Its been about 4 weeks since I've gone back to Aikido and I must say that its been GREAT!
As I go for the classes, all the movements and words in Japanese are slowly coming back to me. Best of all, the people that I'm training together with are just super. Of course, picking up where I left off 15years ago takes quite a bit of work. Its gonna take me the better part of the year before I even consider going for an upgrade in my belt colour... then again, I'll see how that goes and what the Sensei says about my progress a few months down the road....
Stepping up on my swimming and running as well. Gonna start a routine of morning runs and swims soon. That should free up my days and evenings....
Physically, its really demanding. But mentally, this is deeply satisfying. Woohoo!!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
As They Say....No Pain, No Gain
New year, so a new start.
Started running again after a break of almost 6 months. As expected, legs were aching for the next few days after that. Complete recovery only came after 1 week.
Started my swimming again as well, again after a break of about 6 months. Stamina was definitely lacking and shoulder pain was also there. Body aches (again as expected) for the next few days and only recovered fully after about a week too.
Started my first Aikido class after more than 10 years away. Good news is I still remember how to roll forwards and backwards, walk on my knees and generally did pretty ok. Really feels good to be back. :-) Of course, body aches came the following day and took about 4 days to fully recover.
Have also started watching my diet. No supper, fruits for meals, lots of water etc.... Most recent recorded weight was around 81.5kg. Target weight in 6 months or less is 75kg. Should be quite attainable. :-)
Christmas was the time of giving, and CNY is the time of eating. Looks like the rest of the yesr for me is gonna be a time of aching.... Ouch!
Started running again after a break of almost 6 months. As expected, legs were aching for the next few days after that. Complete recovery only came after 1 week.
Started my swimming again as well, again after a break of about 6 months. Stamina was definitely lacking and shoulder pain was also there. Body aches (again as expected) for the next few days and only recovered fully after about a week too.
Started my first Aikido class after more than 10 years away. Good news is I still remember how to roll forwards and backwards, walk on my knees and generally did pretty ok. Really feels good to be back. :-) Of course, body aches came the following day and took about 4 days to fully recover.
Have also started watching my diet. No supper, fruits for meals, lots of water etc.... Most recent recorded weight was around 81.5kg. Target weight in 6 months or less is 75kg. Should be quite attainable. :-)
Christmas was the time of giving, and CNY is the time of eating. Looks like the rest of the yesr for me is gonna be a time of aching.... Ouch!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Training? Train What??!!
Wah piang!! Long time no train liao lah... Somemore kena scolding that the last time I updated my blog, LKY still PM leh!! Drama lah!!
Actually still ok, taking a break from training since about a month ago. so taking it easy ever since my Guangzhou Water Polo Competition. But I better get off my arse soon otherwise my arse will sink me when I go to the pool the next time!!
OK, on liao!! Tomorrow go swimming!! YEAH!!!!
Actually still ok, taking a break from training since about a month ago. so taking it easy ever since my Guangzhou Water Polo Competition. But I better get off my arse soon otherwise my arse will sink me when I go to the pool the next time!!
OK, on liao!! Tomorrow go swimming!! YEAH!!!!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Desaru Timing
Its official - my time for the 2km swim is 45min....
Total time for my team is just a little bit over 6hrs.
Total time for my team is just a little bit over 6hrs.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Desaru Long Distance Triathlon (I)
Just completed the Desaru Long Distance Triathlon on Sat (16/8/08). The race consists of a 2km swim in the open sea off Desaru - the South China Sea. The 2nd leg is a 90km cycle through the hilly roads of Desaru followed lastly with a 20km run. Before you go "Wah! So fit ah??!!", I did it with Roy and Adrian as part of a relay team lah.... I swim only..... hehehe..... :-P
You would think I wanna talk about the race - I'll come to that. But the highlight of the trip was the seafood dinner we had at Sungei Rengit. WOW!! We had lobster, pepper crab, sauteed sotong (local style of course), pomfret among others. Thanks to Audrey, Hans and Yen that we manage to go there. It was so good!! Yum Yum!! Just look at the lobster!! :-O What more could you ask for? There was good food together with great company! Definitely worth the trip! Hahaha....
