Men's Health Night Run

Hello! There'll be a run coming up again!!

Men's Health Night Run 11.5km

Date: 25th July 2009 (Sat)
Time: 6pm - Midnight
Venue: In front of Kompleks Perbadanan Putrajaya, Precinct 3

Registration Fee: RM30

For those who are interested, please contact Rui Yi (012-7997088) for registration forms.

The deadline to submit the forms will be on 30th June!

Learn From These People

Hi, after Klang Pcer, I feel so compelled to write this post which can possibly serve as a reminder and a great encouragement for everyone who aspires to conquer 10k, 21k or even 42k in the future.

Runners are always plagued with injuries. All sorts of injuries are awaiting you if you overtrain or improper training technique is used. Since injury is inevitable, it's plausible to argue that we should never run to prevent those unwanted injuries. People who don't run seldom have knee problems.

However, I urge you to look at those Milers who still carried on running in spite of the stinging injuries. I'm not going to single out any individual particularly because we run as fast as the slowest ones. Our doctrines definitely do not include any personal glorification. But, I hope you all open your eyes. We have people who ran with bandage but still could go back to support fellow Milers even they already finished their own race. We also had Milers who suffered from old injuries sustained from other activities, and still heroically completed their 21k. Not to mention those who developed cramps intermittently during the race, and still, pulled themselves up and dashed to the finishing line.

Those are the people we should learn from. The never-say-die attitude is what Milers are made of. I'm not trying to glorify pain. On the contrary, I want everyone to be aware of the pain they can endure. Push to your own threshold and you'll know how far you can go. By doing that, arguably speaking, you can even prevent potential damage you do to your body due to overtraining.

Hence, are you prepared enough to learn from them? If you are not, prepare yourself now because they are the best runners.

you don't need a reason for everything

As I was having dinner with a few other college friends today at Bubba Gump today, I also watched a bit about the Forrest Gump story that they played on the LCD.

Then, it reminded me on what Jimmy had posted in the why-do-you-run.blogspot.com about Mr. Forrest.

“That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a little run. So I ran to the end of the road. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got there, I thought maybe I'd just run across Greenbow County. And I figured, since I run this far, maybe I'd just run across the great state of Alabama. And that's what I did. I ran clear across Alabama. For no particular reason I just kept on going. I ran clear to the ocean. And when I got there, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well turn around, just keep on going. When I got to another ocean, I figured, since I'd gone this far, I might as well just turn back, keep right on going.”

- Forrest Gump

And, then Mr. Forrest ran for 3 years 2 months before he decided to go home. :)

Run well this Sunday, whether it is 11km or 21.1km!

Training

Hello! There will be no training tomorrow! But for those who are going for the half marathon this sunday, please do run on your own!! GO GO GO!

Klang Pacers 1/2 Marathon

For those who are going for the Klang Pacers 1/2 Marathon on this Sunday, 7th June 2009:

Please gather in front of IMU at 4:30 AM!

Please be punctual and see you guys then! :)

Thank you.

When every step is agony

As the 7 June 21km draws near, I'm sure many of you will be feeling slightly jittery, nervous, and probably very unsure. Well, words of advice I have none, but here's what I read today, from an interview of a participant in the Adidas Sundown Ultramarathon:

Numerous participants admitted that they had harboured thoughts of quitting, but decided not to give up.

"Every step is agony," said Sim Li Bin, 30, who had no qualms taking off his left sock to reveal an inch-sized blister on the sole of his left foot.

"Blisters, chaffing, and cramps... but it's all worthwhile when you reach the finish line"

Monash MAPCU- tug-of-war tournament '09!

hello guys and girls.

i am wondering whether you guys are interested with Monash MAPCU - Tug-of-War Tournament 2009?

Monash University will be organizing the Monash MAPCU - Tug-of-War Tournament 2009. All MAPCU members are cordially invited to participate in this tournament. Details of the tournament are as follows:

Date: 25th July 2009
Time: 9am to 12pm
Venue: Monash University Field

All colleges are entitled to send a maximum of ONE (1) team and the participation is on a "first come first serve basis".

The entry fee is RM120 per team, which is not refundable after payment is made. All payment must be made payable to "Monash University Sunway Campus".

