The Race Boy Sponsored by Skins

Proudly to announce that The Race Boy, our local sports timing & result company being sponsored by Skins. Skins is a leading compression garments brand who're sponsoring many big name athletes from various sports such as cycling, triathlon, golf, cricket and winter sports.

I'm also received a products that need to wear during Jelajah 1 Malaysia from 8 to 13 March 2011 and show their brand. As the expectation set before, The Race Boy surely can recover faster when using Skins compression garments in performing a heart of the tour task in producing faster race results.

Here I'm sharing a description about the product that The Race Boy crews will wearing during a Jelajah 1 Malaysia. Retrieved from www.skins.net


A400 Men's Compression Sleeves

Detailed description

Designed for any sport where strength is needed in the arms, SKINS A400 men's compression sleeves supercharge your performance naturally. Dynamic gradient compression accelerates your blood flow to deliver more oxygen to your biceps, triceps and forearm muscles for more power and endurance.

With 400 fit and dynamic gradient compression, you'll notice improved power, as well as less post-exercise muscle soreness.

Fast wicking technology transports moisture away from the skin and helps regulate your temperature. Permanent antimicrobial treatment and UPF 50+ provide all round protection.

Wear SKINS A400 men's compression sleeves to improve your performance like nothing before.

Technology

400fit
A super comfortable fit, more precise, targeted Dynamic Gradient Compression and a greater range of leg lengths for men and different body shapes for women

50+ UV Protection
SKINS was born in Australia, so we know a thing or two about exerting ourselves in the sun. Our fabrics have a UV protection of 50+, which means you can get out and train harder without worrying about the sun related risks.

Dynamic Gradient Compression
Increases oxygen delivery to active muscles while in motion and reduces lactic-acid build-up for more power and less recovery time

Moisture Management
Keeping you dry through advanced wicking is inherent in all SKINS fabrics - moisture is drawn away from your skin, so you stay dry and comfortable

Muscle Focus
Uniquely wrapping and supporting your key muscle groups to reduce movement and focus direction for less vibration in your muscles, less soft tissue damage and less soreness after exercise

Odour, Stink, Pong, Smell, Stench Free
Permanent antimicrobial treatment discourages bacteria by ionically absorbing the odour causing substances normally associated with Lycra wear. These features are built into all our fabrics, so they can’t ever be washed out.

Warp Knit
The fabric in SKINS is warp knitted using multiple fine quality yarns to give superior performance - Warp knit fabrics have no natural stretch – instead, the spandex mix ensures specific levels of elasticity and perfectly controlled compression

UNIVERSITY TEAM LOOK AT BIGGER PICTURE FOR JELAJAH MALAYSIA 2011

KUALA LUMPUR (1 March 2011) – OF the 31 teams set to start the Jelajah Malaysia in one week, one sets itself apart from the rest in being the only team made up entirely of university students and managed by university staff.

The Ministry of Higher Education Cycling Focus Centre-Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (MHECFC-UTEM) team has already broken new ground in being the first team representing a project with virtually its own faculty dedicated to the sport of cycling based at UTEM in Melaka.

The project launched by the Ministry of Higher Education on 28 April, 2010, saw UTEM appointed as the centre for the study of the sport and the development of cyclists, which in less than a year has already achieved mild success by parading their team in an International Cycling Union (UCI) graded international event.

Under the guidance of famed former national rider and Olympian Ishak Amin, who serves as manager, the MHECFC-UTEM team has gone from strength to strength, recently achieving their best result to date when coach-cum-rider Sayuti Zahit finished fifth in the SIC-Kencana Bikeathon criterium race at the Sepang International Circuit.

Sayuti, 26, is the most recognisable name in the squad, having served the national team in the earlier part of his career before moving to the all-conquering LeTua Cycling Team which included the likes of Anuar Manan and Ahmad Haidar Anuawar between 2007 and 2008.

The former Asian Junior Championships road race silver medallist and Asian Cycling Championships scratch race silver medallist is also a sports science graduate who is extending his studies while serving the cycling project at UTEM.
Sayuti said the ultimate aim of the project is to be the centre of university-based talents in the sport, geared towards the programmes goal of producing thinking athletes of calibre to represent the country in the future.

"This is a fresh new project with a five year goal to meet a number of significant objectives. At the centre we also conduct studies to improve the development of cyclists, who are from centres of higher education throughout the country," said Sayuti.

