Training Ride 160609

Yesterday was the first session that we have our training ride in the afternoon. As with all training rides, we have yet to have all the member of the Team. Mursh is playing tennis (the training days are actually suggested by him to NOT clash with tennnis), Mr Big is away on 'extended' maternity leave and CH, had left his bike at home while the rest of the team are outstation, Mamu included (really? hehe)

Well, three is a good number to start anyway. In the end its just Pan-Cit, Am-strong and me. The earlier plan is to do MEX, in view of Am-strong has just recently returned to cycling after a few weeks hiatus. But, we decided to do the Puncak Jalil-Equine-Seri Kembangan loop. Starts with a few climbs, it should ended with flattish fast roads.

Supposed to starts at 1730hrs, but a few things crop up and we ended up moving out a few minutes after 6pm. Tried to push the pace but my tiring legs fails me. Pan-Cit, the best climber among us contimues push up front while Am-strong and me played catch-up. It was no fun for sure doing hills, more so on a leaden leg.

We huff and huffs, and puff and puffs as we negotiated the hills of PJ, so its a pleasant ride going downhill towards SK once we reached Equine. Its nice to ride the wide open roads, but its way more thrilling to ride on a busy road. I ride those kind of roads everyday now. We parted way soon after as I turned towards UPM for my ride home, while Pan-Cit and Am-strong ride to office. Sorry, no pics guys :(

Total Training Ride for Am-strong and Pan-Cit : 27km or so...

Training Time...

After a few months of limited activities, isncycling has decided to ride the 2009 Century Ride in Ipoh on 19th July 2009 (actually all has been invited, as of mid June 2009, Bon, Pan-Cit and CH has confirmed, while Am-strong, Mursh and Megat has indicated interest)

So, in view of the 160km ride that leaves us another 30 days of preparation, we decided to change our training session to start after work, rather than our usual night rides. That been decided (rather dictatorial manner if I say so), the training rides will be as follow...

Days: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Time: 1730 to 1900hrs (5:30-7:00pm)
Ride: MEX (Maju Expressway)
Bukit Jalil - Putrajaya - Bukit Jalil (approximately 40+km)

On weekends, we will have long rides, approximately 60-100km rides (depending on how we feel that week, hehe). So, we will start tomorrow afternoon, 16th June 2009, at 1730hrs.

SEE YOU GUYS TOMORROW!!

Century Ride, anyone?

Rakan2 sekelian,

KRI (Kelab Roadrunner Ipoh) will be organizing a Century Ride (tak jauh, lebih kurang 100 batu sahaja atau 160km, hence the name 'century') pada 19 Julai 2009.

Flag off akan dilakukan di Bukit Kinding Resort, Tg Rambutan dan kayuhan akan melalui Sg Siput, Chemor, Kuala Kangsar, Manong dan the climbs of Sayong. Registration fee RM90, which includes buffet lunch and goodies kot?

Cut-off/time-limit is 10hrs, so basically kalau bawak 17km/h pun dah boleh lepas time limit dan dapat finisher medal and certificate (Tapi isncycling plan to finish it in 6-7hrs ie 23km/h...)

Boleh layari website http://www.kricycling.com/v1/

So? Ada berani? Jom kita start training sekarang...

Bon

Race this weekend...

Our friend, Nick Flyger, has been itching to race since the three years that he has been here in Malaysia. He laments the lack of local races compared to his native NZ. So what else to do if you can't really find a race? Organize races yourself.

So this Saturday 18th April, Nick will be organizing a race at Putrajaya, specifically at Persiaran Timur. Racing will start at 9am, so if any of you interested in racing, kindly be at the RV point before 8.30am. It will be run on an 18km loop, depending on your category, you could be racing 54km, hehehe...

Depending on numbers and motivation, the race will have 3 categories...

Cat 1: Open - 3 Laps (~54km)
Cat 2: Vets/Women - 2 Laps (~36 km)
Cat 3: Social/Novice - 1 Lap (~18 km)

More information such as maps, instructions etc could be gleaned at Nick's Race Website : http://sites.google.com/site/klcycleracing

So, ada sapa2 dalam isncycling yang berminat nak join racing dengan orang lain, boleh la kita support Nick punya race ni. Boleh jumpa lagi ramai orang, ye tak? Tahun depan kita masuk Tour of Opal kat Thailand, hahaha...

The fortnight that was...

After the first week of April that puts us off balance on the training sense, most of us have yet to start training regularly (me included). The scoreboard so far for the first two weeks of April stood as follows...

• 3rd Company Dinner (which means rather than burning the calories, we are piling the calories on) - of course no one rides that night
• 4th MEX Express with Am-strong and Megat - a forty kilo ride on MEX
• 5th Pumpkin Ride with Wari and me - BBB-De Palma-Labu-Pekan Salak-BBB ride, an almost 100km ride with Man CioCC group (read ride report here)
  
• 7th Tuesday Nite Ride - no takers...
• 10th Friday Nite Ride - washed out...
• 11th Lepak Santai Ride with Mursh and me - a 50+ kilometers easy ride along the tree lined route to Semenyih.. (ride reports, here)
  
• 12th The Hills of Lenggeng with Wari and me - eighty kilos ride of undulating terrain, inclusive of the Killer 'Mandum'... (read about that ride here)
  

With that, we are left with the Tuesday Nite Ride on the 14th. I hope if the weather holds, we could have our big night team ride. As of today, Mursh and our honorary team member, Lei expressed interest. Anybody else? CH? Albert? Am-strong? Megat? Maybe Mr Team (if the wife doesn't gave birth first, right) Manager?

See you on Tuesday guys....

Journal Club for ISN Team Cycling?

Our Mr Researcher aka CH has kindly send in an article which could give the team an extra advantage in Team Time Trial (TTT)...hehehe :)

Read here

Or, if it takes too long to load, kindly check your email, gentlemen...

And he also proposed this bike to be the team bike...

P/S Many thanks to our Manager, Mr Big for his continuous effort in trying to secure the above bike for all of us. Hopefully we can ride this bike, by the time we ride to Melaka :)

Kemana kita minggu ni?

Mac 30th - April 5th

This week, I could not recall any ride by isncycling. I do not think Wari ridden with Man CIOCC group, or with some other group last weekend. I heard Am ride on his own. One thing for sure, I haven't been riding these past week, except yesterday in Putrajaya.

The usual Tuesday and Friday night ride is tentatively on, but on Tuesday, most of us could not make it so I rode alone. Yesterday, I decided to ride after work in Putrajaya, which is a good thing, even if its a one hour ride (read here). Tomorrow, on the 3rd of April, its the company dinner, so I do not think that we'll ride Putrajaya other than riding to the dinner table, hehehe...

UPCOMING RIDE(S)

4th April Bkt Jalil-Putrajaya (MEX) with Am and Megat. Starts Bkt Jalil, 0730ish. Distance 40km
4th April Sepang-Putrajaya-KLIA-Sepang with me. Starts 0830ish, Distance 60km

7th April Tuesday Nite Ride @ Putrajaya. Starts Presint 9, 2030ish

10th April Friday Nite Ride @ Putrajaya. Starts Presint 9, 2030ish

More information will be furnished from time to time... keep visiting :)