Friday, January 23, 2009

Quickie

Speaking of runner's high, I never thought that it would felt like this. After 4 days of frustration I finally manage to once again taste endorphin. LOL and I got high. That's what addicts do right ? We want to get high as often as possible. A shot is never enough, I can tell.

Edan return my text last night after half pass nine. "....abg pg keje slalu kul bpe?" sounds like aaaa forget it. Edan is a guy with proper words, I would reckon. Anyway, after replying he's text with "...kul 830-9 slalu gerak dr rumah...nak lari pg ke?ok je...", I was jumping! haha at last.

This morning, I was awaken by my mobile phone's alarm at 5.55am. Looked at the phone to see whether Edan have sent me a text or not. Hmmpp...nothing....put it back under my pillow and I'm back to wonderland. Few seconds in wonderland, I've been disturbed by a vibe. It was my phone reacting to an incoming text. Wuhuuu...there you go, the most anticipated text from Edan. "Salam.....jd jog x?tunggu kt tasik sek 7 bleh? kt bastop dpn flat". With those words, I jumped out of bed and head straight to the shower.

Quickly stretch the cloth where I could place my fore head for the morning. 3 minutes and I'm done. Next thing I know, I was in the car already heading to the tasik. As I arrived at the rally point, I saw Daud (i'm not really sure what his name is lah...) stretching. Put my running shoes on, few minutes later Edan arrived, limping. He has an injury on his left Extensor Digitorum and Tibialis Anterior, I think!!. But still he decided to run still, you really can't talk an addict out of this.

And so the journey of the fellowship begins. The time was 6.45am. We started on the road where tasik sek. 7 is on our left and INPENS is on our right hand side. Crossed to INPENS, headed to UiTM's front gate. Proceed to seksyen 2 going to Tasik S. Alam. From there we head straight to Concorde Hotel along the majestic blue mosque. At this time the traffic was building up since its already 7.30am, locals commutes to their respective workplace. At the junction, we took a left turn, placing the Selangor PDRM on our right and Selangor SUK's building on our left. And we go straight (don't belok-belok) until we reached the point where we have started.

Had a small warm down session. Hopped into my ride, and drove to, where else, HAKIM!! Treat myself with non-greasy tosai with teh ais. Chit chated about bicycle, scrambler, scuba, marathon, girls and everything about nothing. Then, Daud decided to dismiss by just walking to his house, while me drove and dropped Edan by the road side near to his house.

Got home the time was almost 9.00am. Whoosh....whooshh.... Ironed a shirt and a pants. Hit the shower. Took everything and nothing with me. Arrived at the office nearly 10am. Well that was it. All in all. Not very much of a quickie by definition actually. Ha-ha-ha. Well that what actually happened to me this morning.


Thursday, January 15, 2009

Adidas Running Shoes Seeding Program Q1 2009

Today is the last day of the program .... Silly me .... how can i missed it haha ... anyhow Ann called Mr. Krishnan but there are no shoes that fits us anymore ... Ann about to cry I guess (haha) until Mr. Krishnan said there will be Q2 of this program. Wallah...there you go ... the sun shines again ... mentari muncul lagi .... so ...better keep an eye for the Q2 program ...



image source from http://runnaz.blogspot.com



Adidas Running Shoes Seeding Program Q1 2009




To all Adidas Hardcore,

Good news for runners who blog or having their own webpage.adidas had once again brought in more highly innovative running shoes to be given away FREE to runners to wear-test them & to post in their blog a very frank & unprejudiced opinion about the shoes after 30 days of usage.
One of the shoe that is included in this program is adiZero Adois that Haile Gebrselassie used at the 2008 Berlin Marathon setting a world record in the Marathon at 2hr 03 mins 58 sec.The sizes are limited and I have them in size UK 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5 & 10.5. Those wishing to possess these shoes will have to comply with the following terms & condition :

1 ) Come to the adidas office to fit the shoes.
2 ) Undertake to post a comment in their blog
a. about the Technical features of the Shoes upon receiving them
b. about the performance of the shoes after 30 days of usage.
3 ) Must be a blogger or has his/her own website.This offer expires on 15th January 2009 & the shoes will be given out on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The program this year is only open to those who had NOT participated or missed out in this program previously.

If you are interested pls call to make an appointment as appended below

Office address:

Adidas Malaysia Sdn Bhd Block B ,
Level 4, Plaza Damansara 45,
Media Setia 1Bukit Damanasara,
Kuala Lumpur

Tel Office : 03 - 20804843
Mobile No : 012 - 3503668
E-Mail : krishnan.karuppan @adidas.com

Best Regards,

Krishnan Karuppan
Head of Running Adidas Malaysia

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

All in all

It has been a month since I posted my last writing. Sorry guys, along the way there was like 3 or 4 draft that ended up in the recycle bin. Few runs has gone by, adding up some more stories to my little low life experience. Malakoff 12KM KL run, LOL I must say that there are no words that can describe those satanic hills of Taman Rimba Bukit Kiara. Nevertheless, I've enjoyed it so much and make a friend along the way. His name is Azree if I'm not mistaken. You're the man bro. Almost forgot, congrats to my buddies Nan and Hana for their 1st ever competitive run. I'm sure you guys have understand the thing that all this time I'm trying to tell.



Then, came the Pacemaker Network Run. LOL this run put a smile on my face every time it come to my sense. To rookie runner, such as myself, few words of advice, do not join this race if your pace is slower than me. This race (i think lah) is for speedsters and podium runners ONLY! I came in 23rd out of 28 runners within my category. Know what I'm talking about?



KLAVA Back To Nature Relay 2009.Well this is a run to be remembered. First of all because this is my first relay run. Second of all, I've team up with my buddies, Nan and Hana. Ann acted as the managers for The Rookies (that's what we named our team). Nan become the first runner for the 3.9KM loop, clocked 22'13", PB! Yehaaa you're the man bro! Then Hana came in as the second runner, can't remember her timing was, but I think it was like 25', PB too!. Lastly, myself, sprinted until at one point of the run I felt like my heart want to gave out and my face was all numb. I clocked 18'. At the end of the relay we managed to come 14th out of 20 mixed team. Not bad huh guys!




Around the corner, GE Pacesetter 30KM Run awaits. Dammit!! I haven't done a single LSD in weeks. Suffer is the correct word for me this Sunday. On the other hand, I've been on a speed training these few days. Today would be the 3rd day of the 1st week out of 12 weeks of training. This speed work is really a killer lah. Haha. Yesterday, at the 5th or 6th rep (I can't recall) I felt like puking man. Seriously, my face, throat, lungs, heart etc (all other internal organs that I have) felt like burning. Haha. No pain no gain, I couldn't agree more. FYI, I was speeding at a speed of 45-50 sec for a 200meter length. I don't know about you guys, but for me (ordinary guy) that was damn fast man.

All in all, I have to run at least a LSD this week before I endure the 20KM this Sunday. Fingers crossed. This is me saying adios for this time. Wish me luck guys! I really need it!