SPECTATORS' GUIDE TO Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2016.

SPECTATORS' GUIDE TO Standard Chartered KL Marathon 2016.

Do you have a loved one or friends that will cheer and support you during the marathon? There is nothing like a familiar face when you are digging deep during the race to boost your morale.

Here I am presenting the first ever spectators’ guide to SCKLM. As per last year , the LRT will start operating at 3am and the good news is that from 3am to 6am, the LRT is free.

If you are supporting your loved one or friend , you can park and ride from any of the LRT stations and send them off at The Dataran Merdeka. The flag off for the marathon is at 4 am.

After the flag off, hurry back to the Masjid Jamek LRT Station and take the train to KLCC LRT Station. You have to hurry because the 5:30 pace group will appear at corner of Jalan Ampang turning into the KLCC in just 23mins or at 4:23am. If you think that you can't make it in 23mins, take the LRT directly to Jelatek LRT station.

From Jelatek LRT Station walk in the direction to Jalan Ampang or towards Great Eastern Mall, the 5:30 pace group will go up to the Akleh Highway at 5:10am. This is at the KM 9 mark. After that go to the opposite direct of the Akleh over Jalan Jelatek.The 5:30 pace group will pass the same way towards MRR2 at 6:12 am which is Km17.

After that, take the LRT just one stop to Setiawangsa LRT Station, walk towards the Duke Highway. The 5:30 pace group will pass this point under Jalan Jelatek or the KM24 mark at 7:07 am.After that , the runners will be on their own on the Duke Highway. You can either take your car and go and cheer them at the Segambut roundabout towards Jalan Duta. The 5:30 pace group will pass the roundabout at 8:18 am which is Km33. Thereafter, you can drive towards the National Museum and wait for us at the bridge towards KL Sentral at 9:12am. I believe the TPRC Running Group had a support station here in 2014.

If you don’t have a car, take the LRT back to Masjid Jamek Station. Walk towards Bank Negara, the marathoners will come out from Jalan Tun Ismail and turn right into Jalan Parlimen. This is the 37.5km mark and the 5:30 pace group will appear at 8:53am.

After that, you can head back to the finishing line or maybe wait for us at the Bukit Aman Tunnel, we will pass this tunnel around 9:25 am so that all us can finish the 42.195km around the city of Kuala Lumpur at 9:30am.

See you guys there on the 7th of August 2016.tt

By Kin K Yum 

Reproduced with permission. If you wish to know more about SCKLM 5:30 hours pacer, you can click the facebook link " Kin K Yum " to follow KK.  

Tips to a successful completion 5:30 pace group in SCKLM with awesome pacers 2016.

It's less than a month to Standard Chartered KL Marathon. Here are the tips to a successful completion with the 5:30 pace group with Kelvin Ng Ch,Azhar Omran, Ahmad Hadafi Bin Jus and I.

This group’s balloon is Orange Colour. This group is suited for those who are doing their FIRST Marathon.

However, the person who’s attempting this pace should has :
1) Been running regularly and has completed at least three to five Half Marathons.
2) Been able to complete a half marathon in 2:30 or less.
3) Done a long run of 30km at least once prior to the marathon. For those who haven’t done it, the Newton 30km on 23rd July is very suitable for SCKLM 2016.

The targets for each 10km of the marathon are as follows
10km - 1:18
20km - 2:36
30km - 3:54
40km - 5:12
42km - 5:30

Please note that we will stop at every drink station , we might run slightly under this pace to cater for stoppage time. However, we do target to complete the marathon in 5:30 GUN TIME.

Note that we are running in smaller steps up hill so naturally we will slow down. The hills that we are going to encounter are:-
1) From Beach Club to The Weld on Jalan P Ramlee at km 4.
2) Jelatek Ramp entrance to Akleh at km 9.
3) Ulu Klang Ramp entrance to Duke Highway. This is the halfway point at KM21.
4) Jalan Kuching Ramp to Segambut Roundabout at km 33.
5) Jalan Langgak Tunku after Tijani Condo climbing to Jalan Tun Ismail at KM 34.
6) At KM 37.5, you will pass the Bank Negara and can almost feel the finishing point at Dataran Merdeka. You are NOT DONE yet, turn right into Jalan Parlimen for your last 4.7km
7) After you pass the Parliament Building, that’s a gradual climb along the newly constructed Mahameru Highway tunnel all the way to the National Museum.
8) This is the start of the Heritage Route. Please enjoy this part of the route for you have earned it. You will pass the latest and most luxurious hotel in KL, the St Regis followed by the grand hotel, The Majestic which was first built by the Sarkies brothers who also built The Raffles in Singapore, The E&O in Penang and The Peninsula in Hong Kong. On your right , you will see the icon of Kuala Lumpur which is the old Railway Station and the old railway office built in Moorish style followed by The National Mosque.
9) The last 200m, we will pass the Bukit Aman Tunnel, Make some noise, it has the best echo effect of all tunnels in KL.

