It's all in the mind
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
8:28:00 pm
T-I-R-E-D
Yes? No?
Currently, VERY!
Yesterday's swim almost killed the arms. I was convinced (by myself) to complete it based on the consolation that there's no swimming tmr. (Or so I thought)
I wanted to eat my favourite shop's chicken rice yesterday. But AS ALWAYS whenever you wanna eat something, (recalls the fishball noodles that day!) it's CLOSED.
Yesterday I had kitty love,
Today is froggy love!
An entire day of staying out, ended with a VERY FILLING meal with the siblings (the first time!) at Manhattan Fish Market! Grilled fish.... YUMMMMmmmmmm... Oh soooooo good!
Do you know how good it feels to just go 'SPLAT' on the bed?
And, never wanna get up again.
Sadly, due to change of plans, the rest (or not so tough) day had to be postponed. DQ wasn't riding so I didn't feel quite so comfortable to ride with them on my own. And so, I took up the advice of the National Jambion and did my own ride this morning! Turn left turn right? Decide! NOW!
So basically I did the Mandai Bkt Timah again. But for the first time, alone! I like to do routes I've done with ppl, but do them alone. Cuz then, you have the luxury of time to look at the surroundings and ENJOY! I took all the detours I could think of, just to make the ride a little longer. I guess everyone out there today will agree that, the weather was really good today! Minus the winds of course. BUT....... it's December anyway. At least for one more day.
Today's ride was really pleasant. Except for rEALLY rude bus drivers who cut your lane, turn MORE left (to the LEFTEST most side of the lane) and then STOP! (At the traffic light) Oh mannnn. And I got 2 honks today. One which I think was my fault. The other was cuz my pink bottle took a trip along Lornie Road. The nxt time I drank, I made pretty sure I STUCK it in all the way! I played hide and seek with many buses this morning. Cuz I wasn't too fast to get away! So it was up down up down at all the bus bays.
BUT, I think I handled the traffic pretty well! So proud of myself really! The lane cuts were oh-so-smooth! AND it was rather heavy at this particular part of Braddell Road. Yes the same place where the longkang incident occurred. But I got through it all fine and so there was this sense of closure in that I'm not such a retarded cyclist anymore!
Many a time I think if I wasn't the way I am today, I would most likely haven't been unable to unclip on time and topple over (unglam-ly!) on the road haha. I have had many unglam moments on the bike(s) these days still tho! But every ride is always exciting and I always learn something new on how to handle stuffs so yes, it's always good! :)
And so, the swim was good with consistent timings. The last 10x100 almost killed me. The amount of self-talk that goes on these days. I don't wonder the ppl around me think I'm weird. But today's swim was at 11-1pm. And so, I'm a little red now.
I have been going out everyday these days! BUT it's been really much much fun!
The evening run was really good. It's all in the mind really! Usually I'll give myself some slack cuz "Oh I rode and swam this morning, tired!". But I guess the pre-run smses did make one think. And it did help that there was the thought of others working out too somewhere out there! And so the loops and negative splits were done so beautifully! Tired? No! What tired? Let's bounce!
But I'm really tired now.
Hard to believe it's the last day of 2009 tmr.
Reflections coming right up tmr!
Goodnight!
