Monday, July 04, 2005
Triathlon!!!
tofu and me
hah. triathlon was a blast. achieved my goal of doing in under 1.5hrs, just barely:) i was ranked 33/296, which is pretty damned decent for a first attempt without any real specific training or preparation heheh. i shall not be modest, im darn happy with the result wahahhahaah.
swim and bike legs were pretty good, but as predicted i died on the run. walked about half the time but tried to minimise time lost by walking fast. having said that i was amazed it only took 32min to complete 5km. felt a lot longer than that.
i got a bit lost and disoriented during the swim coz my goggles fogged up. was difficult to swim straight coz the current was making us drift off course. i know at one point i was aiming for the wrong buoy, and i was swimming pretty much alone and didnt have anyone to follow.
tri really does give u a big kick, the adrenaline u get when u climb out of the water and sprint to the bike is incredible. i was damn high and kai said i was smiling like an idiot. think it will look damn unglam when the fotos are out, plus i actually recall doing the 'victory sign' and grinning stupidly for the camera on the bike. bish.
luckily for me my transitions went smoothly and i didnt cock up anything.
i felt strong on the bike, which made it really frustrating when a handful of guys caught up and passed me so effortlessly. wasnt expecting it like i was on the run. i was really giving it my all, and yet some of these fat angmohs were so frickin fast. must be their expensive bikes with aerobars and all haha, not that my bike was lousy, far from it (borrowed eric's trek 5200:D).the ppl on mountain bikes must have been damn sad.
nearly cramped up going from the bike to the run, never felt that sensation before, was quite jialat. i think i drank a bit too much on the bike coz i started the run with a terrible stitch. got passed by class 95 dj rod monteiro towards the end. a lot of ppl were giving me encouragement as i died out there. i also mistakenly poured H-TWO-O (the isotonic drink) on my head once thinking it was water. ugh sticky haha.
areas for improvement: running obviously. but on the day i think i gave my all for the bike and run segments and was maybe a bit complacent on the swim. maybe could have gone faster by a minute and maybe move up one or two positions.
i have to do it again!! wooo!!!!!
on a less glam note, fell sick today. i think training the day before, and playing a waterpolo game the day after my triathlon was a bit too much haha.
