Gua Garunggang Sentul

Begitu PSBB dibuka, saya punya rencana, mau ke Sentul.

Cerita dikit, setelah 3 bulan di rumah saja kecuali kalau harus ke kantor, baru tiga minggu lalu saya lari ke luar rumah. Itu pun di cluster. Kalau tidak pagi benar, atau setelah magrib. Tujuannya tentu saja untuk meminimalkan ketemu orang. Lalu baru Minggu akhir May setelah Ramadhan saya keluar cluster dan shock! Ramai banget. Padahal saya sudah pagi benar keluar.

Karena butuh banget lari, mau tidak mau harus nge-trail. Pikiran saya,karena di kampong/ hutan/ gunung probalilitas ketemu orang sedikit. Tapi ya seperti diketahui bersama (atau pengetahuan saya terbatas), kalau nge trail paling dekat ke Sentul. Walaupun penerapan PSBB sangat longgar, saya memilih menunggu sampai PSBB selesai, per peraturan pemerintah.

Akhirnya Dua Minggu lalu saya ke Sentul dengan rute trail yang baru. Gua Garunggang. Dari beberapa media online, sering disebut mini Jurasic Park. Saya kesana mengendarai mobil dulu, arah Curung Lewi Ijo. Nanti ada parkiran yang dikelola orang local, ya sekenanya ya. Hahahah. Saya janjian sama Teh Ria, duapuluh tahun lalu kami satu rumah di Duri Riau. Pernah ketemu sekali di Jakarta, awal 2000’an, setelah itu ngga ketemu lagi.

But we keep in touch via socmed. Dimana saya tahu, beliau jualan ikan Tude. Lebaran kemarin saya pesan untuk hampers beberapa rekan. Jadi deh, kita mulai ngobrol di whatsapp. Jadi pergi kemarin, reuni saya setelah hampir 20 tahun tidak ketemu, dan sedihnya ngga bisa pelukan! Huhuhu. Tos siku doank.

back to the story, lalu nanti terlihat plang kecil menuju Gua Garunggang, silahkan melewati jalan setapak, melintasi sungai, perkampungan, hutan pinus lalu perkebunan. Viewnya cantik, tracknya menurun.

Sekitar 2K jalan baru deh ketemu Situs Gua ini. Nanti pengunjung dikenakan biaya IDR 15,000/orang. Saya tidak tahu nih resmi apa tidak. Oh ya, bisa selusur gua ya, turun pakai tangga kecil. Turun vertical ya…Cuma karena saya takut (gelap boo, harusnya bawa head lamp) saya batalin deh.

Setelah cukup puas dan mati gaya di Garunggang, yang minim penjelasan juga kenapa situs tersebut bisa ada di tengah gunung (menurut teman saya, harusnya dari kikisan air sungai ribuan tahun lalu), kami nyari kali…untuk mandi-mandi dan ketemu.

Yah, begitulah trip singkat saya!

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Ke Pondok Pemburu lagi!!!

Sudah lama banget saya ke Pondok Pemburu, Sentul! Nge-cek akun Strava terakhir Chinese New Year 2016!

Lalu teman saya orang Malaysia Afiza, whatsapp saya. Dia ada bisnis trip ke Jakarta, lalu nanya kalau saya ada waktu lowong, mau ke Sentul.

Afiza ini temannya Ejah, pelari trail dari Malaysia juga yang saya kenal waktu BTS. Ejah pernah saya ajak jalan jalan di CFD.

Ejah ngenalin kami via whatsapp, karena Fiza sering ke Jakarta. So, setelah hampir satu tahun “temanan” via IG dan FB, kita ketemuan in person juga.

Mumpung saya free dan penat sama Jakarta yang makin makin macet dan debunya, saya menyanggupi dengan catatan:

1. Saya ngga akan jemput di loby hotel, dia harus nyebrang karena malas putar balik. This is Jakarta booo! macet 24/7/365!

2. Pulang harus ikut saya ke Bintaro karena kalau saya keluar tol dulu demi drop dia di hotel, macetnyaaaa jahanam!!!! Nehi ya!

Hahahhaahha. Rese ya? Begitulah kalau saya, ngomong pahit di depan aja deh. Situ kalau mau lip service, count me out!

