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Went cycling this morning. Decided to do something “tougher”, that is to cycle from Sg Nibong to the peak before Balik Pulau via Bayan Lepas and then back. Total distance would be about 40km or so. Somehow, it felt so difficult, as though the brakes were slowing me down. Didn’t manage to cycle all the way up. Halfway, I was exhausted and started seeing “stars”. Rested for a while. I think it could be because I donated blood last Sunday. Well, maybe. I think I would do an easier route the next time, probably on May Day.

If the number of tourist entering to Malaysia this year declines, I think I know the reason. Look what I found when I was searching for some stuff in Google

I dare not click on the link to find out. I wonder what I should do. Maybe I should report to Cybersecurity Malaysia. If any of you out there know somebody in the Tourism Ministry, please inform them. It might be a false alarm, and it needs to be reported to Google.

OK. I haven’t been updating this blog for some time already. So now, I’ll start anew. A new domain name! Welcome to my new blog at twy.my. This site is using the new Wordpress 2.5. Heard it has quite a number of bugs, but what the hell. Importing was pretty straightforward, but the page id wasn’t the same as the old one. So I had to manually change the id one by one to match the old site.

Anyway, so what’s my plan for the year? Since the PD Tri in July last year, I barely trained. Started training a few weeks ago, and boy was I weak. I could barely run 2km, could barely swim 50m (!!!), my breathing rhythm was out, stroke was out, panicked halfway while swimming. Luckily after a few times going to the pool, I managed to overcome my fear and my stroke and fitness seem to be coming back (phew!). Started cycling again. The same. Could barely cycle 15km. Today, I did a relatively easy 20km. Will slowly increase my mileage till I’m confident enough to cycle round the island (about 70km I think, hilly).

That means that I will miss A Famosa Tri on 10th of May. Feel a little bit sad, coz that was where my Tri “career” started. I will definitely go for the PD Tri in July. I would like to go to the Kenyir Tri a few weeks before the PD Tri, but logistics is a problem. If anyone from Penang (or near here) reading this that has space or know someone that is going to Kenyir and has space in the car, please let me know!

The other confirmed race would be the Powerman on the 9th of November. Missed this last year. I’m contemplating on taking part in the Half Ironman in Singapore some time in September, but the cost and logistics is a problem. Hmmmm.. Might decide some time around the PD Tri.

Let’s see… What other events are there. Desaru equivalent-of-half-ironman in August, logistics…. Penang bridge run. Heard cancelled (I think I know why). Probably related to the changes that just occurred in Penang. My just only ex-colleague asked me to go to Singapore for the half-marathon. Don’t like that race, coz it gets pretty crowded. Imagine 20k people on the road, and half of them not really that serious. Cost and logistics, as usual.

If you guys know of any race around this region, let me know. Leave a comment.

Train hard, and train smart!