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Saturday, August 18, 2007

ASJC - 21k run


Chan in Kangar...Perlis....OOi..the run is at Alor Setar...sesat keh?..

Plannig to drop by at the border..... after the run..!

checked in at Pau's Motel... Pekan Simpang Kuala, Alor Setar.... the day B4 the run...Not Bad..!!


Chan- using turbo towards the ends....followed by Mr.Kenny

A Pic wit the Organiser... Mr Chua N his friend



A snap wit Mr. Kenny N his friend..the Pacemakers.


The Medal...

Azhar,Chan N Fendy at Bernama Alor Setar,Kedah..office colleagues..

The Rep of Slow Movers at the Alor Setar Tower...

Fendy N Chan 2gether wit a parachutter....Menara Alor Setar


Chan in Thailand....cam mano dia terlepas ni.... Bahaya....!!!

Chan wit Metra (Utusan reporter)... at Gua Kelam

Chan wit the ultimate Photographer...

The Gua Kelam...Fascinating!!!!...the longest limestone cave in the world...


Fri,17th August 2007. Alor setar Kedah....

The Alor Setar Jogging Club (ASJC) held their 24th anuual run. N myself was the sole rep of the Slow Movers as the others were jsut to busy...Took the Transnasional night bus staright to Perlis ...reached there thursday morning..met my colleague, Mr. Effendy...orang kuat Perlis...had my shower in Bernam Inn ..n off to Alor Setar ...Had diff to find the Reg place in Pengkalan Kedah ..got the bib n the vest ...found Pau's Motel to hop in for the nite as it was the nearest to the startin point.... the ASJ club in taman Bee-Bee, Pekan Simpang Kuala.

Everythin is done..N ready for the run.. we head back to Kangar as fendy has some assignment...well he is the best Photographer in Town.......met a friend... Mr.Metra , a reporter from Utusan... Had dinner with him..then hopp in at fendy's hse...collected his stuffs n back to Pau's Motel....called of the day..!..ZZzzzzzzz!!!!

6.00 am.. .. went down ...it was drizzlin..jogged to the startin point which was 500 m away from the motel... It was very the dark ....Black Out...sioot..! registered N did some warm ups...it was to like Internal affair as not many outside runners took part...at about 6.20 am.. wow..it's bright..tq Tnb..6.30 am.. 3..2..1 the race starts..Ran in a slower pace than usual as this in my 4th half marathon back to back n just don't wanna push to much...slow n steady..Basically the 21 km route was a straight flat road expect for the hilly Tok Pasai Bridge at about km 11 in Kuala Kedah n it was a wet run ..as it was drizzlin all the way thru....Made a U turn after the bridge..n ran about 10 km more towards the end. Met the Mr Kenny Tan of Pacemakers at about Km10... chit chat...while running. Nice talkin to u Mr Kenny... finsihed the run in 1:50:20 at the position of 17...wah berpadanan dgn tarikh ...! What else..collected the finisher medal N...minum Milolah...snapped some pics wit kenny, Mr Chua.. the Organiser...etc.. The best cameraman were there to snap the pics...Lepak 4 a while..back to Motel...! Running is Fun...!

Had shower...called Mr Azhar, the colleague from Bernam Alor Setar... set a b/fast date with him...on the way to Jln stadium. dropped by at the Alor setar tower...manage to watch some Parachutters doing some stunts...jumpin from the tower..the were about 20 jumpers.. an event in conjuction with the 50th Merdeka Day. Met Mr Kassim, the Bernama photograper, the best in A.Setar..snapped some pic n staright to Bernama off... took Azhar for a makan at Kopitiam...had mee curry...aaah! sedapnyaaa! left Kedah....balik ke Kangar...

In Kangar fetched Metra...n yeah ..to Padang Besar..Had one of the best Tom Yam in perlis..Masuk Border....tak guna passport pun..kan fendy tu orangnya popular..just spent a few hours in Thailand...did some shopin...Jaya kirim the latest MU jersey... but couldn't find any...belum sampai...lah..no stock lah...!!Keluar Border...fendy did his border pass at the imegresen.. then we went to the longest limestone cave in the World..the Gua Kelam....wow...it was awesome..superb...beautiful...coolin...ain't got no words....just terpesona..Walk thru the cave while snappin pics..had a great time...!

kinda of tiring...Fendy left me Perlis Bernama Inn...as he had some guest from KL to entertain. Just lepak..watched a few movies in HBO...the Rocketman... the family Stone...Death tunnel...Had my Shower..n off i go to the the Bus Station. Took the 11.oo pm Eltabina Express..Kangar-Alor setar-KL...reached at 6.2o am..Sat morning....Bye Perlis N Kedah..!!

