Food for your soul

“Drugs” from Triathlon

Don’t worship drugs given to you to eat or sniff!!!!

I am much in love with triathlon that I am signing up for OSIM corporate mini triathlon on 4th November. Mini Triathlon will be 200m in swim followed by 10km in cycling and last of all, 2km run. My aim for my timing to complete all the discipline will be within 1 hour.

Initally I wanted to have sprint triathlon( 500m swim, 22km cycling and 5km run) but my prolonged cough had put me off. I just recovered from my cough and do not wish to aggravate this cough in taking part in vigorous activity.

I am still high and very itchy to go for triathlon. Addictive huh? Yes yes very addictive!!!! But I am not so confident in cycling. I just go ahead for this with my gung ho spirit.

To start off with triathlon, the person must have strong mentally to try out this vigorous activity. Knowing how to swim is the important factor because it is not easy to navigate through current with a lot of strong swimmers that will either pull or push you in sea.

I hate running but of course I have to run because it helps me to improve in my breathing techniques and to build up the stamina. Not only that, it also gives you a platform to build strong mind to run well in long distance without feeling tiredness.

It does help me in my dragon boat training where it does involve a lot of stamina and breathing techniques. It also strengthen your mind frame that you are able to do beyond your limit. Endurance is important. It teaches you to be patient with yourself in pacing.

In life, patience is key factor to have success in you. Pacing yourself with others will encourage you to learn from one another. For example, when you run fast like hare in race and you will not learn many things along the way. When you slow down, you are able to see the big picture and learn what you see along the way in order to reach the finishing line. You will meet different people or encounter with unususal things.

I remembered my days spent in South Vietnam where I had my daily morning run with my lecturer across the sands plain near the village in Binh Dong, South Vietnam before staring community work. One morning run saw us running on the road where there were a lot of motorcyclists staring at us running on road. Running through roads made me enjoy the sights of morning activity of Vietnamese. It was December and South East Asia Games was held in Vietnam.

Sights of women selling bbq pork or chicken noodles, big French loaf of bread filled with eggs or sausages or chicken, coffee dripped in special small pot brought out the morning fresh breath in your life. Aroma from coffee was so nice that wake up your inner discovery of yourself.

I will be up running again overseas in December. Guess which country I will have my own morning run?

posted by citrusby @ 10/25/2006 10:00:00 PM