muo gui training

ok..the blog entry is titled "muo gui training"..monster training. ke wei made su-lin (i think that's her name. i keep forgetting it) and i do some crazy intervals. i did 8 laps of kicking, 10laps 2sec side drills with buoy, 10 laps 2 sec side drills without buoy..and guessed what he said after those 28laps.

"ok! end of warm up. time for training."

"what!?!? 28laps called WARM UP?!?!!"

o_O

-stabs herself-

we did 10x100m sprints. at the end of each 100m, we were made to hang on the swim platform with 90deg arm bend for 1min. 10sec breather, next set. my arms were shaking super badly by the 2nd set..and by the time i did my 7th set of swim, i could barely feel my arms any more.

i'm almost catching up with su-lin. i hope to be on par with her soon.

to me it's an achievement. i've only started training with them for 3 weeks..while she has been training there for a yr plus. i am about 20m slower than her. i will bring the gap nearer soon. trust me. =) when i started on the first week, her kicking was 75m ahead of me. haha.

during those laps, i kept in mind about han telling me to tuck my head. look only 2 directions. at the bottom of the pool when i swim, and side when i breathe. it really really helped. plus the ti drill of tucking my head to my arm. wow..that helped pull in distance with su-lin.

and guess what..this morning i did the same muo gui training to myself again. i'm hooked on it man! 4 laps of kicking, 10 laps with buoy then i proceeded into 10x100m with the arm bend. my head was so hot from the adrenaline by the 5th set..but that soon eased off by the 6th lap. maybe i slowed down a little! =P

when i finished those sets, i was feeling "high"! from the adrenaline.. and in fact, i was craving for more. most probably my body has accustomed itself to the training itself.

will be having lessons with han tomorrow, i hope to be able to correct my hand entry coz i realise it's making quite some splashes at quite a few points during my sets. i'm still not sure how my hand should be making a smooth entry. i'll learn that with han tomorrow. i hope my body is rolling enough now. it's still a little inflexible when i have to roll on my left. han spent quite some time to emphasize on that. my right arm can come down at 12pm but my left is only 10pm. that's not a good thing.. =/ i've been working on it..to adapt to bringing my body to disequilibrium so i relearn my rolling properly. i've been trying to roll higher on my right when i breath but i think my kicking is too weak to support that. =S

there you go..a whole long list of items i need to work on. no way am i giving up without a fight. it reminded me how demoralized i was when i was coached under alvin. i just felt my swim was so wrong. i recalled there was one swim, i swam till i teared coz i felt so much drag and i was just going slower and slower. but that's the past now. put that behind me..and i am moving forward! woohoo!

got connected with the german guy who is keen for sabah adventure challenge. let's see how it'll work out.

tommy came out with a plan for Maple Dream fund raising drive. Great..i'm going to pore through the proposal and see what i can contribute to.

i wonder if spinning instructors are paid? coz some of the spinning instructors in cali really cannot make it. just to name.. barry and selina aren't exactly my faves. well.. what i do is just to switch off to what they say and i'll just do my own training. work with my hrm.. and then i do the intervals that christina usually would do. christina and elizabeth are still tops on my list of spinning instructors. they know what they are teaching! but from the look of it, there are very few evening classes by christina these days.. sigh.

i've got a fetish for gregory's advent pro! i'm wondering if i'll need a bag that big for sabah.. hmm. i'm restraining my self..in case i need that $270 for canada or what nots. got to tie my hands together.

tonight, intervals training at the stadium. crap..i missed my ez bike ride coz i slept in(again). i'll go for a spin anyway.. want to do it on my na na tonight.

heh. more self imposed muo gui training on its way. tricia's such a masochist. sniggles. (*_*) v