Pacesetters-New Balance 15k 2007

Slow Movers Before the Race

Mr. Javier ..... gettin ready...

Hello Su.... not 20 k...it's 15 k...ooops.....peeaccee!

Kak Sumarni... the Slow Movers .. runner of the day

Hello Javier..... What r u chasing after...?

Jaya .... on his way to break the record.....

Chan (A450)- slowly n cooly conquerin the 15k...Slow Mover

Abang ...all out... to over take the elderly uncle... come on....u can do it...Abang

Su.... running to the rythm....

Slow Movers after the run...

Slow Movers with their Medals

Javier with the Harley...... wanna go for a ride...?

Chan N Javier .....


Sun, 20th May 2007, Padang Merbok KL...

It's 6.07 am. Wondering alone looking for xxxx mates to run the 15 k New balance run ..although I am not very much in balance today... Ever since the Big Walk i am havin some kind of pain at my calf...ain't no y...? couldn't find anyone....wooi...comin or not...? where r the slow movers...they r only suppose to be slow during the race..not all the time... .. I even ferterlize the plants twice while waitin... (nature call).... Did some very slow warm-ups as the calf aches everytime I make a fast move...Kena urut kot...calls for reporting at 6 45 am...

Sharp 7.00 am ..poooooooooooong, marks the start of 2007, 15k run... I started slow....as usual and couldn't increase the turbo ...sakit...semacam...( I mustn't N won't do anymore BIG walks)..... Our coach over took me...the rest of the Slow Movers..... movin slowly..at the back..as it is the first 15k for all of us. It was hilly ...same as the 2006 Mizuno run but we have to do two loops. The run was fun..as the weather was nice, power bar drinks at the water stations and a lot of hills....nice to run on the hills..manage to conquer all the hills cooly N slowly without stoppin...

Forgot to start the watch on time...so couldn't get the proper time....finished at 256 with the timing of 1:19 - 1:20. Our friend Javier..as usual the fastest in the group finished 70th in about 1: 10 N the coach finished
at the position of 132 in about 1:16. Abang got the second medal thru out his marathon career in the time of 1:50 N he has proven that he only can do the though ones.... Yang senang-senang tak mainlah.... Suriati ..the hardcore lady ( never say NO) finished in 2:00 and the ultimate runner of the day , Kakak Sumarni finshed it in 2:02. It's her first above 10 k run...Oops.. it's her 3rd but yang paling jauh setakat ni....she did it very well...Syabas !!! How about tryin Penang Half Marathon..kak?
How did she manage to run the hills..? First few hills...I can..cann..cannn..cannnnnnot....to the last hill... says kak in an exclusive interview...by Starsports with the runner of the day.The Slow mover are goin further N ......Keep on Movin Slow Movers....One day we all will B doin the Marathon...

Collected the goodies N Medal .... Grab milo 5 cawan....mana boleh miss, porridge,fruits....Pics N Chit-Chat...Makcik tak datang cos away at Kuantan....Missed all the fun...Met Uncle Steven, Ms Julie, Jusmile singh, Mrs Mag n Sis...
Walked to Bukit Aman carpark... snapped some pics on my Harley.. Javier wanna go for ride one day...sure buddy..no prob at all... Brooooooom...off I go...at 10.07 am....end of another
happening... fun... Sun..Bye....!!!

" To Enjoy A Run, Run It Slow,Cool N Steady at your own pace......Don't Force N push to Hard...."

Next would be the "Penang Bridge Run" ...

By Chanbai

Asthma Run 2007

Chan (red arrow) on the move for Slow Movers.....
(kosmo 14th may)

Kak ida ...doin a breeze walking ....slow n steady...

Makcik Suraiyah N her friend ...who will be the first.....??

Kak Sumarni for the Slow Movers.... towards the finishing line...

Suriati ...running keh ...dancing ni..

Mr Javier with his new look .....tryin his best to catch the last flight to Cuba.....

Uncle Steven , Javier (new hair cut), Makcik N Jaya

The Happening "Keluarga Sanusi".... partial

Slow Movers N friends...in the making of "The Family...."

