>Weekly Report 21 Feb-27 Feb 2011

27 February 2011 Running at Putrajaya by the waterfront   This week has been a bit topsy turvy for me as far as training is concerned: Monday Swim Tuesday Run Wednesday Run Thursday Elliptical Friday Off Saturday Off Sunday Swim, run and elliptical The big news for this week is swimming is now part of … Read more

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Swim and run disaster – Feb 27 2011

27 February 2011 I am not wearing a swimming cap… I have been staying at Pullman Putrajaya Hotel for the last few days as I was conducting training there. The Putrajaya Aquatic Center is next to the hotel so I decided to swim there today. That was a big mistake as it was chaotic. I … Read more

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Matters of the Heart – Maximum Heart Rate (MHR)

22 February 2011 On my night run tonight. 5km at Zone 2 77% MHR or hard but still able to talk I talk a lot about Maximum Heart Rate and depend on My Polar FT60 Heart Rate Monitor considerably to monitor my training and physical activity. You can say that it’s the most important training … Read more

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Getting the hang of swimming…

21 February 2011 The pool where I spend my time pretending to be a fish Tonight I swam for the first time after my first lesson in relearning how to swim. The pool was divided into 2 with one side devoted to what teenagers destined for swimming greatness and the other side was devoted to … Read more

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>14 Feb-20 Feb 2011 Weekly Report

20 February 2011 I’ve started my swimming Another week. This week was an interesting one though: Monday Run Tuesday Brick 20km bike 5km run Wednesday Elliptical Trainer Thursday 5km tempo run Friday Elliptical trainer Saturday Swim – Yayy!! Sunday Free weights and Elliptical trainer Calorie burn 5254 cal Overall mood – Still fun Milestone – … Read more

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Swimming swimming swimming

19 February 2011 The Speedo Biofuse Rift I’m gonna get my first official swimming lesson tomorrow. I can swim but I can only maintain a breathtakingly slow breast stroke. I once went a bit crazy and sway a gazillion laps in the pool. I calculated that I swam about 4km that day. It took me … Read more

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My 3rd link in a triathlon, swimming……..

19 February 2011 I taught myself how to swim about 8 years ago. It was a clumsy breaststroke. There was no technique in it. Just simple experimentation to figure out what can prevent me from sinking in the pool. When I managed to stay afloat I suprised myself by swimming 3.6 km in my small … Read more

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What it means to be fit by Dr Nicholas Romanov

18 February 2011 My butt is sticking out less but maybe its because its smaller… What a great article by Dr Nicholas Romanov, the founder of POSE Method of running. I especially like the quote, ‘A truly fit person is in perfect synergy with his/her surroundings, moving gracefully in space and time regardless of the … Read more

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Running, running and more running but this time better….

17 February 2011 What a great day to run My usual 5km today was very unusual and very satisfying. I have horrible running technique. You can see the video of it here. As a result of the technique issues, I used to suffer after every run. My calfs, hamstrings, heels, achilles tendon, you name it, … Read more

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Running and more running- with a little bit of cycling…

16 February 2011 A bit arty today… Yesterday I went for a quick run around the park. I thought I was in pretty good shape to run but discovered after about 1km into the run that I was very very fatigued. I pushed it till 3km and just gave up. Everything about the run felt … Read more

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