"At the centre, cyclists receive all the support they require such as lodging, meals, supplements and equipment, which are all fully sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education. We have been training and competing in local competitions the past year and will now look towards higher levels of competition.

"Through competition we also conduct our own studies to firstly help improve the performances of the cyclists in our team which eventually will provide us the necessary data for us to produce modules on the development of cyclists."

While acting as coach, Sayuti has trusted former national teammate Amirrudin Jamaluddin as one of his key riders. The duo rode as teammates for the national team in the 2005 Sea Games in Manila where they combined to win the team pursuit gold medal and Amirrudin, an Asian Junior Championships triple bronze medallist the previous year, won the silver medal in the individual pursuit.

Amirrudin is based full-time at the UTEM cycling centre and is making his comeback having left the national team in 2008 to pursue his studies.

The MHECFC-UTEM team also has in its line-up Gan Hock Seng, Mohd Zaki Ramlee, Amin Amiruddin and Mohd Amirul Mohd Ali.

Jelajah Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Naim Mohamad said the race organisers had received good feedback on the progress of the MHECFC-UTEM project and had been looking forward to giving them their Jelajah Malaysia debut.

"When Sayuti informed me that the team were ready to compete in Jelajah Malaysia, I had no second thoughts about it. I told him they were one of the teams we were so looking forward to having. This is a very interesting project initiated by the Ministry of Higher Education, which opens up a new horizon for cycling in the country," said Datuk Naim at the NAZA Group press conference this afternoon where they announced their sponsorship of the ASIAN blue jersey.

Also present at the ceremony were YB Dato’ Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek, the Minister for Youth and Sports and also Datuk Wira Haji SM Faisal SM Nasimuddin, the Joint Group Executive Chairman of NAZA Group of Companies.

"With a university programme actually studying and going very deep into cycling, this is something that will benefit the sport as a whole in the future."

For the Jelajah Malaysia 2011, NAZA Group will be contributing 54 Chevrolet Captiva SUVs and also 55 Harley Davidson motorcycles.

The Jelajah Malaysia, which began in 1963, is the country's oldest existing cycling stage race and will comprise six stages taking moving from the start on March 8 in Kota Iskandar, Johor around the South then moving to the East Coast of Peninsula Malaysia, before heading to the West Coast where the finish will be in Nilai on March 13.

Berlalunya LTdL 2011

Berakhirnya saingan Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2011 minggu lepas, terjawab sudah kemampuan skuad berbasikal kebangsaan pada ujian pertama mereka tahun ini, secara keseluruhannya boleh dikatakan sederhana.

Boleh dikatakan bahawa prestasi mereka begitu teruk memandangkan kedudukan keseluruhan menyaksikan mereka menduduki tempat ke-21 daripada 23 pasukan yang bertanding.

Persediaan yang kurang akibat jadual yang padat pada penghujung tahun lalu, merupakan antara sebab skuad kebangsaan beraksi dengan sederhana, di tambah laluan peringkat keempat dan kelima, memaksa pelumba berdepan pendakian berstatus Hors.

Sebaik sahaja beraksi di Sukan Komanwel di New Delhi pada Oktober, skuad kebangsaan berdepan dengan Sukan Asia, sebulan selepas itu dan mereka hanya mempunyai masa pada Disember dan awal Januari untuk membuat persediaan LTdL.

Sementara jurulatih baru, Graham Seers pula hanya memulakan tugas pada awal Januari, sukar untuk menyediakan sebuah pasukan yang mantap dalam waktu yang suntuk, hasilnya kita dapat lihat sebaik sahaja LTdL 2011 berakhir.

Bagaimanapun ia tidak boleh dijadikan alasan semata-mata, beraksi di Sukan Komanwel dan Asia juga boleh dijadikan sebagai satu persediaan menjelang LTdL 2011, di tambah pula bukan keenam-enam pelumba yang beraksi pada LTdL kali ini turut mengambil bahagian dalam dua temasya besar tersebut.

Malaysian Team Race Meal..

Hanya Amir Mustafa Rusli sahaja yang mengambil bahagian pada Sukan Asia, dan pelumba yang berasal dari Terengganu itu juga merupakan pelumba terbaik skuad kebangsaan berbanding Suhardi Hassan, Ahmad Fakrullah Alias, Mohd. Nur Rizuan Zainal, Mohamad Rauf Nur Misbah dan Loh Sea Keong.