Anyway, Afiza said she didn’t mind, bahkan katanya pagi pagi mau ke Bintaro.

Saya lalu kasih tau Tina, karena dia pengen banget ke Sentul. Dan Tina ajak kawan kawan lain , Dita, Maktin bahkan teman baru Mala dan Sonya mau ikutan juga! Wow rame! Kalau tidak direncanakan malah sering kejadian.

Dan..saya kaget donk Tina ngga bilang ke teman temanya (Dita, Kumala dan Sonya) kalau kita mau nge-trail

• Dita cuma bawa botol minum segenggam.
• Kumala pakaian persis kayak mau beli garam di warung. Celana pendek, Handpone di tangan kanan, botol Aqua di tangan kiri *tepok jidat* *jidatsiTina*
• Sonya sudahlah sempat nyasar, bawa kunci mobil doank ke atas.

Untung ngga hujan, kalo hujan kelar tuh Hp si Kumala! Akiq sih nehi dititipin barang di tas akik!

Dan cuaca saat itu, bersahabat! Sejuk, berangin, matahari nongol malu malu.

And in my surprise, track to Pondok Pemburu is very nice now. rasanya area ini bakal di komersialisasikan deh? 😦

Mau jadi restoran or alike.

Saya sempat kaget juga, di Pondok Pemburu pohon dan bukitnya sebagian di tebang. Konon buat camp area. But on the good side, jadi lebih terang.

Seneng banget rasanya menghirup udara segar, langit biru dan awan putih.

Terus ada cerita lucu.

Di Pondom Pemburu kan ada anjing ya. Banyak lah. Pas kami datang mereka menyalak gitu, ngga galak sih. Ajak main. Terus pas kami 300 meter tracking arah Cisadon, eh anjing itu ikutin kita lho. Setia banget. Kita berhenti foto foto, dia nungguin. Pas kita balik Pondok Pemburu, of course dia ngikutin. Terus berhenti. Seolah mengucapkan selamat jalan.

Lucu banget! Now I understand why dog is a man’s best friend!

Karena sudah siang, kami mampir makan siang. Sudah arah bawah sih, turunan setelah rainbow hills. Cukup bersahabat harganya!

Dita-kiky-tina-maktin-mala-afiza

I think everybody was happy. except Maktin, it was their first trail walk to Pondok pemburu and had no complain!

Kuat kuat amat sih kalian ceuuuuu! Atau takut complain daripada saya tinggalin di Km 0 sendirian? #bihiksss

Afiza senang dapat teman baru orang Indonesia, pada bayarin dia lagi! Menang banyak ya sisssss!

lebaRide and Kerbau Story

first of all! 

Taqaballahu Mina wa Minkum

How’s your Ramadhan and Eid Fitri? Don’t we enjoy one week holiday? 

This year is my third lebaran without my mom and first in our new tiny  nest. nevertheless, it is always special. My big family is welcoming a new member, since one of my cousin got hitched  5 days before Eid Fitri (yes, in Ramadhan).

Her fiancé’s mother was very ill and they decided to get married in the hospital with her brother as  a wali (their father passed away 15 years ago),  still using his doctor uniform. her mom in law passed away 5 hours after that. What a dramatic situation.

Anyway, Like any Indonesian (or may be Malaysian) do,  we were having a  family gathering on second day of Syawal. this year it was held in Serang (lucky, traffic was oke, only 1.5 hrs drive from Bintaro and 1km traffic jam before the gate).

That is a pic of us! in case you are interested, which ….I doubt! Hahahahah. 

also, probably the last pic of us in that house, because…my maktuo will likely to sell her asset. none of her children live in that city anymore.

On the third day, after I had enough with ketupat, rendang, bakso, opor ayam, etc! I need to kill those fat, then I went to Sentul again with my  bike. traffic was still  nice. i tried different route this time.

the weather was very nice.

I ride with Amanda, a mix race female, she has lived in Jakarta for quite sometime though.

then, we saw this! Yes, a group of Kerbau.

Manda yelled:

“hey look! itu sapi!”

Me : “God fordemit! Those are not sapi!  those are kerbau, you know!”

manda : “what is Kerbau in English?”

Me: *while catching my breath after series of hilly climbing* “do we have to discuss now?”

manda : “why people melihara kerbau?”

