Escapes

Capati with Cadbury anyone?

The weekend never felt better. Always is. My weekdays were miserable. After surviving a stormy weekend back in hometown and across the Causeway, I was glooming under the weather for days. Sore throat, blocked nose, tight forehead and I believed my sinus starts creeping in. Legs were OK but the thought of whacking the tarmac never crossed my mind. All I was thinking was to get rid of the sinus. It's been driving me crazy.

The Saturday 32km LSD which was planned earlier with Nik had to be shelved at the very last moment. I had no confident to proceed and tormenting myself with the plan would only make things worse. With only 20 days to go, that would be a wise decision. I think. So, approaching the weekend without the slightest plan of what in store for this weekend warrior. However, the Running Bloggers United (RBU) have arranged for a great Sunday morning workout followed with a get together at Mosin. That was not an option but a must.

Come Saturday, it was not just me but the whole family were into the running affair. Yes, no LSD but there were sprint sets for my little ones. We decided to sign up for Trikidz Running Course. Azwar lead the class venued at Komplek Sukan Seksyen 15, Bandar Baru Bangi. Just some tips for us parents-kids that are into kidz sport that I got from Azwar. Basically it sounded like this :

"Kids are born with fast twitch muscles. If kids are into running, it is best that they train those fast twitch muscles for speed. Never ever train for long distance running because it will only discourage the muscle development. Encourage only to sign up for 5K races".

Those were the words from Azwar. I read it somewhere before. And the kids were enjoying/suffering every second of the class. The 400 metres track seemed so far. Yasmin were holding steady despite a tiny sharp pain in the tummy. Azwar advised to take deep breath until the pain's gone. Surprisingly Amir was strong! Azwar complimented. There were two mat salleh kids, Ethan and Owen. Of course Amir couldn't catch up with their lean and longer legs but the fight kept on. Umar, he straight away retired right after the 400 metres warm up run and opted to play Hot Wheels instead. There were two more kids who came all the way from Shah Alam with their mom. Admired the support. The class consisted of:

- 400m warm up run

- barefoot running on the football field

- 20% of 50m sprints and recoveries of 5 sets on the grass

- 80% of 100m sprints and recoveries of 5 sets on the track

- sprint telematch

- 400m recovery run & walk.

- theory and homework

That was plainly fun and interesting. Weather was perfect with a 10 minutes of cool mist blown in from the rain clouds. Kids made new friends and coach wanted them to sign up for PD Triahtlon on 18-July under the Trikiz banner. That sounded interesting, but can my darlings swim in the open sea?! Aiyo! I must bring along my running shoes for next class. As of today, Yasmin was complaining of stiff legs. I need to nurse that with ice later after work. No Kumon for today. Tuition was skipped due to tired legs but swim class in the afternoon was a must. They had a pretty hactic Saturday.

Nah! I can do better than that. Look, I have spikes on dude!

Sunday is dad's day. Due to unplanned weekend workout, a last minute gesture from Alwin did the job. I opted to get back to basic and let nature took my heart out. I should apologise to RBU for not joining the short run and stretching but I just need some remedy for this webhead. The pounding on hard surface would only bore me more - at least for this particular week until recovery. We started early from Kiara Park and headed out into the woods climbing Lung Buster trail and Twin Peaks. The jolly part was the descending. We went through endless switchbacks, knee high over obstacles, dodging fallen trees and chats. The green surroundings just blew me away. The instant I hit the dirt, I knew this was a wise option. Continued one lap around the lake and another walk-chat around the bigger loop. An hour of uncommitted workout works wonders. Sometimes it's just plain awesome to skip the training regime once in a while I guess.

Of course the TT session was the limelight of the morning. There were Kash & Rais, Ian, Yim, Nik & family, Syah & family, Rayzeef, Zaki & family, Ziff, Fadil, Julie, Alwin and me. Did I miss anyone? Can't clearly recall since we were sitting at two separate rows of tables. The norms : jokes and nonsence flew across the capatis and teh tarik. Rayzeef brought along hasil tangkapan from Setia Eco - thanks bro. Ian distributing signed copies of his Fitness Food book. The closing was the longest I guess. We talked about Singapore Marathon and The North Face 100. Some ideas about having pre-race BBQ at East Coast Park. Most of us signed for the marathon. Some of us are looking forward for the TNF 100. Let us send RBU teams. Ammah!

Bro, bila Rayzeef nak bukak cekelat ni daa?

In the afternoon, it was a date with wifey. We went shopping while the kids were left to be reunited with fellow cousins at in-law's. Nothing fancy, nothing Prada or what, but we went to Low Yatt :P Wifey needs to replace the laptop battery and adaptor. I was window shopping for a new digital camera. Grab myself a few magazines. Again, it was a tiny window of escapade from the normal chores. Felt good.

The final chapter to wrap up the weekend was the coolest. My first formal swim class. I never had the chance before, it was basically from Youtube and friends. Det and me, signed up for it. The same coach for my kids. An hour of bubble blowing protocols and pull & push stroke adjustments. Coach even had our swim recorded to point out areas of improvement. Now that's cool. As usual Det and me poked and joked around at our swimming video at the end of the session. Ligths out early with a trifling light headed feeling but all was good.

Hoping for a splendid days ahead. Perhaps with kids' running homework of three 20 minutes easy run should do the trick to get me back up the running board.

Homework on the run with Trikidz