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Posted : Friday, December 12, 2008 by johnybravo at 12:00 pm | 2 Comments



I think i can be proud of myself for having improved in my performance since i started running early this year. I would have liked to be better but for less than a years training i can give myself a pat on the back.

I could only manage to run 10km in 1 hour and 15 minutes early this year and now i am able to achieve 12.8km in 1hr and 12 minutes. Throughout the year i have experienced many different distances from 10km to 15km to 22.7km. If you train and run consistently throughout the year you should get better. Just like in a marathon, the longer you run, the stronger you get towards the finishing line.

I still have a lot of space for improvement and i hope that i will only get better, faster and stronger(sounds like Kanye West's song - STRONGER) in 2009. My targets for next year is to run a 10km sub 55 minutes, preferably sub 50 minutes; and also to join and hopefully finish a full marathon(42KM).

To all my running kaki's, keep on pia-ing and keep on running... See you all next year, i need to MIA and rest those hard trained legs...

My training progress at the Lake Gardens:

When : 2nd December 2008
Meeting Point : Lake Garden Children Playground
Running Route : Lake Garden Loop
Starting Time : 6.30pm
Distance : 2.3km X 4 = 9.2km
Target time to achieve : Sub 48 minutes

48'47 - PB!


When : 12th November 2008
Meeting Point : Lake Garden Children Playground
Running Route : Lake Garden Loop
Starting Time : 6.35pm
Distance : 2.3km X 4 Loops = 9.2km
Target time to achieve : Sub 48 mins

52'32


When : 4th November 2008
Meeting Point : Lake Garden Children Playground
Running Route : Lake Garden Loop
Starting Time : 6.35pm
Distance : 2.3km X 4 Loops = 9.2km
Target time to achieve : Sub 48mins

50'29 - PB!


When : 14th October 2008
Meeting Point : Lake Garden Children Playground
Running Route : Lake Garden Loop
Starting Time : 6.25pm
Distance : 2.3km X 4 Loops = 9.2km
Target time to achieve : Sub 50mins (Raining)

39'27 - (3 loops) - Heavy rain like cat n dog


When : 9th October 2008
Meeting Point : Lake Garden Children Playground
Running Route : Lake Garden Loop
Distance : 2.3km X 4 Loops = 9.2km
Target time to achieve : Lite n Easy nia!

56'55 - This was my first day training at The Lake Gardens and i "kena" lapped by the first runner... He already finished his 4 laps while i`m still on my 3rd lap!!!

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KRI 12.8km Run 2008

Posted : Thursday, December 04, 2008 by johnybravo at 9:25 am | 2 Comments



I reached Ipoh on Saturday and went straight to the collection center, which was well located and it went smooth, was only disappointed that they did not give any running vest this year, instead a t-shirt. The goodies bag was good with lots of stuff..

After that, went to have some "Ipoh kai see hor fun" and some white coffee & half-boiled egg on a toast bread. Went back to the guesthouse for some rest while waiting for the rest of the gang to arrive from Penang. We met up for dinner and had some "tong sui" as supper. Went to bed around 10pm.

Woke up sharp 520am, showered, ate some light breakfast and got ready for the race. Left at 6.10am and got there early and just nice to do some light warm up(very important for novice runners like me, hahaha).

This was a tough and competitive run i must say, with a lot of "PIA Kaki's". The backdrop was stunning before we were flagged off at the starting point. You could see the sunrise coming from behind the mountains, it was really a spectacular view. We ran in a newly developed area called Bandar Seri Botani and it has a nice botanical lake garden. The only part which i didn't like about the run was, there were too many cornering.

This run was well organized with plenty of water at the drink station and with good marker indicators. I had a good warm up and started well and finished a good race. Quite proud that i came in at 1hr 12m, placed 38 out of 98 in my category, was targeting 1hr 10m but i`m happy with the result. Here are some pictures although not alot...


Medal with running bib


Category age


Nice pewter medal


Me with my lucky draw prize(Herbalife Protein bar) and medal

Run No : C047
Result : 01:12:02

Position
Category : 38/98
Sex : 279/788
Overall : 306/967

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