Me : “dulu buat bajak sawah before the tractor era. anyway, people DO eat the (kerbau) meat!”

manda : *freak out* hahahahahahah! 

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When ur friend @sikiky needs to let the Bulls go by🚴🏻‍♀️🖐🏼🐃🤣 #cycling #challengeyourself #ig #igdaily #instagood #instamoment #indonesia

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PS : Kerbau is water buffalo in English! i just remembered it today. :))

Btw, this was the route.Cyclists refer   it as “loop  besar” with approx 15km and “Ah pong loop” with approx 5km. We did two loops.

  https://instagram.com/p/BV4LQ47jVOJ/

https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1821277724

On the wheel…

For the past one month, I made two highlight with my road bike.
Went back to Km O – Sentul, 10Km with elevation gain 500m. The second time to  km 0 yet the first tine with my cleat on. Pertama kali sepedahan ke km 0,  3 tahun lalu belum pakai sepatu sepeda. Jadi agak ngeri ngeri sedap. Takut jatuh karena berhenti sebelum sempat melepas cleat sepeda.

it was disaster! i stopped countless time to gain my breath as well as walk instead of riding my bike for some time.

Sampai di Km 0 sudah ditungguin Imel, Vitri, Thya dan Riyana.

And to make it worst, on the way down I was terribly afraid. Takut banget, sampai saya hampir jatuh. Ketemu dua cyclits yang melihat saya hampir jatuh. Gemeterrrr rasanya. Akhirnya beberap spot yang curam, I walk down with my bicycle. Beberapa kali juga lepas pasang cleat sepeda.

Then the next two weeks

Yeah…. as stated on the picture, I made it to my first century ride a.k.a 100K. of course, it was in pleton with my BTR friends.

We just had our first cycling jersey. jadi event launching jersey baru, kita buat 100K ride di Bintaro. Macam penting aja dunia harus tau BTR punya jersey baru ….haqhaqhaq!

Anyway, of course, we didn’t do the whole 100K non stop. we had 2 stops on which the last stop I wanted to give up. MY lessson to be learned, my fueling strategy was a mess! i didn’t respect the distance. probably because I was thinking it was in Bintaro anyway, I can go home whenever I want. thing that surprised me was…

The good cyclist like Adit, Rizky, Pak Hasbi, Vitri, Maya, Imel and Sunu didn’t allow us to go give up. :)) #meh

Jadi kalau ada yang kececer, dipepet lagi suruh kejar pleton di depan.

However, the last 12 km, I gave up yet complete the remains distance by  myself. From 28-30 kph dropped to 20 kph.

Beginner tips to ride in pleton.

1. patuh sama Road Captain

2. Baris berjajar, dua cyclist in one row. jangan  nyelonong jadi orang ketiga. Bahaya

3. jangan nyusul/nyelak dibelakang.

After the ride, Pak Hasbi noticed that my gear shifting was a mess. Jadi waktu pindah pindah gigi demi memudahkan genjot sepeda, ada momen dimana saya terlambat. Sehingga kesulitan  ngejar pleton. Something wrong with my bike. i took my Giant have it serviced.

And yeah, the housing shifter, housing brake and RD pulley all worn out! i have to replace them with  new ones.

Last weekend, I climbed km 0 sentul again.

yes, I did stop here and then. But just stop to drink and wait  for Manda. Si bule agak gila. It was her first time to Km 0. i did better this time. Much better. NO nuntun sepeda this time! tepuk tangan donk! 😉

Riding downhill still scare me. but i didn’t freak out like last month. however, pas turunan justru saya berhenti lebih banyak dari tanjakan.
Need more practice of course. But for time being, since it is Ramadhan, in trainer we trust! 

Sentul Half Marathon Race Recap

Endlich! Die erste race des Jahre!  After 120 days, Ich bin zurück! I signed up for shorter distance tho and Thanks God I did! Tell you why! A continue of midlife crisis #teeeheeee really made all hell broke loose!

Lack of practice, mood drop, bad food intake, didn’t do good on something I’ve prepared for month. meh! And  honestly speaking, I didn’t prepare anything for this race. Just miss having pic of me with finisher medal posted in Every soc-med I have! hahahah! bear with me!

