the viking is back with a vengence!

eric the viking is back!
38:10min for 5km. a much better performance than 2005 West coast park run!
no ache no pain.
but also no Esso bear this year.

now he can start working towards his 10km goal but first...

AHM or SBR or simply army half marathon 10km fun run on 27th Aug.

eileen has done it!

The skies were grey and gloomy. The waters were choppy and swirling.
And she still made it! She swam in the 2nd hippest beach in singapore .. all 800m of it ...
swimming directly into the turbulent waves.. overcoming her fear of being drowned, eaten by sharkes, stung by jelly fish or even stepping on stone fish..

She bravely swam into the rather dark sea .. bobbing with the waves... it was a bit stormy with bits of dark clouds from the rain.
a bit of whining but she stroke and kicked her way from KM8 to the coconut tree and the end and back.

And when she was done.. the skies had cleared, the sun was shining and all was well!

new challengers to twin tower

last week twin tower welcome another 3 new challengers.
wan, eileen and DT along with the Viking came to overcome the 'many steps, butt burning' twin tower in the southern most point of singapore.

they came and they conquered!

more are showing up for the session at the hippest beach in singapore
please come and join us!

and Scooby Leong (mrs) went the extra mile...
and did the extra challenge!
she completed her virgin swim in the sea with some of the TP students at the 2nd hippest beach in singapore (tanjong beach)!
she swam 500m!

well done madam!

What coldplay concert got to do with your knee injury?

This is the 6 million dollar question that FATA had to answer last week.

after training arduously for Osim tri, surviving it without injury...
his knee gave in finally and it is not from running downhill, biking up Mt Faber the don't know how many times times or kicking off sharks or jelly fish in the sea
BUT

from standing and jumping during the 2 hours Coldplay one night only concert in Singapore.

and this injury lasted more than 2 weeks.
well could have recovered earlier if you don't bike and walk too much after but..
how can going to a concert give me knee problem!

just a reminder anything that resemble the activity can aggravate even if it is just going to a concert. Unless it is a classic music concert where everyone is expected only to stand for ovation at the end...

my swim only clients...

i am proud to annouce that my 2 swim only students are looking more 'stylo' after each swim session.

when they first started, they have problem swimming more than 10m without grasping but now they look rather good swimming 50m and turning to breathe (the those pictures you see of the champion swimmer looking through their goggles as they take a breathe)

just word encouragement to the other one who do not have the time to practice that much...
but did brillantly at Osim mini...

resolving the FATA's paradox

Fata would have earn 500 credits for his heroic effort for finishing Osim Tri (he was in some much pain for 5 days!)

he cannot earn credits to cook for himself right?
to resolve this paradox..
i will give Fata a special reward; special session with me before a race instead of a cook out.
and he will cook for the love of cooking and joy of entertaining and bringing joy to his friends' life.

updates on FATA's credits

the accountant was right..
there is no way that people will honour the Poach Coon's credit system since the whole world will just show up for FATA's BBQ out anyway.
what i am thinking about, it is FATA's cook out!

but i should at least try to enforce it in Poach Coon's universe;
Eric; 3 thursday sessions (3x10) , run with allan at race (1x 20 for extra hot weather) and 2 saturday sessions (2x20) = 90
wan; 2 tuesday (2x15) and 1 saturday (1x20) = 50

my swimming only group
HT; 1 saturday (1x20) and 1 min sprint (1x30) = 50
' Cher ng; 3 swimming sessions (3x 10) = 30

only Eric almost made it for the 100 Fata credit..
the rest..
well...

it is honour system so at least you know that you are eating the Poulet au Riesling - Chicken in White Wine Cream Sauce with Mushrooms that you did not earn... (sorry in Fata's cookout there is no chicken wing).

FATA did it!

all the months of training, preparation and sacrifices that Dixie made...
FATA did it !
he completed the olympic distance triathlon on 2nd july 2006! he is now officially a finisher in Osim triathlon.

and he just have to do it under the most extreme conditions of headwind, choppy sea and of course very unforgiving weather(1130am to 3pm!). threw up most of the gel and water. dehydrated and with no extra fuel on him, he soldier on...

with some help from his good friend (the one with bigger body but small heart) and his fan club (all the beautiful ladies sipping sugar cane drinks by the side...)

it was a long journey from where he started, when he only workout twice a week and have not even bike more than 20km without an ice cream break to work himself up to 4 training sessions a week with 70km unduling hills ride in Desaru, 2km swim in the pool and those terrible gut spilling 6x800m run intervals.

it was a long journey with help from many quaters but you made it!
you are the man!!