Special Thanks to Effendy, Metra, Azhar, Mr Kassim N Cik Asma for their hospitality.Thank You..It makes life nicer n sweeter with friends like this around..!!

Next run would be the Nascomm Jogathon at Padang Timur PJ... C u N Bye!!

Monday, August 13, 2007

Pj Half Marathon - 21 km



Oops....this is not the Pj Half!!..it's the 4th 24 hrs walk...11th -12th August..at dataran merdeka.
The man walkin in the second pic is my fren's pa.


Chan.. Enjoyin his run... fun N peace...last 1 km to the end...

Abang... running slowly...200 m to finish his second Half marathon...


Suriati... cutting her 30th birthday cake cum 1st anniversary of SM

One for the Album..Sanusi Clan ++ Chan, Fairul,Kak Aida -- Jaya,Estelle N Rama


The Medal - Front N Back



Sun 12th August 2007, Stadium PJ, Kelana Jaya PJ...

It's the end of a big loop as the the Slow Movers are back to the place where we started. The entire Sanusi clan ,Jaya, Chan, Fairul Estelle,kak AidaN Rama joined in for the Anniversary Run.
....The PJ Half Marathon...

The Run started at 6.38 am.. 8 min late....Masalah parking bas kat depan startin point...Baaang....We ran ..ran..n ran.. up the the motorola bridge..down towards the SAS airport... come on babe..Run.. U have got a flight to catch..I said to myself....hhahahaha!!!!..
Made a U turn at terminal 3 N ran about 9 km more towards the Stadium...
Finished the race in 1:50:02 at the position of 65.... Followed by Rama in about 1:58 at the 127th placing N Abang slowly manage to finished his second Half Marathon. The rest of the Slow Movers doin 10 k N below reached earlier.... Well Done 2 all the SM!

After the Run .. we had a small celebration in conjunction with Su's Birthday N to remark the 1st Anniversary of Slow Movers. ...Su... Welcome to the club of 30's...dah tualah tu...Insaflah...!! Happy Birthday Su...!! Chit Chat..N left about 9.45 am. Happy Anniversary to all the Slow Movers where ever u are.. N Bye PJ... C u next Year..!!

Next Heading to Alor Setar..4 the 24th ASJC - 21k run... Bye!

note: Retyped due to some technical error...!

Monday, August 06, 2007

Adidas- NPE King Of The Road - 21km

The Sisters ... Kak Sumarni N Makcik wit Estelle B 4 the Run

Izzat on his way ... to the grab the last medal for 5km.....

Kak Sumarni ....we know y u missed the medal..... ought to get a comb....!!


Javier...Doin some Salsa running after the all night long of Salsa dance.....

Chan... 200 m to go... wooi finishing sebelah sana da ...tengok camera kot...!
Abang finishing his Half Marathon.. the first after 20 years...Syabas...!

The arrival of YB Suriati Sanusi.... Well done..babe!

The Rep of Slow Movers for the King of The Road Run minus Estelle

The Slow Movers with former Walker Mr. Khoo Chong Beng...


A pic while waitin for Fuzahir, Abang N Su...

One 4 the Album...


Sunday, 5th August 2007, Sunway Pyramid...P.Jaya.

After a lot of races away, we r back to P.Jaya to do the Adidas King of the Road Run...The Reps for Slow Movers were Chan,Abang, Su (21km) ,Jaya,Javier,Makcik Kakak,Estelle,Fairul (10km) N Izzat (5km).
The Race started on time at 6.45am ...officiated by Datuk Seri Samy Vellu, the Works Minister..3...2...1..Whistle....preeeeeeeeeeep!!!!

Another 2 hrs ++ run along the New Pantai Expressway... two way fro...running in standard Malaysian weather condition... Ran in my usual pace all the way..slow N steady.. The route was very like the wave loo....up n down...tryin to finish within the qualifin time...n I did manage to finish it in 1:40:22 at the position of 103. Habis saja...apa lagi..it's Milo time..... Milo2 ..anda jadi sihat dan kuat.....!!!! met up with Mr Salsa N the Coach.... Fuzahir finished the 21k men vet catergory in about 2 hrs 15 min... Kasihan kakinya cramp at the last 4 Km ...followed by Abang ..about 2 hrs 34 mins. Su the rep of Slow Movers for the 21k women conquered the NPE from the begining till the end N finished it with bike escort in about 3 hrs++.Yeaaahhh..we r the Slow Movers....cayalah ..babe !!!

As for 10k, Javier managed to catch up with Jaya although he started 10 mins late n both of them finished approx in 53 mins. This time the Son had more luck ...as Izzat grabbed the last medal for his 5 km category N kakak Sumarni missed it by inches....well that is sports.. Kalah Menang..itu kan adat Sukan... Makcik, Fairul n Estelle finsihed the race with their own pace... Syabas to all...khas buat Izzat..

