IIU X TEAM : MALAKOFF University Duathlon Series 2009 - Race Report

1

INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

MALAKOFF UNIVERSITY DUATHLON SERIES 2009

EVENT REPORT

Prepared by Nor Juliana Ali (0614648)

2

About

The MALAKOFF University Duathlon Series (MUDS) 2009 is an annual event organized by Quick

Release Adventures Sdn. Bhd. It is a sprint duathlon event organized to promote the duathlon multi-

sports among Malaysia higher-institutions as well as the public.

MUDS or MALAKOFF University Duathlon Series

The multi-sports comprises of 2 basic sports disciplines; running and cycling. In duathlon, the first leg

is running, followed by cycling and lastly, a final running leg. Duathlon are raced in various distances.

MUDS is sprint duathlon race, and the course distance offered is much shorter, and thus, more

suitable for newbie or those new to duathlon.

MUDS 2008

MUDS was introduced a couple of years ago, and reintroduced last year, where it gained positive

response from the universities. Last year, the event went on successfully in 3 consecutive weeks at

these higher institutions;

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Universiti Malaya (UM)

Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM)

A number of self-sponsored IIUM students took part in this race under a few categories; University

Women, University Men as well as the Relay category. Nor Juliana Ali of IIUM took home 2 gold

medals and 1 silver medals from the 3 series, and was awarded Top University Duathlete Award

(Women) Trophy.

MUDS 2009

MUDS 2009 was held for 3 consecutive weeks.

Date Day Venue Distance

Run/Bike/Run

July 19, 2009 Saturday UPM 3km/13km/3km

July 25, 2009 Sunday UNITEN 3km/14km/3km

August 1, 2009 Saturday UM 3km/11.4km/3km

3

IIUM Contingent (UPM)

