Off, cross-train (XT), or easy run of 30 to 45 minutes.
today will be the rest/easy day, as of now, I think I am going to run the 30 to 45 minutes, will see.
Run last night was good, felt good, feet were kinna sore first thing this morning, but that wasn't a surprise.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Day #1
Update 23:39
Success!
Although I stayed at work late, went home late, ate late and played diablo late, I still managed to run at 24 hour fitness.
Per the plan, today is 5 x 800, with warm up and cool down. The interval went well, it wasn't easy, but its not suppose to be easy, and also my recovery were probably longer than suggested, oh well, it's a start, I consider a good start!
Success #2, no Ben n Jerry tonight!
I'm proud of myself
I am so efficient in gaining weigh, I can gain weigh so fast that it's unbelievable.
After ironman at the end of June, and a a month of racing in July, i think I started being lazy and gaining weigh at the end of July. As of last night, 9/17/2012, I was 192.x lbs, and 18.6 body fat %. (was about 185 in the 'summer', just 2 months ago)
Anyway, i need to change that, and I am going to train for the Seattle marathon which happens in 10 weeks, and today is training day #1! I am going to follow this training plan from runners' world <http://www.
today is warm up, 5X800, cool down. doesn't sound too bad.
hopefully it goes smoothly, wish me luck!
Success!
Although I stayed at work late, went home late, ate late and played diablo late, I still managed to run at 24 hour fitness.
Per the plan, today is 5 x 800, with warm up and cool down. The interval went well, it wasn't easy, but its not suppose to be easy, and also my recovery were probably longer than suggested, oh well, it's a start, I consider a good start!
Success #2, no Ben n Jerry tonight!
I'm proud of myself
I am so efficient in gaining weigh, I can gain weigh so fast that it's unbelievable.
After ironman at the end of June, and a a month of racing in July, i think I started being lazy and gaining weigh at the end of July. As of last night, 9/17/2012, I was 192.x lbs, and 18.6 body fat %. (was about 185 in the 'summer', just 2 months ago)
Anyway, i need to change that, and I am going to train for the Seattle marathon which happens in 10 weeks, and today is training day #1! I am going to follow this training plan from runners' world <http://www.
today is warm up, 5X800, cool down. doesn't sound too bad.
hopefully it goes smoothly, wish me luck!
Monday, September 10, 2012
Ironman ink
Once again, again and again, I'm gonna start by saying that I haven't written anything for a while!
Anyway, I did it, ironman coeur d'alene 2012 in idalo, was it hard? Heck yeah!! It was long, hard and painful. And was it worth all the pain? Absolutely!
So one of the reasons I wanted to do the ironman is to get the tattoo, and finally, yes finally I got it! I was debating if I want to get it plain or design, red or black, sizes, and all the other good stuff, so I was thinking. I know, you think that I usually don't think right?!
Then after ironman, I was racing for the whole month of july, before heading to Europe for Olympics and vacation, that means more procrastination on the tattoo!
Finally I'm back, and I still didn't do it, yet!
And finally, I got it, last Sunday. It's even a spontaneous decision, too. I bet I would've pushed it off even more if it didn't happen that day.
There you go, plain, red with black outline, normal sized IM logo on the back of my right calf.
Now what's next?
Anyway, I did it, ironman coeur d'alene 2012 in idalo, was it hard? Heck yeah!! It was long, hard and painful. And was it worth all the pain? Absolutely!
So one of the reasons I wanted to do the ironman is to get the tattoo, and finally, yes finally I got it! I was debating if I want to get it plain or design, red or black, sizes, and all the other good stuff, so I was thinking. I know, you think that I usually don't think right?!
Then after ironman, I was racing for the whole month of july, before heading to Europe for Olympics and vacation, that means more procrastination on the tattoo!
Finally I'm back, and I still didn't do it, yet!
And finally, I got it, last Sunday. It's even a spontaneous decision, too. I bet I would've pushed it off even more if it didn't happen that day.
There you go, plain, red with black outline, normal sized IM logo on the back of my right calf.
Now what's next?
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
I AM AN IRONMAN!!!!
I AM AN IRONMAN!!!!
I noticed that I haven't updated for... forever, oh well, who cares, here I am again. So yeah, I just finished my first ever Ironman triathlon race in my life, and I am an Ironman!!!
After months of training, preparation, all the hard work, pain, sweat, and sacrifices and tons of money spent.
