Fun filled Maruku Weekend

No it doesn't relates to any of my involvement with the Deepavali but it was a totally prefect long weekend break for a breather. Kind of pampering myself with sleep, eat and training. What else can I ask?

Friday

Short morning considering Friday prayer started early. No rain and sunny sky awaits. Time for a quality short cycle. What was supposed to be a group of seven was cut short to five but substituted with one hell of a strong cyclist - Abu Power. From home, Alwin, Jaja and me cycled to Batu 9 to meet up with Bacin and Zakuan. Abu hooked on at Batu 14. The plan was slightly twitched to accommodate fellow Broga racers come Sunday. It was Bukit Hantu (in reverse from Batu 14) followed by Genting Peres and down back the normal Batu 18 route. My only second time climbing Bukit Hantu in reverse. The first was during my first Langat ride and also first ride. That was torment. Struggling to keep the handle straight and moved the bike an inch at each cranking.

Today, it was awesome. The climb was perfect with fresh legs and blessed sun, just enough to sprinkle sweat on the forehead. Magnificent 4km incline. Regroup at the top and squeking brakes down towards the dam and straight to Peres. Enjoyed every moment of the climb, good enough not to push the heart rate and chit chatting away with the peeps. Of course the VIB (Very Important Bike) of the day was non other than a brand new Specialized Amira Pro proudly owned and strongly cangkuk by Jaja herself. Talking about great machines can do to you. I was mesmerized.

The regrouping was short at the peak and we were cruising down like pros close to each other. As we hit the flat kampung road, all hell broke loose. 45kph was insane! Yes, all blame goes to Abu and of course the rest of us got enough endorphines to be hooked on for a mere 20 minutes killer speed. We were cursed later with roti canai & iced Milo at Batu 18. The ride back home was hot! Hot! Hot! but all was good.

In the evening we participated in the Trikidz Adventure Race at I-City, Shah Alam. Deo and Jaja were there as volunteers. Nothing exciting actually but I strongly feel that they can do WAY much better than that. Kids love medals, it's worth to give them medals to balance up the steep fee we have to fork out. Period.

Saturday

Lazy bum day.

Sunday

Revisited LSD. Bukit Aman to Seri Hartamas and back. Never felt better. The crowd just adds to the excitement. Almost look like a race. PACM was there to provide hydrations at two water stations. Thank you. We ran in pack. I missed this. There were closely up to five of us and the group grew bigger on our way back. Very the easy pace with a few tempo slotted in later in the run.

Sunday evening had beautiful weather. Kids were playing football on the street while I took the chance to clean my trusty black steed for Seri Manjung revisit.