The Wonders of Anti-Fog
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
7:47:00 pm
And YOU ask, "How are you??????????????"
(I copied paste bytheway hehe)
So, here goes!
Trainings have been, GOOD! Revised training plan: One hard session of something everyday, with more emphasis on my poor running legs which hasn't been treated very well by the swimming arms and cycling butt.
The wonders of adequate rest, proper meals, awesome weather and mentality. The run was pretty amazing yesterday. Reluctantly headed to the pool for bi training just for a 45min dip in the pool. The remnants of anti-fog-ed goggles from Waikiki is such a joy! Clear? Oh, VERY!
Today's swim was a little confusing. Why aren't the arms tired after the mileage? Did I push hard enough.... Hmmmmmm... People who don't wear goggles should NOT come near me. China men really smell bad. I'm not being biased, but they......... SMELL! And it sucks when they're just BESIDE me, and I'm dying of lack of oxygen (doing intervals see). And all the air I can breathe in is......... THAT. It was crowded at the pool, being recess week.
Many people! I met Michel! Eileen, and Rod, and Zhiyong from hall 3. Oh Michel was really nice! Last night, he talked to me abt how to improve my stroke again hehe. But I think my arm no power. And today, we spent a really long time talking! I don't actually like ppl to disturb me during my swim till AFTER i'm done. But he was nice enough to find out when I'm done with my sets!
He asked me to tell him when I'm swimming next week so he will join! AND he said he might bring some programmes that I can do! SO COOL! IF ONLY this happened earlier!! Mr Netherlands National Swimmer! Ooooooooh. Really funny that he stays at Kallang and runs the Park Connector area to my place! And he swims at Kallang Basin too! My favourite ulu pool. Singapore, is really, SMALL. And he's attempting to aim for European level swimming again while studying Masters in USA! Oh, he did his first triathlon at age TWELVE.........................
Came back to hall to check out on the race! Bathed, 20mins nap, time to prepare for the ride. So, many thanks to Rod for the company! I was pleased because I didn't draft about 90% of the time! So that being my long Wednesday ride replacement (resting legs for a good run), I am pretty pleased. We went via Old Choa Chu Kang, Brickland Road, Bukit Batok, Woodlands Rd, Mandai, Yishun, Seletar, Jalan Kayu, Yio Chu Kang, through the land of Monkeys (3 bigggg families today!), back through Mandai where the skies opened, and it POURED, so bad, we stopped at Shell station. Drizzle till Kranji where it cleared, and at Neo Tiew all the way back, it was open heavens. Haven't been drenched like that since......... last year!
Came back, stood at the comp to check out the race results and updates (too excited!) without realising I could actually drip such a BIG puddle of water! Room in messy state. Then, I made my bike pee. It was, one lonnnngggg pee. Bike cleaning ensued.
Good ride. I felt good.
Now, the mentality is all hills are GOOD. You gym? No. (I should but it's a little too late) Therefore, hills = GYM TRAINING. With that, it makes pushing up hills, both running and cycling, a little more bearable. It's all in the mind.
Well, the cycling still wasn't that good, but yesterday's run, I was soooo proud (of myself) that I pushed ALL HILLS for ALL 3 ROUNDS OKAY! No wonder I was drowning in the pool afterward.
And...............
I haven't been doing anything else besides resting and training.
BAD BAD BAD!
Two sharings:
1) While riding, there was something in my eye. And you know how irritating and painful that can get because of the contacts. The VERY MOMENT I prayed, it went away!
2) I was initially pretty irritated I got my thing like twice in a month a few months back. But then, with the "new" timing in the month, I was counting that, it would fall on the week before all the races started. Which it did! Which is a very good thing! Especially so since all races involve, SWIMMING.
3) On behalf of Mr urm... Ginseng? Thank God his saddle only dropped off (yes it actually did!) AFTER crossing the finish line :)
My God is so amazing isn't it? Such a blessing, to be HIS CHILD :)
Looking forward to SATURDAY! It being a rest day! Rest days are ALWAYS GOOD! And then, it's MONDAY! Jiwen is coming back! Jiwen-coming-back days are ALWAYS GOOD! :)
When the tank runs low, it's always good to read your words
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