Tribob Singapore Sprint Series

Race update! 20th April 2008

was at Sentosa Tanjong Beach in the early morning for the race. my 3rd Biathlon already! woohoo! i reached quite early @ around 7+ because i don't wanna be caught in the rush "madness"! went there to get my timechip, set up my transition area, nice nice, re-enact the race over and over my mind and also do a warm up first. sprint distance is different, u don't have time to warm up. once the horn goes off, it's just.. all out! no conservation or whatsoever.

Due to the slow handing out of timechip, the race got delayed 20 minutes and will only start at 8:50. since i'm the 3rd wave, that means 9:10 for me, i can't imagine the heat man! haha. no choice LL suck thumb. i actually belong to the "recreational" wave so not that bad. haha. first wave (the black caps) are the serious bunch!

the time came and they flag off. Yanni was there to root for Thomas! haha. o ya. Weeling was there to support and take pictures too (focus is on pictures!). haha. there and then, i waited for my wave and it finally came, under the blazing sun. and just "nice", the sea became choppy! just at my wave. well done man! i thought i didn't have to battle so much waves and currents in Sentosa protected lagoon. well, i was proven wrong.


backview of me with my white cap and blue orca top! notice the girl on the left is also wearing orca. pointed out by weeling. haha


hi Yanni!


meditating!


haha. good job weeling! that's me in the water. high elbow! excellent. haha


out of the water! here's the run!!


in transit..


here comes the run course


CHIONG AH!!


finishing line~!


the contenders~!


with the girls!


Uncle Chan, Me, Alvin, Elston, Dennis and Chuan Cheng!

final time:
750m swim: 17min 27 sec
transition: 1 min plus plus
5.0km run: 23min 36 sec
total time: 42 mins 13 sec

my Felt S22 a.k.a Bumblebee

i promised to update you peeps on my bike.and here i am!

i got my Felt S22 from Fusion (www.fusioncycle.com) a few weeks back where Millen (the guy who design and create Singapore's very own bike) fitted me on my current bike. i would say it's a mid-range bike (not exactly high end) but i love almost everything about it and it's a real good deal ($2000 for bikes and close to $400 for accessories such as shoes and all).

Being a triathlon bike (tri-bike), it has very "aggressive" geometry which is different from that of a normal road or mountain bike. it has a steeper seat post (where the saddle is) which pushes your body more front than a normal seat post. this is to allow the usage of a different muscle group (dunno which one!) for cycling and not exhaust them for running (which is right after cycling in triathlons).

that's a lot to get used to. being on a mountain bike for a while, it feels very different to be on a tri-bike. i have to figure out how to use the cleats to get into the pedals (bike shoes has cleats at the bottom to chip onto the pedals), how to change the gears (gears shifters are on the aero bars), how to get into aero position, how to mount and dismount (the bike is very "tall") and most importantly, how to get to my water bottle.

so far so good =), Evan got me on my first ride to Mandai and back. the ride was good but lost my water bottle (don't ask me how). last week,i went for a training chalet (very ironic words, i know) with Yellowfish group and cycle at Changi which was a very good place to cycle. i went into aero position for several times but had to struggle with keeping my speed around 27to28 kph. i fell on my way back and suffer some nasty wounds on my left side (was too attracted to jumbo seafood!). what a waste since i was less than 5 minutes from the chalet! argh! but i still went for a 10km run after that. haha but these wounds on my left calf,knee,hip and shoulder have been keeping me away from swimming. it's super irritating, considering i have a tribob sprint race coming up next week (20th april). guess i have to swim more this coming week!

cycling is real fun. i've come to love it along the way. the adrendaline of going so fast just keeps me up in the clouds. on the Changi flat, i reached 36 kph and wah, it feels good! kinda carefree! would be cycling more to train up my cycling fitness! and the question of how reaching 40 kph will linger in my mind and disturb me!

well if you are interested in the specs of the bike:
http://www.feltracing.com/products/product.asp?catid=18,20,51&pid=23

here are some pictures i took

train train train!

wooohoo i got my new bike alr~! will be updating with pictures soon when i am free!

for this week 31st march to 6th april:

mon - 10km run (fast, time trial)
tue - 10km run (slow recovery)
wed - 1.5km swim (endurance)
thu - 22km run (moderate, 6 minutes/km pace) & yellowfish torture swim session
fri - 20km cycle (slow orientation)
sat - 10km run (moderate)
sun - yellowfish chalet: bike, run, lunch and chit chat get together =)

will be back soon!!

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