Sun, May 13, 07 ...Tapak A, Lake Garden..KL

It was a shinny day...I was lepaking around the lake at about 7.00 am looking for
my running mates...to run the 5 km Charity Run........While in search collected my T-shirt..( green... fav color)...environmental friendly.. Jumpa the happening Sanusi family members...met Abang's wife n the kid..(New Entry).. Jaya joined in... after warm up kot....belum start..dah berpeluh...was in his full force..wanna compete with the Kenyans... Javier was still on his way...kot ..cos we didn't c him around...Myself ..just wanna do it cooly..cos i was high...(song by afroman)...U know Y...? Did some cha-cha...shake here , twist there..... Javier is missing all these...

The race was flaged off..all of the sudden ... earlier...not at 8.00 am but 7.50 am. Javier was late but manage to compete..As usual , the coach used his turbo at the start...followed the Kenyans but couldn't stand long...he gave up..half way thru N finishes the 5 km in 23 : 40 . My self slowly N cooly finishes the race in 25:02 . Our friend Javier, overtook all of us (super Turbo) N finished the race in 20:35. Well Done..buddy!

Collected the goodies ( Hotel Istana) N met up at a place dan biasalah...it's time for Selamat pagi Malaysia ...Bincang about issue semasa...Uncle Steven, Ms Julie N friends N Kak Ida n the kid too joined in. It was a big group..filled with a lots of Love N Fun...the Malaysian Spirit...keep it up....!!!. The Siemen run would be on the 8th July. The FTAAA officals were distributing the forms...took a few...

Left about 9.30 am...Bye folks...

May 13 is a very meaningful day cos it was Mothers day, World Asthma Day, World Athelete Day N World Nurse Day....

The Slow Movers would like to wish "Makcik"...the Ultimate Veteran.. Happy 49th Birthday...!!(May 14)...

C u at the New Balance 15 k Run...May 20th.

By Chanbai

Larian Bersama Bomba 2007

C3009 - Abang at far most right ... one of the rep for Slow Movers
Chan on the move for Slow Movers ( yellow arrow)

Slow Movers with Ms.Estelle (Ex Miss Malaysia-Universe 2nd runners up 2004) N Javier...


Slow Movers with the mascot....

Makcik with the Kenyan Runners... her inspiration...

One for the blog... The Slow Movers....

The fire fighters ... cum Slow Movers


Sun, 6th May 07, Dataran Merdeka ....

The Alarm beeps n beeps.... opened my eyes...What ..I am at the office...N it's 5.30 am... what am i doin here...Kerjalah siooot!... Had a short nap while on duty,,kkakakkaka ..it's time to get ready for the Bomba 10k run. I can hear the sound of the wind blowin at the range of 60 km/h.... n the cloud becoming darker...yeah..it's gonna rain for sure..N hmmm it was heavy...went down to the guard post n waited for the rain to subside...Saw the coach riding the bike ..hujankeh...ributkeh..coach tak kisah...very determine to run... Hopped in his car...reached at around 7.10 am...parked at Bukit Aman.....checked in ..saw Javier, Su,Abang and their friend Ms. Estelle Looi Mei Lin..( Ex Miss Malaysia-Universe 2004 2nd runners up)... A Mixture of Greece n Chinese.... Check-out Harian Metro - Tuesday ,8th May 2007...

The Race organised by the BOMBA Malysia was officiate by Local home Minister Datuk Ong Kaa Ting ..sharp at 7.30 am. It was very cold run n it took a long time for the body of mine to heat up..almost about 8 km...baru dapat On turbo....The coach N Javier awal-awal lagi dah turbo....It started to drizzle again half way thru..Javier finsihed in 49:15 at the 40th position, our coach was the last medalist (75) for the day in the men open with the timing of 53:55. Viva Coach. Myself finished in 54:42 (88) followed by our friend Rosta Lee.... Collected the Cert...It was really very cold as I was in the state of shiverin...Oh Boy!!.....Kalau Hujan lebat macam kat PD.....kan best ..Syok to run....

