11 January 2008 Hulu Langat

Went to Hulu Langat alone after couple of weeks of no activity. This is my second ride, the first with PCC. this time it feels 'easier'. It took me 1hr 18 min to reach the Selangor-N.Sembilan border. If you start the climb at 8.30am you get to see magnificent view of the mountain range. The valley below was covered in mist and the mountains in the distance looks like snow capped with their tip covered in clouds.



The let down of the trip is my Garmin GPS software crashed when I reach home. All the data gone! I have to reinstall the program and upgraded to a newer version( XX.XX.60). So far the performance is good. Better and faster lock... indoors!

I've been emailing Klaus Bechtold of GPSies.com for him to include Nokia Sport Tracker GPX files in his converter so that I can view the ride detail in Garmin Training Center. Please visit his site.

Genting Sempah track

This is where I spend most of my Saturday mornings.

23-12-07

What a packed weekend.

Thursday went to Bukit Gasing train. Saturday to Genting Sempah and lost my GPS receiver! :), and Sunday went to Sg. Sendat ride with PCC with my newly bought GPS receiver!

Easy ride but I managed to fall down 4-5 times..all pilot error except for the last one where a rider stopped suddenly in front of me. Almost fell again on the road coming back. So embarrassing! :)




After one of the fall, I checked my phone and there was no life! On the phone and everything worked slowly but later it operate normally. The Nokia sports tracker have crashed but managed to save the data. So the above image is from combining 2 data, before and after the crash.

KKB to Fraser Hill

The ride is almost as same as the ride to Genting Sempah. The difference is in the last 10 to 5 KM where the temperature drops and the gradient gets steeper.



When we arrived at the GAP house it started to rain, then it stopped and it started again while we were having lunch at Fraser Hill.



Since the ride took more that what we expected, we decided to brave the rain, and head down the hill. The temperature was 21°C and the wind was freezing. After 5km of decent my rear brake pads were worn out.

Overall a good ride with nice sceneries and English architecture(& weather!).

Max Speed:61KM\H, Distance:78.70KM, Riding time:3Hrs 51Min, Average speed: 20.5KM\H

Do not ride

Do not ride after donating blood at least for 24hrs. After 5 mins my heart already pumps like crazy and I decided to stop after 30 mins. I was dismantling the bike from the trainer when suddenly I felt weak and dizzy. I quickly sat down and took deep breathe.

The last time I felt like this was when I came back from swimming. Not sure if that was after donating blood.

Presidential Ride 2007

Weekend was spent riding up to Genting Sempah on my full suspension. Everything feels slower on this bike.

Sunday it's Presidential ride. 1st loop was OK. Crashed less that 15 min of starting because and idiot bang into my handlebar. Second loop I was suffering. Regret didn't take extra water for my rehydration salt because feels like a cramp coming. At one point I have no more water and the weather was hot. Had my big crash on the second loop. My front tire stuck on a rut and I fell on my side taking some skin off my arm.

At check point 2 I managed to refill, take care of my arm and fill my bottle with rehydration salt. On to check point 3. Here I managed to do OK on the downhills but still have to walk down many sections because I have no confidence and getting tired. the uphills also OK but it's faster to walk up then bike up.

3KM before check point 3 I bump into Patrick, my ride buddy from Klang. He's the marshal for the event I think. So glad to see check point 3. I thought I went over the cutoff time but I didn't. Happy to get my 3rd sticker within the cutoff time as that's my target I set for myself at the starting line.

After that I decided to take the Chicken (escape) loop to the start/finish area. I was thinking the chicken loop will be short but it was an energy sapping 18KM through estates, road, housing area and even a couple of tunnels! My body badly want to stop but I have no choice. Push push push.

Reached my car at 1.45PM feeling hungry, tired and blur! I waited for the lucky draw but I was feeling so tired and with my back aching, I decided to go back. 1 hour later I was enjoying a hot meal on a comfortable chair.

10 November 2007

One more week for the Presidential ride and my tires have not touched any dirt since...since...wah very long already! Couple with the fact that I don't have much pedal time with clipless pedal on dirt, I am scared!

With no dirt ride organized by PCC this month, its very difficult to get any training. So the most I can do is do hill training on my full suspension bike, climbing Gasing hill. The rain have stopped so it's time to go riding and burn some Raya & Deepavali fat.

**Update; Wow! My yleg turn to jelly while attempting to clinb the hill for the second time. Not enough recovery period. Going to try again tonight.