7 May 2011 PHYSIOLOGY I’ve been slowly increasing the intensity and duration of my weekly workouts as part of my effort to transition from the Base Phase into the Build Phase of my triathlon training. The base Phase is all about getting mileage in all the 3 disciplines of swimming, cycling and running and it … Read more
7 May 2011 PRE RACE PREPARATION LARIAN BOMBA 2011 10KM The 10km Larian Boma 2011 will start in a little over 8 hours. Flag off for the race is 7:30 which means we need to be there at about 7 which means leaving home at about 6:30 which means waking up at 5:45. Sleeping has … Read more
6 May 2011 TRAINING TIP I’ve been reading up on bike workouts and found a really useful and easy reference by POLAR written by Dr Matt Brick called Precision Multisport. Dr Matt Brick is a sports orthopedic surgeon who also happens to be a very successful professional duathlete and triathlete so he must know what’s … Read more
4 May 2011 MUSINGS AND THOUGHTS I had a late meeting at one of the Towers at KLCC this afternoon. To wait out the heavy evening traffic I decided to run at KLCC Park for the first time. I’ve always wanted to run there but never actually got round to doing it. The running track … Read more
3 May 2011 CORE WORKOUTS I spent an hour working out at home, half an hour on the Jillian Michaels (of The Biggest Loser Fame) Shred Workout and another half using free weights and stretch cords. I haven’t really worked out a routine for my workout though I know that I now have to do … Read more
2 May 2011 RUN I went for my third run in as many days today. It was the same format as last night’s run except I went for 7 laps instead of 10 making the total distance 7km. I went much faster than I did last night as I wanted to get my body used … Read more
2 May 2011 SWIM In an effort to convince myself that my swimming is going well I went to the pool this afternoon just to have a feel of my swimming. I intended to swim 30 laps which would have made it 1500m. From the get go things were just not going well. In my … Read more
2 May 2011 WEEKLY LOG Big week this week. Very big week in fact. Read on to find out what happened and what’s happening. This is how my week went. Monday Rest Tuesday Bike/Run Brick Wednesday Run Thursday Rest Friday Swim, Bike and Run Brick Saturday Run Sunday Run TRAINING TIP I am getting paranoid … Read more
1 May 2011 RACE I have a few 10km runs coming up in the next few months (and even a 16.8km run in October) and I know that I had better start training for it. Running 5km will not cut it anymore. Some of the events coming up are: 8 May 2011 Larian Bomba 10km … Read more
1 May 2011 RACE I registered for the Larian Bomba 2011 10km run which is heldon 8 May 2011 in conjunction with the International Firefighters Day. This will be 4th running event for the year (actually for my entire life so far) and at 10km will be the longest. Cut off time for this 10km … Read more