Lets Play Triathlon

= To be honest, I have been inconsistently writing these past few months because I have been stricken by a disease doctors are unable to treat - laziness :P

I have been watching triathlon for a couple of years, even being an actual spectator whenever I get the chance to but never tried participating myself. That is why a few months ago, I registered for a standard (road) distance event - 1.5km open water swim, 40km cycling and 10km running. I will post another entry for that one after completing (if I manage to complete).

The event today suddenly just appeared out of nowhere, and it was a blessing! I get to try what everything feels like from Pre-race, Swim, Transition 1, Cycling, Transition 2, Running and Post-race. The event is a sprint distance which translates to 800m swim(6 feet deep pool), ~23k cycling and ~7km running. The event is quite small 160 participants (2 did not finish).

March - First Training Week

Its been a while since I wrote a blog entry, now I should start documenting my training once again.

This week is the first week of focused training, its also been a while since I last trained religiously. Swam at least 5 days this week and had 1 D.I.Y. aquathlon , which was about 1.2 kilometer swim and immediately followed by a 5 kilometer run. Unlike the previous' week aquathlon where I felt dizzy right after transitioning from swimming to running, this week was pretty much okay, only a bit dizzy, looks like my head is getting used to the imbalance brought by swimming.

This week, had to transfer most of my swimming sessions to the commercial Olympic Pool - since my condo's pool is disgustingly dirty due to poor maintenance. The water always becomes green after approximately 3 days of (not so) cleaning of the maintenance team.

Now I am finally able to somewhat feel the "relaxed" body when swimming. This was one of the problems I keep on encountering when swimming because I am always stiff and tense whenever I swim (generally anything I do). Another is I cant really feel relaxed when stretched because my body is not flexible enough, its hard as iron!

This week is considered a good warm-up for the next training weeks as my body will need to adjust to heavy loads of training again, screw you DOMS! Hope you dont regularly visit me :P