survived the week

4 x 20k, 1 x 30k. tuesday was super exciting cos i cycled to training and back in the evening. haha, guess what time i left the house. thursday was another exciting cycle to training day, but mum picked me up in the evening. yup, 2 x 3k swims on those days too (: gym today was real man, but didn't die as much as i thought i would.

another week of long dist, onward (:

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wheee (:

yay, added more links (:

Talked to the team on saturday, hope they'll get their act together. One can always hope yea. met one of the j2, james, while walking out from rj. It's interesting how trivial sports can be, yet how important it can also be. As this batch of raffles canoeists take on the A levels, i hope their efforts will show in the results. Looking back, especially for the guys, this was really the best batch i've seen. As always, it was a shame that things didn't work out the way we wanted (and trained) for it to be, but i hope when they think of their time in raffles canoeing, they'll hold their heads up with pride, for it was a battle well fought to the end.

less than 6 months to the 2010 nationals. If we work hard, this team will make it. At least it's heartening to note that the current team realises they fall short of their potential, and that they could be so much more. was particularly impressed with, how shall i say, the maturity of thought of some of the boys (i spent most of the time with them; girls was just a short session). Let's go raffles!

on a personal note, there is progress in training. yesterday was 11k run. 1:04:30 (: finally a breakthrough, and the best part is i know i can go faster. would have loved to keep pace with belle, but she was at nike human race. hm.. and yea, i didn't suddenly get faster. was bursting my lungs during my 'winter training'. so probably it's true, "For every finish-line tape a runner breaks--complete with the cheers of the crowd and the clicking of hundreds of cameras--there are the hours of hard and often lonely work that rarely gets talked about." - Grete Waltz

and that marks the end of the 2 week technical-only phase. Tomorrow begins a 4 week focus on long distance. The national team will be at Kallang but i've decided to stay at Macritchie (once again). mainly because i need some stability with regards to my schedule and also i'll be able to drop by rj once or twice to see what i can help with land training, and cycle to water training too. still considering my options if i should move there 2 weeks laster, after round ubin. that's when classes end, and just before the exams start.

next year jan/feb we're going to do swimming training! now is quite exciting cos this week we have 2 x 2k as supplementary (: and... my schedule looks fun and exciting!

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what a great day

this morning i flipped open the newspapers and guess what i saw? gary is going to the SEA games (: i'm excited for her!

and,

today was a real man day of training but it was good. cycled to training, did about 70% of the technical program, then had to go to school. Afternoon went back to do the program again, then cycled home. new battleplan yea (: can feel my technique improving, thanks coach. I'm fortunate to be in the company of the best coaches around, and if i'm ever going to coach, i'll want to be like them in spending much time and effort on each person, doesn't matter whether they're good or better, but so long they are here to train.

and MM lee's comment was interesting. Someone asked him, what values do you think we need? his response: the values your father and grandfather had. food for thought

yes, thanks gary, we will work hard together. haha, you know what, you're the first person i actually talked to about wanting to make the national team back then. something special yea

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...the idea of competition, of effort opposing effort for the love of effort itself... this was the Olympic spirit in its purest form (Pierre de Coubertin)

wheeee

i'm feeling really tired, from sleeping at 12 the past 3 days. yes, i know it's not good. need to plan my time better. had a good PA discussion for our group research project, and sport management class was interesting. Lots of brainstorming work today! I like thinking hard (:

mon: technical in the morning, afternoon 7k run
tue: technical, technical, 15min gym
wed: technical, 6k run (which i made 7k)
thur: technical, 3k swim

yea, by tuesday i was ggxx already. wed= owned. today was uber tired, but glad i did the 3k swim. was quite exciting, swam till it started raining, like really pouring! Last few laps were frenzy, and it was nice being out in the rain for awhile (:

tomorrow awaits!

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good stuff

back to training this week

coach's dad is here! he's a coach too, so it's pretty cool. been working on my technique and keeping up 'winter training', or rather, supplementary training.

and today, i am feeling totally ggxx my entire back and abs (i could name the muscles, but no, i need to finish up the sport management assignment) are aching like mad. we've been doing pretty cool resistance training, dragging a 1.5 (i use the meiji 2l) bottle behind your boat. sure beats lifejacket resistance, cos there is no way you can use your arms. at all.

it's been a long time since i felt like this, that muscles are rapidly growing! RAWR

wheeeee

wheee

ok sick and back

tuesday woke up to run, but was raining like mad! then at 7am it stopped raining but i was at home! so decided to run around the neighbourhood instead, 7k run. and good thing i did that, cos phlegm kept building up, and my heart rate was going up insanely fast. then went to school, swam 3k (: oh, took 49 mins for the run (and i stopped for 3 x 2mins). the last time i did 48mins as compared to my usual 54mins+, so permanent improvement (:

did the same today, but morning run was 11k at macritchie (: wheeeee it looks quite max 95 avg 87 mode 91% HR, but it didn't feel that bad. the swim was tough, was drizzling a bit, but i glad i finished the swim anw

so gearing up for going back to training (:

school's been cool, things are under control... my control. i like (:

so tmr is errand running day

ah something random, it feels good to move. run, swim, bike and... row (:

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nice (:

sense of accomplishment after writing a brilliant (or so i think) piece of assignment.

been very studious the past 4 days. lol i realised what was lacking in ABA 101. tutorials! so i've eaten like 4 chapters of the anatomy text and done 4 tutorials (yea, the exercises in the textbook are like 30 questions long, and that's excluding the 10-15 MCQs).

Ok so even if it's not required, not asked to do, i promise to do all the exercises for the future chapters as well.

everything kind of makes sense; i even learnt how to sketch a diagram of the heart, with 4 chambers, 3 layers of heart wall, 4 sets of valves, major blood vessels.

patience

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YAY

body worlds is here again!

the last time was 2003, and i was in sec2 when we went to s'pore expo for the exhibition!

this year, Singapore Science Centre will host it from 23 Oct to March 2010

http://www.bodyworlds.com.sg/

exciting!

i'm definitely going!