Swimming last nite was v v merciful. Coach took it easy on us coz of Desaru last weekend. His generous program went like so:

2 * 500 on 9:30min

3 * 400 on 8min

4 * 200 on 4min

15 min kick

8 * 100 on 2:15min

6 * 25m on 1:15min

Grand total of – 4km

And the best part wasss… I swam the same as everyone else!! No extra!!! COACH – love u many many!

My sis is coming to Singapore for 2 weeks. She is arriving on Saturday. It has been about…. A good 5-6 yrs since I have seen her. Very Very longggggggg… she is coming with some fren of hers.. dunno who. But yeah. She’s staying at my house =) so exciting! Now I have a house to house her in! haha.. I feel so old… I feel like the old long lost aunt that she has and is visiting. She is here to do some attachment as part of her final yr at Uni. Attachment overseas eh??? Good ahh???? Why I nvr think bout that when I was doing my course…

But yeah.. so exciting rite??? But I wun be picking her up

Coz of some stupid work trip.. everyone is saying... 'ohh.. so funn!!!'

its so not fun lor.. the trip is gonna be super waste time.. somemore over the weekend… why cldnt they jus save us the trouble of the trip and then jus give us something else instead… somemore.. can save 2 unproductive days of TOIL… everyone will be happier… well.. I for sure wld be.. ndrea and I are sharing room. im sooooo not up for stupid games… Russia team, south Africa team.. dunno wat shit laa…. Everyone must be super free lor.. can waste so much time.

one good thing i suppose is that i get to run a bit during the trip... 70.3 is still looming inthe backgorund and after Desaru... u cant jus forget bout it like that... speaking of Desaru... results are out...

according to website:

Swim: 41:13

Bike: 2:42:52

Run: 1:42:10

Total - 5:06:15 

...... i honestly think course is short.... run time is a bit too....

but how time flies... this my 3rd Half Ironman... which means that i have been doing Triathlon for 4 yrs now... and after 3 HIM's.. i still dun feel the urge to do a full IM.. wonder why... it must be the work involved... if i did an IM, id have no life.. my hubby wld not see me at all.. either he wldnt see me or id be slacking at work.. or i'd be unhappy the entire time.. dunno laa... i used to say that i wld do an IM as a weight loss tool to shed pounds gained during pregnancy... but i think.. better not... ha

So I went to Desaru for the Long Distance Triathlon last Saturday. Was a nice weekend. CAF and I went down on Friday after lunch, we stayed at the Pulai Desaru Beach Resort ( Fancy name for a not so fancy hotel – but not so bad laa… got free Spa =p). we DROVE there!!! =D got to sit in my own car, go at my own pace, dun have to carry my bike around.. lug luggage around… have my hands full with wallet, bag, bike, pump and passport… (so irritating!!!!) plus push and shove with the rest of the crowd…. *faint

But yeah… so we stayed only one night – which I kind of regretted after I had done the race.. but nevertheless.. I saved $100…

The Bi- Team guys were there also =) nice to see them again

But yaaa… the race started at 10am on Saturday morning. After a LONG cry… the gun finally went. The swim was insane!!!! The waves were so high that if … - lets say u stood at the breakwater… the wave could knock you over. Soo… two rounds of insane washing machine swimming. But you know what they say… with every up there is a down. Soo… the waves going out from the shore were like SHITTTT but coming back was like HEAVEN!!! I cld jus lie in the water and the waves wld bring u back =)

So… out of the water, onto the bike. This time round.. I didn’t mount my shoes on the bike… reason being.. well.. I wanted to take a small break in the transition.. im not that fit these days… so ran out.. mounted the machine and off we went. 90 long, boring, hilly, cold, rainy, lonely, boring, boring, boring km. the joy u feel when ur on the last 10km of the LONG course is like winning $1000 in the lottery. Not like WOW WOWOWOWOWWW but still woohoo enough to feel happy (coz u got 21km to run… *faint again)

But yeah, as said… off the bike felt damn happy that I had finished those long 90km, but now I got 21km to run =( i was overtaken on the bike by an Australian semi Pro (or Pro as I heard from the crowd)… she caught me on the 3^rd loop of the bike. So… convinced I have to chase her on the run, I ran my heart out on the first round of my run. However, she was too strong for me – I cldnt catch her. The amount I gained on her was like… less than 100m. so … ya.. I jus let it be. Jus finish the race.

And so.. your’s truly finished in a timing of 5hrs 6min. soo happy I survived this cozzzzzzzzzzz….

1. I only really concentrated on my swim and run… (jus been too busy with house and stuffs….)
2. it rained soooooo hard… damn scary…
3. A few days before the race… I was having a crisis of conscience.
4. my timing was faster than last yr!!!

but all in all… a fun weekend =) I got to sleep in my own bed on Saturday nights… got a free massage at my hotel… saw some very entertaining Malaysian drivers on the road (lorries and trailer trucks overtaking at 100km/h!!), cheap petrol, SUPER YUMMY Steamed Fish in Malaysia and of course.. prize moneyyy to pay off my furniture debts… Thanks CAF for driving me to Desaru TWICE..

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Michellaaaaaaaaaaa and nndreaaaaaa....

thanks u guys for u know wat... i think we all crash and burn sometimes.. thanks for re-lighting the fire