Kenyir Lake Triathon

May 2015

Bumped into Oo Weng Chong & his friend in the way back to KL.

Kenyir Lake Tri 2011 - Part 2

Pre Race Activities

Kertih

Kemasik Beach

Lake Cruise - Post Race

Herbal Island

Saok Waterfalls

KENYIR LAKE TRIATHLON 2011

Was surprised to receive this e-mail a couple of days after the race.

"Hi Chee,

Congratulations!! You have won the 9th placing in Men 40 - 49 years category at the recent Kenyir Lake International Triathlon 2011.

Your prize money is RM100.00. As you were not there to collect your prize, we have collected it on your behalf.

Please contact us for the collection of the prize"

Was surprised as I did not stay for the prize presentation. I never do because I knew I am not good enough.

However, thanks to the absence of many superstar triathletes that day, I had finally won some prize money from a triathlon race after 8 years in the sport.

Had a great time swimming, cycling and running in the rain thru'out the race. Rain was so heavy during the bike segment & rain drops felt like needles. New bike and run courses were most refreshing.

Official time 2:42:45

KENYIR TRIATHLON 2009

29 March 2009 - Simply glad I made it to Kenyir Lake. Last raced in 2006( http://cheekaimun.blogspot.com/2006/04/kenyir-lake-triathlon-2006.html )

New Found Friends at Kenyir - Eugune Fong & Sharil Sharudin

Only managed to finish in 3:11:55 and struggled throughout all 3 disciplines (swim 36:47, bike 1:22:17 , run 1:07:59). Would have been devastated by such result in the past but I couldn't expect too much from myself this time around due to poor fitness ( just recovered from surgery in December 2008 - http://cheekaimun.blogspot.com/2008/12/appendicitis.html ), high stress level at the office & close to zero training in recent months.

The swim felt like forever. Arms felt weak thru'out & left toes almost cramped. Was alone most of the time riding out on the bike, simply couldn't find strenght to draft anyone and was dropped by almost everyone. Managed to tag behind 2 young riders from UPNM on the return leg and made up some time. Struggled on the last climb before entering T2 - almost pulled my right thigh in the process. Pulled my right hamstring 2km into the run and had to stop & stretched. Stephanie Chok lapped me and offered me PowerGel (thanks Steph). Recovered but walked on every inclines thereafter.

Have not taken so much time in completing an Olympic Distance triathlon (my first tri at A- Famosa in 2003 took me 3:05:15, altho I must add that Kenyir has a much tougher course-very hilly on the bike & run).

A quick check at my previous race results at Kenyir revealed the following:

2005 - 2:24:54

2006 - 2:48:11

2009 - 3:11:55

I guess age has finally caught up on me!!! 2005 results seemed so IMPOSSIBLE (I had a good ride back then-drafted thru'out bike & ran 50mins).

Pre-race excursion:-

Have always wanted to visit a waterfall at Kenyir. Did it finally - joined in a group of holiday makers from Singapore and had a great time visiting the Herbal Tea Garden (Tongkat Ali Tasting) and Saok Waterfalls.

Tongkat Ali Root

Tongkat Ali Brewery

Tongkat Ali Tasting With Julian and his gang (from Singapore)

Kenyir Lake Triathlon 2006

Sunday, 9 April 2006 - The start of a brand new season for me (I skipped A Famosa Tri). Did not really train too hard for this race - was still mentally tired of training and racing. Had a good time, nevertheless, at Kenyir with TT. Good to meet up with old and new friends (and Hi to Steve - it was a pleasure meeting you).

Most unforgetable moment during the race - that very split second I unloaded behind some bushes during the run leg - it was such a BIG relieve!! (I wonder who poisoned us - everywhere I went after the race, everyone talked about stomach problems).

Adjorned to Cherating after the race and spent some quiet time with my baby at Legend Resort.