Thread by @twt_malaysia

Hello, sorry not much tweeting today. Just catching up on some rest earlier.

Had an open water swim practice planned out at 7am but weather didnt hold, so spend the morning bumming till got guilty in the afternoon & went to pool for some laps.

Quite happy with this weeks training & mileage. Hit my 40km target for run & got some good swim sessions in.

7 days worth of training. New week begins tmrw.

As u can see, no bike yet cause I have not brought my bike down from KL. Also having some space constraints with the baby & all.

Hopefully by July/August I can figure something out, so I can start to train properly.

Anybody training for anything? Or would like to share your workout routine?

I'm not a very accomplished athlete, just doing to fill up time, but if u have any questions, we can share some info.

Short b/ground on my experience w endurance sports.

I initially didnt thought much of running. More of a ball sports kinda guy, played mostly badminton/p.pong/volleyball/football & basketball thru'out school & uni life.

Started HO & like many, didnt do any physical activities

2013 my wife decided to sign me up (force me) for a 10K run.

I said to her, "Who is so crazy to run 10K non stop?"

She said, "Just run for fun". But, like everything else, I'm also competitive & didnt want to just 'run for fun'.

😂

So I started to train bit by bit, watching youtube vids & reading articles on the net. (Also, wife cant say no when I said a GPS watch will help heh 😏)

I completed that 10K, didnt pengsan and realised the endorphin rush is real. (but that could be from buying gadgets 😂)

That lead me to knowing some endurance sports junkie tweeps like @tristupe which helped me a lot with tips and encouragement. & being a triathlete himself, he helped (aka poison) me to get a bike.

This is me trying his tri-bike.

I didnt get a tribike obviously. Got myself a regular road bike in 2015 and started re-learning to ride a bike again.

The best thing is 1 thing lead to another & I met many friends along the way who helped giving advice, bringing me to rides, etc.

Seriously, friends r the best part of riding together. Here is a pic of some of us riding around Sepang area.

It was a Putrajaya - Sepang - Tg Sepat and back route. About 120km. I nearly died. It was my first 3 digit ride.

Eventually, the idea of multisports got to me and I joined a couple of duathlons (run-bike-run).

The biggest event for a duathlon in MY is Powerman in Putrajaya. I raced it in '16 & '17. It was brilliant.

1st pic is 2016, 2nd is 2017; racing to finish line.

In between I kept my running, did my 1st full marathon in 2016 (Std Chartered) and a couple of half marathons in between.

1st pic 2017 CompresSport HM, 2nd 2016 Std Chartered FM, @tristupe caught me at Bukit Tunku, gave me a real booster to complete it)

Some pics from various other events, duathlons, half marathons.

Last race was Std Chartered HM in 2017, after that baby out & I only sendiri syiok run myself 😂

Training for events were tough though, especially if u want to do well. But the good thing is with friends, we help and push each other.

This is a screenshot of my 2017 Powerman Duathlon training calendar. Some days, up to 2-3 sessions.

Quite tiring in between on calls too.

But when there is a will, there is a way. Quite happy with that race though, managed to shave off 13mins of previous record.

Eventually, the topic of triathlons came up. And as usual, I couldnt say no.

So here I am trying to learn to swim (I have zero swim experience)

In between all that, I relocated to SG as u might have realised 😂.

Swimming is easier since the pool is just downstairs but now the other problem is bringing the bike down.

If all goes well (& if coach agrees), I might dip into a sprint triathlon this September.

But I also registered for the Singapore Std Chartered FM in December, so trying to pick up my run fitness & mileage back.

We'll see how it goes 😬

Any stories of your own to share?

Before I finish bebel about sports;

Dont think of exercise as a chore, u should always make it fun, workout w friends or family, join a gym/running clubs etc.

Also, dont make training the only reason to workout. Do it consistently, it's a lifestyle & it will be sustainable.

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