Tuesday, August 11, 2009

milestones

i'm fully satisfied to have completed the sprint tri at desaru. I probably could have finished the long distance event but i think i'll save that for next year. Anyway, i don't want to finish all out flat. I want to finish the race like it is a race. Not just finishing it since i think anyone can finish a triathlon. Its just a matter of time.

My target was simple. non-stop & finish. My calf kind of starting to turn against me during the run but 200 meters along the way it wears off. Later on, i found my rhythm and finished. completed the race in 1 hour. The first guy completed it in 39 minutes i think. Still a long way to go for me to get close to that time.


went to watch the long distance event on saturday. took off from senai at 7:30 am and arrived 8:55 am. The first thing i wanted to do was take a look at the sea. I've heard many people mentioned that the waves are vicious. indeed they are. But it's just for the 100 meters. Then it looks ok. Saw hundreds of people starting the swim and i wished i was one of them. But its not my time yet.

The bike portion of the race was pretty cool. Saw lotsa cool tri bikes ranges from expensive cervelo bikes to merida 901 (my road bike). Exactly the same. Learned some stuff on transition. I got bored waiting for them to finish 80 km so i took off and went back home.

i wanted to download few more pics but since the internet is so fucking slow and i'm fed up so i'll just post.