Tips to prepare for the day.
1) Get sufficient sleep throughout the whole week leading to the marathon. You will be too excited to get a good night sleep on Saturday night.
2) Try to start carbo loading on Thursday. Simple carbohydrates such as Rice, Pasta, Bread etc. Avoid red meat on Saturday. It will take more energy to digest these food and it will sap the energy you need for the run.
3) Plan your nutrition and hydration properly for the marathon. You need a belt to carry these nutrition and some small change.If you feel hungry during the run, it is normal. If you feel bloated, then you are in trouble.
4) If you need to pee, check the colour. if it’s too dark, please drink more water. The urge to pee also means that you are properly hydrated.
5) Come for the 5km Friendship Run on Saturday to shake out those legs and sign up for the Pasta Party to meet new friends from all over the world.

KEEP CALM AND RUN

By Kin K Yum 

Reproduced with permission. If you wish to know more about SCKLM 5:30 hours pacer, you can click the facebook link " Kin K Yum " to follow KK.  

Hello CrossFit Pahlawan !

Hello CrossFit ! (ops... this suppose to post since last year after i joins CrossFit Pahlawan)

I'm hardly updating my blog as I found my new love!
Joins Crossfit Pahlawan foundation course back in June 2015, and i know im going to love it more!

So many things to learn in Crossfit. Always learning and trying new movements!

CrossFit is a fitness program created by Greg Glassman and is a registered trademark of CrossFit, Inc. which was founded by Greg Glassman and Lauren Jenai in 2000. Promoted as both a physical exercise philosophy and also as a competitive fitness sport, CrossFit workouts incorporate elements from high-intensity interval training, Olympic weightlifting, plyometrics, powerlifting, gymnastics, girevoy sport, calisthenics, strongman, and other exercises. It is practiced by members of over 13,000 affiliated gyms, roughly half of which are located in the United States, and by individuals who complete daily workouts (otherwise known as a "WODs" or "workouts of the day")

A paragraph that explain what is CrossFit about.

WOD - 1 hour high intensity work out of the day.

Mobility - The most interesting topic to learn and pickup ! A simple mobility workouts, spending 15 minutes on it everyday and I'm enjoying the benefits! Although i still have long way to catch up!

The benefit of mobility are so good that im enjoying it everyday. Improved mobility on my legs and hips helped my running, specially recently my SCHKM !

Not long ago on Saturday, 23 April 2016, CrossFit Pahlawan have its first in-house Pahlawan Challenge for members aka CrossFit Pahlawan 1 year anniversary ! It was team event where only for members. Morning session and evening session members basically are from different world and on that day we become teammates we fight we compete for the challenge!

Enjoyed all 3 events held on that day! We might not be the winning team of the day but we gains friendships, experience and fun during the event! 

Its was one of the Monday when we were doing the WOD, these Assault Air Bikes arrived! To be honest, i have no idea what this bike are, but i just know this bike being used in Crossfit Regional event! It must be good! 

Its been days, if not weeks, if not month these bikes are available for member use at CrossFit Pahlawan! Assault AirBike is fan bike, the resistant are depend on individual. The harder you pedal, the more resistant! 

The Assault Airbike resistant is way higher than my fluid trainer, a simple ride of 1 minutes are like in hell but can not compare directly for both. 

Soon its going to be my 1st year anniversary as CrossFitter with CrossFit Pahlawan ! 

Super Ticket incoming...P2K Sunday Long Ride

Counting sleeps, another 2 sleeps, we will be standing at meeting point for the Super Ticket Ride #STR. 

Last Sunday was our long ride before STR where we clocked 166KM. Initial destination was Kuala Selangor but changed to Sg Tengi last minutes as the road to K. Selangor are bad. 

