Last year I wasn’t able to run at the PUMA Night Run 2016 due to “runner’s feet” syndrom aka Plantar Fasciitis, which my friend referred to as the “Planta” . Because I already registered as media months before, I still went as I do not want to back out last minute. I wouldn’t want to miss the event for anything! Plus I will be fulfilling my duty as media for the event. I had to walk the entire 12km in pain. Not fun at all but at least I gave a good sportsmanship and went, instead of sulking about the pain at home. Let’s just say after the event I have to do a lot of ice bottle rolling and golf ball rolling recovery

The fourth edition of PUMA Night Run Malaysia 2017 is set to be held in Cyberjaya, 5th August 2017, with RM16,500 worth of prizes to be won. The event also aim to attract 12,000 participants this year as opposed to 10,000 target for 2016. Can they do it? You bet they can. I have no doubt about it.

Date : 5th August 2017
12km Wave A | 8:00pm Flag Off
12km Wave B | 8:15pm Flag Off
6km Wave  | 8:30pm Flag Off
Venue : Cyberjaya, Sepang

This year, for the first time ever, PUMA has opened two different categories- 6km and 12km. This synchronizes with other countries’ PUMA Night Run all together.

Entry Fee & Runner’s Entitlements

The entry fee for the PUMA Night Run Malaysia 2017 is set at RM119 for 12km and RM89 for 6km (exclusive of GST). All participants for successful registration would receive a PUMA Race Kit, which includes a PUMA Night Run tee, PUMA towel, PUMA shoe bag, finisher’s medal (to be given after the race) and other sponsored freebies. In addition to that, PUMA is also loading up the Race Kits with some super cool goodies such as glow in the dark shoe laces, LED arm bands and glow sticks to add to the fun.

Note: That is so much more than last year, you guys!

REPC Collection Date: 28th to 30th July 2017
Venue: TBC

If you’ve participated in the #IWillBeOkay Trail Hike, you would have gotten a PUMA towel so you know that is a good stuff. The shoe bag is the best item to receive in a race kit. You will not get it from any other running event

And a super cool finisher’s medal.

Top 3 finishers of the 12km men and women categories will each receive RM2,500, RM2,000 and RM1,500 worth of PUMA vouchers respectively. On the other hand, the winners of the 6km men and women categories will go home with RM1,000, RM750 and RM500 worth of PUMA vouchers respectively.

I am going back PUMA Night Run Malaysia 2017 with a vengeance! lol. See you there!

To register for the race and for more information, please visit PUMA Malaysia Facebook Page or visit www.puma-nightrun.com.my to register for PUMA Night Run Malaysia 2017.

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I love the XIERRA Thermal Pants I own. It comes in my favourite purple color, it’s a capri which gives me the option when I don’t feel like wearing a long pants for workout. What’s not to like? But there is something missing. Something that I wish XIERRA would make too. Then, XIERRA launched the Thermal Pants Fusion and I felt that the missing piece was filled. Yeap! The missing piece for me is the Black color option. Not only XIERRA read my mind on the color Black, the new Thermal Pants Fusion is also an “upgrade” in so many ways. I’ll tell you why.

XIERRA Thermal Pants Fusion is a long pants. XIERRA’s first thermal pants is a capri so a long one like this would fill the void for people who wanted a long version instead. I, for one sometimes prefer a long pants. Sometimes . A new feature with the Thermal Pants Fusion is also the meaning behind the word “fusion”. This time, the long pants are made and incorporate two different type of material. The top until the knee top is made with the typical thermal pants material, which the remaining bottom is made with breathable spandex material for the extra comfort.

Now, I was amazed! I never seen such a combination thermal pants before and I certainly did not expect the pants I received is in such made. I think I know why. You see, the first XIERRA thermal pants are in capri length. In this long version, XIERRA kept the “capri” style eventhough it is a long pants. I like how there’s a separator in between two material and the separator is secured with a tight stitching. When I am on thermal pants while working out, I sweat buckets and these sweats will drip down the leg from the seam. With this “separator” so-called, it kinda trapped the sweat from dripping down to the spandex part. So I stay dry and comfortable!

