Score Marathon 2024 - Off Target

Score Marathon 2024 (AIA Vitality)

Location: Putrajaya, Malaysia

Date: 21 July 2024 

Distance: 21.0975km

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/11939044580

Organizer site: https://scoremarathon.com

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.

Powerman Duathlon 2019

Powerman Duathlon 2019

Location: Putrajaya
Date: 3 March 2019
Discipline: Duathlon
Distance: Sprint (5km Run - 30km Cycle - 5km Run)
Time: 1:59:01
Split: 0:25:27 Run <> 0:03:01 T1 <> 0:58:24 Cycle <> 0:02:47 T2 <> 0:28:54 Run

First Run of 2017 - Twincity Marathon at Cyberjaya

Of all the races I plan for this year, the very first race to be the Twincity Marathon. Yes, a full marathon between the township of Cyberjaya and Putrajaya. This also helps to get myself back in after the 2016 year end binging and also to prepare for the upcoming marathon in February (more to come on this when the race comes).

The Twincity Marathon starts from Persiaran Flora in Cyberjaya on 15 January 2017. As for all marathons, got up very early at 2am to prepare for the race start at 4am. Got to the race site early enough to park and warm up for the race.

Wasn't expecting much from this race as it is sort of a "warm up" race for me before the big race. The crowd was pretty good at about 7500 participants in total for 42km, 21km and 10km. Nothing close to the Penang Bridge Marathons or the Standard Chartered Marathons but still have a good crowd. Most would have planned for this to be the first race of the year and a warm-up to the year of races.

Started of a steady pace and the plan was to hold this for a longer period of time. The cool morning (which is rare in Cyberjaya or Putrajaya) was a welcome. Also, made me drink too much water which ended up having to make 2 pitstop for the little boys room, which wasn't sufficient. Only 2 stalls in each water stations, and a fairly long queue (guess most overestimated the fluids intake)

I was also nursing an injury to the back of my knee and hence continue to maintain pace. The day started to get warmer at 7am and the pain returned at about 15km and was mainly walking then. Did a steady brisk walk and occasional run then. Concluded the race better than I expected but 50 minutes slower than my personal best at Penang Bridge Marathon. Had to resist the need to push on the run to prevent further injuries before the big race next month.

Time to get the pain looked into and strengthen the legs, which I felt was the biggest setback for me. Not much time left to the next big race, which I plan to surpass my personal best in the cold weather.

Overall, the race was fantastic. Lots of water station and enough of different scenery to keep on company throughout the 42km. Not many races you will find that they serve nasi lemak mid-course (not recommended to eat if you are going for a Personal Best)! Check out my race on Strava.

Till the next big race!

* Photos are borrowed from dedicated professional photographers and all rights and credit respectively belongs to them.

Sunset Triathlon 2016 - Putrajaya

The inaugural Sunset Triathlon 2016 is the first late evening (night) triathlon in the country. The event was held at the Kompleks Sukan Air Presint 6 in Putrajaya.

I initially planned the Port Dickson Triathlon to be the last triathlon event of the season for me. But this Sunset Triathlon was interesting to not give it one more for the year. Hence, extended the training further. However, didn't get much training in though as I had other activities and plans made. So I had to make the best of it.

Race start at 4:45pm. Early enough for a "safer" swim with some day light left. It was a little form especially during bike racking as the sun was shining full on. I think I got a little sunburn right there.

The start was a wave deep water start. Got to the front during the 3rd wave and started strong and kind of paced myself to a almost true 1.5km swim in the Putrajaya lake. The water felt "thick". Very dense and takes a lot more effort to swim through it (The next days, shoulders were hurting from the swim).

The transition was short and headed out on the bike in the usual 2016 Ironman 70.3 Putrajaya route which ended with a somewhat 2016 Powerman Duathlon exit back to the transition area. Managed to catch a few strong group in this draft legal race and manage to maintain a decent bike average speed. The 3T wheels work well as always keeping my rolling quick on the BMC TimeMachine.

Exited the transition really quick for the run. By now, it is already nightfall and much cooler. Started off with a pretty strong pace but slowly fell back to a more comfortable pace throughout. There was a 3 flights of stairs to climb in this run from the running path by the lake up the bridge and back to the lake.

Plenty of water stations along the way. Perhaps didn't need them all since it wasn't that hot but certainly good option to have.

Finished the race with a 2:57 in 24th (out of 107) place in my age group. Not my best timing but judging for the accurate distance, this would be my benchmark timing for this race.

Fueling strategy this race (wasn't quite sufficient as I was hungry at the end of the bike leg and wasn't enough water):

  Tea Time - 2 granola bars, 1/2 Clif Bar and electrolytes drink
  Before Swim - 1 Snickers bar and 1/2 a bottle of water
  Bike - 1 gel - 2 bottles water
  Run - 1 gel - water stations

Would certainly return again next year as I like the idea of accurate Olympic distance race to keep tab with the timing.

This ends this year of triathlon for me. A big run even coming up. Stay tuned.

AIA Men's Health Half Marathon 2016

This was the first time taking part in a half marathon race.

Just over a week ago during practise, I ran my first 21km. Was slow and almost 3 hours with short breaks in between. After that, I knew I was set and ready to complete my first half marathon but unsure of the pace.

The AIA Men's Health Night Run - Half Marathon was a night run in the town of Putrajaya. Putrajaya is notorious for the hot weather and even in the night when the day heat releases from the ground.

But this race, it rain throughout the evening and it was damp all around. Took me a while to drive to Putrajaya on a Saturday night jam. Tip: Give extra time to get there. There were lots of fun activities there too.

While walking from the carpark quite a distance away to the start line, we hear the gun go off for the half marathon race. We sprinted to the start line so as to get an official start timing and then ran.

Maintained a chit chat pace of 7 mins plus for the first 15km. After than, the next 5km was at a 6 mins plus pace and finishing off the last km in 5mins plus pace.

My first half marathon done with a time of 2 hours and 25mins. Certainly have more room to improve but now to recover and prepare for my very first half distance triathlon, the Challenge Iskandar Puteri coming up in 2 weeks!