TEAM

NAME

RACE

NUMBER RUNNER 1 BIKE RUNNER 2

IIUM 1 E709 Khairul Amri bin

Tofrowaih

Mohamad Hafis bin

Sukardi

Syaiful Fahmin Fitri

bin Said

IIUM 2 E710 Ahmad Afif bin Abdul

Rahman

Ahmad Huzaifah bin

Ahmad Izudin

Hafizul Ariri bin

Rusmani

IIUM 3 E711 Muhammad Amirul bin

Mamat

Mohammad Hafiz

bin Elias

Muhammad Faiz bin

Abu Samah

IIUM 4 E712 Aizat Zulfadli B. Hassan

Bakri

Rozara bin Rozman Ismat Abdul Qayyum

bin Jamaluddin

IIUM 5 E713 Muhammad Zaid bin

Mustakim

Muhd Haikal b

Muhd Aliff

Muhammad Ashraf

bin Fauri @ Fauzi

IIUM 6 E714 Abdul Kathir bin Abdul

Mutalib

Asrul bin Anual Mohd Khair Azizi

bin Daud

IIUM 7 E715 Abdul Majid Ahmad bin

Mohamed

Izzuwandi bin

Abdullah

Muhammad Faris bin

Ismail

IIUM 8 E716 Mohd Khainis Bin Yussof Muhammad Syaaban

B. Mohd Anuar

Nurhariz bin

Zulkeflee

Individual RACE NUMBER

1 Ahmad Adli bin Basharuddin A060

2 Ahmad Ammar bin Muhd Asri A061

3 Mohd Nazri bin Ismail A062

4 Muhammad Firdaus Bin A.Hamid A063

5 Syazwan bin Basri A064

6 Aghil Bagheri A065

7* Nor Juliana binti Ali B203

Self-sponsored

4

MUDS UPM RESULTS

RELAY CATEGORY

TEAM

NAME

RACE

NUMBER RANKING TIME

IIUM 5 E713 10 00:50:16

IIUM 8 E716 11 00:51:13

IIUM 1 E709 12 00:51:55

IIUM 7 E715 13 00:52:15

IIUM 2 E710 14 00:53:52

IIUM 4 E712 16 00:54:23

IIUM 3 E711 17 00:55:16

IIUM 6 E714 19 00:58:48

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY

Race number Name Rank Time

A061 Ahmad Ammar bin Muhd Asri 16 00:49:16

A063 Muhammad Firdaus A.Hamid 34 00:52:25

A065 Aghil Bagheri 48 00:55:08

A062 Mohd Nazri bin Ismail 70 1:05:40

A064 Syazwan bin Basri 71 1:08:36

B203 Nor Juliana binti Ali 3 00:53:34

A060 Ahmad Adli bin Basharuddin DNS DNS

Event overview

The 1st series of MUDS held at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) saw 8 IIUM relay teams and 6

individuals out of which 95% of the contingent taking part in a duathlon for their very first time. All

team members gathered on time at the main stairs, Administration Building in IIUM for the bus which

turned up late. Luckily the bus arrived on time in UPM, merely a few minutes before race start. Sports

Assitant, Sister Umi Naziha Naim from the IIUM Female Sports Complex was the officer in charge

for the team. Team members were given mineral water, bread and RM10 each.

The 1st series was to expose the team members to the format of duathlons and to the basic things about

a multi-sports race; e.g. transition area, concept of drafting and non-drafting, race rules and

regulations and sporting etiquettes. The team performed fairly well for their first duathlon event

despite the crash-training which they have undergone two to three weeks before the event. Brother

Rizal, the athletic coach for IIUM Mustang and a few IIUM undergraduates were also there to show

support for the team.

5

IIUM Contingent (UNITEN)

TEAM

NAME

RACE


IIUM 1 E727 Khairul Amri bin

Tofrowaih

Mohamad Hafis

bin Sukardi

Syaiful Fahmin

Fitri bin Said

IIUM 2 E728 Ahmad Afif bin Abdul

Rahman

Hafizul Ariri bin

Rusmani

Shah Saffuan bin

Halim

IIUM 3 E729 Muhammad Amirul

bin Mamat

Mohammad Hafiz

bin Elias

Muhammad Faiz

bin Abu Samah

IIUM 4 E730

Aizat Zulfadli B.

Hassan Bakri

Rozara bin

Rozman

Ismat Abdul

Qayyum bin

Jamaluddin

IIUM 5 E731

Muhammad Zaid bin

Mustakim

Muhd Haikal b

Muhd Aliff

Muhammad

Ashraf bin Fauri

@ Fauzi

IIUM 6 E732 Abdul Kathir bin

Abdul Mutalib

Asrul bin Annual Mohd Khair Azizi

bin Daud

IIUM 7 E733 Abdul Majid Ahmad

bin Mohamed

Izzuwandi bin

Abdullah

Muhammad Faris

bin Ismail

IIUM 8 E734

Mohd Khainis Bin

Yussof

Muhammad

Syaaban B. Mohd

Anuar

Nurhariz bin

Zulkeflee



2 Ahmad Huzaifah bin Ahmad Izudin A011

3 Mohd Nazri bin Ismail A012

4 Syazwan bin Basri A013


Self-sponsored

6

MUDS UNITEN RESULTS

RELAY CATEGORY

TEAM

NAME

RACE

NUMBER RANKING TIME

IIUM 8 E716 8 00:51:13

IIUM 1 E727 10 00:59:05

IIUM 7 E733 12 01:02:58

IIUM 3 E729 13 01:03:27

IIUM 4 E730 16 01:05:20

IIUM 6 E732 17 01:05:57

IIUM 5 E731 21 01:10:45

IIUM 2 E728 23 01:19:39

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY



A013 Syazwan bin Basri 19 1:08:36

A011 Ahmad Huzaifah Ahmad Izudin 27 1:01:05

A012 Mohd Nazri bin Ismail 34 1:15:20


EVENT OVERVIEW

The highlight of the 2nd

series was the late start of the IIUM contingent to the race event. The

event had already started for 5 minutes, before the IIUM contingent arrived at the start line.

This caused some chaos as the team had to work really hard to chase the front pack which

had started earlier, despite having the race start delayed just to wait for the IIUM contingent

to arrive.

