Week 1 1/2 Dua - Maruku Brick

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When was the last time I felt so beat up? I can't remember. Minus the races, training aftermath was felt quite a while ago. The high concentration of lactic acid down the legs made walking up stairs so full of agony. The aching back, shoulder, neck. Just wish that I could lie down and let time heal. However, pain is temporary. Pain is a good sign. Just wish that it will disappear soon, for the weekend chapter.

Deepavali holiday was spent with a heavy one on the brick. The usual suspects around with Ziff and Det decided to make it merrier. We started off with 5km run from the pool to the 2.5km u-turn mark just after Taman Empangan. It was at a controlled pace. The plan was to put in extra milage on the bike pulak. KA Ibrahim suggested to head towards Cyberjaya, which should cover 45km in total. However, he was too fast and ended up we cycled on our own route which exceeded the what was proposed by him. The best thing about cycling in Putrajaya, distance can be tailored. We can always add up or deduct from the plan. We have inclines, cruising downhills and flat route which made the 57km covered worth every effort spent on intervals. HRM was screaming at LT and VO2 max intensities.

I felt comfortable on the bike. Perhaps from the minor twitching of the saddle height and position. Can almost felt the core building up. And the quads and the calves. All working in rhythm & synchronised. It felt so comfortable laying my arms on the aerobar, I was confident that enjoying a nasik lemak sambal sotong was almost possible! Hehe. I just hope that come race day, I could better my bike timing with Reynolds now in position.

Second run was a bit disastrous. Not quite a mistake but was more like clumsy old me saja cari penyakit. I can't resist those working pistons in front of me....AKIM's! Though he seemed effortlessly dragging his long legs against the pavement, I was short of breath trying to catch up. We were neck to neck for a mere seconds before out of nowhere Azmar passed by and gave us smoke! Moments later, I was then smoked by AKIM. Betul punya bermain dengan api kan?

By the time we reached the u-turn point, I was strolling, enjoying those groups of shutterbugs laying their monstrous lenses on their subjects...a female model :]

Our return trip was more like 70-30. Walking took precedence whenever a fellow comrade needed support. Azmar & Det were playing cat & mouse before the cat was smoked 500 meters behind. Syah, Ziff and me decided to catch up on lost stories, well mostly about running (as usual) and about running community (read gossips).

Too bad pool was closed for the morning session when we finished. Else it would be an awesome attempt cooling the overheated engines. Nevermind. It's a public holiday, we have to be somewhere else with our significant others right?

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