IM athletes

All IM participants are true heroes. Regardless fast or slow, finish or not, trained or undertrained; they are all one big hero to me.. few athletes i know, & hundreds more that i dunno....

Dino

One of the top triathlete in Msia. He trained hard, real hard for this. He aimed to be top Msian IM, to qualify for Kona Hawaii slot. However, luck was not on his side. He was sick even b4 IM, coughed endlessly. he couldnt eat & relied only on powergel. Vomitted during run & had to pull out though he was leading the race. Really wasteful. Rugi & kesian sgt...

Julie 13:42

Awek dino.. One tough girl, first timer with very good timing. Sports spirit is high, supportive & very outgoing. She is faster than me run & bike. very strong athlete. Lepak with her most of the time after race, sharing the fatigue after race. We walked back to hotel after race, cheering the remaining IM trying to finish their race. the walk seemed painfully long, we took turn to stop; going to faint; going to the toilet; cheering out; phone calls etc.. dats y...

Abu 13:10

2nd time IM & he shed off 2 hrs of previous race. Strategic mind, he even told me what he wanted to do b4 IM. He did exactly what he planned, swam at 1:40, faster than his plan.. biked at 32km/hr ave, & ran hard first 20km. He walked & ran the last 22km, just exactly like what he planned.

Rashid 14:41

1st time IM. He trained real hard for IM, hardly any rest in between. Everyday is filled with training, da penat nak ckp kene ade rest day to him. Felt proud that he finished IM. his swim was the weakest to him.. his longest swim training was 2.5km, but he managed to pull through within 17hrs cut off.. salute him.. he was once a 120kg couch potato.. now he is merely half that weight..

Alan 15:38

This funny uncle came all the way from Sabah. I couldnt stop laughing staying in the same condo as him. Always full of advise.. his breakfast b4 IM was maggie w coffee & powerbar. Maggie? apparently the msg could prevent cramps.. He wanted to dissolve powerbar into maggie soup at first, but luckily he ate them separately after getting some weird stares from all of us.. After race, we had short post mortem. He said he had no choice but to tell fellow sabahan that he overtook Dino during d race. Or simply just say, who is dino? He also competes in 3days Sabah Adventure Challenge

Steve

Big but strong man.. his swim & bike was as fast as any other top athlete. cant imagine how he did dat, but he was superfast. his run was not as good, but there is room for improvement. also, this guy did all the management work for us, accomodation, transportation, support, advise etc. thanks to him for all the efforts. IM finisher for the 4th time i think..

Azmar 13:30

He is also strong guy. did better than previous IM. overtook me during 3rd lap of biking. finishing ahead of me, he is also tough guy. his run was so consistent that i always see him at the same spot during the 5 laps run course. pergi & patah balik kat tempat sama jugak. kudos to him.

Puzi

he is strong man w strong mind.. overtook me at biking, though he had cramped.. he is the only who paddled uphill with one leg, as the other leg had cramp. how strong is that. during bike, he cramped while overtaking me.. I quickly passed him my cloud nine to him. my gel finished as well. then somehow he gave me some white pills to swallow after dat.. i tot some drugs to make me stronger, but it was pills to avoid cramps.. it did wonders to me, eventually i could tackle hilly rides with cramps.. i didnt want to push d bike on legs. however, sad that a.puzi had to pull out from race during the run. either he continues & race; then suffer, or he pulls out & save the legs for next race. he did the right choice.

Barath 16:56

I hardly know him, but he is first timer. the time i saw him was when i walked back with julie, cheering & supporting the remaining IM. at 11.15pm, we saw him running for his last lap. & he asked, how long more before cut off?? I shouted another 45 mins, i tot 12am was the end. rupanya we started at 7:45am, & ending at 12:45am. then julie corrected me & add another 1hr for him. hope he tak terkejut. he did great & finished the race for first time. mental was too strong to worry the cut off time.

Stupe 16:13

he is one good athlete, dedicated to training. work train family.. balanced life.. Unlucky that he cut himself during the swim.. then had wrong strategy as he took longer time to shower himself during biking to prepare for the hot run afterwards. turned out weather was cool & nice during run. however, he finished the im & welldone to him despite the injury...

Arriff & Maysern (Sern - 16:01)

the tri-couple.. they finished the IM as well. Maysern had deep cut during swim & 2 stitches after dat. she completed IM with so much pain. Her every step was painful, yet she was determined. her face showed it all, but her heart denied the pain. Arriff was there accompanying her first part of the run. they really did great job.

Adeline 16:17

I saw her during the runs. this gurl had an accident weeks before IM, & she still finished IM. she had concussion, she had stitches, bruises, her helmet & specs were crashed into pieces, but still she finished IM. last lap of running nearing midnight, while everyone was already walking, there she was; running in the dark towards the finishing.

Kam 15:09

The only athlete who brings his blackberry arround. Transition, click.. run, click.. bike, click.. even uploaded straight into his facebook , chat with sons while racing.. Yet, he finished his first IM in style..

IM Team

These are the dedicated dedicated teams who trained real hard for IM. Extraordinary life...

Rahman 10:41

He did great, trained hard & got himself 2nd msian athlete. He got his slot to Hawaii Kona.. dasyat... <- baru tau it was wrong info.. tak dapat g kona, tapi still top Msian athlete.

A.Jeff 11:30

He is the coach, he is the athlete.. completing at 11:30 for someone his age, impossible is really nothing

Frankie 12:02

he shed off like 1hr 30min from last race.. at 12hr pace, he really did train hard. Adding to it, no msian did a sub 1hr swim, but he managed it at 59 mins...

Murin aka En Razak 13:32

this is a funny guy.. he could speed run & talk at the same time.. he is really tough.. his favourite motivational line "awak ni manja aa" when we tak larat to speed.. or when we are in pain... i teamed with him last time during the tioman race.. he even accompanied me running the final IM lap towards finishing line. we sped, but my speed was like a stroll to him. thanks to him, but he will do his best next race, as this time arround he accompanied his friend to finish IM...

Jusery

he is another strong sabahan, apart from Dino.. he mistakenly did extra biking lap & got himself a poor timing.. but still infront of me.. kesian sangat, if not, he would have gotten himself first spot in his category.

Jasmi

unsure of his story, but he did less 1 lap during d run.. kesian jugak as he was leading already. he came out headline in the newpaper today

Badrul 12:01

bad had his version as well, he got his 2 tyres punctured & helped dino when he vomitted, yet he posted a 12 hrs finishing. dasyat gak...

there are many more versions of the stories, each & everyone of them has their own story to tell.. & also great supporters.. they are wonderful.. not everyone can race/ support a race for 17 solid hours...