Bazooka Penaka

Kinda liked the name, it sounds like a little triby. Well maybe this Kelvin guy got the bikezooka series mtb race after listening to Wing's Orang Asing album...hehehe...no lah, don't think so.

OK, it started to rain at 6.30 yesterday morning & I overslept. Woke up at 7.00 when I was supposed to hit the road at 7.00...aiya. Rain have stopped as I left Cheras but in PJ and all the way to RRI, Sg Buloh it was drizzling. Talking about crazy people do crazy stuff in the lazy Sunday raining morning eh?

Time trial started off at 9.00am & I was the third guy when they release at 2 minutes interval. No more rain, it was just time & me. The first burst on the straight paved road almost took half my breath. Once hitting the off-road, it was recovery time since takde orang nampak...hahaha. Then there was this 200 meters singletrack winding around rubber trees before going back to another energy sapping sandy road all the way to the finish line. I took 9:13:66. Half dead.

A quick recovery meal at a mamak with Alwin & Azri before returning to our 'making our life difficult' session. The endurance race started at 2.00pm. The loop was about 8km in length. I only managed to finish 5 loops in 3h10m13s after getting a hitch of pain on my left leg during the 4th lap & on the right leg at the 5th lap. Like Azri said ending his 7th lap...semua sakit, even his rambut...hahaha! Yep, thats what I get for what I trained for. As of now, kinda looking forward for the next series but still subject to a thousand considerations.

Azri was the champ for Category 2 while Alwin took the 3rd place. I placed myself in the 5th rank in Category 3 despite missing the xc mass start last July 8th. Turnout today was about 1/3 compared to the previous xc mass, that's why I get to jump the category la...hahaha...sendri mau ingat.


Overall, the event was an awesome one. Cool crowd, friendly organiser, nice prizes, tense-free race environment, great simple TT trail & demanding endurance route up to the radar station. Nice weather for killing oneself in the afternoon when the sun was biting my back during the looong climb. Made new cool friends too.

Check out the Series 1 results here http://www.bikezooka.com/results-series%201.htm