Jogging Week3 January 2012

17 January 2011 | Tuesday
Route: Loop
Time: 33.17mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [Shiela Majid - Dimensi Baru]
01 - Pengemis Muda.mp3
02 - Datanglah.mp3
03 - Dia.mp3
04 - Gerimis Semalam.mp3
05 - Datanglah Ke Dalam Mimpiku.mp3
06 - Nada.mp3
07 - Putra.mp3
08 - Kekasih Baru.mp3
09 - Berakhir Cintamu.mp3

Fist album of Sheila Majid. I still got her tape cassette album @kampung. For me it was a pefect album. Really enjoy very piece of songs. But kaki koyak-daun still hurts after doing weekend long run with Nike LunarGlide+2. Run-Walk-Run 33 mins in a loop.

19 January 2011 | Tuesday
Route: Loop
Time: 50.46mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [TheRippingtons - Moonlighting]
01 - Moonlighting.mp3
02 - She Likes To Watch.mp3
03 - Angela (92).mp3
04 - Dreams.mp3
05 - Mirage.mp3
06 - Calypso Cafe.mp3
07 - Open All Night.mp3
08 - Intimate Strangers.mp3

Luckily I ran in auto-pilot mode. Still high listen to this album.

22 January 2011 | Tuesday
Route: Home, Semeling, Paya Suri - U-turn
Time: 51.23mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - T-Square - T-Square]
01-A Dream in a Daydream.mp3
02-Man on The Moon.mp3
03-Ca et la.mp3
04-Our Fortress.mp3
05-Ale-Leyah-Yah.mp3
06-An Evening Glow.mp3
07-A Night Without Memory.mp3
08-Taking Mountain [tops].mp3
09-Calling Thru the Age of Time.mp3
10-[Don't Ask About] Meanin of Kiss.mp3
11-A Dream in a Daydream [reprise].mp3
12-Belfast Song.mp3

Got urgent matters. Time not on my side. Did a short distance.

Quote of the Day

Have you ever felt worse after a run?

- George Sheehan

Penang Sports Calendar 2012

All annual sport events in Penang in this 2012 calendar. Marked your running calendar.

..from msnpenang

Jogging Week2 January 2012

10 January 2011 | Tuesday
Route: Loop
Time: 50.34mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [T-Square - Natural]
01 - Control.mp3
02 - Wind Song.mp3
03 - White Mane.mp3
04 - Labyrinth Of Love.mp3
05 - Snowbird.mp3
06 - Radio Star.mp3
07 - Daisy Field.mp3
08 - Happy Song.mp3
09 - Last Raindrops.mp3
10 - Uptown.mp3

After 2 weeks, I'm already miss T-Square. A 1990 studio album. Initially... album ni kureng skit, but after track5 - syiok. >10x listen to it, semua sedap.

12 January 2011 | Thursday
Route: Loop
Time: 50.44mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [The Rippingtons - Kilimanjaro]
01 - Morocco.mp3
02 - Northern Lights.mp3
03 - Dream of the Sirens.mp3
04 - Katrina's Dance.mp3
05 - Kilimanjaro.mp3
06 - Backstabbers.mp3
07 - Love Notes.mp3
08 - Los Cabos.mp3
09 - Oceansong.mp3

Got number of albums from this group. Kilimanjaro is 2nd album. Listen to it since primary school.

15 January 2011 | Sunday
Time: 2:13.04mins
Route: Home, Tupah and U-turn.
Shoes: Nike LunarGlide+2
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [Daryl Braithwaite - The Great CD3]
01 - One Summer.mp3
02 - Rise.mp3
03 - The World As It Is.mp3
04 - Barren Ground.mp3
05 - Waters Rising.mp3
06 - Where The Famous Came Out To Play.mp3
07 - Wind and Sea.mp3
08 - Reflection of Me.mp3
09 - Look What Your Love Has Done To Me.mp3
10 - Trust Somebody.mp3
11 - Hundreds of Tears.mp3
12 - Shout.mp3
13 - Poverty Dancing.mp3

Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [The Rippingtons - Sahara]
01 - Native Sons of a Distant Land.mp3
02 - True Companion.mp3
03 - I'll Be Around.mp3
04 - Principles of Desire.mp3
05 - Sahara.mp3
06 - 'til We're Together Again.mp3
07 - Best is Yet to Come.mp3
08 - Journey's End.mp3
09 - Girl With the Indigo Eyes.mp3
10 - Porscha.mp3

Able to reach 21km distance <1:50mins, then kaki not happy anymore. Did run-walk-run back home. Culprit: kaki or shoes? ....shoes maybe

Quote of the Day

Real athletes run others just play games

- Anonymous

7th Thailand’s Ocean to Ocean Relay Race

Date: 25 March 2012 | Sunday
Venue: Start@Lang Suan, Chumphon and End@Mueang, Ranong
Distance: Pacific ocean to Andaman ocean
Website: www.runningthailand.net/Ocean-to-Ocean

An A relay of 8 runners running from Pacific ocean to Andaman ocean.