The first time I had the Thermal Pants Fusion on was on Thursday, where I attended PFC Studio X Sanctband Active launch and postural exercise with resistive band workshop. Slipping into the pants was much more easier than I thought. And true enough, it was comfortable. I did not feel the immediate heat and hot compared to the previous pants, which I was happy about because I didn’t want to faint that soon lol.

During the workout, I looked around to find everyone looking normal. And I was sweating buckets. My friend was fascinated with how much I sweat the entire morning. I feel hot, as if there was no air-cond but not the discomfort hot that you get from other thermal pants that makes you want to rip the pants off immediately. On the outside, the pants stay dry but it was starting to slide downwards more that I have to pull the pants up all the time. This is a bit odd because I did put on weight lately and size S should fit my growing tummy 

Having to own several thermal pants at the moment, I can say that this is the most comfortable pants of all. It’s easy to wear, easy to take off, slender cutting with dual-material that do not add bulkiness to the overall look and I can move around seamlessly. There was no sweat dripping, which I was grateful for and it stays comfortable even after all the sweat. In fact I did not feel like I sweat at all until I used the washroom LOL. That is when I knew I do sweat. A LOT. Unknowingly haha!!

Let’s do a little comparison between the old Thermal Pants with the new Thermal Pants Fusion.

There is still a huge brand name stamped at the back of the pants, although smaller on the Fusion pants.

XIERRA size is bigger than any other thermal pants. I wore size S for the capri version and I heard this Thermal Pants Fusion has a different sizing but I find the waist band for both pants in size S to be similar. XIERRA fits me so much nicer and better and this Fusion pants did not disappoint. It fits me just as nice as the capri.

What I really like is that XIERRA did not use a different thread color. Phew! I like that it is black on black so it is seamless and gives my leg a better contour look. Compared to the capri, the lines are straighter that goes down on the side, which is good as it makes the leg looking less bulky and gives a slimmer definition. The capri one bends inwards.

Now, another new feature. Fusion pants comes with a gusset on the crouch to increase stretchability.

Lastly as mentioned earlier, there’s a separator in between two material and the separator is secured with a tight stitching to prevent the sweat from dripping down to the spandex part and to trap heat and produce more sweat. I like the idea but not liking the white stitching and the logo. Personally I am a minimalist. I prefer my clothes to be as plain as possible so this two things I don’t like is certainly out of my comfort zone and too revealing for me.

Disclaimer: Product was sent to me for review consideration. This doesn’t affect my judgement in the review in any way.

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With a blink of an eye, #IWillBeOkay is one year old now and has entered into its 4th campaign to date. I have an aim of running a campaign every quarter but right after my #IWillBeOkay Trail Hike ended, I got a call from Clinelle asking for a collaboration. Immediately I went into planning mood. I already knew what I want as I have spoken about it for so long, even before the trail hike event. Clinelle was looking forward to “re-introduce” their Hot Body Shaper Cream and my fitness event fits the bill.

The event was supposed to happen in April, a month after 3rd campaign ended. But due to the venue issue, it was postponed to early May. Still not too bad. And since this 4th campaign happened so early, I had more time off now . Planning this Metafit event was way easier than planning a full-on outdoor event like the trail hike because of many reasons such as people management, safety, goodie bags, T-shirts and so on. Due to bad experience from the last event whereas 3 sets of goodie bags and meal was stolen, I took everyone’s advice and charge a minimum fee this time. The fee of RM35 per person is not even enough to cover the coach fee, brunch and the advertising I put on Facebook as well as Instagram. And because there is a charge this time, people are reluctant to sign up unlike the last event. Let’s not even get to the part where I get a lot of sh*t from people asking for medal, cert and many more.

Venue Sponsor

I always had my Metafit training outdoor but due to the time issue, I had to find an indoor venue otherwise everyone will be under the hot sun at 11am. The challenge was to get a studio big enough to fit 40 people jumping and pumping on the floor. My coach suggested to check with Monster Fit if they can sponsor us the venue. Monster Fit said yes!

