Singapore biathlon and OSIM tri

Updates on the races I have completed so far.. and those that I can remember with pictures.. Singapore Biathlon - 17th March 2007.. it was Saturday, with lots of people at East Coast... yup I went there with Darling.. i remembered seeing friends whom i Have not seen for ages.. like R4, Sandy, Willie and gang.. and R4 said "eh blackie not so black already. nicer leh"... ahha that guy ah...anyway i was frustrated after the event... The results was announced and put up... I had completed the event in the 3rd position... and just seconds before I went up to stage to collect my 700 bucks for 3rd position, there came a bad news... the organiser forgot to input the names of those in the corporate category.. they also qualify for the open category... this is the first year they are implementing that.. and the worst thing..i was pushed to the 4th place instead.. and what happened... I got 50 bucks instead... was so sad and irritated.. give me high hopes then crashed it down... yup.. after receiving the prize, I flew home, just to get change and hop onto the coach bus to go down to KL... reached KL at night.. just to rest and compete in the marathon the next day... this was the most tiring journey for me.. I hope I never had to do that again... 2 long distance races back to back... but still KL marathon was a cruz for me.. did it comfortably without much pressure... managed to emerge as top 20 i think.. cant really remember the position.. but the money I won there definitely covered my expenses for the trip up...

anyway photos of me racing during Singapore Biathlon...17th March 2007...

and darling was there too.. our first Biathlon raced together...

then after that I took a long break from competitive racing and the next race i went was OSIM triathlon... can u imagine me ...haven trained for running.. basically just swimming only.. however the race was a disaster... heavy downpour.. I remember I came out of the water 2nd or 3rd position.. after swimming a 1.5km... then we headed off the to bike... a section which I am obviously weakest in!... We were supposed to ride for 40km.. but as we were out on our 2nd lap... the wind became stronger.. i felt myself riding against the wind, like the bike never really travelled far.. then came the heavy downpour... super duper heavy... and the event had to stop after we completed 20km... when the rain stopped, the organisers decided to restart the event. But this time round, it was different. We were asked to run 400m on the sand, pick up our bike to ride a 20km then run a 5km instead of a 10km... as expected, i cam in only 6th position.. because i basically is stronger on the swim and the run.. the 5km run was too short for me to catch up with opponents.. never mind, went home empty handed... with a super duper dirty bike... had to spend almost 1.5 hours cleaning up the bike... !

Photos of me racing on the 29th July 2007...

and this is when the wind came in.. you cant feel the wind here but u can see the look on my face.. and before i finished the race.. people were saying i was getting paler...