Road Pileups

Pileup

With the recent Friday night ride completed, it should nicely marked my kick-off for the 12 weeks training towards Seri Manjung. Although my Ramadhan run was completely devastating zero milage, I was thankful that I can still spin the crank without engaging labour stage. That would mean, I still have those tingling stamina hanging around somewhere. The only drive that urged me to wade through the zapping Ramadhan week is only the Friday night ride. TGIF!

Like all mechanical beings, wears and tears are the norms from aging or from extensive usage. I guess my bike falls under both categories. After KL Marathon, I've been hugging the saddle eversince. It was like a long lost love met again. The feeling was indigenous. I've been cranking up the pedals adding milage every weekend. Again, the analogy was to boost the spirit of cycling by having investments. I just sent my bike for servicing and get it's headset bearing replaced. Hopefully the cost wont cost a bomb. I went back to the shopping cart and started listing wanna buy stuff that require replacements and upgrading. Well, I guess these are the setbacks of having to be involved in cycling - the shopping list never last, at least, I've been ignoring it for the last 6 months (nak sedapkan hati). These also means, I will be delaying getting my Dockers and replacing work apparels. Hah!

To perform flawlessly, I need to look sharp. Well that's what I've been told and perhaps the only ideology that can be held for the moment. It turns on the psychology. Bike in perfect condition, apparels for peak performance, legs in the prime, and the list goes on. Lesson learned from the last year's Seri Manjung pitfalls. It was a hard one and I promised myself this year I shall tweak the preparation to the max! - fingers crossed.

From what I've heard and read, long distance duathlon is almost similar to running a marathon. The constant period of pounding and cranking just adds up to the same amount of running for more than 4 hours - torturing. Newcomers might take it in a different perspective considering the cycle part will be treated as recovery leg and cycling seems to be the less impact leg in duathlon. Trust me, you don't want to do that. Besides, I have marathons up my sleeves, what could 11km and 10km runs harm me so bad? The same marathon principles must be grasp - respect the distance! Strong on bike, strong on the run. Ammah! Nasik Wanggey satuk! - post race meal awaiting.

It will be brick, brick and brick from this point onward. Transition, transition, transition...