Met up with other Slow Movers...Izzat,Kakak, Makcik,Su,Abang N Kekawan. As usual..apa lagi..Makcik n Kakak were the medalist for the Women Veteran Catergory. Took some pics...chat N chat.....post mortem about the run,...the next run....n etc... Su handed the Vest N Bib for the 15 km New Balance run. The Vest was not bad... I had to make an early exit as I need to get back to the Off. ... Met Ms Yang Chik from Negeri Sembilan at the car park... Shared our running experiences.. She looks young as her name sounds....but she said she is in her mid 40's.....Aaaaahh ..Chan tertipu lagi.... Very hard to judge the age of a runner / athlete...!!! Gave her the Blog's url...hope that she joins us n keeps in touch... Sayonara...!

C u on 13th May for the World Asthma Day Jogathon... Bye!!!

By Chanbai

Big Walk 2007

Mr Javier (Cuba) doin some Salsa while Walkin


Keluarga Sanusi N friends
Haizan N Shake with some of the Slow Movers
Jaya,Chan,Robert,...,Javier,Suriati,Makcik N Kak Sumarni


Sun , April 29, Dataran Merdeka KL..

It was a wet Sunday, as it was rainning the whole Morning ....Syok tidur siot....tak ada mood nak pi...if only shake tak call ...I dah Zzzzzzzzzz. Got up at 5.45 am. mandi kerbau....n drive terus...masih drizling lagi....Parked the car at Taman Aman car park N walked to Dataran Merdeka. just on time...Met Javier N Robert. Checked in ....7.10 am..the Federal Teritory Minister flagged off the 10 km walkers...

A lot of friends were there to participate N to support. As usual... how would an event might take place without the presence of the Sanusi family...almost the entire Sanusi's clan were there .... ++ Javier,Robert, Shake's family, Fairul, Linda , Jamilah N Haizan ....all came to fill up the crowd...memang ramai minat fun walking... keh..atau cuci mata...!!.. It was memang crowded.

We walked N walked ...at times I felt like wanna run...but tak berani... walked for 1:30:23 . Walking is not as fun as Running. I ain't enjoy walking....The finishing part..it sucks...full of mud....Oh my new Rm quarter thousand shoe....gone..no chioce...have to step on the mud...it's everywhere... collected the cert , washed the shoe , looked for the Slow Movers n friends, couldn't find anyone.. collected the goodies which was worth more then the 10.00 entrance fee. Walked back to the car park..

On the way , met these two ladies, Mrs Mag n her sister. we were basically sharing our walking experiences ..they we walkin for the sixth time N it's the first for Chan. Mrs mag told me that she is in her early 50's. Oh my god, she looked like a lady in her late 30's. ( Tips to stay young ... Exercise,Diet, Lifestyle N Discipline). She also does jungle trekking at Bukit Gasing ....I was offered to join in..well.......
might try ....but dun know when....

Campak all the goodies in the car...N when back to look for friends. Met Mr Jacob, my friend's pa , Mr Jasmile Singh N finally the keluarga Sanusi. They were in a big group and it was nice to c the entire family.... The Malay-Mail family of the day award goes to ..... .... ..... Keluarga Sanusi...!
Javier , Robert N Fairul were there. Fairul was just like a chips more..now u c..now u dun.... Coach Jaya
came late for the event..what a lousy supporter or perhaps just wanna do some spot check ...!
ChiT - ChaT n Balik...


C u at the Larian Bersama Bomba.... BYE!!!

By Chanbai

Power Run 2007

Jaya (A074) N Chan (A075) - on the move -500m from the starting point (Dataran Merdeka)

The Slow Movers N friends

Izzat, Chan, Kakak Sumarni, Abang N his NST friend

Slow Movers wit Javier, Robert, ....... N NST friends

Izzat, the future wit the Kenyan runners and .......



Sun 22th April, Dataran Merdeka ..KL

It's yet a another 10km race organized by the Power Team and the Slow Movers were powered up too.
The Sanusi family, Agus, Jaya, Zahir, Javier N Myself were there to add some excitement to the run.
Our coach Jaya was there after a long break. Jaya's last run was in Sept 06. Welcome back coach!!!.....