Once the most awaited person, YB Su arrived with escort Peronda NPE , we snapped some pics, sembang2...met Mr Khoo Chong Beng, the former National Walker,currently one of the Judges for the international Walk Federation. Left about 10.00am. Sunway Pyramid / Lagoon is one of the tourist spot in PJ city. Bye Sunway..

Next would be The PJ Half Marathon .. more info.. smovers.blogspot.com ... C u..!!

Monday, July 30, 2007

Larian Antarabangsa Melaka 2007 - 21 km

The Slow Movers - Dinner b4 the Run...

Chan N Javier - Slow n Steady ....reaching the distance of 20.8 km...300m to go.

Mr Tey@pm22 - The Ultimate Photographer for Runners - TQ sir!

Boleh pinjam kipas tu tak...?
The Slow Movers partial family - after the Run...

At the Casa Cuba....Melaka


Chan with the host ... Javier


Sun, 29 July 2007, Bandar Melaka....

Yeah....The Slow Movers R in Melaka...for ???..... Myself N Su went there 2 days ago..
kononnya nak book hotel, collect bib, Tshirt...etc ...but the fact is that it was our off day...Exit at Ayer Keroh Toll, dropped by at the Melaka City Hall to collect the Bibs...but it was prayer time....friday maa... went on to check on Hotels...most of it were booked for Saturday....managed to get one at the Jln Laksamana Cheng Ho,''The City Theme Hotel"..quite convenient place...but of course the MILO Hotel was better ...hehhhehehehhe.ooops....sorry folks...very the teruk. It was just about 1.5 km away from the Stadium Tun Fatimah... the starting place for the Melaka Historic City International Run...

Lunch at Restoran 85 , Bukit Cina..N went back to the Graha Makmur , The City Hall to collect the stuffs and registered Fuzahir..the Thing. Lepak at the Mahkota Parade, Dataran Pahlawan, went for a movie.. Harry Porter... then to the Jonkers Street....macam-macam ada....memang best....basically....just walkin n walkin n walkin...it was fun...bought some souvenirs...back to the Hotel....Very the Letih....!

The next day ....went to the some of the Historical Places,...A'fomosa, Chaples, Museum,...N Kakak ,Nina,Illya n Izzat pun sampai....Lepak with them..had dinner in culture food village at Melaka Raya...Met Javier N friends at the Clock Tower... back to Jonkers Street...n walkin n walkin ..Kakak did some shoppin....then to the hotel early ..cos next is the most awaited day...The.....Run...!!

6.00 am.. Myself N Su left the hotel....N jogged all the way to the Tun Fatimah Stadium. We left early cos the 21.1k starts early...N it starts 5 mins later..at 6.50am.. Bang... there u go ...another approx of 2 hrs run...
It was nice to run as the weather was cooling,with a light drizzle..... running along the streets, buildings...across the Malacca River,...etc... Javier joined me at Km 9..N we ran together while chattin till the end....it was nice. Finsihed at about 1: 49:30...My PB. Izzat finished first (5Km) ..followed by the Ultimate kakak (10Km) .....N the Hardcore..of Slow movers who will never surrender till the end....Su finished the 21k wit her PB at at about 3: 08...but not with the help of Power Gel but It's the Oreo Biscuit which made it possible...??? !! Nina N Iliya were the camera ladies...All of us were medalist...except for Izzat...Syabas to all n keep on tryin.....!!! Met Mr Tey@pm22 N chat for a while. Thank U for snappin our pics...sir.

Left the Stadium at about 11.00 am n dropped by at Casa Cuba...the paradise of Cuba ...hosted by Mr Javier in Bkt Serindit. It was a huge place with a lots Cuban painitngs, cigars,alcohols,...a kinda of gallery cum museum....nice land scapping too. Tq Mr Javier. Straight to the culture village again for our lunch N to hotel N checked out about 1.00 pm N straight to KL cos Su has to go on Air @ Astro Prima by 7.30pm.
Bye Malacca ....N next is The addidas King of The Road... C u ...!!!

Monday, July 23, 2007

KUL 10k..?? - 3k run

B 4 the run

Su, En Adam, Estelle N Abang ... B 4 the race

The Angels.... Su, Estelle. Makcik,(wit her new look....mengancam...kan!) N Kakak...

The Movers.... Abang, Piyush, En.Adam, Chan N Agus

The Partial family of Slow Movers... after the run...


Sun, 22nd July 2007, Taman Melawati,..

