Team Anakpanyu.Com A Family Cycling Club

Testing File

2009-01-20T06:56:00.001+08:00

Powerman training

2008-10-26T06:42:00.004+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. If you wanna updates, just visit http://www.anakpanyu.com/. I'll be updating my activities more from that blog. It's been a very busy month and we have been training 5 days a week for the Powerman. Hopefully we will reach our own individual target.

Keep on training..............................................

5th & 6th Puasa Bike Ride

2008-09-22T17:59:00.003+08:00

we had another bike ride on Thursday and yesterday Sunday. On thursday, it took us 46:51 mins which considered to be slow. So to make it up, yesterday we managed to do 41:55 mins.

I still feel that there is no improvements. We need to do more - no more cycling makan angin. ruginya arah diri jua bukan orang lain. We need to train cause we are the one going to compete not the other people.

Keep on training.................................

Building A Bicycle Camera Mount

2008-09-17T07:48:00.000+08:00

I was goggling for a bicycle camera mount and I found this very good website on how to modified your bicycle headlamp clamp so that you can fix your digital camera to it. Since I have a few unused headlamp clamp.....it's macgyver time

Read more from this website Link

Or from this youtube video Link or Link

3rd & 4th Puasa Bike Ride

2008-09-16T19:19:00.005+08:00

Today was the 4th bike ride and last Sunday was our 3rd bike ride. The time to complete the ride keep on improving, slowly.

our Sunday ride, it took us 43:35 mins while today it took us 43:27 mins. Hopefully before the end of this month, we will get sub 40:00 mins.

Next ride is on Thursday afternoon.

Leadville 100M MTB race - Lance Armstrong

2008-09-11T13:24:00.001+08:00

2nd Puasa Bike Ride

2008-09-10T22:07:00.003+08:00

Today was the 2nd bike ride and we still used the same route as the Monday route. We managed to cover the distance in a time of 44:47 mins. 3 seconds faster .

My bike ride today was not so good. I was feeling very tired and weak. Maybe its because I took a nap of 40 mins before the bike ride that causes my tiredness.

Important News: Lance Armstrong has decided to return to professional cycling. Yahooooooooooooooooooooo. More details at my other blog. www.Anakpanyu.com

1st Puasa Bike Ride

2008-09-08T21:27:00.004+08:00

Today was the 1st bike ride. The weather was a bit moody (awan hitam berarak mendung) but luckily no droplets from the sky. phuhhhhhh.

We manage to cycle 19.51km in a time of 44:50mins. Today only 4 riders showed up. Tomorrow night, it's run time.

Until then, Selamat Berpuasa and remember to berniat puasa

Another cancellation

2008-09-08T14:45:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was the 3rd time we've cancel the bicycle ride due to bad weather. Hopefully the next few days, the weather will be ok. susah lah macam ni.

Time like this, ada rasa kan membeli trainer tapi udah membeli trainer, baik tia cuaca. Lets just wait for few more days, if is still raining. then I have to buy the trainer or cycling night time.

Keep on praying that the weather will be fine............................

HSBC HoB Challenge 2008 Marshal Certificate

2008-09-05T07:59:00.003+08:00

We've received our HSBC Certificate today early in the morning. I was shopping at one of the corner shop at Jalan Kebangsaan and I met one of the HSBC HoB Challenge commitee. Since he knew me, he asked me to take the certificate for our team.

To ALL the marshals, please get your certificate at Triple Star. Hopefully it will be delivered before afternoon or the latest after HSBC office hours.

History of the Team

2008-09-04T04:42:00.011+08:00

I'm not even sure when it did really begun. Most probably a few years back. Back then, there were no weekend rides, holiday rides or afternoon weekday rides, its just once in a few months if there was a bicycle expedition.

The first bicycle expedition that we joined was the World Water Day 2004 Bicycle Expedition organised by Water Services Department, JKR, Ministry of Development. There were only four of us using our Mountain Bikes and we didn't have our team jerseys yet. After that we joined a few more bicycle expedition.

I guess, the team really doing the bicycle thingy was around end of 2006. By then we had 6 cyclists and we mostly had our group ride on Friday afternoon and Sunday morning. At that time, we were still using our MTBs.

The first road bike was bought by Aliuddin in March 2007 and by the end of 2007, we had bought another 4 road bikes. The last road bike that we bought was in January 2008.

Our group have cycle to Tutong district (4 MTBs & 2 road bikes) and also we have cycle to Kuala Belait District with 30 other cyclists from Temburong. The Temburong cyclists stayed overnight at KB but we went back to BSB using the public bus. We reached at the BSB Bus station around 7pm and we rode back to our home.

