langkawi dreaming

All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I went for a walk
On a winter's day

Yeah that's how the song goes in California Dreamin'. Except its not really winter here, and its not been a walk in the park either. Haha. The weather's just been hot hot and more hot. Who pressed the "heat on" button? Haha.

So far, there's been an unending list of tasks to be done, like bike assembly, recce of race route, get in some training, plus not to mention trying to rest and recover for the race! One more day.. Swim route is 1.9km out and back, water was pretty choppy when we went down in the afternoon. Bike course is pretty bad, some really steep sustained climbs early on and again at the end of the ride. As for the run, well its pretty flat, but its anyone's guess that the sultry afternoon heat will be the real challenge.

Went for registration today; as usual the t-shirt does not look very impressive. Why does Lotto have to be the sponsor?! Haha. Most of the designs are ok-able at best, and the event tee is just disgustingly orange. But I bought a shirt which had the print of an iron and a man. Iron + Man = Ironman, geddit? Haha damn lame.

Checked out the competition at the expo as well. Seems like there's quite a huge number of Pros this year. The ang moh age groupers look very strong as well! As for the fellow trifamers and Singaporeans, all look pretty acclimatised and ready as well! Very good! Met alot of friends and made alot more. There's a nice race vibe going all around, and everybody is giving each other the thumbs up on the streets, at the coffeeshops, in the pool, etc. There're 45 people in my age group this year, a 1000% increase from two years ago. There goes my Kona slot!

Anyway, my race number is 62.

Click here to look for live updates on the race, as well as use the live athlete tracking system to keep a lookout for me! Various segments for the swim bike and run will be updated real-time, so yeah you can be a "spectator" in Langkawi too! =)

Feeling quite tired now, after cramming most of the above into these 1.5 days that I've been here. There's still bike check in tomorrow, not to mention all the bike prepping and packing of special needs bags.. Damn. Wonder why I brought along my design textbook!

Ok, going to end off here and go up to the hotel room for some mee mamak. The carbo dinner was unsatisfying for want of a better word.. Ciao! See you post race! =D