Road ID

I came to know about Road ID from Kak Haza's post on her blog titled Running 101: Staying Alive (Thanks Kak Haza!)

After reading the post, the impulsive shopper in me decided to check out the website and place an order on the Wrist ID Elite after reading the stories and testimonials...

Just another precaution step (insyaAllah I will be OK) :)

And last night, this lovely parcel was waiting for me at home to unwrap it ;)

If you can't speak for yourself, Road ID will speak for you :)

The back of the parcel...

The story of how Road ID came about...

A comic strip on the Road ID story.. How cute!

My very own Road ID in purple!!! :D

I have included these information to be engraved on the ID tag, since they allow 6 lines:

- Name (of course) with the year that I was born in

- Where I'm from

- My father's name and mobile no

- My first brother's name and mobile no

- My medical condition

And the last line is my  FAVOURITEST line:

The things I live by:

RUN.EAT.PRAY.SLEEP.LOVE :)

Can't wait to start wearing it when I go for my outdoor runs... :)

Oh, and they've given me 3 Tell-A-Friend coupons. Each coupon entitles you to $1 off on any Road ID products. It may not sound a lot, but you still get to save a lil'... ;)

Let me know if you're interested and I'll give you the coupon number k :)

Melbourne Marathon 101010

I am super tempted to go to the above mentioned marathon...

It'll be happening on the tenth day of October this year... Nice date to run eyyy? ;)

I have been thinking about it for the past 3 months already...

I should've started participating in running events when I was still studying in Melbourne...

At least I don't have to worry about getting and PAYING the airplane ticket and making other necessary arrangements...

You can check out the website here...

A couple of my friends have signed up for the marathon and they're trying to convince me to do so... Hmmmm....

Note to self:  I REALLY need to start saving and have piggy banks for my running trips :P :P :P

Now, should I go for this one? Help!!!

The Climb

For an upcoming project that I'm about to embark on at the end of the month, I decided to climb the 272 steps at Batu Caves with one of my penyeris, Shaz...

Shaz and I before climbing

She was already climbing when I was on the way to BC! She'll be joining me as well for the project! ;)

I have been wanting to go there as I've been recommended by friends to train there...

It's funny how the place is like 25 mins away from my house and it was my first time setting my foot on one of the tourist spots... (Note to self: Must visit more local attractions! Well, the worthy ones :P)

I was still having my usual back pains... And I'm beginning to notice that I will have one a week after a run or race ;( Need to do something about it... So, decided to take it easy while climbing up the steps...

The start of the climb...

Come on Shazzy! ;)

Ready to take on the challenge!

View from the top!

There weren't a lot of people at that time when we were climbing... Saw a couple of runners (coz they were wearing running shoes DU-UH!!!) training there as well...

Of course we were accompanied by these creatures:

The ganas monyets :P

Note: Don't ever carry any food or drinks when walking up/down the steps...

They will eventually hunt you down til they get it! Literally!

It was almost 7pm, so decided to stop the workout for the day... (Plus takut duduk kat situ 'til Maghrib time :P)

I managed to climb up the steps for 5 consecutive rounds! :D

The best thing is, my legs have never felt so much sexier after the climb eventhough my legs were like Jell-Os after each climb... Hehe...

Trying to keep a straight face :P

Super sweaty after the session!

Wearing one of my fav motive tees from Nike... 

The copy: Behind every great man is a woman who's about to pass him ;P

Trained in my new New Balance Off-Road shoes!

World's Tallest Murugan Statue in the background y'all!

Beautiful sunset with flying kites on the way home...

Will definitely visit this park @ Kepong for a run!

Of course, I gained back all of the calories burned at Batu Caves during dinnertime:

Yummy nasi daun pisang @ Khanna Curry House, SS2

My bestie was supposed to join for the climb :P

Makan pun jadi la :P

Still smelly from the climb! :P

Happy with my food!!!