Monster Fit is at VSQ @ PJ City Centre, along the same road from Armada Hotel. It is in PJ, which many people would be happy and more convenient to go and it has ample parking. I was told by many participants that they had issue going into parking as there was a wedding going on. I reached at 9am and entered the parking in no time so I did not even notice the wedding at the church next door lol. Monster Fit is HUGE. It has all the gym equipment, a swimming pool outdoor and a huge indoor studio, which they kindly lend to us for the morning to have this event. This event would not happen without the kind sponsorship from Monster Fit so a big thank you to Monster Fit

I did everything myself this time, without any volunteer or crew with me except for a photographer. I reached at 9am to install the banners, which I learnt how to do it the night before and not long later my friends from Clinelle arrived. Slowly the participants arrived. My #fitfam from Cyberjaya Metafit class, who is also a runner registered for 8 pax (thank you!) and she too arrived not long later.

Registration was all done by myself as it was not a big crowd and we had everyone fill in the Par-Q Form (Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire) to determine that everyone is fit to participate in the Metafit session. After the form was filled, the coach will have a word with them to see if they are good to go.

This is the Clinelle goodie bag, fully sponsored by Clinelle. Two full sizes and one travel size. For RM35 registration fee, you get Clinelle products worth RM160. That is a pretty good goodie bag ❤️

Without realizing, Meraki Kitchen arrived with our food and it was caught on camera haha! If you have not tried meal order from Meraki Kitchen yet, you are missing out. They made the best meal ever and it’s healthy! Each pack is full to the brim of the box and it is enough to last you from lunch to dinner lol. Everyone told me the meal pack is too huge and it’s rice. Well, multigrain rice to be exact. They are so supportive towards #IWillBeOkay and this time I decided to order from them again as I know the participants will love it. No, all the meals are not sponsored by Meraki Kitchen BUT they do give me a discount which I appreciate very much. Thank you for the continuous support and believe in #IWillBeOkay, Meraki!

As usual lah, while waiting for everyone to arrive, I like to say this – “come let’s take photo since there’s nothing to do”

And take photo we did! I dragged the coach for some Metafit shots too lol. We did two style, sprint and tuck jump.

Familiar faces! Yvonne from previous event. I was so happy to see her again. This time she dragged a new friend along

We also hand all the goodie bag to the participants and ask them if they would want to try Clinelle Hot Body Shaper Cream before the training starts. It was 10.20am at that time. I figure by the time we start at 10.30am, the heating sensation from the cream has already started and help to burn more fat.

Doing one last head count before the event start.

The fabulous family of 8!

An unexpected friend arrived. Sabrina, my babe from Malay Mail who was sick but decided to come last minute to sweat it all out. Sabrina was the one who interviewed me and crowned me as the selfie queen last year lol. Here is the article. It was supposed to be a front cover news but a bigger news came up and my interview was put to the 2nd page. Still a good story. Selfie was a hot topic and coincidentally at that time I started my selfie game too . That is how I ended up in the newspaper.

We started our Metafit training with some warm up and as usual, the coach will show us all the moves for the day and we would try it out before the real session. And we are already tired even before the real training started.

Although Metafit was tough, 19 minutes in total. But everyone agreed it was a good workout. Some had jelly legs right after the training, some jelly legs after brunch but most of us feel it the next day and that’s normal. It means you are doing it right.

Then it was the cool down session.

Still stretching.

Usually right after an event, everyone would dash to me for food. This time none. I waited and waited but everyone was too jelly legs to remember the food LOL. I have to walk to them to hand over the food and slowly, some of the came over.

I was supposed to hand over the studio by 11.30am but a few of us stay on to have our food, chatting and laughing about the training earlier. Monster Fit was kind enough to let us do whatever we wanted to do but we make sure we did not dirty the place and leave food everywhere. We clean the place and left by 12.30pm.

These are the 20 brave and strong people who signed up for one of the toughest bodyweight HIIT training, Metafit. Bravo! You’ve survived your first Metafit session with #IWillBeOkay X CLINELLE Shape Up Metafit event. It ain’t easy but it works!

#IWillBeOkay X Clinelle Shape Up Metafit is made possible thanks to our Brand Sponsor, Clinelle and Venue Sponsor, Monster Fit.