I need to thank everyone that believes in me, everyone that supports me, everyone from cycle U that trained with me, and all the coaches for all the training, all the tips. Most important, big big thank you goes to Mabel for making this happen! without her, I wouldn't be an Ironman! She's making it so much more easier for me, with all her support, all the planning she put into this adventure, she's making it happen!
Pre-Race:
10 days before the race, I was going to ride with Cycle U for the Wednesday night ride, and I found the most terrible thing that could've happened! My aero bar was moved!!! We were heading out from Leshi Starbucks, warming up and was about to get into my aero position, and blam, my elbow touched nothing when I was getting to my aero position and it was a nightmare came to live! I freaked out, panicked and didn't know what I could do. I finished that training session anyway.
Right after, I called Speedy Reedy that I will bring the bike in the next day, emailed all the coaches, emailed everyone asking for help! I was told by Jessi that 3 things will go wrong for my race, just expect it, it will happen, just deal with it, and move on.
On Saturday, I was joining Saturday morning group ride, and blam! Second thing happened, one of the spoke from my back wheel came off during my ride, omg, really? really 3 bad things will happen?? This time didn't freak me out as much as I am renting wheels for the race, so it's relatively a small problem, but I have to cut my session short.
Tom helped me fixed my aero bar issue that afternoon, and I got my spoke fixed on Sunday.
Well, i am not sure if it's going to be 3 things that can go work, or more, but as Tom said, everything would just amplify before the race, I just need to calm down, deal with the issue and move on. And always remember that it's better now than race day, I totally agree!
Lesson learn #1: Everything could go bad will go bad! Expect the unexpected, have backup plans, learn how to deal with your issues, stay calm, deal with the issues and move on!
I was renting some sweet sexy aero wheels for the race, got them last Thursday at Cycle U and had a quick ride just to make sure I know how to ride them =)
Also did some last minute shopping with Mabel at REI and packing, oh, I just want to say, packing could be the next hardest thing to do besides the Ironman itself, I am just saying.
We were going to leave Seattle on Thursday, but decided not go. It was a good decision. We got there on Friday, it was all fun and everything to check out the expo, talk to people, check out the course and everything; however, I think I would just get way too nervous, so I decided I would want to be there as short as possible before the race.
Friday was relatively relaxing, after I checked in, checked out the ironman village, expo, we just walked around town and waited for the Welcome banquet. I thought the dinner was awful because it wasn't too organized, the wait on the line was long, 45 minutes just to get in, and the food was awful! And I mean, really, they charge $30 bucks for non-racer that much for all these?
Not only the food was not good, there wasn't enough space for people to sit! That's just very bad, maybe they shouldn't sell that many people, or they could've rent a bigger place?
Anyhow, enough of the bad stuff. The good part is, the presentations was good! it got everyone inspired and motivated, until the crazy thunder storm hit and crazy rain poured!! it's nothing like what we have in Seattle, it was kinna scary actually, esp I was really hoping and praying nothing of those on race day! Again, it's better now than race day, right?
Saturday was very relaxing, i just checked in the bike and the transition bags. I wasn't planning to do any work out before the race, not sure if that was good or bad, that's just how I am.
We met up with Emma and Mark for lunch, then Mabel and I just head back to the hotel, get ready mentally for the race, and just relax and chill in the hotel room.
Big lesson learn #2: try to get as much sleep as possible two days before the big race. Or three, or four, or whenever you can. Because you will NOT sleep the night before the race.
I went to bed early, it didn't work. I felt like I didn't fall asleep at all Saturday night, it was just that crazy. I felt that I was laying on bed and did a mental marathon. After what felt like a long long time, i woke up and went to the bathroom and look at the phone, it was just only 2am. I just went back and try to get some more sleep, and of course that wasn't too successful neither.
Race Morning:
We got up earlier than expected since I couldn't really get any sleep. I was also worrying about parking too, with ~3000 people racing, friends, family, and volunteering, I was worrying about parking all night long, call me silly, but that's what happened.
So we got up, got my usual breakfast from Macdonald
That's like my ritual or something, I always eat Mcdonal breakfast before my long bike ride, race, or events. I guess don't try something new on race day, so I am getting my usual breakfast.
Surprisingly, there was no problem at all finding parking, I parked at the same parking as the day before, enjoyed my breakfast and headed toward the park. Here I come, there's no turning back.
Again, i was there too early, got ready too early and started to get nervous. I checked my bike, checked my T1 and T2 bag, checked out the swim start area, dropped my specialty bags, and there's nothing else to do and I still had 2 hours to spare! I guess that's a good problem to have.
