Just spent the last 5-6 hours discussing and planning the proposed training program for the team... AND ITS STILL NOT FINISHED YET! Erm... lots of work to be done because the last training program was quite brief.
Its not like school when I only had to plan for training session per training session... for a whole day affair you need to give allowancy for recovery and different activity zones. Luckily all that and the planning for camps has granted some experience. Plus, having a someone with a Ph.d plan a training program for me has proved to be invaluable reference material.
Went to run the usual route again. When was the last time I ran it? Hrm... since the knee injury, then the one day flu... its been like 2 weeks of no running? Except the two 2.4km runs up and down the corridor at the hotel in indonesia.
And oh my gawd... Maybe it was the sprinting on the canoe, maybe it was the substitute stair climbing, or the race sets, or chemical C, or the fear of clocking a sucky timing after just recovering from the flu today, but I clocked a new persone best... 11:22mins.
That's like... 18 secs faster than my previous timing.
So surreal.
The periods to come will be the time to see if I had placed all my pieces in the right place. The game will be set in motion at last.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Just wanna jot down some observations about some of the indonesian teams.
The winners apparantly, didn't have enough rooms to stay in, so they had to sleep in the bus and van. They didn't have clean water to drink and shower in. They didn't have a tentage to put their stuff at. They didn't have food taken care of for them. But they went out and won something. I think if anyone, they deserved to win.
On the topic of changing Jerseys, its a shame that they are all so short, though big, but all the jerseys I traded seem to be... pretty short and tight. Sigh. The Marines jersey I got was the most... aesthetically unique. Looke liks some 1980s bathing suit top.
It was quite interesting to see the winning teams use that starting sequence. It confirmed my original beliefs for a starting sequence, and shows that I'm on the right track.
Sad to say, among all the singapore teams that I have observed, Ben was the only one who got it right.
The winners apparantly, didn't have enough rooms to stay in, so they had to sleep in the bus and van. They didn't have clean water to drink and shower in. They didn't have a tentage to put their stuff at. They didn't have food taken care of for them. But they went out and won something. I think if anyone, they deserved to win.
On the topic of changing Jerseys, its a shame that they are all so short, though big, but all the jerseys I traded seem to be... pretty short and tight. Sigh. The Marines jersey I got was the most... aesthetically unique. Looke liks some 1980s bathing suit top.
It was quite interesting to see the winning teams use that starting sequence. It confirmed my original beliefs for a starting sequence, and shows that I'm on the right track.
Sad to say, among all the singapore teams that I have observed, Ben was the only one who got it right.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Ok, it sucks to be sick.
No appetite, nausea and congestion.
Think its a virus or something. I knew I was in trouble once I ran out of multivit.
Ironically, my 3 day mc is for the knee injury and nothing to do with the virus. Too bad mc's can't stack.
Almost passed out in the gym just now... dog seemed kinda worried that my lips were pale haha.
Here come another 2 weeks of stressful planning and deliberation.
Make the difference, Reu.
No appetite, nausea and congestion.
Think its a virus or something. I knew I was in trouble once I ran out of multivit.
Ironically, my 3 day mc is for the knee injury and nothing to do with the virus. Too bad mc's can't stack.
Almost passed out in the gym just now... dog seemed kinda worried that my lips were pale haha.
Here come another 2 weeks of stressful planning and deliberation.
Make the difference, Reu.
Dunno what to say about the trip...
Its sad, really. Recently It always seems to be the case that races that I train like hell and have high hopes for, usually crash and burn. But races that pop out from nowhere and I don't really have very high expectations of and just chiong with a gung ho spirit are the ones that bring the medals.
But at least coming in 2nd for the relay open osim thriathlon with thomas and daryl, and the k2 race with kenny felt good, because we beat alot of strong opponents. But try as I might, I can't feel proud for this one, because of certain circumstances.
Anyway, the trip was a real eye-opener for us and helped us to get to know the commandos faction better. Its a funny thought that if I had followed through with the interviews during the last year in school, I would be on the commandos faction, getting to know the composite faction better instead.
Alot of strong spirits in the team, some of which greatly impressed me. One of which was Bsn, who is very good at putting up a gung ho attitude.
I have one gripe. That is, everyone said that nasi padang originated in "padang". Well that seemed to be utter bullshit? Because all that was there was nasi goreng and ayam goreng with anorexic chicken! Its no wonder all of the population there is so small... how are they to grow with such little protein intake? Damn poor thing.
After one of the races, I couldn't switch it off. Had to knock it on a wooden surface to try to stabilize it before it short circuited.
Anyway its interesting how some singaporeans are so "gian" about standing stroke. Just because the overseas teams are doing it, monkey see, monkey do. Standing stroke originated because the rowers had experience in a C1, and they applied their stroke into the dragonboat to develop the kneeling stance. Squatting standing stance is tried and tested to be an inferior technique.
Nevertheless, ignoring all my calculations that clearly pointed that we were better off not using the standing stroke, I figured I wouldn't be a kill-joy and let them have their fun. After all, this kind of race is about having fun, right?
Everyone falling sick during and after the trip. Time to get some rest.
Its sad, really. Recently It always seems to be the case that races that I train like hell and have high hopes for, usually crash and burn. But races that pop out from nowhere and I don't really have very high expectations of and just chiong with a gung ho spirit are the ones that bring the medals.
But at least coming in 2nd for the relay open osim thriathlon with thomas and daryl, and the k2 race with kenny felt good, because we beat alot of strong opponents. But try as I might, I can't feel proud for this one, because of certain circumstances.
Anyway, the trip was a real eye-opener for us and helped us to get to know the commandos faction better. Its a funny thought that if I had followed through with the interviews during the last year in school, I would be on the commandos faction, getting to know the composite faction better instead.
Alot of strong spirits in the team, some of which greatly impressed me. One of which was Bsn, who is very good at putting up a gung ho attitude.
I have one gripe. That is, everyone said that nasi padang originated in "padang". Well that seemed to be utter bullshit? Because all that was there was nasi goreng and ayam goreng with anorexic chicken! Its no wonder all of the population there is so small... how are they to grow with such little protein intake? Damn poor thing.
After one of the races, I couldn't switch it off. Had to knock it on a wooden surface to try to stabilize it before it short circuited.
Anyway its interesting how some singaporeans are so "gian" about standing stroke. Just because the overseas teams are doing it, monkey see, monkey do. Standing stroke originated because the rowers had experience in a C1, and they applied their stroke into the dragonboat to develop the kneeling stance. Squatting standing stance is tried and tested to be an inferior technique.
Nevertheless, ignoring all my calculations that clearly pointed that we were better off not using the standing stroke, I figured I wouldn't be a kill-joy and let them have their fun. After all, this kind of race is about having fun, right?
Everyone falling sick during and after the trip. Time to get some rest.
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