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Many of you know that I run but I think not many of you know that I am also into bodyweight HIIT training as well. In fact, I sort of slowed down my running for HIIT training. And the kind of bodyweight training I am into is not the normal version but rather a more intense workout named Metafit. I spoke about having regular Metafit session for my #IWillBeOkay ‘Fight Against Depression’ Awareness Campaign for so long. Even way before I started planning for #IWillBeOkay Trail Hike event. Because the trail event needed a lot of planning so that took off first.

Initially I am skipping the coming quarter (June) campaign as I am drained out from the last event. However when Clinelle asked to collaborate for an event for their Hot Body Shaper Cream, I jumped onto the opportunity. Hence this #IWillBeOkay Shape Up Metafit Training. Clinelle Hot Body Shaper Cream AND Metafit is a perfect combination!

What is Metafit?

Many have asked, what is Metafit? Metafit is the workout name for bodyweight HIIT training. HIIT means High Intensity Interval Training. Metafit is high intensity workout that includes a series of bodyweight exercises with interval style training. What I like about this training is that it keeps your body burning calories long after your training completed. You even burn fat when you sleep! It is not just a normal bodyweight or HIIT workout, it is more intense, fast and more explosive. To help you understand further, here is a Metafit group workout video I found on Youtube.

The workout is short. The most maximum kill-out session I have had is 22 minutes. That is enough to kill me for the next few days. BUT, it is so much fun. Everytime I walk out of my training, I feel 300% better. Much more satisfying than running. It builds your stamina better and faster. And with consistent training, you will be able to breath better, run longer and faster too (if you’re a runner).

Details of the event

DATE: 6th May 2017, Saturday
TIME: 10.30 am (please come latest by 10am for registration)
VENUE: Monster Fit VSQ @ PJ City Center, Block B4 Level 3A,, Jalan Utara, Section 14 46200 Petaling Jaya, Selangor FEE: RM35 per pax, limited to 40 pax. Breakfast is provided and Goodie Bag worth RM160 consists of two Clinelle full size products and one travel size product.
Registration ends 4th May 2017.

Terms & Conditions:
Payment must be made in 24 hours.
After payment is made, please email me the proof of payment to confirm your slot.

Why Do You Need To Join?

First of all, you will get to experience what my workout feels like. I had trained with my Coach VJ and now you guys can too. I have seen other Metafit coaches and I still prefer Coach VJ. Probably because I have been training with him since the beginning. Call me bias haha!

Secondly, Clinelle will be there to introduce their iconic product – the Hot Body Shaper Cream. This cream is recommended to apply before training. So you burn more fat. I like that lol. And Clinelle is kind enough to sponsor each participants a goodie bag worth RM160 consisting of two full size products and one travel size. Psstt! Hot Body Shaper Cream is included.

Lastly, one very important reason. You are supporting #IWillBeOkay ‘Fight Against Depression’ Awareness Campaign. This campaign focus on raising awareness and public acknowledgement on depression. The more people talking about the campaign, the more awareness it will raise. When you speak about the campaign, it will spark other’s curiosity and they will too start asking about the campaign. Most importantly, those who are silently battling with depression will know that they are not alone. Many people suffer from depression. And I am hoping they will start seeking the help they need. That is the two main goal of #IWillBeOkay – educate and create awareness on mental illness and encourage those who are suffering from depression to seek the help they need. 

#IWillBeOkay Shape Up Metafit Training is made possible thanks to our supportive Venue Sponsor, Monster Fit. If it’s not because of Monster Fit, we would not have a huge cozy air-conditioned studio that fits 4o people! Monster Fit Gym covers over 18,500 sqf of combined space area, with 6,000 sqf scenic studio, 5 Types of Cardiovascular training equipment, 13 Types of Strength and Resistance Training Equipment, well-equipped free weight areas, outdoor Swimming pool, and a Steam room. Do check out the place at http://monsterfit.com.my/ where we will be having our training. Thank you Monster Fit!

Registration

Registration starts from yesterday till 4th May 2017 for 40 pax only. Successful registration will receive an invoice email so keep an eye on your Inbox and Spam folder. If we have not communicate before through email, most probably my email will goes to your Spam folder.

To register, please go to http://bit.ly/iwbokmetafit. See you on the 6th May! <3

#IWillBeOkay Fight Against Depression Awareness Campaign was initiated to educate and create awareness on mental illness as well as to encourage those who are suffering from depression to seek the help they need. 

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