Wednesday, May 6, 2009

The crash

I lost track of my workout the past 6 days

29/4 - I believe I did few laps in the pool, 800-1200 meters maybe.

30/4 - Nil

1/5 - 110 km cycling
This is quite a feat. I joined PCC Interstate ride from Seremban till my parents home at a village near Gemas. PCC cyclist went on cycling to Johor and Melaka.
Had my first peloton crash. It must have look pretty nasty, cause the whole peloton was moving at 35 km/h. At a narrow stretch, the peloton became too tight (bus came from the front), and I was pushed a bit to the left, slide off the tarmac, then the crash. Things happened so fast, and I can remeber I landed on my back. I can consider myself lucky, cause I didn't break any bone. But some major bruises and on the bike, and punctured my back wheel.
At 40 km into the ride, there's a really steep hill to climb. About 250m climb in 2 km stretch. Half way into the climb, I get off the bike and push my bike like (almost) everybody else. I don't know whether I can conquer this hill if I were 15 years younger.
At the end of the ride, when it getting really hot, around noon, I started getting tired, really tired. Sport drink and powerbar gel just doesn't work anymore.
Overall, it's a nice ride. Will love to do it again..

2/15 - Nil

3/5 - 500 meters swim, 13 minutes (25 meter pool at the club)

4/5 - Swim.
Have about 45 minutes before pick up my kid at school. So I hurried to the pool and do my rounds. I'm getting more more comfortable with my stroke. No longer force myself to do 4:1 stroke:breath ratio. I contend to the fact that long distance swimmer do 2:1.

5/5 - Swim
Brought my 10 years old Hafiz to the pool with me. I did my normal laps while he take his swim lesson., from where he left off 2 years ago.
100 meters: 2:30 (average). If I can sustain this pace for 2 km, then I should be able to do 45 minutes.
Still working on my pull. With and without the pull-buoy. I think I began to 'get it'. I have been doing some reading about the crawl pull on the net. Some suggest the V pull, some suggest the S pull. Coach Lee always mentioned the '7' pull. I tried everything. I can't tell the different whether one pull is better then the other.

I refrain from running the past 1 week. And not going to run for another week, at least. The last time I ran, it's getting really painful. I can stand the pain, but I just don't want to severely damage my knee, then it will become a major problem.

I realised that I don't have a proper plan and target for my workout. Maybe I need to start doing that...