Iron willed

hi i am back
still trainining as hard as ever.
just that not blogging hard enough here.

I looked through my training log march last year. I'm abit demoralised.
Last march i was 74kg and i can already bench 65kg. 1 year later despite training at least twice a week in the gym, i am 71kg, and can only bench 60kg. oh yah btw, my fitness goals is not to lose weight :P

(taken in january 07)

(taken on 23rd march 08)
1 year without any increment in strength or weight gain.

something is wrong and I am sure it's my diet. My diet can only get me so far to 71kg max. I need to increase my calorie intake with more fat and protein intake. Yes u hear me right. fat intake. Contrary to popular belief, eating good fats will not make you fat. =)
I'm going t0 include a piece of chicken breast meat in every of my 6 meals everyday.

stay tuned for my progress

12:12 AM

so happy that brother mac as agreed to join the sundown marathon together with me (after 2 days of persuasion)

My gym buddy is also my running buddy.

First time attempting this distance.
no one gets left behind, and hopefully we can finish it together.

And for singapore passion run all 8 of us are joining!

class outing at singapore passion run
Left to right top: Marvin, Daniel, JB, mac
bottom: Dabing, white lim, blacklim and myself
:D

12:31 AM

just signed up for the sundown marathon.
before that I decided to give city duathlon and sundown a miss. City duathlon is in between my exam dates and the sundown is 3 days after my exams and 1 day before my reservist. @.@

BUT yesterday i went to the sundown website and saw the design of the running top and the finsher t-shirt there. OMG. I want it so badly!
So i signed up immediately. Hope i have time to up my milege before the race. 42km is no joke and I can't get by with no training like the biathlon or ahm.

Hope i won't be limping around in my reservist :D

My last few days of May and starting of June will be

28th Macroeconomics Exam
29
30
31 sundown Marathon
1
2 Reservist till 6th
7
8 Singapore Passion Run

1:14 AM

i've always resisted posting youtube videos on my blog, becos i personally won't view them if i see one on a blog.
but this is really a must see.
a father and son team.
team hoyt iron man

Team Hoyt is a father (Dick Hoyt) and son (Rick Hoyt, b. 1962) in Massachusetts who compete together in marathons, triathlons, and other athletic endeavors. Rick was disabled at birth by a loss of oxygen to his brain because his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck, and he also suffers from cerebral palsy. Dick carries him in a special seat up front as they bike, pulls him in a special boat as they swim, and pushes him in a special wheelchair as they run.

6:14 PM

i found some photos of myself on sportsphotox.
WTF the words 'sportsphotox' are all over and it cost $18.80 just to get a clear soft copy!

this is me after coming out from the swim

very relaxed

managing a smile

until it started to rain

3:51 PM

Last Saturday I took part in the singapore biathlon.
Knowing ecp is damn big, I decided to go to bedok interchange and take the free shuttle bus straight to the area. This way I will never be lost. To my surprise, the whole shuttle bus inside only has 4 person! maybe it is not a popular option. lol.I took the 7.45 bus since my flag off was at 8.30.
Everything was quite smooth. I went to the registration counter, took the race chip and number tag, after that I went to the body marking area where they wrote the number on my arms and legs.

Then I went to the transition area to put my stuff.
Basically my towel, shoes, socks, ankle guard, towel, ipod and powerbar gel.

After I deposited my bag, i went to the holding area waiting for the swim to begin.

This's the first time I'm swimming in the open sea. the swimming leg was quite chaotic. Dunno y everybody so kan cheong, starting chiong so fast! I swam head-up front crawl initially, but then the wave was so big that even with my head up, i swallowed a mouthfull of salt water.
Totally disgusted. Saltier than the saltiest macdonalds fries. later i swam head-up breast stroke, because I was unwilling to put my head down. only after around 5 mins then i gain some momentum and swam normally. Everybody was saying that front crawl is the best for open water, but i disagree. the water is so dirty that I can't even see my arms. When i swim front crawl, I must keep checking every few strokes to make sure I'm going straight.
so i swam breast stroke for most of the swimming leg. Only after the U turn, the wave was against me, and I had no choice but to use front crawl.
I completed the swimming leg in a dismal 40 minutes. Christal fong, national swimmer completed the swimming leg in 18+ minutes! @.@

Then I went back to my transition area. My towel was totally wet! dunno which fucker used my towel! took a while to change into my running attire, and started running.

I didn't push myself when i swam, so I wasn't at all tired. I was very fresh for the 10km run and with my new weapon - ipod shuffle loaded with songs by jay the gay, I was able to run quite fast without exerting myself. at 6km, it started raining and it became quite cold, but still it was better than running in the hot sun. I finished everything in 1hr 30 mins. roughly 40 mins for swimming and 50 mins for running.

After that I collected my stuff and I left my medal at the transition area! DAMN. luckily I'm thick skin and I went to ask for another 1.

I must say it's quite fun compared to AHM. I will be back next year with sub 20 timing for swimming.

Oh yah forget to add in wat's in the goodie bag! There's a speedo water bottle, 1 biathlon finisher t-shirt, lots of other useless stuff and a 30% discount voucher for speedo items!

2:50 AM