On the whole, the trip was quite fun. We started off with Roy forgetting to bring his cycling helmet so he and Charlotte had to take a later ferry at 12pm. (Not so fun for them....) So Adrian, Mabel and I left on the 10am ferry and I had a good time getting to know my teamate Adrian (first time meeting him...) plus Mabel and him squeezed in some time to talk shop.
When we had re-grouped at Pulai Desaru Resort Hotel, it was time for lunch. We had a nice time chit-chatting at the hotel restaurent. But let me say this about the food... Urrrrggggghhhhhh!!! You get the idea.....
That evening was of course followed by the sumptous dinner as mentioned above. The next day was the race proper (I'll talk about that later) and here's a shot of a dutiful son awaiting his dad's completion of the race.... followed by the two pictures I took of Adrian the minute he came in through the finishing line. It was quite dramatic actually. The organisers had setup an inflatable arch over the finishing line and the moment Adrian ran through, the whole thing collapsed!! Haha... Adrian, the draft you created must be really something man!! :-D
Well, congratulations to Team ERA (Eric, Roy, Adrian) for completing the race and heartfelt love and thanks to both Charlotte and Mabel for coming along and standing and waiting for over 6 hours! Gotta run..... Ciao! :-*
You would think I wanna talk about the race - I'll come to that. But the highlight of the trip was the seafood dinner we had at Sungei Rengit. WOW!! We had lobster, pepper crab, sauteed sotong (local style of course), pomfret among others. Thanks to Audrey, Hans and Yen that we manage to go there. It was so good!! Yum Yum!! Just look at the lobster!! :-O What more could you ask for? There was good food together with great company! Definitely worth the trip! Hahaha....
On the whole, the trip was quite fun. We started off with Roy forgetting to bring his cycling helmet so he and Charlotte had to take a later ferry at 12pm. (Not so fun for them....) So Adrian, Mabel and I left on the 10am ferry and I had a good time getting to know my teamate Adrian (first time meeting him...) plus Mabel and him squeezed in some time to talk shop.
When we had re-grouped at Pulai Desaru Resort Hotel, it was time for lunch. We had a nice time chit-chatting at the hotel restaurent. But let me say this about the food... Urrrrggggghhhhhh!!! You get the idea.....
That evening was of course followed by the sumptous dinner as mentioned above. The next day was the race proper (I'll talk about that later) and here's a shot of a dutiful son awaiting his dad's completion of the race.... followed by the two pictures I took of Adrian the minute he came in through the finishing line. It was quite dramatic actually. The organisers had setup an inflatable arch over the finishing line and the moment Adrian ran through, the whole thing collapsed!! Haha... Adrian, the draft you created must be really something man!! :-D
Well, congratulations to Team ERA (Eric, Roy, Adrian) for completing the race and heartfelt love and thanks to both Charlotte and Mabel for coming along and standing and waiting for over 6 hours! Gotta run..... Ciao! :-*
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Mid-Year Rendition
Been a while since I blogged......
Too bad. I've been busy.
Anyway, a couple of good and fun things that happened. My weight touched 80kg last night before I had my dinner. This is the first time in a long time that I have gotten down to this weight. Was really feeling good 'bout myself .... then I ate dinner. And this morning's reading? 82kg. Right now I'm just waiting for the highlight of my day after I go take a dump.
Still, its been quite fun trying to lose weight. So what's the secret? Just lots of water (even when I wasn't thirsty) and good'ol EXERCISE. I was sharing with a couple of friends that after eating about 70%-80% of your meal, your should just drink a big glass of water. The "full" effect will hit you almost immediately and you probably won't wanna eat another bite anymore. Voila! Instant diet control! :)
And exercise? Just get your butt off the office chair and go do something with some friends. Going at it alone is tough for most people. Doing it with company is a lot more fun. Just don't go on a "weekend run" with a friend who's also an Ironman competitor. The brickwall of self-loath will not hit you so hard as when your friend's already done a half marathon (for his leisure run) and you are still tying your shoe laces.