Somewhere... somewhere peloton is cruising at comfortable speed... 

Real hot sun! Enjoyed it. 

Loving the peloton !!! 

Sun. Bike. Ride. 

This part is 1 straight long boring road ! Btw, its potholes FREE ! loving the smooth surface! 

Was so hungry, yet just want simple meal to recharge refuel the body. This meal suddenly recall Sifu Terrence's strategy when we were training for Sundown Ultra 100KM, back in 2010/2011. We just had simple white rice with eggs and curry... oh, no chicken added back then. 

We at U-turn point clocked 75KM. 

The thick cream on hot nescafe... =.=''' 

Sg. Tengi, basically a very small town of Felda which located half way to Slim River from Batang Berjuntai. 

Video taken by Xiaomi Yi Action Sport Camera added!!!

What's needed to do is done. 

Next, Super Ticket. 

1 - 3 May 2015. 

BTS Night Ride with Xiaomi Yi Action Sport Cam @ Shah Alam

Not easy to take a night photo, specially on the move. Below are the photos i took during night ride with Bike Tech Subang group @ Shah Alam ! 

Wonderful night ride with BTS group, looping at Shah Alam until i lost count how many loop i been looping... but total distance about 30KM plus... before the peloton speed become fast, faster and fastest and eventually i'm dropped and call it off for the night. 

Super Ticket Ride 2015!

Countdown to 3-days Super Ticker Ride !!! 3 days over 496KM starting from Ipoh to Gerik to Bukit Mertajam and lastly back to Ipoh !!!

Xiaomi Yi Action Sport Camera photos - April 2015

Sharing photos taken by my Xiaomi Yi Action Sport Camera. Loving it, and everyone is awaiting for the water proof casing!!! where's you, water proof casing !!!??? 

More to come soon! 

Xiaomi Yi Action Sport Camera - 11-Apri-15

Incoming storm @ KL taken by Xiaomi Yi Action Sport camera. 

Selamat Menyambut Hari Thaipusam

Selamt Menyambut Hari Thaipusam !!! Thaipusam always have special mean to me although im not celebrating. 

Its used to be my training ground for my Vibram Hong Kong Ultra Trail 100KM back in those days, the second edition of HK100 in 2012. 

Prior to banning public other than praying / tourist visiting to Batu Caves, I always went to have stair case training on evenings. The training even extended to early morning where temple opens around as early as 6am when its near to Thaipusam festival, which also near to my HK100. 

Thaipusam festival also become part of my training as well. Running from house to Petaling Street and walking together with the chariot from the Sri Mahamariamman Temple on Jalan Tun HS Lee to Batu Caves and lastly run back to home. its were whole night outing on foot with hydration pack.

Happy Thaipusam.

Here's the details on what i did back in 2012. Time fly.
Thaipusam Parade 2012

OnePlus Fan Gathering Malaysia - 8 Nov 2014

OnePlus fan gathering for Malaysia was successful ! I met up with a lot of OnePlus users which we always communicate in OnePlus forum. Finally i have the chance to meet the "big boss" of Malaysian thread who helping a lot of Malaysians got their invites. 

Jevoly have shared out 1,275 invites to-date. 

Holding the first ever OnePlus Malaysia Official Fan Gathering poster signed by Jevoly, the big boss!

OnePlus Fans showing off OnePlus One !!! kekeke... 

OnePlus Official Fan Gathering in Malaysia 2014 !

Its happening this weekend !!! WooHoo !!! Was quite upset last weekend when im not able to get the ticket to attend the fan gathering! Now another round of tickets were made available out of sudden!

WooHoo !

See you this Saturday OnePlus One Fans!

G5N 2015 is official UTMB 2016 Qualifying Race

Congratulation to G5N ! Never in my life ever dream about there's a local ultra running event (ie. in peninsular Malaysia) that becoming 3 points qualifying for UTMB !!! 

What are UTMB you might ask. Go Google it. 

What the hell 3 points about. Go Google it. 

What the hell are G5N. Go Google it. 

 In before blog like G5N race director! Wakaka... 

Okay, before go google it, at least go likes G5N facebook page 

Congratulation G5N ! Now you can qualify for UTMB 3 points locally. (Just under 1 hour driving from KL City centre)