12 April 2011 Today was a tough day at work for me and I only realise now how strong an impact emotional distress and upset can have on my workouts. I was supposed to swim today and this evening for the first time I couldn’t get myself to go out as planned. So I spent … Read more
11 April 2011 This week was pretty much focussed on cycling as it is the most neglected discipline for me. I really must make sure I pay equal attention to all 3 discipline of swimming, cycling and running. I am still at the base phase of my training which is about technique, distance and weight … Read more
10 April 2011 Woo hoo and yee haa. It’s the end of the week and I get to rest tomorrow. This is the week for the bike and I did a lot of cycling this week- 4 work outs. BIKE I pushed hard with the bike today. I created a little programme in my POLAR … Read more
9 April 2011 Photo by Johan Sopiee BIKE This is my third day of cycling this week and today I tried something different. I had focussed on keeping a high cadence during the sessions on wednesday. On friday’s session I had written that maybe cycling at a higher gear will enabled me to go faster. … Read more
8 April 2011 Yesterday was a disaster for me. For some reason I wasn’t able to sleep till about 4 in the morning and I had to be up by 7. 3 hours sleep is not good for the body. As a result, I felt lethargic and tired all day. I couldn’t even summon the … Read more
7 April 2011 Planning to start running? The worse thing you can do is to get out there and start running. The best thing to do is to get out there and start running. Huh? Well, I actually started running about a year ago. When exactly I forget. I got deeply inspired one day and … Read more
6 April 2011 Today is swim and run day and it was a great one. SWIM There’s so many drills that I have to do in my swimming that I’m losing track of what I do. As far as I can remember, this is what I did tonight: Slow pace freestyle (warm up) 4 x … Read more
6 April 2011 BRICK CYCLE AND RUN I finally got my butt on the bike today after about a week of not cycling. I now have to make sure that I don’t leave my cycling behind. If I do, I know I have to pay for that omission sometime during a triathlon event. Today my … Read more
5 April 2011 If everything else doesn’t work, at least I have my swimming. Back to the pool tonight after a day off. I’ve been looking forward to this workout as I want to start focussing on the new drills I have learnt. So this is how tonight’s session went. Slow pace freestyle (warm up) … Read more
5 April 2011 Me and my swim coach Saiful This is how the week went: This is how this week went. Monday Swim Tuesday Run, bike and swim Wednesday Run and swim Thursday Bike and swim Friday Swim Saturday Swim and run Sunday Rest This week was a bit messy for me. I had … Read more