It's 6.30 am ..Myself n Su were at the Tmn Melawati field waitin for the rest of the Slow Movers..
Javier came after a while followed by Agus N the new member of the Slow Movers...Mr Piyush Patel,
an Indian born , USA resident... came down to train Mr.Agus at Singapore...N just hopped into Malaysia for a short break...N ran the KUL 10k run. Bravo Guys....The Slow Movers would like to give a warmest Welcome to Mr Piyush. The rest who joined in were Jaya, Kakak,Makcik cum kakak..(new hair cut...younger look..Fuyoooo), Abang , En,Adam,Estelle N Rama.. Met Mr Ronnie@pm1 N had a short chat...

It was the most teruk run of the year kot...cos lousy management..no toilets, place to put bags, Nothing was in order. It was just like Sukan Sekolah... The race started about 7.30 ...half an hour late ...N the distance was shorter then 10k..probably only 7 km... but the environment N the weather were very nice to run..very the green N cooling.....The other good thing is that everyone gets the finishers Medal and it was nice too.

All Slow Movers finished the race early N we snapped some pics, had some drinks N chit chat.. Javier N Fairul registered for the Adidas King of The Road. Left about 9.00 am.. Su sent Agus n Puriysh to the nearest lrt station, Javier back home..n myself back to the office..Thank You Su.... n C U all at the Next race.... Some of us will be heading for Malacca Historical Run... Bye...!!!

Monday, July 16, 2007

Seremban Half Marathon

Chan N Jaya at Milo Hotel..Seremban

Tea Break...at A& W...nope...it's beer break.....maa!
taken just after the flag of 21 km... 6:47am

Category chan ..21km but not A...it's B dah....

B 4 the run ...

The sisters ..... larikeh ..posing ni....
chan - on his way for his PB....to run below 2 hrs


Slow Movers with the kids of Bro Edmond...

It's Bye Seremban..cos the race udah tamat dah...!!


Serious at work...ibu dan anak tengah register 4 Melaka half Marathon...


Sun 15th July, 2007, Padang N.S Seremban,

The Slow Movers slowly moved a bit further down towards the south to run in the Seremban Half
Marathon. ...yeah....Off to Seremban Darul Khusus....As usual the regulars....Jaya, Su N Chan went there early...Fuzahir couldn't make it due to some probs.. We left late..after lunch cos I had to work in the morning doin some testing wit Bursa Malaysia...hard working maaa...Kakak Sumarni,illya n izzat joined in later...

Reached Seremban at about 4.00 pm...Straight to the N.S field.. registered Kakak n Izzat N 2 changed Su's category from 21k to 11k due to some physical probs...checked out some of the hotels....full house loo.. so we went THE Milo Hotel which had been book earlier....what a hotel...hapenin !!!!???...N it was nearby to the field. Lepak...ed in town ...tea break at A&W...all three of us had a mug of beer (root)....it's party time...yeah..!!..mabuk..siiiut! Shoppin at Parkson,Terminal,Store...Jaya bought Power bar N Su bought some cd's...giler game...sampai selalu lambat ke kerja......Went to the field N snapped some pics at the finishing line....but wrong categories....hahhaha....ala...faham-faham ajelah..kan Hang Over....had some Yong tau foo N fried kuey teow at the food stalls nearby...back to Hotel...meet up with kakak N called off the day...cos ah next day ah early-early must wake up woa...Dun play-play know...set alarm to 5.00am...ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz....

5.00 am ...nice wake up tune...got up dan bersiap sedia..untuk misi seterusnya...the 20th Seremban Half Marathon..The day also marked the Rulers 85th Birthday n 40 years of ruling the State . The 21km was flagged off at 6.45am. So myself started first...ran in a consistent pace thru out race and finished the race in 1:54:34... Jalannya berbukit bukau...very the curving...no traffic police...but the views were very the nice...very the kampung...hutan....very the green... The 11km started at 7.20 am. Izzat had to run in 11 km cos school category..udah penuh si....ramai sangat...! The 11km runners won a few more medals for the Slow Movers...Edmond,Jaya, Su N Kakak were the medalist..Edmond did it in about 58 mins N Jaya in about 59 mins...Kak n Su too did very well.. timing...N/A.. Syabas folks...!
Myself dapat 2 bottles of 100+ n Su dapat family cereal as a mystery gift... then it's photo time....snapped some pics...with Edmond's family..Registered for the Melaka half Marathon... makan sarapan dulu...cos izzat cam tak bertenaga lagi....then to the hotel....lepak jap...izzat sempat juga play video game...Checked out at 12.00 noon... Adios Seremban!!! ... We would like to thank Mr Tey@pm22 for snappin our pics...Tq Sir...!

Next run is the KL 10k run....C u !