Race 02 : 16th AUG SUN: AHM

This is one of the biggest sporting event in Spore.
Too bad, it didn't even warrant any news worthy reporting.
Just a pic with less than 60 words of commentary.

Took friday off, complete rest, to recover fully fr the slight overtraining.
Had a great night out with friends.
Ended not too late at 11pm...

Woke up on Sat feeling fresh, ran to the swim pool, took a dip and some easy swimming, probably 12 laps. Jog for another 15mins and added in some strides.
Really enjoy the no hustle easy pace of life at this period.

Meet up with my Team for a road recee. Glad we did that. Cover the distance on Car.
Noticed the choke points and planned the strategies required.

Carbo loading......
It is crazy with the amount of food i ate.
Morning - 3 pieces of bread, milk
Lunch - Mixed veg rice , plus rice. Bread at Cedeles, - 6-8 slices? 2 bottle of H2O
Tea - Vit C drink with banana
Dinner - 2 bowls rice , 2 sweet potato
Breakfast - 3 pieces of bread , 1 tau sa bread , 1 banana, 3 cups of coffee

No wonder i went w/o food after the race. Post race meal during lunch at 130pm was just porridge.

Race Details
Rather usual build up. Got used to it. Cant find lexus at the starting line. Suppose to work together for our sub 80mins target. He was late.... saw him after that , he woke up only at 5am.

Start was abrupt and early. No countdown no nothing. Rather shock. Started rather fast, went out with the foreign teams. In my mind, i thought my competitors were ahead.... Only until 6-7km point at the descend of the Shears that they came from behind. By then, i was rather drained. Still lacking the "killer" touch to follow them. I gave up and decide to follow from a distance..

Wasnt feeling that bad thru ECP. Comfortably hard i guess. But there's still a long way to go. 9km more.... Exited ECP with super sweet drink. Couldnt really take it, was still FULL.

Ran the mountbatten area with a British guy. But he zoom off after that. Again, no responses from me. Why?

Hit the dead leg of down and up hill, about 200m slope. Timing was 1hr 4mins at 17k mark. Still on target for sub 80mins. Climb up was ok as I charge to the finish. However, there's another loop to the F1 track. That was a boo-boo for me as I lost my focus. Mel caught up with me with blazing spd. Still no responses from me.

Ran as per normal to the finish at padang. Saw the clock 1hr 20mins..... Not too bad and not too good. 4th in Army finish, 7th in Category.

Rather disappointed that the team didnt make it to the podium again. Upon my finish, my team mates streamed in. Very hopefully...... however, the rest of them didnt do well. pulling the team down....... it hit me rather hard.

Pacing updates: 3mins 48s from start till 17km point. from 17k to finish was 3min 55s.