The closing date for submission of entry form is on 24th June 2009 (Wednesday). Enclosed are the rules & regulations and registration form.

Managers' meeting is scheduled on 10th July 2009 (Friday) @ 11am at Monash University.

Please be informed that once the participation of a team is confirmed payment must be made regardless of that team's presence on the tournament day. We would also like to ask for your kind cooperation to send us a reply with both the team manager's and team captain's contact numbers.

p/s: those who are interested, please contact See Wei at 017-3025750 or email me at seeweilow@gmail.com. Thank you!

training (26/5/09)

hey ppl, there will be milers training tomorrow as usual. same time and place. see ya!!! =)

Are You Ready?

This is the question for you all who is going to conquer the 21k run on 7th June. Are you ready?

Is your training lagging behind? Is your body ready for that? These are not the questions i ask. Instead, I ask are you ready?

Why? Because no matter how unprepared you are physically, you must prepare yourself mentally, ok? and piece of advice, don't overtrain if you feel unprepared for the run. Overtraining will not yield any good but injury. So, just try to keep up with your training schedule or sandip's one. Don't feel bad if you can't follow that, but never stop trying.

-When you stop trying, you stop being good.-

RELAY FOR LIFE KL 2009

The National Cancer Society of Malaysia has organised a campaign "Relay for Life", whereby teams of 10 people take turns to walk around the track (you may run if you want :D) for 16 hours to raise funds for cancer research, education, support services etc.

Date: 30th May (Sat) 6pm - 31st May (Sun) 10am
Venue: MSN Training Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Registration Fee: RM10 (Free Tshirt)

This is definitely a fun and meaningful event!! So for those who are interested, please contact Chia Sin (016-8845826) or Rui Yi (012-7997088).

ground hike (23/5/09)

yo people,
below are the list of things that one should bring for this saturday's ground hike:
a) proper shoes
b) 1.5 liter of water
c) snacks ( anything u can munch on.. haha XD)
d) a change of clothes
e) a small backpack ( to carry your water bottles etc etc)

p/s: meet outside imu at 5am. please be punctual!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adidas King of the Road

HO HO HO!

There will be a run in AUGUST!

Adidas King of the Road

Date: 2nd August 2009 (Sun)
Venue: Shah Alam
Registration Fee (early bird): RM35 - 21.7km; RM25 - 10km

For those who are interested, please contact Kevin (012-2810132) or Rui Yi (012-7997088) for registration forms.

Note: The deadline for submission of the forms will be on next Wednesday (27th May 2009).
Thank you :)

Milers summative

hello guys and girls.

As you all know, this coming Wednesday, the 20th of May 2009, training will be extremely fun (its just not only about running, but studies too).

We are having a "Milers Summative" for the MEDT109 people as their summative is around the corner. :D

Well, we have decided that we will be questioning you guys on..

'Thorax' and 'Mechanisms of Respiration'

Please be punctual for training on Wednesday! And, do study hard for it! Never underestimate any questions. :)

Besides that, congratulations for finishing the run and well done to all the participants in the 15km New Balance Pacesetters yesterday!

Hey. For those who signed up for the New Balance 15km run on this Sunday, 17th May 2009:

We'll be meeting up in front of IMU at 5:00 AM! (not 4:30! change of time!)

Please be punctual!! and see you guys then:)

training and a small request :)

Yo people! There will be no training next week since M109 are having term break and M208 are having EOS 2 in 1 week.

On a side note, our/my very dear MAPCU track and field team is facing a few hurdles now, with funding becoming an issue and many of the runners getting injured during training. Sandip, Arvinf and Minyi pulled their muscles and many of us are constantly bogged down by studies. So people! Do give them a pat on the shoulders, or a small encouragement note whenever you see members of the MAPCU training team. And just to name a few, they are

M109: Siobhan, Jiawei and Minyi
M208: Amirul, Arvinf, Kevin and myself :)
M108: Sandip, Jeremy Joseph, Joel, Joey
M207: Renyi and Rauf
M107: Zhiven
Pharmacy: Pang Tsen
and many many more! (If I didn't name you, take no offence please! These are just the few who really need the support now)

I must say I'm very proud of the team this year, their commitment to training is really superb; 4 trainings a week and they never complained. I love you people very much!