Finally i put on the wet suit, rush to the beach and I found all Emma, Michelle and Debbie. I knew that there's no way we could've swam together for any extended distance, but it's always comforting knowing you were starting with somebody you know.
here you go the crazy Ironman mass start
Swim 1:39
You see, that's me in the green swimming cap! LOL...
it's all fun for the spectator, but not so much for us trying to survive =P In fact, somebody practically died from this swim, somebody from Seattle area too. Condolences to Sean Murphy, Ironman athlete from Seattle:
Water was very cold, I think I was having a headache the first 400 to 800 meter, but that was the least concern I had. I just need to do my own thing, one stroke at a time, stay calm and keep moving forward.
I was feeling relatively ok the first lap until I get out from the water and saw the clock, 1:20!!!! I was like huh??? i started to panick and ask myself, i thought i swam ok and there were still tons of people around me, are we all not going to make the cut off time?? Of course I kept on running through the arch, got back into the water and kept swimming, but I kept on questioning and wondering what's going on. I guessed that was the Pro clock, and that was such a bad bad bad idea!
The swim leg was relatively uneventful, except the couple times that I got sandwiched and had nowhere to go besides slowed down, and also my swim cap was slowly getting off my head. I finally got back on the beach and I was done!
One down, two more to go!
Swim: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206490>
The route out of the water was well marked, the volunteers were awesome, I got my wet suit stripped (Yes, they have wetsuit stripper), got my T1 bag and headed to the tent.
Oh man, it was such a scheme getting into the tent. I was disoriented, the tent was huge, dark and filled with tons of people. It looked like some war zone, it wasn't present at all! People looked like they are running around doing something, It was a chaos! Finally I found a relatively empty spot to stand, but it was right next to the urinal, great!
Finally, a volunteer came to me and asked if I needed help and I finally settled in. He was great, he helped me packed my swim stuff and I just slowly put on my bike stuff, got ready for the bike leg, my strongest out of the three, yeah!!! So i got out of the tent, got some water from the volunteer, saw the sky was overcast and decided not to look for sunscreen, it turned out to be a bad idea. Oh well, it was what it was and I kept going to the bike rack area, trying to look for my numbers and apparently i went way too far. Then, I heard a voice that's very familiar, and it was Mabel!!
It was somewhat discouraging to see most of the bikes were gone, but it was so nice to see Mabel waiting for me by the bike rack. Quickly, i grabbed my bike and head out T1
T1: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206492>
I enjoyed so much biking in the central area where there were tons of spectator, so much energy, people were so loud and it just made you feel like a superman and go fast! Apparently that was a bad idea.
Lesson learn #3: the swim and the bike are suppose to be a warm up for the run, even the first part of the bike, don't push!
My left hamstring started to cramp within the first 10 miles, that has never happend before. But I guess the 2.4 miles had something to do with it. Well, it was what is it, i just kept spinning and I knew that it will go away, but I just had one more thing to haunt me for the rest of the time and hoped that it didn't come back again.
Anyway, the bike course was beautiful! starting from the transition area we headed east and rode along the lake, it was so beautiful. there were some hills but it didn't bother me too much as I was fresh and I was feeling strong. Then after the turn around point we headed back to town for the transition area, again I Love all the energy, I loved how they block out the road and we were riding the whole road to ourselves, love it love it love it!
Heading west, it was blue sky, white clouds and green mountains, it was so beautiful! I was having fun, the uphill didn't bother me too much, and the down hill was so much fun, especially with the aero wheels, I felt that I could fly! not until the later part of the bike course, my energy level started to go down, and my back started to hurt (not sure if it's mental, because of the aero bar incidence), then I started to struggle through those hills. As I get to the last quarter of the bike course, I needed to stop more frequent at the water station to take a break, also to release all the water!
Finally, i got back into town and I am glad that I can finally get off the bike, I am sure my butt was thinking about the same!
Two down, one more to go!
Bike 7:14:00: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206493>
I stopped ~25 minutes total for bathroom, water and food, that's way too much!
T2 was shorter, less crowded and simplier. The fact that there were less people made me less nervous, but also means that I have fallen behind more. Oh well, who cares, I wasn't there to break the world record or anythign, I just focus and do my own thing. Transition was relatively uneventful, the guy there helped me was very nice and helpful as usual. Out of the tent, I asked, and made a point to get some sunscree! It was probably too late by that time, but it's better late than never. After sunscreen, I got some water and out for the run. I was 2/3 done, just one more marathon.
