Dugong in the making

Things went a bit too slow for me, at least for the last few weeks. Too many life in the fast lane can make oneself wonder how does it feel like to be halted and taken by the time rather than in pursuit. I couldn't agree more. The tortoise mood that engulfed me resulted well. Sometimes it's beneficial for a come back but taking too long laying back and kill time will kill ya :D

OK my weekdays were zero back then. No runs, no nothing. A kilo running with my daughter was more like father-to-daughter kill time chat session. I took that awesomely and listen to her stories which mostly clouds around her school friends, teachers, etc - nothing extrodinaire. We communicate. It was a two way dialogue. We can't do that over dinner or in the car on the way to Kumon, there's so many story versions from Amir and Umar as well. When one starts talking about friends, the remaining two will be the sequels, only different actors. Interesting isn't it - the power of siblings :)

Yasmin been training hard for her first triathlon especially during Sunday simulations. Amir charmingly volunteered to be her domestic, giving support at the runs and cycles. A 4 hour simulation for them is already taxing but I was glad they got used to the drills. Me? I spent the rest of the day staring at the empty sky doing nothing.

I can't stand it anymore. Enough with the kill time zone. To hyped myself that Sunday, I did some ironing needing to channel those adrenalines out. There goes a week ironing settled. For Week 4 after KL-Marathon, I presumed things might be recovering well and tabling out some workout plans is a must. From now until Ramadhan and heading towards the end of the year, keeping steady is paramount.

For a start, Det and me went swimming yesterday. Though with only three classes up our sleeves, we were in need for a bigger and ambient pool to put the skill to test. DBKL's pool at Bandar Tasik Selatan was the perfect destination. We had the pool to ourselves for the first our. Compared to Bandar Tun Razak's, too many pros and in a minute we'll feel like ikan bilis already :D Though it was only 25m long, it was ideal to master those strokes.

I was focusing on the pull-push and greedy enough to put in some distance. However, it didn't turn out proudly. By the time I turned back to complete the lap, I was half dugong - slow and heavy on the arms. Argh! Not looking good there bro. I managed only 100m and that was pretty much...laborous. Change of plan. Engage laidback approach. I went 25m with wall breaks and simply concentrates on the stroke and breath. I count every one of it. Yes, the same idea applied from my striding reps. To keep us top of the form for a perfect running gait, we need to rest and lower the HR before starting the next stride.

I kept on doing the drill for another 25m x 10 perhaps, and reducing the wall break time. I was pretty much swimming and gliding, and every stroke seemed to move me closer to the wall smoothly. That was awesome. It went well so far and an hour seemed well spent as compared to my earlier judgement about swimming. "Me swim 30 minutes also enough la, that is already kaput you know!".