Friday, July 30, 2010

We Know...Because We Run

Happy Friday to all of us!!!

Since today is an Ad Day, I'm going to share with you all a campaign that was done by Saucony in 2008... Hence the title of my post today :)

"The campaign amplifies Saucony's authenticity and emotional connection with runners everywhere." (Taken from here)

I only managed to locate one print ad for this campaign:

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Short ke? :P

Not sure if the TVC below's connected to the campaign but I thought it was brilliantly executed :)



Oh, remember my previous post on climbing the steps of Batu Caves?

Well, I am SUPER excited as twenty of us will be heading to Kota Kinabalu for the next 4 days AND...


Pic credits to Adiman

That's right, we're going to climb the highest mountain in South East Asia!!!

I hope that I will be able to go through the obstacles to get to the peak insyaAllah...

Wish me lots of luck k? :)

Have a good weekend everyone and good luck to all of the runners for this weekend's Shape/Men's Health Run, Media Run & Larian Perpaduan KLIUC! :)

I'll be back with more happy pictures!!! :D 

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Advertising + Marketing's Agency of the Year Awards 2010

The only time where you can glam yourself up and mingle with people within the advertising industry is by going to the awards show...

Oh, and you can always tell which ones are the junior suits (from their dressings) ;)

I think I've only been to 2 events so far for the past three years...

Last night was the above mentioned show and it happened at Royale Chulan Hotel...

The theme was Oscar Glam...

Didn't really glam myself up since I was from work...

Our agency was nominated for the Marketing Loyalty & CRM Agency of the Year (Local Hero) category...

Alhamdulillah, we won :)

The award :)

Me with the award! 
Wearing a lace bow scallop dress from Old Blossom Box

With the big boss...
I am so far the oldest employee at my agency... ;P
And the youngest one too ;)

The big boss with the oldest employees so far at OT...
Pic credits to Veun

With the OT familia...
Pic credits to Veun

A few of us decided to go to Zouk for the after-party... I had such fun dancing to the 80s and 90s songs (instead of blasting them + singing to them at the office!)...

Oh, and the fact that I don't club at all these days...

I'm glad to be a part of last night's event and will definitely jot this down as one of my fond memories at OT when I leave... :)

Note: I can't seem to publish my post even with my Windows Live Writer... Guess I just have to cut and paste the photos (instead of inserting the photos)... Sigh... 

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Help!!!

I was trying to update my blog and wanted to pictures as well...

But when I tried to upload more pictures, I got a 'Server rejected' message on them... :(

I usually upload pictures by clicking on the picture icon...

Anybody out there can help me out on this?

Many thanks!!! :)

Friday, July 23, 2010

Naked Running Camp

I might garner a lot of clicks today from my post title... :P

Oh well... Happy Jumaat to all of you!

Now, would you ever consider yourself running naked with other runners? ;)

Check out this latest quirky TVC from Nike:



A lot of my running friends have been raving about these Nike Free shoes...

A number of them are using these shoes now and said that it's one the best running shoes...

Apparently it's the best shoes so far before running on Vibrams...

Maybe these shoes will help me become a super natural runner? (With trainings of course!)

I guess I will just have to wait and see (only if I 'accidentally' buy them :P)

So, would you JUST DO IT? :P

Have a good weekend everyone! :)

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Still Feeling High From Ipoh :)

Sharing a pic of myself running towards the finish line at Ipoh International Run:

I was screaming and jumping like a hyper kid... Hair was flying...Hehe...
I think that's why the cop at the back was staring :P
Pic credits to Su

I actually had a superb time running on my own (and without music!) in Ipoh... 

Try out this run next year k peeps? :)

Now, must think of a pose when I complete my Melbourne Marathon... Suggestions? ;)

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Melbourne Marathon 101010 *Latest Update*

Remember my previous post about the above mentioned marathon?

Well, my Oprah lady Rosey and I have decided to join the marathon...

And I will be doing my first full marathon at this event!!!

Can't seem to find the latest logo for this year's marathon...
You can check it out at www.melbournemarathon.com.au

*GASP* *GASP *GASP*

I am super nervous yet excited for this marathon, since it's going to be my first ever marathon AND that I'll be running outside of South East Asia...

I have 81 days 'til the race day...

So, my training will start from today onwards!!!

Still can't believe that I will be doing 2 full marathons this year... I super hope that I'm ready for them insyaAllah...

To the marathoners out there, tips and guides are very much welcomed now...

Thanks you! :D :D :D

PS: I REALLY need to find a side income to accommodate my running trips... Anybody can help out there? ;)

Monday, July 19, 2010

Ipoh International Run 21km...

This run marked my fifth half marathon for this year...

There were 7 of us that went for this run: The 21km-ers were: Rose, Nyna, Kak Nawal and Abe Yaz and the 10 km-ers were: Baba and Su...

We took off from KL quite late on Saturday afternoon as Nyna was working... So I had to drive my hot rod like a Ferrari... We left KL at about 3pm and reached Ipoh by 410pm... (Praying hard that I won't get speeding tickets after this! :P)

We collected our race bibs at Stadium Indera Mulia... For an international run, it was so 'funny' to see that there was only one lane for online registration and 7 or 8 lanes for manual registrations...