T2 6:10: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206497>
Run start
The first quarter of the run was ok. I thought I was going a steady pace, what felt like my usual pace was actually a lot slower. It's ok, I just needed to keep on moving forward and get closer to the finish line!
Very quickly, my energy level was getting way low, all my muscle was complaining and hurting, and just walking seems like a heavy load for me. I remembered seeing ~130+ bpm just for walking. I walked almost all of the hills, and i started using the walk/run strategy, I started counting steps. I would run 100 steps, then walk 50, over and over and over again. I also started having stomach issue, it's like a tornado in my stomach, so I started to think and debate if I want to keep on drinking stuff from the water station. I also needed to pee very frequently, but at the same time my mouth got very dry, I wasn't sure if I was drinking too much or not enough. Regardless, I just kept moving forward.
Besides finishing, I also wanted to finish before the sun goes again. However, by the time I finished the first half marathon, I knew that that's almost impossible, that was kinna discouraging. However, see Mabel, Dom, and Peggy in town gave me some instant energy, I picked up my pace a little bit, I probably ran 200 steps instead of a 100, LOL...
I just keep moving forward, one step at a time, and keep needed to pee, one water station at a time, I think i probably went like 20 times that day!
Anyway, the sun was going away, it was getting dark, I was tire, I was in pain, but I knew that I was getting closer, and closer. Finally, getting back into town, it was all dark, the cheering and party were long gone, except the couple people who stayed behind to cheer for us, that was just super awesome.
Finally, i made a turn and some volunteer told me there was only couple more blocks, and I recognize those buildings and I am actually getting really really close, and I started hearing all the noise and the lights, I picked up my pace and actually started running, I actually starting sprinting!
Then I slowed down, I slowed down so that I can enjoy my moment, I put my arms up for all the high fives from everybody, from all the people that's left behind dark to cheer for us, I saw the finish line, even though there were like 50 lights at the finish line blinding me, but I saw the FINISH LINE! And then i also heard "Bruce Lam from Seattle, Washington, YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!"
This was a dream come true, after all these hard work, I can now call myself an Ironman!
Run 6 hours <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206498>
I noticed that I haven't updated for... forever, oh well, who cares, here I am again. So yeah, I just finished my first ever Ironman triathlon race in my life, and I am an Ironman!!!
After months of training, preparation, all the hard work, pain, sweat, and sacrifices and tons of money spent.
I need to thank everyone that believes in me, everyone that supports me, everyone from cycle U that trained with me, and all the coaches for all the training, all the tips. Most important, big big thank you goes to Mabel for making this happen! without her, I wouldn't be an Ironman! She's making it so much more easier for me, with all her support, all the planning she put into this adventure, she's making it happen!
Pre-Race:
10 days before the race, I was going to ride with Cycle U for the Wednesday night ride, and I found the most terrible thing that could've happened! My aero bar was moved!!! We were heading out from Leshi Starbucks, warming up and was about to get into my aero position, and blam, my elbow touched nothing when I was getting to my aero position and it was a nightmare came to live! I freaked out, panicked and didn't know what I could do. I finished that training session anyway.
Right after, I called Speedy Reedy that I will bring the bike in the next day, emailed all the coaches, emailed everyone asking for help! I was told by Jessi that 3 things will go wrong for my race, just expect it, it will happen, just deal with it, and move on.
On Saturday, I was joining Saturday morning group ride, and blam! Second thing happened, one of the spoke from my back wheel came off during my ride, omg, really? really 3 bad things will happen?? This time didn't freak me out as much as I am renting wheels for the race, so it's relatively a small problem, but I have to cut my session short.
Tom helped me fixed my aero bar issue that afternoon, and I got my spoke fixed on Sunday.
Well, i am not sure if it's going to be 3 things that can go work, or more, but as Tom said, everything would just amplify before the race, I just need to calm down, deal with the issue and move on. And always remember that it's better now than race day, I totally agree!
Lesson learn #1: Everything could go bad will go bad! Expect the unexpected, have backup plans, learn how to deal with your issues, stay calm, deal with the issues and move on!
I was renting some sweet sexy aero wheels for the race, got them last Thursday at Cycle U and had a quick ride just to make sure I know how to ride them =)
Also did some last minute shopping with Mabel at REI and packing, oh, I just want to say, packing could be the next hardest thing to do besides the Ironman itself, I am just saying.