Standard Chartered Bangkok Marathon 2011

Date: 12 February 2012 | Sunday
Venue: Sanam Chai Road, Bangkok
Distance: 42, 21 and 10km + 5km fun run
Website: www.bkkmarathon.com

Event was postpone from 20 November 2011.

Jogging Week1 January 2012

04 January 2011 | Wednesday
Time: 50.32mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [Icehouse - Man Of Colours]
01 - Crazy.mp3
02 - Electric Blue.mp3
03 - My Obsession.mp3
04 - Man Of Colours.mp3
05 - Heartbreak Kid.mp3
06 - The Kingdom.mp3
07 - Nothing Too Serious.mp3
08 - Girl In The Moon.mp3
09 - Anybody's War.mp3
10 - Sunrise.mp3
11 - Crazy (long version).mp3

Another old school album. I used to hang-out kat Kedai Music while waiting a bus back home from boarding school. Sometimes when I test playing music cassette at counter, kena lagu best... tauke tu plak layan... duih

I think track 2, some of you already dengar (those enjoy 80s) thru radio - Just a flash back into 80s

08 January 2011 | Sunday
Route: Home, AIMST, UiTM, Spg Kucai, Taman Lembah Bujang, MRSM, +Titi Semeling, AIMST and Home
Time: 1:39.27mins

No mp3 player

Quote of the Day

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nalanda Walkathon 2012

Date: 04 March 2012 | Sunday | 7:30am
Venue: Dataran Antrabangsa, Taman Rekreasi Bukit Jalil
Distance: 5km with 4 category (Men, Women, Boys and Girls)
Contact: 03-8938 1500 | walkathon@nalanda.org.my
Website: www.nalanda.org.my

Winners' prizes and medal for top15 and certificate for all participants.

..from Aiman Cheah

Larian 40 Taman 100 Kilometer

Date: 14 January 2012 | 7:30am | Saturday
venue: Taman Tasik Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya
More detail.. here

Quote of the Day

If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.

- Kristin Armstrong

Quote of the Day

Running is just you, the work you put in, and the clock. You can't cheat yourself. If you don't put in the miles, you can't go to the starting line thinking you're going to pull a miracle out of nowhere. You get out exactly as much as you put in.

- Desiree Davila

Jogging Week5 December 2011

29 December 2011 | Thursday
Route: Sport Complex
Time: 50.29mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [Smooth Jazz Tribute To Gorillaz]
1. Feel Good Inc..mp3
2. DARE.mp3
3. Clint Eastwood.mp3
4. Dirty Harry.mp3
5. 19-2000.mp3
6. Stylo.mp3
7. Kids With Guns.mp3
8. Every Planet We Reach Is Dead.mp3
9. All Alone.mp3
10.Tomorrow Comes Today.mp3

Never listen Gorillaz seriously. But after listen side by side with original song... Smooth Jazz team did a great job. Enjoyable songs. In fact, track 1 still being my ringtone almost 2 years.

31 December 2011 | Saturday | Night Run 10:15pm
Route: Home, AIMST, Titi Semeling, Bandar Laguna Merbok
Time: 54.56mins
Randomly playing on my mp3 player - [Daryl Braithwaite - The Great CD1]
101 - The Horses.mp3
102 - All I Do.mp3
103 - Higher Than Hope.mp3
104 - Sugar Train.mp3
105 - How Can I Be Sure.mp3
106 - Blue Hills.mp3
107 - Escape From Reality.mp3
108 - I Can See Higher Than Before.mp3
109 - Goodbye Blue Sky.mp3
110 - All The Same.mp3
111 - Pretending To Care.mp3
112 - In The Distance.mp3
113 - Breaking The Rules.mp3

Relax songs. Recommended by my brother.

Usually got new year road race in north region but not this time. Got no info. I did a night run alone from home. While Cikgu and kids drove to Bandar Laguna Merbok and we were watching bunga api together - Happy New Year to my readers. Thanks for visiting.