Summary. Lost some weight, but looked darker for it. Some friends say I went from the colour of Hainanese white chicken to fried chicken to something like that of century egg - BLACK. How black you say? Somebody I didn't know tried talking to me in Malay the other day. Let's see if I can bring it down further to 75kg in the coming months.
Oh, one final thing. Did a timing of 42secs for 50m Breastroke about a month ago. Took the timing again last night. The time? 39secs. :D I managed to shave 3secs off the clock in month. Let's see if I can bring it to 37secs in August in time for the Inter-Con. Ok, enuff typin. Later y'all...
Too bad. I've been busy.
Anyway, a couple of good and fun things that happened. My weight touched 80kg last night before I had my dinner. This is the first time in a long time that I have gotten down to this weight. Was really feeling good 'bout myself .... then I ate dinner. And this morning's reading? 82kg. Right now I'm just waiting for the highlight of my day after I go take a dump.
Still, its been quite fun trying to lose weight. So what's the secret? Just lots of water (even when I wasn't thirsty) and good'ol EXERCISE. I was sharing with a couple of friends that after eating about 70%-80% of your meal, your should just drink a big glass of water. The "full" effect will hit you almost immediately and you probably won't wanna eat another bite anymore. Voila! Instant diet control! :)
And exercise? Just get your butt off the office chair and go do something with some friends. Going at it alone is tough for most people. Doing it with company is a lot more fun. Just don't go on a "weekend run" with a friend who's also an Ironman competitor. The brickwall of self-loath will not hit you so hard as when your friend's already done a half marathon (for his leisure run) and you are still tying your shoe laces.
Summary. Lost some weight, but looked darker for it. Some friends say I went from the colour of Hainanese white chicken to fried chicken to something like that of century egg - BLACK. How black you say? Somebody I didn't know tried talking to me in Malay the other day. Let's see if I can bring it down further to 75kg in the coming months.
Oh, one final thing. Did a timing of 42secs for 50m Breastroke about a month ago. Took the timing again last night. The time? 39secs. :D I managed to shave 3secs off the clock in month. Let's see if I can bring it to 37secs in August in time for the Inter-Con. Ok, enuff typin. Later y'all...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Breakthrough!!
Wow!! What a great feeling! :-D
Did a 2km quick dash at the tracks yesterday and feeling the ache in my thighs today. Not that big a deal... but seeing as how the last time I ran was more than 6 months ago... I think I did alright.. :-)
Anyway, here's the real kicker. JUST came back from a FANTASTIC swim. I started with 2 laps of warmup then got myself going with the 1.5km (30 laps) swim. I was still phsyching myself that I had to finish it and not slack off with whatever excuses I can think of.
Well, not only did I complete 30 laps, I felt strong enough to another 2 more laps - that's 1.6km of swim. After that I STILL felt pretty good about myself. Then, get this, I did 6 laps of 25m SPRINT and 25m relax swim. How about that???
Looks like my muscular stamina is slowly but surely coming back. Woohoo!! And to top the cream on top of the cake - I'm fasting today and haven't had a bite since 9:30am this morning!!
Only one thing left to say - PRAISE GOD!!! :-D
Did a 2km quick dash at the tracks yesterday and feeling the ache in my thighs today. Not that big a deal... but seeing as how the last time I ran was more than 6 months ago... I think I did alright.. :-)
Anyway, here's the real kicker. JUST came back from a FANTASTIC swim. I started with 2 laps of warmup then got myself going with the 1.5km (30 laps) swim. I was still phsyching myself that I had to finish it and not slack off with whatever excuses I can think of.
Well, not only did I complete 30 laps, I felt strong enough to another 2 more laps - that's 1.6km of swim. After that I STILL felt pretty good about myself. Then, get this, I did 6 laps of 25m SPRINT and 25m relax swim. How about that???
Looks like my muscular stamina is slowly but surely coming back. Woohoo!! And to top the cream on top of the cake - I'm fasting today and haven't had a bite since 9:30am this morning!!
Only one thing left to say - PRAISE GOD!!! :-D
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