March 27th, 2016

Woke up at 2.30 am after only 2 hours of sleep because Valas would  picked me up at 3.30 am about the same time, maling pulang. Arrggh!  thanks to midlife crisis-rewriting novel kehidupan!  You gave me sleepless night:((

Fortunately, she was with Lora so she allowed me to have extra hour of sleep. Another hour, we arrived at Sentul Convention Centre  (SCC) where the race took place and had sholat shubuh there. After checking other Bintaro Trojan Runners where about, warming up, group photos (of course!) we went to starting pen.

The Half Marathon distance started at 6.00 am! SHARP!

Another 15 mins, for us, the 10K runners! yeah! I made  a pledge with Maktin and Acha we would stick together until finish line do us part!

Anyway, told ja! The starting pen start at SCC complex, I learn the route days before to expect the killer hill and wonder how the race organizer would  work with the traffic as it would be some intersections!

It was….bad! Honestly speaking!

here is the recap :

• For 10 K route, 500 meter from Hotel Haris all the way to the round about and turn left, passing  Giant Hypermarket straight ahead   to sentul city/taman budaya.
• The first intersection and there were metersssssss of car lines. Waiting for runners. Of course, some of them get upset! They have waited for 10 mins! This is our first hill before entering the gate to Sentul City area. I wasn’t surprise! been here hundreds of time 😀

 

First Hill

• Next intersection was just near the gate. The organizer closed the road for quite some time  and I hate the sounds of blowing horn. I heard one of the marshals  speak over the TOA even said “Pak, malu sama pakaian ngancungin saya jari tengah!” bahahahhaha. So there is a mosque near the gate, seems one of the jamaah  still wearing peci ,sarong and baju koko, felt annoyed by the traffic! Not sure why, don’t care either.
• In my surprise, we make a left turn a little after that! Aha! this is new route for me!!! Never ran in this area before, here’s a another hill! I think it was in  Km 3-4! ah, beautiful!

MakTin on the (hilly) Move!

regram from @mesarace. We saw a photographer and MADE him took our picture! It was a sharp hilly track, we gave our best smile and (for sure) cursed after that :))

• Setelah ada tanjakan, pasti ada turunan! And yeah…yay! Downhill!!!!!

Yay! downhill yaaaayyy! *NOT*

• It is in Km 5 probably, we are out of this housing complex went to main road again. Another intersection, but there were less cars this time. Probably they already learn the situation.  yep, down and up and up and up again turn left before ruko-ruko !Maktin and Acha had left me when I took picture down hill.
• I caught with them again in third water station, and finally! they offered isotonic drink! Seeeeee! There were no isotonic drink in previous WS. I was tired then fortunately someone offered me date! I took one.  Meine Gott! Ich hatte Glück. Even Maktin forget to bring ones. She’s the one who always prepared extra food for us! I feel like I had extra energy! Let alone the salt stick!

• Down hill passing the famous Ah Pong, before that I met Rika. So I jog with her. It was 7.30 am something and sun shines VERY bright! It as HOT! HOT! HOT! I cursed yet feel lucky that I signed up for 10K! bahahhaahhahahah

• Another 1 km, we went straight back to SCC again. Another intersection, but this time was also with good (traffic management)

• Well, as already posted in my Instagram , we crossed the finished line together and result said
  • Acha 1:27:03, Maktin 1:27:04, Sikiky 1:27:03! Ich finde es süß. Sweet, isn’t it? hahahahah  Rika 1:27:29

Golden Girls

Happiness is the moment you see the finish line after cursing like 13,456 times “Set dahhh…nih tanjakan ngga selesai selesai sikk” 

First Medal in 2016

• Owh, the elevation gain for 10K was 100 m something while it was 300m for HM.

Lora und mich

uns

• And…while I was waiting for Valas to cross the finish line, it was like 8 am already. I saw many speechless  or may be palm faces =)) for HM runners . Heat was unbearable! for hundreds of time I  was thankful that I signed up for 10K! It took 3 hours for Valas to cross the finish line!

• So, in my opinion, the race organizer was so-so! Marshals were great tho! they still waiting for all HM runners to cross the finish mat eventhou it was almost 10 am. anyway, due to its brutal hilly track, Seems I won’t be back again for longer distance 😀

However, i think I still love running, I’ll be back again oh…well perhaps! but no more long run =))

Bis Später!