nice (:

cycled to training again early this morning

i like it when the reservoir is nice and quiet

was just me and the water and my boat

focused on technique

and it worked (:

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what's happening

my training performance seems to mirror that of Liverpool. Last year when they had a brilliant start to the season, the wins over arch rivals man u and the comeback, things went well for me too.

I can't explain it either.

Hope things get better yea

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well i'm glad the day is over

both papers done! anatomy and public administration, two of my heavier modules

finally can get my head back in training

did 2 x 5k timetrial

i still need to figure out how to go much faster

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trying something new

http://sites.google.com/site/muddizer/home/healthy-eating

wheee (:

redeemed myself a little i guess

11k run 1:01:25 (Actually it was :20 on Coach's watch)

then followed by 1:30, 1:00, :30 weights

the run felt good (: Start was frenzy as usual, but paced myself, ran the way i run (: was a good run throughout, lol think i could have gone much faster! wasn't particularly tired at the end, so yea. much thanks to the good weather.

exams next week!

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long distance has messed up my strokes. finished round ubin this yr, 2mins to a medal. but not important, wasn't a very good row

Training at Kallang now, it's good, keeps getting cleaner everytime i train there.

must re-learn my technique. I know i am much better than this.

"It's complicated... but once you learn it, you will never forget"

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please rain now

like now

so it won't rain tmr (:

tuesday was an exciting day, haha, actually i didn't realise it was the 3rd, but yea, was a bit incoherent waking up at 4am so i could be on my bike by 4.25am. Managed to finish the program at 8.30 (: then followed by class, a 3k swim, back to macritchie to get my bike to cycle home. ah, and i think i've pushed past one of the pain frontiers, cos after being severely ggxx-ed from saturday's weights, it's taking more to reigster as pain. which is good, since this sunday is round ubin. my aim is to row a good race.

and thanks for all the well wishes, was nice hearing from old pals that i've haven't caught up with for awhile. I'm finally 20! wheeeeee

minor issues cropping up, nothing that i can't resolve eventually anyway. yup, when you take a step back and see the big picture, these small things don't matter.

just something random, thankful that i've found this dream to pursue. It's pretty exciting, waking up each morning knowing there is a great sense of purpose in your life. How much can one person's efforts change the world? won't know until we try rite?

hm.. and i guess for me, with age comes a greater gratitude to the people and appreciation of the things around me. Quite a contrast to the stereotype that one gets cranky as one ages.

yea, and the training camp to hungary is mostly confirmed (: part of the grand conspiracy (:

to reiterate an old concept, my principle is that before i win, i must be worthy to win. so gotta put in the hours and mileage and a whole dose of blood, sweat and tears (: Otherwise, that would be discounting the competition yea? quite interesting, since this oft-unspoken dimension of respect happens to be my lecturer's favourite definition of 'respect' as one of the three olympic values.

exams are going to be a blast (:

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wheeee

as the hours ticked away last night to happy hallowean, i was beginning to experience DOoM, or rather delayed onset of muscle soreness.

yea this morning i woke up i was totally owned. then there was the ~10k worth of running including a 4-2-1 charge up the treetop walk. the ~4k 'warmup' felt quite good, then it was the horror. I have never felt so winded in my life from running. I thought kent ridge hill was real man, but this one was even more challenging cos of the competition! (and coach telling you to 'come on' and 'faster'). thanks jori for the 1min set.

ok looks like i can't run my 7.5k homerun tmr. but the next time i do it, i'll include a run up kent ridge!

now to plan out my schedule for the week

it's going to be fun and exciting (:

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