Went for the event on 14 June. My fitness is still not top peak yet. Although at times I can pull in 38-40km/h, my average speed was only about 30km/h!. Finished the event slightly more than 2 hours... Slow sia...
This means I need to train hard if I still want to do Aviva Ironman 70.3 next year. Its in March 2009, so not much time to train.
Started full swing in swimming, doing once a week, 40-50 laps (2 to 2.5km) per session. Its the running that's pulling me back. Did 10km run in 80+ minutes!! super slow. Will most prob go back to the gym for threadmill work. Hope to get back speed of at least 10km in 1 hour! Which will probably translate to 5 hours for the marathon (law of diminishing returns?)
My personal training schedule so far:
Sunday: 10-15km run
Monday, Wednesday, Friday: rest
Tuesday: 8-12 km run
Thursday: 40-50 laps swim
Saturday: 90-100km bike
Would love to train everyday, but its quite impossible, given the school schedule and work.
Labels: bike, run, swim, triathlon, trifactor
Selection camp finally over, and I had a hard time selecting the new batch of mediatech, given that 30 odd (out of a possible 80+ campers) who attended. Of course, I have my pre-selected list, but its un-professional to reveal who was in it.
Narrowed down to 15 and went to work checking all of them out:
1. NAPFA (must have passed)
2. SA1 results (maintain target or better. If lower, not more than 10% drop, salvagable)
3. Class attitude (class file, lateness, MORF, etc)
4. Interviews (must have cleared both)
Selected my final 10 after some gut-wrenching decision time. Here I would like to say to all Mediatech 2009 that ALL 10 of you have met my rigorous criteria, and I would like you to remember that you are now in an elite unit of the SL. Please behave in a manner befitting as a member of an elite unit. Will pos their names after I have confirmed them.
Labels: mediatech mayflower sec, student leader