Already setup my new year's resolutions. Some of them are personal, about family and my running. Yep, I set new excitement in my running for 2012. Like it did in my first marathon, this time i set more distance, more challenging and more adventurous.

Report: Newton Challenge 2012

By Aiman Cheah

New Year Newton Challenge 1.1.2012

Venue: Jalan BK5A/2, Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor
Date: 1 January 2012 | 5.30am
Category: Men Veteran (40 and above)
Distance : 25km
Position: 80
Time: 2:27:29
Organizer: TriSportz
Results: www.triathlonmalaysia.com

I got up at 4.00 a.m. That was the second alarm. The first alarm was 10 minutes earlier. I did not feel too fresh for the race although I did sleep earlier. I planned to start from home at 4.30a.m. but only started driving to the venue at a quarter to five. Light traffic enabled me to reach the venue at 5.08a.m. There was no hurry and by a quarter past five, I had already deposited my bag at the luggage counter.

I am glad to be greeted by our Penang counterparts. Sorry Mr Lim as I could not really remember you. We met at Penang 12 Hours Walk recently. Of course the second time I saw him I could recognize him immediately. That was when I overtook him after the 6th water station. The one who is most familiar to me is Mr Liew Tho Fatt.

I started slowly and I didn't think it was that slow. I could not recall the timing as my watch experienced short-circuit!

I hope the people at the water station were not annoyed at me. May be a strange request for unchilled water. Luckily, they were not too busy to enable them to entertain my request. I think I lost 15-30secs at each of the 7 water stations. A great job by the volunteers for accommodating my request.

The slow race enabled me to run all the way to the finish line. A good start to the new year.

I am glad that Mr Lee C.F. had closed the gap with me. I only caught up with him just before the last water station. He agreed that a slower start helped him to finish stronger. I overtook Mr C.C. Choi (PM42) after the last water station. He complimented me after the race that I finished the race strongly. Actually he was just as strong for he was just 4 seconds behind me.


About 50m from the finishing line. Picture courtesy of Mr Tey Eng Tiong

I consider this as a very good race with the preparation that I had.
24 Dec (Sat) - 12km Larian Bukit Tangga
25 Dec (Sun) -
26 Dec (Mon) - 8.4km
27 Dec (Tue) - 8.4km
28 Dec (Wed) -
29 Dec (Thu) - 8.4km
30 Dec (Fri) - 8.4km

Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2015

An official agreement between Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad and Dirigo Events Sdn Bhd recently ensured the KL Marathon remains on the landscape and plans are already being laid for a participation of 27,000 runners at next year's edition.

Representing Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia as the marathon's title sponsor was its managing director and CEO Osman Morad. The event's co-organiser is Rainer Biemans, director of Dirigo Events.

The next Standard Chartered KL Marathon will be held on June 24 with participation expected from more than 45 countries.

The prize package will remain the highest among marathons in Malaysia, with a total prize money of US$100,000 (RM320,000).

"The elements of a marathon is a clear representation of the bank's brand philosophy - going the distance, persevering for excellence, a positive 'can-do' attitude, creativity and passion," said Osman.

"Year on year, we at Standard Chartered are encouraged by the enthusiasm as well as the determination and commitment all Malaysian and international runners show during the marathon.

"Just like a marathon, we are committed to the country for the long run and we are proud to be part of Malaysia's largest sporting event."

Biemans added: "We're overjoyed to be organising the next four Standard Chartered KL Marathons which continues to show exceptional progress each year.

"The success of the marathon is also a testament of our solid partnership with Standard Chartered Bank as an active and involved title sponsor, and we believe the marathon will continuously grow over the coming years to be one of the largest running events in Asia," he added.

The Standard Chartered KL Marathon also aims to encourage Malaysians to view sports as a way forward towards unity and national development, which is in line with the vision of the Sports Ministry.

Additionally, the marathon brings together runners and spectators from various countries, making it a major tourist attraction for the country.

Next year's marathon will continue to be a key calendar highlight as organisers continue to secure all aspects of the marathon to make it a positive and exciting running experience for participants.

With the introduction of more training programmes, additional incentives, new apparel designs as well as charity partners, the Standard Chartered KL Marathon will definitely be an event not to be missed.

Read more: Running along till 2015

..from Aiman Cheah

Quote of the Day

We find time for the things that are important to us. Period.

- Scott Douglas, Scott's Original Miscellany, Running Times - March 2011