biathlon 2005

phew.. did my first biathlon today.. hmm ok it's not quite a full biathlon. it's only half the distance for both swim and run, intended for beginners. and i see quite a few school kids.. abt 1/3 were from JC, then some old pple. oh and a few kids half my height.. haha... luckily i did fairly ok, was in the middle pack most of the time.

my first biathlon experience.. hmm.. the water start was quite scary.. pple weren't really jostling around at the startline as i expected, but it was in the water that the action began. i couldn't stretch out to do my freestyle, and i was forced to the side where it was "safer".. haha.. it was after a while then i did freestyle and picked up pace. but i was tired halfway thru and had to do breaststroke.. haiz need to train more.. though i didn't lag behind those doing freestyle. in face it was around the same pace thankfully.. then the transition.. i did enough mental imagery to not forget anything. but i had to rest for a while to catch my breath b4 going for the run. was a short one and i overtook a few pple.. but i think my overall timing is quite bad.. hmm have to wait for them to snailmail me the cert with the timing and photo. =)

the organising was a bit poor though.. even my brother who didn't go said so.. over late dinner at fong seng. the registration queue was super long! took me abt an hour.. and i didn't get a goodie bag. cos i only handed in the form on the last day tues. didn't know that.. but i got a teeshirt and swimcap.. should be ok lar.. for me it was just for fun... wonder when i shall do this again.. hee...