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February 09 2010
February 08 2010
Energizer Night Race 2010: Training Week 1 – Day 1
Okay, first step done. I registered for the Energizer Night Race next March. Entered the 10K Men’s Veteran category.
Now comes the second step … training for the race.
I feel today is the perfect day to start the training. I’ve only started walking a couple of months ago and only started doing short jogs beginning of February. One reason I signed up for the race is to keep me motivated and keep on doing my early morning walk/jog. Now there is another reason why I go out every morning for a workout … the race.
Weighing at 110kg, I would be one of the heavier runners (maybe even the heaviest) but for sure don’t want to be the slowest. So, today I decided to reduce distance and concentrate on speed … and maintaining the speed. Then week by week I’ll try to build up stamina and increase the distance to 10 kilometers. I don’t have a proper trainer, I just do this based on bits of information I get from the internet.
This was this morning’s run. I dare to say “run” now because I actually jogged the entire distance this morning.
I am quite satisfied with the pace but I’d like to get it closer to 8min/km that way I am setting a personal goal of completing the 1oK in 80 minutes. Currently my best 5K of about 43 minutes, is right on target to finishing a 10K run in one and a half hours.
However, I do not have the stamina (yet) to complete the 10K in 90 minutes.
Why 90 minutes?
The Energizer Night Race organizers has set a qualifying time of 90 minutes to complete the 10K for a medal … and I want a medal! It could be a tall order since I only started running recently. Deep inside, I know I can do it. The goal for this run is not only to make it to the finish line, but to do it within the qualifying time.
And I have another six weeks to train for the event.
Filed under: The Usual Babble
NST Online Taekwondo: Protem committee takes charge
Really good news for Taekwondo in Malaysia. Hopefully the transition would be smooth and my children can start with their training soon and organizers can start planning for championships.
Taekwondo: Protem committee takes charge
2010/02/06
TAEKWONDO Malaysia has formed a protem committee to undertake the activities of the sport in the country pending an election of office bearers.The new national body was formed under a directive from Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek to unite the fragmented Malaysian taekwondo community under a single umbrella.
Olympic Council of Malaysia OCM president Tunku Imran Tuanku Jaafar is chairing the committee with OCM vice president Datuk Roy Rajasingham as his deputy.Others appointed to the committee are Datuk Samson David Maman secretary, K. M. Rajendran treasurer, Song Yoong Khin technical chairman and committee members Datuk Mohamad Nazim Abdul Razak, Chee Hock Choong, Leow Cheng Koon and Chin Mee Keong.Samson said in a statement the tenure of the protem committee has been fixed for 12 months during which the inaugural annual general meeting will be held to elect office bearers and adopt a constitution.
Besides state associations and clubs, the Armed Forces and Malaysian Universities Sports Council have been invited to join as affiliates after the Sports Commissioners Office agreed to exempt the two bodies from registering with the office.
The Malaysian Taekwondo Clubs Association and Malaysian Taekwondo Federation have also agreed to disband as national bodies on Mar 4 and Mar 19 respectively in support of Taekwondo Malaysia.Giving away 8,888 Free Cards! Get your Tune-In Card now! Samson said Perlis, Perak, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan — former affiliates of the de-registered Malaysia Taekwondo Association MTA as well as MTF affiliates of Kedah, Sabah, Sarawak, Johor and Putrajaya support the formation of TM. Kuala Lumpur, another former MTA affiliate, is also supporting TM in principle.
via NST Online Taekwondo: Protem committee takes charge.
Filed under: The Usual Babble
February 07 2010
Energizer Night Race 2010
OK DONE! … Registered for the Energizer Night Race this 27th March. Will be running the 10K Men’s Veteran Category (over 40 years) :D
Currently my fastest 10K is 96 minutes that’s over the 1hour 30min qualifying time. But what the heck … I’m going for it!
Wish me all the best. I need all the support!
Filed under: The Usual Babble
February 06 2010
Mozilla Warns of Two Firefox Extensions Containing Trojan Malware [Security]
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via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on 2/5/10
The official Mozilla Add-ons Blog has issued a security notice to Firefox users regarding two experimental add-ons that made their way onto the Firefox Add-ons pages containing malware. The extensions in question—Sothink Web Video Downloader and Master Filer (neither of which had we even heard of)—target Windows users and have been removed. Mozilla reassures users:
AMO performs a malware check on all add-ons uploaded to the site, and blocks add-ons that are detected as such. This scanning tool failed to detect the Trojan in Master Filer. Two additional malware detection tools have been added to the validation chain and all add-ons were rescanned, which revealed the additional Trojan in Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader. No other instances of malware have been discovered.
Mozilla Warns of Two Firefox Extensions Containing Trojan Malware [Security]
Oh ... i just got to share this. Malware is something I hate and I do not want bad things happening to other people. I am very careful with whatever I download and opening any email attachments that I do bot expect. So, sharing this kind of information, I believe is very helpful.
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The official Mozilla Add-ons Blog has issued a security notice to Firefox users regarding two experimental add-ons that made their way onto the Firefox Add-ons pages containing malware. The extensions in question—Sothink Web Video Downloader and Master Filer (neither of which had we even heard of)—target Windows users and have been removed. Mozilla reassures users:
AMO performs a malware check on all add-ons uploaded to the site, and blocks add-ons that are detected as such. This scanning tool failed to detect the Trojan in Master Filer. Two additional malware detection tools have been added to the validation chain and all add-ons were rescanned, which revealed the additional Trojan in Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader. No other instances of malware have been discovered.
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