osim tri last weekend.. another way to look at it ...

Last weekend was the Osim International Triathlon race.

It was raining cats and dogs for the 2 days but at least the sat’s race went on smoothly except for the rain started at the tail end of the bike segment.

Sunday’s race was a wash out for the age groupers as all of them did not get to do the whole distance of the race (1.5km swim/40km bike/10km run)

The organizers had to stopped the race midway due to thunder and lighting. The race was then modified to a dualthlon of bike and run after the weather has cleared.

It was a heart breaking moments for a lot of the first timers and also for many who has trained hard for the race.

Next time then…

But this is not the first time that a race has been cancelled or changed due to weather.

Last year’s ironman in New Zealand and Korea has to be modified to a shorten bike and run of 90km bike and 21km run instead of the 3.8km swim, 180km bike and 42km run. It was really frustrating for many who had trained and spent all these money to do the race (US$300 at least for entry fees and excluding all the travel expensese and accomodation) and yet unable to call themselves ironman despite of all that they have done.

Well, this is life.

There are things you can prepared and there are things that we can’t.

But we certainly can change the way we see it.

For some of my students, they were happy to have it shorten so that they can race it a lot harder.

For some of them, it was like a second chance that they can train harder to do a better one next year with their own bike rather than borrowed equipement.

And some, it was just great that it was not hot!

there is a bright spot to all things but the question is can you see it?