With our cool brown-and-eco-friendly-paper goodie bags...
Pic credits to Nyna

We stayed at this hotel called Ritz Garden... not Ritz Carlton... Hehe... The room was not bad, good enough for a one night stay... The 'cupboard' in the room was special because:

It was an opened one :P

For our carbo-loading session that night, we ate at this restaurant called Nasi Lemak Ayam Kampung..


This restaurant was also famous for these:

Belut aka Mr Eel... You can fry it or make it into a soup! 
*Geli*

Our friend Afnan, who's currently residing in Sg Siput, joined us for our early dinner...

With his Eel soup... :S


We had the nasi lemak instead.. Nothing to shout about the meal though...

Since it was still early, we decided to play gin rummy at the hotel's coffee house...



By the end of the session, I won by having the lowest points:


Followed by these 4 l-o-s-e-rs :P:




The biggest LOSER :P 

Decided to call it a night since we had to wake up by 5am to get ready... Spooky enough, when we (Baba and I were roomies again!) switched off the lights and the TV, all of these 'noises' came into play... And God knows how scared I was at that time, hoping that I wouldn't see and 'feel' anything... So didn't really have a good rest prior to the race... :S

We left the hotel at 6am to the stadium...When we got there, there was an ongoing announcement saying that you've to be in a certain area to collect the wristband (which looks like those band that the guards will use at supermarkets) to start the race...

Funny enough, the marshalls didn't allow us to go to the starting after we've collected the wristband...So, all of us went there and waited like prisoners... And camwhored while waiting but of course...


Selly came from Singapore to join for the race!

The happening group :P

The blue team!

Outfit for the day: Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 Jersey, Response 'Drei Streifen' Baggy Short by adidas, Elite Structure Quarter Running Socks by Nike and Gel Nimbus-11 shoes by Asics 

Around 650am, we were allowed to walk/jog to the starting point.. Freaking VIP must be late... We met a couple of runners from dailymile:

With Shanaz, Rose, Kak Nawal, Nyna, Pui San and Selly

The gun went off at 7am (late!)... So, off we went!!!

I was running with Kak Nawal at the first 5-6km route.... She left me because I wanted to take my own time and enjoy the perfect weather that morning...

Actually, scrap that... I was actually struggling at my first 10km route, as usual... :P And I didn't carry my wireless walkman this time around... So, I pretty much had to entertain myself while running...

Bumped into this lovely couple from previous races before and was pacing with them 'til the 10km mark...

Blurry pic of the couple...
Managed to find this couple on Facebook... Yay!!!

Reached the 10km mark at 1 hour and 2 mins (my PB for 10km....Woohooo!!!)...

Yayyyyyy!!! :D

Decided to increase my pace after that...

I was so happy when I saw the 19km marker and that I've only been running for 2 hours!!! Decided to give my all at the last 1km of the run and was so ecstatic to see the time on my watch that I was jumping like a crazy girl upon reaching the finish line...

I completed my 5th half marathon for the year with yet another PB of 2 hours and 19 mins... 11 mins earlier than my previous record :D :D :D


With my 5th half marathon finisher medal for the year and another PB recorded 
:D :D :D

Pretty finisher medal added to my collection! :)
Pic credits to Rosey

Happy pictures after the race:

Big group photo with other runners that wanted to join our 'happening' group photo session ;)

The jump-jump pose
Pic credits to Rosey

With Rosey, Selly and Nyna...
The three of them completed the run together at 2 hours and 26 mins... PB for each of them!!!
Congrats to my girls!!!

Stretching around...

Abe Yaz and Kak Nawal
Abe Yaz completed his 21km in 2 hours and 38 mins...
Kak Nawal completed her 21km in 2 hours and 15 mins...

Nyna and her beau, Faizal who ran illegally just to support his girl...
(OK girls... 1,2,3.. Awwwwwwwww :P)

He even got a nasty blister after that... Ouch!!!

Decided to reward ourselves with these yummy food before leaving Ipoh:

Yummy nasi briyani @ Restaurant M Salim...

Overall, I had a great time at this race... The weather throughout the run was superb... Windy and chilly... And the 21km route was pretty much a flat one... Though they could've improved on the water stations with supplying 100plus instead of just ice-cold water...

Nevertheless, this is definitely one of the BEST runs that I've done this year... And it's probably because I had such fun people to run with...

I am so blessed to have these people around me :)

Oh, and I wanna thank all of the runners that I've met during my run for motivating me... And to the lovely couple Dannie and Carrie, hope to meet you guys again :)

Will definitely come back and run at this event again next year! :)

Next: Newton 12km Challenge Kuala Lumpur in September (no running for me in August!)...

Friday, July 16, 2010

Runners. Yeah, we're different.

Happy Friday everyone! :)

I haven't been training for my 21km run this Sunday di Ipoh... (Bad girl!)

So, I'm going to run after work later (please don't rain!)...Or else I'd have to run on the boring treadmill again...

My post title today is about one of the BEST running ad campaigns done by adidas in 1999...

Only you runners and I can completely understand and relate to one or two of the print ads below from the campaign ;):


A must before running! ;)

Would love to visit a doc's room filled with his/her running bibs




Maybe not this ad for me :P 

Have never tried this before :P

Salute to all of the running mummies out there! :)



The things we do when it comes to running :P

Superb ads kan?

Have a good weekend!

Good luck to all pelaris that will be running for Muzium Telekom Run, Siemens Run and Ipoh International Run respectively! :)