Broga boo-ga

Second week into recovery of post marathon & I was already putting myself into labour. Kalau dah kemaruk tu, bagi alasan apa pun tak guna. A week of rest pun dah cukup buat aku huru hara. Mental dah mula meracau & fikir yang macam-macam untuk aku kembali workout.

At first the weekend was something that I looked forward to. Though some plans are being made with fellow friends, my lengthy dilemma have yet to convince me to decide for commitments. Eventually, came Saturday morning, I was already in my running gears & ready to head out into the dark cold morning of BTHO with Deti. Nothing felt more enjoyable than to run, breathing the cold air & chit chat. Felt like I've left the thing in ages. We covered the 8km McD route & believe me, the recovery run turned out to be a high pace one. Akibat dari stim yang lama terpendam + confidence from the marathon experience, we were huffing and puffing our hearts away in 47 minutes. Pace was 5:40! Giler kentang. Later that day, we were blaming each other for the fatigue & sore legs post run syndrome.

With a 50-50 feeling, I woke up Sunday morning as early as 6.00am to be ready for the proclaim Broga (reverse) ride with fellow friends, which was planned to be a milage training for the upcoming Ipoh Century Ride. Sky was not so convincing with an overcast of dark rain clouds all over Cheras. A quick sms to Azahari & his reply was only "OK, thanks bai"...not strong enough to bail out. Hahaha. OK, cut the crap. A glance at eurosport news for TdF stage results & I was pedalling off to Langat by 7.00am. Temperature was chilling. Broga, here I come for the 2nd time.

There was Bacin, Azwar, Azahari, Saiful & Sofian (baru kenal). Saiful terpaksa buat jualan murah & diskaun about 3/4 way up Peres dengan alasan lemah semangat. Dengan beberapa kilo racun yang dah ditabur sepanjang climb, he didn't eat the bait. Chis! Well at least he knows his limit. Aku pulak saja nak test water or in other terms...saja cari penyakit. Hehehe.

We rode up Peres, down towards Kuala Klawang, up the majestic Bukit Tangga (a quick stop at the newly built bus stop for a leak & bite), down to Lenggeng for maggie sup, rolling into Broga & Semenyih. I waved to Azahari (the only person left with me at the back) before we branched out. He joined the rest at Tekala while I forked away towards home taking the Semenyih-Kajang highway. The feat was never different from my 1st attempt. That's why the call it Broga...I guess.

The almost 6 hours fulfillment with aching legs successfully brought me to a 130km training ground for next Sunday's challenge. Sama ada berjaya atau tak, aku akan guna konsep marathon. Janji come prepared. Success or not is qadha' & qadar.