The team had no choice but to perform their best and they did. Sports officer, Brother Mohd

Hazeezy Hj. Harith from the Female Sports Complex was in charge. However, no mineral

water was given to the participants before and after the race, due to some technical

miscommunication. However the participants were given RM10 each upon arrival at IIUM

after the race.

Coach Rizal and a few support crew from IIUM was also at the event to support and cheer for

the team.

7

IIUM Contingent (UM)

TEAM NAME RACE


IIUM 1 E752 Syaiful Fahmin Fitri

bin Said

Muhd Haikal b

Muhd Aliff

Nurhariz bin

Zulkeflee

IIUM 2 E753

Ahmad Afif bin Abdul

Rahman

Nik Mohd

Dhiyafullah bin

Nik Din

Mohd Azrul bin

Adnan

IIUM 3 E754 Muhammad Faiz bin

Abu Samah

Rozara bin

Rozman

Khairul Amri bin

Tofrowaih

IIUM 4 E755 Ismat Abdul Qayyum

bin Jamaluddin

Mohammad

Hafiz bin Elias

Mohd Khainis

Bin Yussof

IIUM 5 E756 Muhd Khalil Khusairi

bin Abdul Rahman

Hafizul Ariri

bin Rusmani

Yahya bin Yusof

IIUM 6 E757 Abdul Kathir bin

Abdul Mutalib

Asrul bin

Annual

Muhammad

Amirul bin

Mamat

IIUM 7 E758 Izzat Zabir bin Sariff

Mohamad

Hafis bin

Sukardi

Abdul Majid

Ahmad bin

Mohamed

IIUM 8 E759 Aizat Zulfadli B.

Hassan Bakri

Muhammad

Syaaban B.

Mohd Anuar

Mohd Nazri bin

Ismail

IIUM 9 F822 Siti Amizah binti

Mohammad

Izzuwandi bin

Abdullah

Muhammad Faiz

bin Abu Samah



2 Aghil Bagheri A051

3 Ahmad Huzaifah bin Ahmad Izudin A052


*self sponsored

8

MUDS UM RESULTS

RELAY CATEGORY

TEAM

NAME

RACE

NUMBER RANKING TIME

IIUM 8 E759 5 00:53:33

IIUM 3 E754 8 00:56:31

IIUM 1 E752 9 1:03:20

IIUM 2 E753 11 1:06:23

IIUM 6 E757 12 1:07:16

IIUM 4 E755 14 1:08:38

IIUM 5 E756 15 1:10:14

IIUM 7 E758 16 1:12:27

IIUM 9 F822 DQ DQ

INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY



A052 Ahmad Huzaifah Ahmad Izudin 36 1:06:25

A051 Aghil Bagheri 41 1:09:27


EVENT OVERVIEW

The final series saw a big jump in the performance and achievement level of the IIUM

Contingent. Three teams l IIUM 8, IIUM3 and IIUM 1 made it to the top ten ranking for the

Men’s Relay category, while Brother Ammar Ahmad Ammar Muhd Asri missed only 1 rank

to gain the top ten position for Men’s University Individual Category. Sister Nor Juliana Ali

who is also a Powerbar sponsored athlete stole the show by taking the first place in the

Women’s University Individual Category and second overall place for Top University

Women Duathlete Award. The final series also saw IIUM’s sole Mixed Relay Team

comprising of Sister Siti Amizah, Brother Izzuwandi Abdullah and Brother Faiz Abu Samah.

However, the team was disqualified due to the shortage of loop by the team’s cyclist, a

technical mistake which could have been avoided.

No officer in charge escorted the IIUM contingent for the last series and no pocket money

were given to the team members. However, mineral water was given to all. The IIUM

Mustang’s athletic coach continued to show support for the team by showing up at the race

venue. The bus arrived on time this time around, and managed to get the team to UM, the

race venue, earlier.