We have not tried cycling to Temburong via Limbang. Maybe this year or next year.

The first jersey that we had was red color. Actually it wasn't a bicycle jersey. It was a long sleeve dry fit shirt that we (me and Ali) bought at Hong Kong.

We actually didn't have a name for our team. It was just a group of family members creating a healthy mind, body and environment by exercising every weekends. The name Team Anakpanyu was given by Sparian where in his blog he upload the photo with a caption 'anakpanyu team'. Check here link or the picture courtesy of Sparian.

Most of the time it is just a family ride but sometimes we invited a few close friends to join us. Usually riders that have the same capabilities as us i.e. those who can maintain an average speed of 25 to 30 km/hr.

Our group are more into bicycle expedition and touring the road of Brunei and hopefully if we have the budget, touring other neighbouring countries.

If possible, we want to increase the number of our members - more nephews or possibly cousins and close friends.

For now.......keep on cycling for a healthy body and mind.

Why another blog?

2008-09-03T21:38:00.004+08:00

At first, it was meant to be a testing site for me testing new templates and widgets. I don't want to test on my current blog because I might disturb the settings which can cause irreversible effect. The blog was created on 1st September 2008. I've tried a few templates that required copy paste the html scripts to the original template. It took me quite a while before I could get it right. Luckily, I have a little bit of knowledge in html, at least I could read the scripts.

With this template 'The Grid Focus' which can be obtained from bloggerbuster, it took me around 20 to 30 times to get it right. When I get it right, I change the colour, add it a few widgets, modify the scripts a little bit like changing the navigational menu bar link require you to modify the scripts manually. I still have a few more settings to change. Hopefully by the end of the week it will be done.

Once I get it up and running, it looks beautiful and kewl. So I decided to keep the blog and it will be used to post anything concerning our cycling activities. The blog will not be so updated frequently as my other blog.

Time and Runner

2008-09-03T11:45:00.004+08:00

Articles courtesy of www.anakpanyu.com

What has time got to do with a runner? well everything.
with time, a runner will know how fast/slow he is running.
with time, a runner can plan/schedule his run.
with time, a runner can managed his time very well

Once a runner has targeted a specific event such as a marathon, half marathon, 10k run, Olympic day run, hash run, trail running or triathlon, that runner will plan his run according to how many days/weeks/months he has time to practice/train. A runner will dedicate his time to improve his running and hoped that he can achieve a new personal record (PR) or personal best (PB).

A dedicated runner will try and certainly will achieve the time that he has allocated for his training. Early morning run, late afternoon run, a night run or a shower run. A runner will always find time for his run. He will find excuses just to run. If he cannot run in the morning due to heavy rain, he will do it in the afternoon. If he has no time in the afternoon due to extra works at the office, he will run night time. That is a dedicated runner or simply call a runaholic. he might not be an elite runner, the fastest runner or a sponsored runner but to him running is everything.

A runner that is so obsessed with running will go to a length of participating in other countries at his on expenses. He doesn't have to wait to be sponsored or selected as a national runners to go to other countries. He loves his running. He runs because it makes him happy. To him, all the expenses meant nothing compared to the joy and the experience gain. Winning is not important, having fun is important. Running is a free stress therapy.

Time management - a runner will become time obsess. He will sleep early just to get enough rest. set his alarm clock so that he wake up on time.

A true runner will never come late to an event. Some runners are even prepared to come 2 to 3 hours before the run so that they have ample time to warm up and stretch. A runner knows that if he comes late, he will not have much time to prepare himself. You need to be free of stress for your run.

He is not a true runner if time is not important, he cannot managed time and every run/event is just another run for him. Every run/event is as important and memorable as the next run/event.

If you appreciate time, a runner will and always comes early to an event. In a mass start event such as 10k run, cycling race or a triathlon event, coming late is not an option. If you're late, that's it, all the training gone, all the effort and time you have put in is gone. 5 minutes before the race start and you've just parked your car at the end of the road coz all the parking has been taken and you have to walk 800m to the starting line. By the time you reach the starting line, everybody else is running 'away' from you towards the finish line. If you still want to run, you might be able to catch the slow runners but they 'the slow runners' will catch you mid race. By that time, your energy/fuel are all drain out because you have to put an extra effort to catch up all the other runners. Just because you are late. Once again LATE - see ya at the finishing line.

Please take note to the event organizer, if you say 6:30am race, we the runners will come at 5:30am. For us 'janji melayu' doesn't take into account for these event. If is an opening ceremony, doa selamat, dinner date, lunch date or whatever event it is - janji melayu tetap janji melayu......keep on running !!!