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This is a slightly different format. We will be exploring Morocco in a mother-daughter trip and have the trip spelt out in words day to day. And I get to do this with my friend and her daughter! Double excitement. We planned rather poorly but we made it. And this is our attempt to remind ourselves that we did it. We have made it to the Africa continent and loving Morocco. In this episode, Ira and I reminisced on how this trip come to fruition. It's fun, rather dumb, but hilarious at the same time. Something for us to remember when we are of a certain age.

According to Outlive, 18 millions people has some sorts of heart disease every single year worldwide. In the US alone 2,300 of them died annually. Most interesting fact, however deadly, Heart Disease is the most preventable compared to other like Cancer or Alzheimer. Pretty interesting. 

Lila and I are trying so hard to delve into this chapter as much as we can. This is a hard subject that we are seriously not the right people to discuss this chapter about Heart Disease. However, it is always good to create awareness to those people who cares, who is curious about stuffs, who has previous experience, in a more laid back settings. There are myths about cholesterol level, type of food we eat, our age, certain gender, or the way we live our lives that this book is the perfect venue to demystify those myths. Thus, here we are.

At the very least: Smoking is 100% NO, maintain your blood sugar, pay attention to your blood pressure, ensure your metabolic health, don't be afraid of good fat (nuts, extra virgin olive oil, avocados), don't skip on statins and the tors, those are the absolute requirements to have better heart health. Guess what, one in seven cases of Heart Disease may be saved by doing those things mentioned above. Imagine that! 

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We outline what is the most necessary spots to look out for in your Medical Check Up and why it is important to keep track on it at least in annual basis. Especially if you have a certain genetic predisposition, wouldn't hurt to pay more attention. As always we are no medical practitioners, only two regular person who loves to share the things we learned from the fab book of Peter Attia called Outlive. A tightly-packed book with massive amount of information. However, when we talk about the book, somehow it gets easier to digest as oppose to second-guessing ourselves. Hope you find it useful as we do! Enjoy. Link in bio.

Sleep is probably the most underrated health-term in our everyday lives. The phrases, "Sleep is for loser" or "I'll sleep when I'm dead" or "I just need an X amount of hour to sleep to function" are the terms we've heard and casually instils in our brain. However, sleep is the easiest version of getting healthy both physically and emotionally that we, as a human, can do to our body. It is no exercise, it is no psychiatrist included, it is no calories restriction in the equation. You just basically sleep, and your body will fix the things need to be fixed inside your body. As long as you set an 8-9hrs time in bed every single night. Wonder why? Tuned in to this conversation Lila and I had about Sleep and more from the Outlive book by Peter Attia. I hope you are ready to accept and give yourself a permission to just...sleep.

Lila introduced me to the book about a year ago. And only last week that I got the strong urge to actually finish Outlive by Peter Attia. And what a book. It does not disappoint and knowing Lila's taste in non-fiction book, I have always trusted her (and her husband's) recommendations. Now, it is the time to finally talk about stuffs that is long overdue between me and Lila and maybe with you too! Health, longevity, facing the present for the future, knowing how to, understanding why to not do some of the things we used to know its good for us, and much more. There will be more episodes to come, but hey why not starting this season with the topic we love most but too afraid to really go beyond the word: DIET. Hope you gain something good, and while you are at it, do know as well that nor me or Lila is a medical practitioner. We love reading books like this one to create more awareness to the world we are currently living in. Enjoy!

Unpacking the history of Bintaro Trojan Runners with the people behind the scene. Full of memories, laughters, wishes, and tad of seriousness here and there. These are the people you want to be fit with. Come running with us Sundays 06:00AM, for more details do visit @bintarotrojanrunners Enjoy and link in bio.

This interview was recorded on October 2023, so tiny amount of informations may have been three months old already. HOWEVER, still a fun conversation with four (out of five) dudes and dudettes of Bintaro Trojan Runners’ current admin team. We went a little deep on how, what, why along with their vision and mission and all the future plans for Bintaro Trojan Runners. Their accomplishments have yield so much compliments across running communities. It would be naive to not recognize their ability to integrate new members with the old members, younger runners to older runners, fast runners to slower runners. BTR would have never been this good without this team. Let’s give a shout out to Vita, Nyoman, Kumala, Rio (and Ashar) and hope you enjoy the convo as much as I do. Cheers and link in bio.

There isn’t really any succinct wording to describe this episode featuring our guest, Maya Djatirman. She is the third Indonesian to compete in Ironman World Championship-Kona. Sunu and I will be covering her winning the qualification, the training load, the behind the scenes, the Andi Wibowo factor, along with her perseverance to overcome her journey to compete with the best of the world best Ironman Triathletes in Kona 2023. Literally no easy feat, 110% effort, and if you are looking for motivation to be in an Ironman level of commitment, this is one to savor. Enjoy! Link in bio.

Please join Atmasunu and I talking about Chicago Marathon with one of the top two female Bintaro Trojan Runners fastest Marathon finishers. No further introduction needed, say hello to Minda Siregar and let’s take a look on her 3:59:51 debut marathon achievement. Enjoy! 

This is a definite Couples Trail Running 101. Racing with your love one is never easy, it comes with its own challenges. However, over time the tension is evolved into something of a sweet spot. If you think you want to start trail running with your other half, do listen to this first. It will help a great deal. We also discussed a lot about the 'true' meaning behind 1500-1800-2000-2700-7500mdpl and how to incorporate the given trail run training plan into the urban city life. It ain't easy, but hey, impossible is nothing. I love reminiscing about trail running life and I did have a great time unpacking Billy and Melina's secret to Rinjani Ultra 36. Enjoy!