The race was officiated by deputy minister Datuk Palanivel , sharp at 7.30am.... I only saw Jaya N Kelvin (NST) at the starting point . The rest of SM N friends.... ..tak nampak pun???...It was a hilly run...around the Bukit Tunku Area to Jalan Duta. I just ran in a steady pace all the way. Finished the race in 53:02 min at the position of 88 in the Men's Open. Medals were given to the first 150 finishers. ...As usual Makcik N Kakak were the Medalist too in the 7km women veterans. ( Sandaran dan Harapan SM )...Old is Power !!

Suriati had the knee pain again and at a point she couldn't even move. Almost to be fetched by the Ambulance but somehow slowly finished the race. ...Slow Movers maa ! N yet she registered for 22.3 km Penang Bridge Run ....apa nak jadi ni dan bilalah ah moi ni nak pi check up ...?
Makcik, Abang N Kakak should N ought doing something about it ......The SM don't wanna lose a runner..

Lepak around the Sultan Abdul Samad Building (nearby to the clock). Met Javier's Kenyan friends ( Robert N ......) , Abang's NST friends N Makcik's friend. Chaoaw at about 10.00 am. Agus followed me back as we had plans to donate blood in conjuction of Wesak Day. Bathed N had Breakfast. My cousin Danesh fetched us to the Chempaka Buddisht Temple nearby Kayu Ara as she too wanna be a donor.

We registered N went thru all the regular check up routine. My cousin couldn't donate as she has less iron in her body ( kena makan besi buruk kot..) and Agus just came back from Indonesia in Feb... (pendatang haram). A foreigner must have stayed in Malaysia for at least a year in order to donate blood. So both of them have to wait for the 450 ml of my blood to drain out from my body. Sent Agus to Kelana Jaya LRT station.

Bye n catch you all at the next event... The Malay Mail BIG WALK...!

By Chanbai

Orange Run 2007

Slow Movers with Ms Julie N Jasmile Singh
Su , Fairul N Chan


Fairul,Abang,Chan N Jasmile singh

Abang , Fairul, Chan n Nina


Sun.. 15th April , The Curve Damansara..

Hai folks..The Curve at Mutiara Damansara, were full wit marathon freaks , supporters N
rivals 0f competiton... to run the 2 nd Orange Run ( 9 km ). ...Sudah tentu the Slow Movers were there too...all in Orange....
(Makcik Along, Kakak Sumarni, Abang, Suriati,Nina, Myself N Fairul) were the rep for SM.

The race started at about 7.40 am .....we ran around Bandar Utama....agak berbukit jugak...doooong...
there were signboards showing the distance...5 Km to go...3 km to go N 1 km to go... so I started to increase my Pace...ran n lari n ran....tak sampai-sampai...ooi ni bukan 1 Km.....more to 2 km kot...aaiyah..Chan tertipu..!!

Finished the race in 53:15 min. Colllected the goodies...Baik punya ooh..Sports BackBag from Polo...n etc.
Waited for the rest of SM.... Abang came in after a while..followed by makcik , kakak, Su N Nina..
Lepas lari...apa lagi...it's breakfast time...free nasi lemak, maggi, oats, cookies , drinks. N macam-macam lagi...FOC ma..

As usual we met the regulars....Ms Julie and uncle Steven. Julie was sharing her 204 km walking experiences... from KL to Maran which was a 4 days walk. A kinda of interesting ..might join in Next Year... Then there comes the ultimate rival of Abang,... Jasmile Singh the 70 years old grand pa,whom has been running for the past 50 years.... got some motivation and tips from him. (Discipline, Commitment , Passion N Love is a must for runners).
Took some pics...Adios at about 10.30 am....

