Yes, I bought Black Crystal Cosmo which suit to my budget and my friend borrow me a bicycle light (300 lumen) as back up.

Thank you for the offer, I missed it.

This post has been edited by psiloveu: Jul 10 2017, 03:18 PM

I have another question about the sunblock, I did use Banana Boat brand sunblock for outdoor activities. But I feel oily and sticky after long hours at outside, any recommendation? Thank you.

Used Kalenji bag since 2014, item still in good condition. Plan to get a bigger trail bag from this brand also.

Yes, I m using it since last month.
Still exploring the functions, but quite happy with the product.
Distance measurement quite match with G brand for road run, haven't try to compare trail yet.

My Sabah friends also mentioned that BUTM　is much easy as compared to TMBT. For long distance trail run, besides the training mileage, core muscle and upper body muscle training must integrate into your training program for better effect.

The Most Brutal Trail...... that's is the reason I skip this event until I really dare to take part.

My next year budget already channeled to BUTM.......want to collect ITR points, play safe to make sure I can finish the race.

Advise to use trail shoe for trail events, u will see the different in term of protection and grip effect.

I bought it from 11 street, with the discount voucher, about RM450, took 2 weeks to deliver to my home. Yes, it can sync with Strava, but there is small discrepancy for the reading/measurement.

Merrell, u can get it from RSH.

Regarding the trail glove, I used that I bought from Daiso, quite good

This post has been edited by psiloveu: Dec 29 2017, 05:01 PM

OIC......I misunderstood about the shoe name.
BTW, I m new in trail run, din study much about the shoe models. I m uisng Adadis Kanadia 7, so far quite fit to my fee (size 29cm) and within my budget.

Regarding your health situation, if you are looking for a running shoe (minimal), I think Saucony Kinvara is a choice (4mm drop) which u can adapt more easy rather than direct go for zero mm drop.

In this case, your selection of choice is quite limited.
I have same issue as you, 29cm foot, manage to get shoes liked Kinvara and Tatherzeal (wide version), u can consider to try half size bigger than your usual shoe size.

I have few Kalenji products - water bags, trail shorts, rain jacket, quite satisfy with the products with the amount paid.

I m using Adidas Kanadia TR8 now, I used it of first 50km of the events. The second part/loop will switch to other pair of shoe.

Yes, 100km for CULTRA/BUTM. I used to wear sandal for second part of the event as my foot was "swollen" after long hours run/walk.

I m novice in trail run, started last year only.

The training methodology as what 90Boyz wrote.......

1. foundation from road running training - to build up your stamina
2. add core muscle training
3. proper warm up / coll down stretching
4. train at different surfaces and weathers

I chose Cultra as my first 100km trail because of cooler atmosphere, I just wanna to complete it within COT.

But my clues to complete an ultra event is

1. enough rest few days before the event, most important is the night before the race (at least 4-5 hours sleep).
2. rehydrate the body all the time, must get enough fluid in the water bag.
3. frequent refuel your body.
4. listen to your body example if heart beat suddenly spike up, please rest of slow down your pace.

Regarding my weekly mileage........i m a bit lazy, 20-30km, busy with work and child.

I m using amazfit about one year....... full charge......can last 16-17 hours, tested at Taiwan trail event, BUTM 100KM and Penang ECO. For event 100km, I charged it at midpoint, usually 12-13hrs after starting (battery still have 30-40% capacity).

For me ...... it is a quite high CP value watch as I m new in trail run.

Regarding GPS....... i did compared with other Brunei participants' Garmin models during BUTM, the distance and elevation quite comparable and more consistent than participants put their Garmin with ultra mod.

The first half was 49.6km (watch) vs 50.5km (official), second half was 51.1km (watch) vs 51.4km (official).

For the elevation part, the first half was 3971m (watch) vs 2650m (official); The second half is 2331m (watch) vs 2360m (official). I can explain the first half a bit "out of line" was mainly due to the rain/cloud effect.

This post has been edited by psiloveu: Jun 12 2018, 05:12 PM

I really new in trail run...... only 4 events since started to join trail run last year.

first is cultra 100, followed by oversea event, BUTM and latest Penang ECO. not even more than 5 events.

Thank you for sharing, if you can read mandarin, u can join their official forum and give the feedback about the improvement. So far the China version, they almost upgraded patches few times a month.

The new Stratos is really attractive to me, but my watch is still new and not plan to change until new year.

I also using the version 1. If 1k in trail, it is really a big different.
Will find one day to compare friends's garmin GPS for trail.