in Semeling. They just moved from temporary campus at Amanjaya to Semeling early this year. Beside a running event, there also a carnival event such as games, paintball, student food stalls, exhibition from sponsorship and student dancing.

I think.. what they trying to do is to attract local people/public to visit their new university, new facilities and course offered. But they lack of promotion compare to number of sponsorship. Mostly all the visitors came that day were runners. Even i can said that i'm the one.. wakil from Taman Semeling Indah which locate only 1.5km. At afternoon, after medals award and lucky draw... left only their staffs and students.

The distance is not exactly stated in the form. 7km+ for 10km Open and 5km+ for 7km categories. Start infront of Sport Complex and heading new road (eastern by-pass) until t-junction before Merbok bridge, that's for Open category. And for veteran + junior categories.. cover only half of Open category route.

After raya celebration i managed to do 2 training runs, once during 3rd raya day at LG (Lake Garden) and 2 days before race day. So i put no target even medal pon sudah padam from my kepala-hotak. Finish it and get fit back for Powerman is my motif. Even before start they said >60 runners registered in Open. Penuh dengan geng india - habih dah.. dah la baru nak start lari lepaih sebulan posa.

Legs.. abit not comfortable, especially on my left. I decide to try again my Asics Kayano 13 on previous training run (2 days before race). Before.. my training run at LG with Pegasus, gave no probs to my legs. Until race day morning.. left leg start giving ache kat perut betis. - Takpa!. I gave 3rd/last chances for this shoes.

As usual after flag-off i ran selow. But starting musti dok depan. Mana tau kot2 ada reporter kaa.. tak pon camerawomen aku. @2km after passing AIMST main gate, I could saw <30 runners infront. Including the women and U-students category. Chance for medal still open wide. Increased the pace after saw 4 runners of Open cat group. - Bestnyer potong depa sekali guih.

Running route.. cantek. Straight. New. Less traffic. 2 lanes of flat road. Passing 3 t-junction/traffic-lights. @13mins of running, elite runner sudah u-turn and pass me by. @17mins reach a U-turn. Sip abit a plain water. Left leg start giving abit pain and i had to slow the pace to avoid injuries. My mind thinking of Manjung.. a memorable place for me and cikgu.

Could saw only 2 Open runners. An indian and Thean Seng (SP Runners). Overtook the indian and pacing with Thean Seng. Lately he already beat me twice in road race. Thinking to revenge back. So i ran together for 2km until AIMST main-gate. He still going strong.. boleh gelak2, said hi-hi kat marka, Aku... dok hup-hap-hup-hap dok cari finish line.

Kaki buat hal.. really painful went i step on my left leg. Macam orang capek lari.Thean Seng speed-up or maybe i was slow-down gila babi naik bukit. Heading to running track, we need to complete a loop before cross finish line. He left me nearly half of track. But i know medal still available at the end. No worries. Able to grab a top20 medal.. is a bonus. Happy enough.

My timing was 35.39mins. 8th position.


Register & pick-up bib#+tee for 14 BM Leopard runners

AIMST Sport Complex

Cikgu, Din and Jasmin came for support

Warming up. Thean Seng in blue tight

Bebudak kat taman perumahan aku. Depa ni silap besaq.. mai raya kat rumah aku malam sebelum larian. Aku racun depa dengan free t'shirt. One of girls finished in top20 and 2 of boys won a lucky draw.

Already 7:30..

@8am.. pistol tak dak peluru ka?


Next... Veteran category

Flag-off for all 7km categories

Next... school category

Ariiibaaaa!!!

@500m to finish line. Try chasing Thean Seng.

Setengah mampoih dah.

Just cross finish line. 8th position.

Finish line

Pak Ya from BM Leopard. While waiting for medal award.. i offer my Kayano 13 seem he wearing same size. SOLD!!. Alhamduliah.. really not suitable for my feet. Glad to know he tested a 10k on next day without any injuries. Watch-out him @ KRI next month.

The running couple. Ah Chuah and Maria

Lapor diri for Top20

Finish line.

On track

Zamri and Adry from Kulim

Student exhibition

Waiting for medal & lucky draw

Dancing performance.

Yeap (3 vet.), adry(4 Open), PakYa(12 Vet), Faizal(11 Open) and Zamri(13 Open). Not in photo.. Alex(2 Vet), Najib (4 Vet)

Duit tarak ka..

Top 20 AIMST Unity Run Results - Click to enlarge


A - Open Category & B - Women Open


C - Veteran & D - Senior Veteran


E - Women Veteran & G - School Girls
* I miss School boys result

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