Paul, meet Mani... Mani, meet Paul :P

I will definitely go back to Batu Caves to train for my full marathon soon!

Oh, congrats to all of the runners that completed the Seremban Half Marathon yesterday! I'll join next year, insyaAllah :)

Men Vs Women

Happy Jumaat!!! :)

Here's an awesome running TV ad from Nike for your entertainment:



I like the part where Eva Longoria threw her hubby's running shoes off the balcony...Hehe...

Since I have the Nike shoes + Sportband, I'm DEFINITELY going to take up this challenge!!!

Come on ladies, join me here and let's beat 'em lads!!! :P :P :P

Have a good weekend everyone! :)

We train hard and we play harder...

Indeed...

Last night was OBC Bandar Utama's 1st Graduation Party...

It's a tradition to have one after a month of hardcore trainings and 'punishments' from the trainers... And plus we get to mingle with the other bootcampers and be in nicer clothes other than our usual and smelly OBC workout clothes ;P

I have to say that my attendance last month was super bad...  *spanking myself*

I hope that I will be able to go to my 1st session for this month tomorrow which is like super long overdue!!!

The party was held di:

Pic credits to ecoba

The food is not bad at all! And it's reasonably-priced...

Check out this place k? ;)

Anyways, the theme was World Cup!!! So all of us had to wear football jerseys... (If not, we had to do 10 grunts... :P)

Of course I wore my Italy jersey (Forza Azzurris!!!)...

So punctual la these people! ;P

Sarge Dann of OBC Bandar Utama + his beau, Ody Si Kecil ;P

With one of the admins for OBC Bandar Utama and one of my darling Oprah ladies, Rosey (she's still single! *wink*) - Pakai baju siapa tu? ;P

Note to self: Must visit the salon this weekend! Hair is like a broom!

With Corporal Chun, one of the trainers for OBC Bandar Utama 

We used to train in the same group at Padang Merbok... The kiasu-est bootcamper back then...

*Will support the Oranjes this Monday morning!

With the Oprah ladies minus Nyna

With Rosey and Sarge Andy from OBC Bukit Jelutong in our Italia jerseys!

Woot woot! ;)

With superwoman and Corporal Sandy of OBC Bandar Utama

She completed her 21km at KL marathon in 1 hour and 57 mins!

With super petite Ody who's like 8 kilos! lighter than me... 

With my roomie in Singapore for Sundown, Luyen

*Hugs*

With my Oprah ladies :)

Ili - too bad Germany lost this morning... but Spain played much better football though ;)

The MOST manja/spoilt person from bootcamp decided to get into the group pic...

Boo to Portugal! :P

He gets punched by us for being that :P

All of us were donned in either jerseys from the EPL club or country (like moi), but ONE person stood out from the crowd:

I covered the club's logo in this pic...

Me giving a weird face on his choice of jersey :P

My friend Ded was wearing S-E-L-A-N-G-O-R's club jersey!!! Hehehe... Salute! :P

Had a good time last night... It has been a while....

Oh, do check out Original Bootcamp here and let me know if you're interested as we have 'Bring A Friend' Day every month, where you'll get a chance to try out on what this programme is all about...and why we wake up super early in the morning to do so! Hehe... 

This month's Bring A Friend Day will be happening next Friday, 18 July.... Let me know k? ;)

HOOYAH!!!

Siemens Run 10km...

I've registered myself for the run two months ago (because I was being a kiasu :P)...

But I will be running at Ipoh International Run that will be happening on the same day (18 July 2010)...

So I'll be giving out my running bib for FREE!!! :)

Do email me if you're interested to run as moi ;)

I'm Always Happy When I'm Running...

Don't believe me? ;P

Doing the Japanese tourist pose at KL Marathon :P

Pic credits to QQLai 

So go on then...

Put on your shoes and start running!!! ;)

PS: I'll be happy to run with any one of you too :)