My first day of fitness first

Promises are meant to be broken. This words are meant for me indeed. I've made a promise not a very long time ago that I'll never ever register myself as a gym club member. The novice triathlon event howevr changed my perception towards fitness club. After strugling with stamina, strength and endurance problem during the event, i've made a profund thought about joining my hubby in Fitness first (FF). After consulting my sis and doing a bit of study and vice versa, I walked my steps to FF on wednesday nite.Before i go on, allow me to state the reasons why i dread going to the gym:
1) I dont like doing my excercise on crowded places full of people. Makes me suffocate.
2) I hate doing excercise inside a confined area. Again, makes me suffocate.
3) I can't bear running on the treadmill while watching the TV on-screen. Seems to me the world stops spinning but the track keeps on moving jer.ayaya! And again, makes me suffocate.

But of course, time and again i have to remind myself that 'I really need to set a proper training' in order to ensure my fitness level is at the highest par before i can compete in another Marathon, Traithlon and all other THON THON competition. With that, I also hire my personal trainer, Jane and the training session begun by her asking me to do a complete set of weight training for the upper body and lower body, flexibility, streching and a test on the cycling machine to see how far i can reach before i turn all blue. Suprise !Suprise, all these while i thought my fitness rating is around 5/10 but as it turned out, it was actually 2/10 (according to Jane)...mampos camni....sah kena bertungkus lumus cam nak rak lepas nie..and why is it i felt sooooo bloody sleepy while I'm writing this? Hmm...guess my energy level depletes kot....

Advanced Bday present

I'm never a person who'd like to lavish those dear to me with birthday gifts & cards. Come to think of it, I must have gotten this trait from my dad. Seriously, it's not something that I'm proud of. Since I got married to my hubby, I can count the number of times i've purchased a suprise card/gift for him. There was even this one time (last year), where i've forgotten to wish him during our anniversary. Ouch! That really suck!No, I suck BIG TIME.

With that, for this year, I made a promise to actually spend my money to buy something superior for my hubby. All these while,I've made promises to buy a PSP, a mini piano etc but decided to change my mind the very last minute when i discovered that the price of it errrr...kindda expensive.

Well, dear. Not this year though. I've excercised my ESOS money and since I'm a little excited over the thought of entering a triathlon and a dualthon this year, I've draged my hubby to cycle along with me. (I bought a hybrid bicycle recently which cost me around RM 1, 050.00 but it's worth the penny since it's fast, its light and it rocks!)

Problem is, he doesn't have a bike on his own. So, to cut the story short, I decided to present him with a road bike as an advanced birthday present. Since he was ok with that, the search for his bike went on. My budget is limited to RM 1,500.00. Our first destination was to bikepro, a high end bicycle shop which have variety of choices to choose from. But none of the bicycle there fits my budget. With that, we went to Tat Seng, the place where I bought my bicycle. The shop was about to close when we reach there at around 7.40 pm but the owner (kelvin) was kind enough to entertain us with our bombarding 101 for DUMMIES questions on bicycles. Hubby was so energized when he saw the bike and after given much thought about it, we finally met the perfect bike for him. So, here's the new buddy that I have for my dearest hubby:

For a road bike that fits the bill as an entry level bike, I swear that the bike is a value added item. Of course, It's a bit heavier as compared to my bike but it's ok since the size is bigger than my Scott USA and the tyres are thicker.

Somehow, I have no regrets buying him this as a birthday present coz i could see his face beaming with joy when he looks at it. By the way yang, jangan buat display sudah beskal tu...ari sabtu nie kena gak bawak gi ke putrajaya for a try out.

polar watch vs polar bear

My watch was found to be defective since last week and while waiting for hubby to complete his mini-olympic in Uniten on a Saturday (and due to the fact that firas was crying his heart out after seeing a clown), i decided to bring firas to Alamanda. The first shop I entered was Fitness Concept. Actually, I've been aiming to purchase this polar watch for quite some time and after reading the webpage at http://www.polarusa.com/, I decided to head on my search for this watch. And mind you, it was easier when hubby is not around coz he'll be asking me to ' write a justification report' on the reasons to purchase this watch.

So, here goes yang:

1) I need a new watch to replace the defective one

2) Which can do the function of calculating my heart rate, timing during excercise, calorie count and etc

3) to pamper myself after long working days

4) just excercised my ESOS, so, gile koselah sket bila nampak duit tu kan..

So, there i was, browsing through the pamplets and looking through deciding the best watch that fits me and most importantly, fits my pocket...It kindda gave me a slight headache when Ibrowse through the catalog coz banyak nor gadget statement..har!har!I'm sure my mother would definetely 'lurve' this kindda gadget since she's indeed Mrs. Gadget. (she couldn't help resist buying all sorts of electronic goods and later, anak menantu dia yang nak kena teach her on how to use) Since my budget is limited to RM 450-RM500, i chosed the Polar F6, which has the following functions:

1) ECG heart rate - to monitor your heart rate

2) Calorie counter - to of course monitor the calories you've burn after an excercise

3) Max and Min heart rate

4) Mode of excercise (light, medium, hard)

5) Distance etc

6) ada banyak lagi, dalam manual tu...(safe statement to counter back in case hubby says anything)

The one thing i dislike about the watchthough is the size. It's kindda bulky on my wrist in which doesn't really suit me. Secondly, the color is kindda dull (blueish grey). Anyway, since i already like the watch for the functionality ("What is style, without substance" tul tak??), and having much thought about it at the shop, i agreed to pay the bill. Firas didn't like it, coz he sincerely said " not nice mama." Well, i'm sure he would have preffered the polar bear instead:

I managed to wear the watch for only 2 days since i discovered that the 'lights on' function was not working. So, yesterday, i went to Alamanda again to get a replacement and guess what, it can actually function but i need to perform a few settings on the screen before the 'lights on' function can be activated. Eureka!and why didn't i think of that??Because i was so excited wearing it here and there until i have forgotten to read the manuals completely..oh!well, silly me!

photos during the sukan wanita triathlon novice

yea!and the game is over!!

My colleague laughed her heart out when she saw this photo "you look like a small kid" oh well!Gotta to thank my height for that. Who says being short is a disadvantage?It sure does rewind ones biological clock...

oh God, at last, the suffering is over!

And here comes the Hero, or shall i say HEROES since it's more than one?

Coverline jer nie.,..takut tau tak!!

Mama and Yash before the start of the event

Novice triathlon result

I've just checked my result on my first ever triathlon event and well, guess i did okey. Out of around 21 participants, i clocked in at number 18 with 1:05:06. The breakdown of the timing is as follows:
- 200 meters Swimming:15 minutes (what the hell took me so long?? oh yeah, , the fact that i was definitely pathetic at that time)
-8km cycling :35 minutes (Need to improve on the timing, need to..the best cycling timr for the novice category was at 23 mnts, gosh! she's fast)
- 2 km running :14 minutes (This is errr..kindda okey)

So, all in all, way to go jijie!for the fact i've challenged myself to participate in this race, to bear the humiliation of swimming in the lake when even the ducks can swim wayyy better than me, to endure the blistering wheather, and to comprise on the pain that i had during the run, with that, i should give myself a credit.