Reza Ali

7 April 2011 Planning to start running? The worse thing you can do is to get out there and start running. The best thing to do is to get out there and start running. Huh? Well, I actually started running about a year ago. When exactly I forget. I got deeply inspired one day and … Read more

6 April 2011 Today is swim and run day and it was a great one. SWIM There’s so many drills that I have to do in my swimming that I’m losing track of what I do. As far as I can remember, this is what I did tonight: Slow pace freestyle (warm up) 4 x … Read more

6 April 2011 BRICK CYCLE AND RUN I finally got my butt on the bike today after about a week of not cycling. I now have to make sure that I don’t leave my cycling behind. If I do, I know I have to pay for that omission sometime during a triathlon event. Today my … Read more

5 April 2011 If everything else doesn’t work, at least I have my swimming. Back to the pool tonight after a day off. I’ve been looking forward to this workout as I want to start focussing on the new drills I have learnt. So this is how tonight’s session went. Slow pace freestyle (warm up) … Read more

5 April 2011 Me and my swim coach Saiful   This is how the week went: This is how this week went. Monday Swim Tuesday Run, bike and swim Wednesday Run and swim Thursday Bike and swim Friday Swim Saturday Swim and run Sunday Rest This week was a bit messy for me. I had … Read more

3 April 2011 OK. Well, its no secret that I’m putting myself through grueling training sessions in order to get myself in shape so that I can compete in the triathlon. The particular triathlon I intend to enter is the PD Triathlon in July. There are 2 races, the sprint and the Olympic distance. The … Read more

2 April 2011 If it looks like I seem to be writing about swimming a lot, it’s because I’ve been swimming almost every night for the last 2 weeks. It’s my desperate attempt to master this portion of the triathlon in the quickest way possible. I think I’m making good progress and am hoping to … Read more

2 April 2011 My swim coach, Saiful, and me.. TECHNIQUE I had my third swimming lesson today. The last time I had my swimming lesson was 3 weeks ago and in that lesson we discovered 2 things: That my recovery is sloppy- I lead with my palm instead of my elbow I have to start … Read more

1 April 2011 Traffic stopping for me during the World Kidney Run 2011 PHYSIOLOGY I’ve been feeling lethargic the whole day today. I have several projects coming up in the next few months and have been working hard to ensure success. There’s also been some stress and worries on my mind lately and it has … Read more

31 March 2011 At the World Kidney Run 2011 This is a big one. The Standard Chartered KL International Marathon is Malaysia’s premier running event. The 2011 event has already attracted over 10000 entries, well on the way to the 25000 entries targetted for the event. This years sponsors includes Standard Chartered as the title … Read more