desaru him race report

desaru half ironman report

i took 7:28 to complete 2km swim, 90km bike, 21km run. s-l-o-w i know. but at least i completed it.

swim was bad. water was choppy and i was badly intimidated by it. breast stroked 98% of the time coz that was the only way i knew i could see where i was going and knowing where i was going kept me calm.

action: to try to arrange more open water swim. take part in more biathlons and aquathlons to expose myself to open water swim.

bike was BAD. putting bike aside to concentrate on my swimming for the past few months has taken it toil on this leg. i took almost 4hrs to complete the 90km. bad bad bad.

action: to do more long distance riding. schedule in more bike rides in the morning. to ride on neon more as i'll be using it for powerman.

run was the best out of the 3. i walked for the first 25min as my right knee really hurt when i attempted to run. the pounding made it quiver. after 25mins, i began to run-walk. when i pass the start line, the isotonic from kat/brenda somehow had some magical powers on my knee. upon gulping the 2 cups down, i started to run. and i just kept running and running all the way. i over took andy, lynten, grace, jerry...those who were ahead of me. it felt really gd. 2:22 for the run. i just kept telling myself, do a sub 3 run..do a sub 3 run.. and i just kept going and i told myself all the way to the end. and i did. pre race massage helped!! =D

desaru sprint report

grace and i teamed up, took a sprint slot and did a sprint distance on sunday morning. grace did the 500m swim in 17min..and i biked 18km+run 3km. we clocked a good 1:01 coming in 9th. not too bad.

bike was gd as billy paced me through the ride.. having elvia to chase after made it more interesting too.

run was slow at the start and i only managed to pick up a little more speed at the end. well..not too bad la..1st woman for the sprint came back in 54mins if i nv rem wrongly..so we're not THAT far off!

total calories burnt in 2 days come up to about 4000cal or so. i think i ate alot too! =P going back to proper diet tomorrow.

preparation for trek has to start soon.

preparation for powerman beginning soon too.

i'm aiming to come in top 10 for powerman. hopefully i can do it. wish me luck!