While walking back to my bike....checked my pocket... Oh boy!!!!!........IC N Drivin licence missing...apa lagi gabrah..panic...etc.. lah.....rushed back to the lepak place..searched everywhere , asked at the registration counter...spent almost half an hour...what to do...got on the bike.....BRooooooooooom... to the D'sara police station...explained to the officer and made a report. As the officer was the keying in the particulars, tiba-tiba my subconcious mind reminded me to check the Bag....traaaaaaaaaa.. N yabadaba doooooooo ..it was in the bag....What a Relieeeeef...Sia-sia aja....cari sini..cari sana..masuk balai ......just minta maaf kat officer tu N buzz off from there..... Hello apa dah n nak jadi ni...!...lapse of memory ..Admit saja dah ..Chan dah tua...!!

Had my shower and lepak.....dapat SMS from Javier...an invitation to the Rhumba-Timba Salsa party at the Kg Warisan cafe in Setiawanga. Met Su at the Off and went with her as I wasn't familiar wit the place and it was near to her apartment. Had a drink..(fresh Orange )... Met Javier, the Cuban painter, the Coach and some of Javier's dancing friends.... Enjoyed the Salsa dances performed by Javeir and friends. left at about 10.00 pm... Kepingin nak belajar Salsa...very soon...kot...at least for the sake of the Cuban Rum.

By Chanbai

Larian Polis 2007

The Slow Mover with Javier
Slow Movers with the national triple jumper, Ngew Sin Mei,
the high jumper , Lee Hup Wei N the Cuban coach,Antonio Yznaga Ibar


Sun , April 8, Ibu pejabat Polis, Jln Hang Tuah.

Hi folks.. The Slow Movers are gathered again for another race..The Larian Mesra Polis
sempena ulangtahun yang ke 200. An office colleague joined us too...Mr Javier of Cuba...

The Race began at about 7.30 am and it was crowded...ramai orang mesra dengan polis kot...
We were somewhere at the back about 50m away from the starting point. 3..2.1..there u Goooooooooo...
Myself, Sue with her knee pain.her niece and Javier were flagged off together... I ran on my own consistent pace. Finished in about 45 mins....not bad huh....!! Makcik,Kak and Javier were the medalist for Slow Movers. Bravo Slow Movers!!!

We met the national coach and the athletes for the high and triple jump. As usual Makcik took a pic with her Kenyan friends and we had a lot fun as we met a lot of regular running mates. We left at about 10.30 am N I have to get back to the Office to get my things as I was working overnight....What a day...!

Gracious to all N C U at the Next race..... Nos Vemos (Bye)

By Chanbai

PD International Half-Marathon 2007

Slow Movers B4 the run
Izzat, kakak.makcik,chan N agus - The Slow Movers
Chan N Agus

Slow Movers with the Kenyan Runners.


1st April, 2007, Marina Admiral , PD...

Myself N Agus went there a day earlier...Bike..,LRT..., Komuter...,Walk...,Bus...,Car.. (Travel and Living)
Reached at Marina at about 2.00 pm..registered...N guess wat.. Agus chandra to registered...
wanted to try it out...no joke.it's gonna be 11km..
My cousins dropped us at the PD Perdana resort...the paradise of Kakak Sumarni. We decided to hop in
there, as it was nearer and convenient. Thank U Kakak N Makcik for the wonderful place and hospitality.

Got up early.. The Slow Movers are geared up for the run together with the new member ..Agus Chandra...had a warm up walk of about 1 km from the resort to the Starting point.....N ... of all the sudden water starts to sprinkle from the sky....Hujan...lah babe...turun bagaikan mutiara....yeaahhh...boleh mandi hujan.....!!

What a run!.....Ran in the rain thru out the race...Lebat siooot....+ the breezing wind....best nyer......
Makcik, Kakak, Izzat N Agus ran in 11 km categories and myself in the 21 km run. All of us were medalist.
I have kinda of improved my timing ..finishing in 1:53:43...

Credit should be given to the new member of the Slow Movers...Mr Agus Chandra...for his determination , spirit N courage to compete and to complete the run without any training. Syabas N Welcome to club. Bravo Slow Movers..... Once again ...Thank U and warmest regards to Makcik, Kakak and the kids..

C U all at the next run... Sayonara...

By Chanbai