9

COMMENTARIES

Transport :

The transport organization to transport the team to race venues is an important issue which

have to be reviewed. Ultimately, a delayed arrival of any participants to any race events for

that matter can cause the team to underperform or under achieve certain expectations. The

late arrival of the bus at IIUM as well as the race venues (UPM, UNITEN) could have been

avoided through fluid communication between the people in charge of ensuring that the bus

comes on time. Such technical mistakes should be avoided at all times and can’t be tolerated.

However, the bus did come on time, and reached the race venue earlier, which is a big

thumbs up. The team was able to prepare and gear themselves properly and efficiently before

race start, and performed their best for the last race.

Mineral water :

Water is very vital to all athletes, not only during training but also during race day. The

mineral water should be given at least a day before the race so that the team members can

organize the things that they need to bring to the race venue, and not during race morning.

Organization improvement can easily solve this problem. During the 2nd

series, the team was

utterly dehydrated post-race and no water was given to them, causing further exhaustion and

fatigue after a chaotic start due to the delayed arrival of the bus.

Things improved for the last series where the team members were given their supply of water

much earlier before the race. They were even replenished with additional mineral water post-

race.

Pocket money :

The pocket money wasn’t an issue, as the team is very thankful for the form of appreciation

shown by the university by allocating some budget for the race registration fees as well as

other support needs.

10

Uniform vest :

The team had initially requested for uniform vests for all team members, however it was not

granted. The team wore a uniform colour of red throughout the three series, which ultimately

became our official t-shirt colour for all three series, as can be seen in the attachment of this

report.

Training needs :

Technical

The team was basically under privileged in terms of training needs. This ranges from the

technical needs i.e. bicycle, bicycle gears. However, the IIUM Cycling Club was kind enough

to lend a few bicycles to the team, and for the 2 last series, a few better bicycles were

borrowed from IIUM Matric Nilai Campus.

Nutrition :

This is one of the important part of a training regime, but in the team’s case it was the most

neglected. The budget for nutrition, which is deemed vital to boost the athletes’ endurance

and fitness level, was not approved. As a consequence, no proper sports nutrition were given

to the athletes throughout their training and for the duathlon race.

However on several training sessions, sister Nor Juliana Ali one of the team members, did

sponsor some form of sports drink, bard and gels from her own stock. The team members

were also given advised on how to manage their nutrition and food intake in the leading

weeks towards the race during training and otherwise, as well as during the race day itself.

Training :

An intensive 3 weeks training schedule was prepared for the team relay members and the

individual category participants. Group training was held every Tuesdays and Thursdays at

the IIUM Male Sports Complex track under the coaching of Coach Rizal, assisted by sister

Nor Juliana Ali. On other days, training resume both individually and in group. All forms of

training were held within the IIUM campus except for the cycling training which were held

outside the campus; Genting Sempah, DUKE highways and the road leading to Kampung

Sungai Pusu. Training sessions include short runs, speed training, core strengthening,

stretching and recovery run. Rest days were allocated a day before and after all race days.

11

GRATITUDE

The team would like to express their highest gratitude and appreciation to the IIUM Sports

Unit for supporting this invitational event, and wishes more all-round support will be given

for future sporting events like this. Duathlon is an increasingly popular multi-sports event in

Malaysia, and participation of the community, at all levels is highly encouraged. The team

would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the officers of the Sports Unit for their

positive feedback in managing and making the team’s participation a reality. Thank you.

Many thanks also, to the IIUM Mustang’s athletic coach, brother Rizal for his unconditional

support in terms of training tips and guidance which he have generously shared with the team

during our training.

On a higher note, the IIUM contingent was highly covered and publicized in the MUDS

media coverage having been mentioned and even shown on the news and appeared in the

local news paper several times. Other than the media, the organizers also thanked IIUM for

supporting their event by sending a large contingent to the race. This wouldn’t have been

possible without the university’s support. So, thank you again.

IIU X TEAM : MALAKOFF University Duathlon Series 2009 - Race Report

Documents

Transcript of IIU X TEAM : MALAKOFF University Duathlon Series 2009 - Race Report