Ketika Amir seorang sahaja yang dilihat betul-betul bersedia, lima lagi pelumba perlu hanya beraksi pada tahap sederhana, namun ada pada satu ketika Rizuan, Rauf dan Sea Keong dilihat mampu mempamerkan tunggangan bertenaga.

Mengikut apa yang diperkatakan Seers, kemampuan pelumba kebangsaan bukan sahaja tertumpu kepada pasukan Malaysia semata-mata di LTdL kali ini, secara keseluruhannya pelumba negara beraksi dengan baik sekali termasuk mereka yang bersama pasukan profesional masing-masing.

Menurut Seers, dari sudut kesemua pelumba yang berasal dari Malaysia, ia tidak seteruk mana, Anuar Manan dan Mohd. Harrif Salleh yang mewakili pasukan Terengganu Cycling Team (TSG) mampu mencabar pelumba handalan dunia dengan beberapa kali menaiki podium.

Anuar juga dilihat mampu mencabar pelumba muda Itali, Andrea Guardini yang mewakili Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli merebut jersi biru (Raja Pecut), cuma nasib tidak menyebelahi Anuar kali ini walaupun dia memberi tentangan sehingga ke peringkat terakhir.

Pelumba muda TSG, Shahrul Mat Amin dan Mohd. Saufi Mat Senan pula dilihat mampu menjadi pelumba lebuh raya pada masa akan datang, Shahrul merupakan pelumba pertama Malaysia berjaya menaiki puncak Cameron Highlands dalam pendakian bertaraf Hors, manakala Saufi pula adalah pelumba terbaik Malaysia di LTdL kali ini.

Seorang lagi pelumba, Ng Yong Li pula dilihat banyak membantu pelumba harapan pasukannya, Le Tua Cycling Team, Libardo Nino Corredor yang hampir memenangi jersi kuning sebelum Jonathan Monsalve dari Androni Giocattoli meraihnya.

Hakikatnya, skuad lumba basikal lebuhraya negara sedang meniti proses pembangunan yang pesat dan adalah diharapkan pelumba-pelumba muda akan segera menggantikan pelumba senior yang gagal memberikan aksi terbaik.

From Runner to become Mountain Biker

I was asked by one of Kakithoner about mountain biking (MTB). He was interested to racing in UTM homemade MTB race named Giant UTM MTB Quest on 8-10 April 2010. As an ex-MTB home champion for several races in UTM trails, I was seeing a challenge for me. Not a challenge as a 'race rivals' but as a trainer or sports science personnel.

I need a plan to transform this guy, from sub 40 minutes for 10km run, to be a mountain biker within timeline of eight weeks. As my reputation before, I made a transformation of 100meter sprinter to become Powerman Duathlon finisher (10km run-60km bike-10km run) back in 2005 within 6 months.

Multi sports athletes especially with non-cycling background are often criticised for their bike-handling skills, so he need to learn to ride on uneven mixed terrain and control the direction of the bike by moving a weight around can only be beneficial.

The secret is to start slow and build up. There's no need to go to the rock strewn slopes of some purpose built mountain-bike trail start right outside the door. Handling is a most important skills in mountain biking. Besides others basic skills he need to learn ultra fast and get on shape together with the bike.

As long as he got his stamina & able to put his heart race consistenly at 85-90% VO2Max, I'm really sure he can hammering the race trails as long as he managed to be on the bike all the way.

Langkawi Ironman Postponed To May

Here are the article answering the question faced by me before this. Finally Ironman Malaysia will be held this year on May.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- The 12th edition of Ironman Langkawi triathlon championship has been postponed to May, the organiser said, citing financial constraints.

The event's director, A. Chandrakumanan said he had requested that the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC) assist in the registration of athletes for the championship, which was to be held next month.

"I am aware that the postponement will affect the athletes' participation. I wouldn't want to disappoint those who are keen to take part, who have been asking me about this year's championship," he told Bernama.

The organiser, Ironman Malaysia Sdn Bhd, has asked for assistance from the Youth and Sports Ministry to help ease the financial burden in organising the event.

It takes RM3 million to organise the world-class championship.

The gruelling Ironman Langkawi involves 3.8km of swimming, 180.2km of cycling and 42km of running.

The Langkawi race is among the qualification rounds for the World Championship in Kona, Hawaii.

-- BERNAMA