I've Check Her Out

Finally I'm back in the pool! New environment and my gf says..she's a gf with benefits =p She's talking about her condo's swimming pool, not anything else. =p Her pool is slightly bigger than mine and the best thing about her pool is, the water is warm in there. Can't explain how is that possible but yea...it's warm. Oh yayaya., she said my swimming speed was slow. hahaha.

After that I went to check out the used Giant TCR bike. I kinda like it a first sight, but its a really old model, a 2003 model with aloy frame. The one I googled was a carbon frame which is the TCR Once bike. This is different from that, however the owner really took good care of it, and it looks brand new. It looked cleaner than Ima. =x Btw, I just bathe Ima today. She's white as snow now. =)

I did test ride on it, slighty lighter than Ima and the wheelset is pretty slim. I bet I can go faster with this. This means I'm gonna get a bike which is almost the same as Ima. Hmmmmm...He is willing to let it go for 1.7K (after nego) and the intial price after upgrade and everything was about 4K. Not too sure whether I should get it. =x

Gonna face Frontliners Spartan later this afternoon. Excited!!!!!!!!

[fw + swim]

PFA Fund Raiser

I made an announcement in Church yesterday and told them about the Fund Raiser event that PFA is organizing. At the end of the service, Sam and I were selling the tickets outside. Out of 100 tickets that I have in hands. Now I only have 0! =)

Wow...I'm so encouraged by the support of my Church members. Anyway, here is the details about the fundraiser. If you're interested, please please do not hesitate to msg me.

Innebandy!Co organised a swimming outing last weekend as we do not have a court for training. Turn out was really bad. Only Darien and I were there. Haha. And the pool was filled with girls. That made him too shy to strip and get in the pool. Only after an hour, he finally came in.

There is one Chinese guy there who keeps taking off an Indian boy underwear and shorts in the pool. So sick! I can see black a** floating in the pool.

Two guys came up to me and ask me about swimming techniques and advices. I'm really glad they did. That is the reason why I train hard, so I would be able add values into people like that. =) Its an honour.

[some thinks its a freakin taffic jam, others think its a good opportunity to spend more time together]

PISA + BF

Last night was my first time swimming in the PISA aquatic center. RM3 bucks per entry but if you're a member, its only RM1. Coach Ed was already waiting for me in the main pool and the water was really cold. Urrrhhh, made me shiver.

I had an accident in the pool, I wacked a girl's head because I swim blindly. Started from lane 1 but I ended up in lane 4. That show's how bad my navigation is. That girl that I collided with quickly move to the closed lane pool. She swims really well.! Hehe.

Coach Ed was not happy with my left hand entry. I find my left hand a bit cacat, is like I can't coordinate it with my brains. Have to work on it. Doing the S-crawl with a relax motion helps in keeping the pace. I complained to him, 'Swimming is so so hard! Harder than 10K run many times.' But he encouraged me to keep pushing. I have to make him proud.

This morning I woke up at 5.55am, my goal was to cycle to Hard Rock Hotel (HR) and after the 3rd attempt I finally made it!!!! What a feeling =) Ouh ouh.

Total distance: 34.78km (18.37 + 16.41)
Time: 1 hour 10minutes
Average speed: 29.8 km/h
Max speed: 45.8km/h

Its nice riding early in the morning, no traffic, no cars, fresh cool air, no noise pollution and you have the road all to yourself. There is a slight climb to HR but not a steep climb. As much as possible I'd try to maintain in high gear, that is to strengthen my legs. Took me about 40 minutes to reach my destination. Ima did great, not notty like the last two times.

[Ima]

[Hard Rock Babeh]

I feel my 'swimmers' dying every time I cycle. =/

[swim + 35k bike]

Intelligence Test

Let me try post a non-training related post.

I did a test Theresa sent to me and the result was a lil' disturbing. haha. I got 3 out of 11 correct and the rating says 'I must be good at sports'. Does that mean that the lower your score is, you are a better sports person cause most of your time will be spent on training than books or other intellectual stuff. Somebody try and let me know what you get.

[try this test]

My projected love life... LOVE machine?! What does that mean?

Coach Ed texted me, 'Swimming at your place or PISA?' Without hesitation I replied, 'PISA.' Its gonna be a bloody night of swimming.

Oh...I just added a training related statement. Mission gagal.

How To Swim Faster

Thanks to Team Miracle Miler for settling the registration for the Penang Bridge Marathon me. Very fast and efficient. Good service and good people in there. I'm confirmed! So what are you waiting for? Go register yourself because this is the only time you can run around the bridge and take photos of you lying down in the middle of the road, etc.



If I would to train like that, I think I would get out from the pool without legs and limps. Gory!!

I got a swimming coach...

As you all know, I have been struggling with my swim. Just a few laps and I get very tired. I have been downloading, loading videos and reading countless PDFs on swim and I still fail to improve.

Then as I was browsing my MSN list, a light bulb appear at the top of my head. Ahhhhhh, this guy was a life guard and he conducts swimming lessons as well. So without hesitation I double click his name *click click*.

And he agreed! yes yes!! =)

After only 1 lesson, I have improved 50% from 2 laps to 4 laps. He is very good in analyzing the rights and wrongs and gives good/clear instructions on how to improve. He is also very particular with the small details. Last night, he caught me cheating my way through my strokes. Dang! 'Pull to the end. Don't half way half way come up.'Ed commented. I'm sure I will improve. Those interested to learn swimming or to be more competitive, click here.

One thing I learned about learning is that it is not hard to learn more but what is hard is to unlearn when I discover myself wrong. Habit makes is hard but its not impossible if you're determine .i.e swimming techniques, slap shots, holding the stick with two hands, looking up when you're having the ball, burping, smoking, cursing, etc. If you have a bad habit, its time to break it. And also, never be too proud to ask questions/advices/help.

My first swimming lesson was more than 15 years ago. I remembered mum used to send likealostghost and I for swimming classes and he obviously doesn't enjoy it. Always grumble and don't pay attention to our coach's instructions. I don't think he graduated from that swim school. hahaha! But that doesn't make him less of who he is today. =) Always proud of him.

Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back.
Chinese Proverb

[swim]