Everly Putrajaya TRIFACTOR International Triathlon 2019

Everly Putrajaya TRIFACTOR International Triathlon 2019

Location: Putrajaya
Date: 14 July 2019
Discipline: Triathlon
Distance: Sprint (750m Swim, 20km Bike, 5km Run)
Time:

• Swim: 0:21:07
• T1: 0:01:32
• Bike: 0:38:54
• T2: 0:00:47
• Run: 0:26:33
• Overall: 1:28:56

Position: 12th AG, 22th Overall.

Challenge Iskandar Puteri 2016 Half Distance Triathlon

Just 2 weeks ago I completed my first ever half marathon and was fairly pleased with my run progress as running has always been my nemesis. I'm a walker :P

And all that training was because just over the past weekend was another first. My first ever half distance triathlon (1.9km swim, 90km bike, 21km run) at the inaugural Challenge Family event, Challenge Iskandar Puteri.

Finally got to do a deep water start. Although never practised it, it has always been ok for me to thread water for long periods due to my water polo experience in the past.

Have done dive start, beach run start and this certainly was different. The swim felt long (2.2km reported by some) but had to keep telling myself to manage my pace, so as not to burn myself out for the other 2 disciplines next.

The bike leg was nice (and chill), with rain and strong winds throughout and on the 3rd loop setting the stage up for a cool run. But the 3T Orbis II carbon wheels held up very well in the wet. And I've over-fueled on the bike leg and was not hungry at all during the run, which is good to keep energy stored up.

Those energy bars I took by Clif Bar (Chocolate Chip flavor) are awesome... haha! There was one water station on the bike leg and provided PET bottles for me to refill my TorHans Aero 30 vertical BTA hydration bottle easily. I read online about the trick of biting the cover while using one hand to stuff the PET bottle in for refueling.

There were quite a lot of potholes and stones on the cycling road due to the construction on-going in Iskandar Puteri (formerly known as Nusajaya). Was a bit dangerous and a rider even lost his face in a bike crash.

However, the run leg next turned out to be absolutely brutal. The sun came out strong and evident after the race from my major sunburn.

Managed to maintained a steady pace up till 14km mark where I decided to do an alternate run-walk in the crazy heat, with simply not enough shade and water stations.

Many times I felt like I needed to stop just to sit under the shade but resisted the temptation!

Overall, am happy with my very first half distance triathlon time of 6 hours 51 mins.
Will I do it again? That's for sure!! :)

Official results can be found here.

*Note: Photos here were not taken by me. They belong to the respective photographers and all rights reserved by them.

Fueling strategy this race:
  Breakfast - 1 coffee, 2 granola bars and 1/2 Clif Bar
  Before Swim - 1/2 Clif Bar
  Bike - 2 gels, 2 Clif Bar
  Run - 2 gels

Unique Penang International Triathlon and Duathlon 2016

The special thing about the Penang International Triathlon is that you have an extra 3km run leg and the many hills to cycle and climb for a triathlon with an Olympic distance plus. Plus because of the extra long run UPHILL run!


The event on April 17th, 2016 starts from the beach at Teluk Bahang with a 2 laps swim. It was indeed nice to see the famous Penang Chief Minister, Lim Guan Eng, flag off the race.

The first lap was full of punching and kicking and some fool even pulled my legs. I can tolerate the hitting of each other as that is accidental. But pulling?! 2nd lap was much clearer after I got past most of the Men's open guys which started 3 minutes ahead. Came out 20th in my age group out of 163.

Then you go into a transition and run 3km up the steep Teluk Bahang dam to the transition area right on top of the dam. The run and transition saw me lose 7 spots. Oh well, wasn't too disappointed as I sort of expected it.

Off on the bike I went. It was climb madness really got my thighs burning over time. And then the fast downhills and flats into town and a quick u-turn and back to a climb. The scenery was beautiful though and that was the best part of the ride. By the time I got done, I dropped to 39th spot.


Made 2 spots in the transition and off I ran. Tired but I ran. Back to that steep downhill into the Teluk Bahang town, with a loop and back up that same (OMG!) steep hill to the finishing line, crossing it at 4:05:26 with 59th place and 156th overall (total 434 participants).

Not too shabby as I was close to the 4 hour mark I was targeting, wish I was happy. Wonder if I should come back for this again next year to improve on my time and placing? It feels like one of those events whereby you been there, done that. But the rewards of the after race Penang food sure makes you want to come back for more!

*I did not take any of these pictures. All rights to the photos posted here belong to the rightful owner and photographers.

First Sepang Night Duathlon 2015

I never really wanted to do a Duathlon because I suck at running. And I don't get the benefit of the swim which I'm slightly above average.

But I have the Powerman duathlon (10-60-10) coming up next year in March and I definitely need to try this out, at least once. What's more, it is on the Sepang International Circuit itself and at night!

7th November came and here I am in the very first Sepang International Circuit Night Duathlon 2015. The distance cover is 5km run, 22km bike, 5km run.

The run segment is on the service raod around half of the track. That means we had to run 2 laps.


For the bike segment, it would be on the full course of the Sepang circuit, doing 4 laps of it.

The day was indeed a wet day. Running and biking in the rain. Felt soggy and wet through but what a way to rough it out in the cool night. The BMC performed well through the wet roads. Grip was fantastic in the Continental GP4000S II. Great tyre!

The lower regular SIC lighting were not great but we could see the track well. My front mounted lights helped.

The Youth hand Sports minister of Malaysia, Khairy Jamaluddin took part in the event too. He was close to me after the run leg but I made sure I dropped him during the bike leg and I never saw him close again as I continue to gain on fellow racers in front.

I manage to complete the SIC Duathlon in 22nd place (in class out of 56 participants) and 58th overall with a total time of  1:41:29 (27:23 run, 45:00 bike, 26:09 run).

Full results here.

Very pleased with my performance and kinda like the shorter distance. Looking forward to more of these events to come.