We were going to leave Seattle on Thursday, but decided not go. It was a good decision. We got there on Friday, it was all fun and everything to check out the expo, talk to people, check out the course and everything; however, I think I would just get way too nervous, so I decided I would want to be there as short as possible before the race.
Friday was relatively relaxing, after I checked in, checked out the ironman village, expo, we just walked around town and waited for the Welcome banquet. I thought the dinner was awful because it wasn't too organized, the wait on the line was long, 45 minutes just to get in, and the food was awful! And I mean, really, they charge $30 bucks for non-racer that much for all these?
Not only the food was not good, there wasn't enough space for people to sit! That's just very bad, maybe they shouldn't sell that many people, or they could've rent a bigger place?
Anyhow, enough of the bad stuff. The good part is, the presentations was good! it got everyone inspired and motivated, until the crazy thunder storm hit and crazy rain poured!! it's nothing like what we have in Seattle, it was kinna scary actually, esp I was really hoping and praying nothing of those on race day! Again, it's better now than race day, right?
Saturday was very relaxing, i just checked in the bike and the transition bags. I wasn't planning to do any work out before the race, not sure if that was good or bad, that's just how I am.
We met up with Emma and Mark for lunch, then Mabel and I just head back to the hotel, get ready mentally for the race, and just relax and chill in the hotel room.
Big lesson learn #2: try to get as much sleep as possible two days before the big race. Or three, or four, or whenever you can. Because you will NOT sleep the night before the race.
I went to bed early, it didn't work. I felt like I didn't fall asleep at all Saturday night, it was just that crazy. I felt that I was laying on bed and did a mental marathon. After what felt like a long long time, i woke up and went to the bathroom and look at the phone, it was just only 2am. I just went back and try to get some more sleep, and of course that wasn't too successful neither.
Race Morning:
We got up earlier than expected since I couldn't really get any sleep. I was also worrying about parking too, with ~3000 people racing, friends, family, and volunteering, I was worrying about parking all night long, call me silly, but that's what happened.
So we got up, got my usual breakfast from Macdonald
That's like my ritual or something, I always eat Mcdonal breakfast before my long bike ride, race, or events. I guess don't try something new on race day, so I am getting my usual breakfast.
Surprisingly, there was no problem at all finding parking, I parked at the same parking as the day before, enjoyed my breakfast and headed toward the park. Here I come, there's no turning back.
Again, i was there too early, got ready too early and started to get nervous. I checked my bike, checked my T1 and T2 bag, checked out the swim start area, dropped my specialty bags, and there's nothing else to do and I still had 2 hours to spare! I guess that's a good problem to have.
Finally i put on the wet suit, rush to the beach and I found all Emma, Michelle and Debbie. I knew that there's no way we could've swam together for any extended distance, but it's always comforting knowing you were starting with somebody you know.
here you go the crazy Ironman mass start
Swim 1:39
You see, that's me in the green swimming cap! LOL...
it's all fun for the spectator, but not so much for us trying to survive =P In fact, somebody practically died from this swim, somebody from Seattle area too. Condolences to Sean Murphy, Ironman athlete from Seattle:
Water was very cold, I think I was having a headache the first 400 to 800 meter, but that was the least concern I had. I just need to do my own thing, one stroke at a time, stay calm and keep moving forward.
I was feeling relatively ok the first lap until I get out from the water and saw the clock, 1:20!!!! I was like huh??? i started to panick and ask myself, i thought i swam ok and there were still tons of people around me, are we all not going to make the cut off time?? Of course I kept on running through the arch, got back into the water and kept swimming, but I kept on questioning and wondering what's going on. I guessed that was the Pro clock, and that was such a bad bad bad idea!
The swim leg was relatively uneventful, except the couple times that I got sandwiched and had nowhere to go besides slowed down, and also my swim cap was slowly getting off my head. I finally got back on the beach and I was done!
One down, two more to go!
Swim: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206490>
The route out of the water was well marked, the volunteers were awesome, I got my wet suit stripped (Yes, they have wetsuit stripper), got my T1 bag and headed to the tent.
Oh man, it was such a scheme getting into the tent. I was disoriented, the tent was huge, dark and filled with tons of people. It looked like some war zone, it wasn't present at all! People looked like they are running around doing something, It was a chaos! Finally I found a relatively empty spot to stand, but it was right next to the urinal, great!
Finally, a volunteer came to me and asked if I needed help and I finally settled in. He was great, he helped me packed my swim stuff and I just slowly put on my bike stuff, got ready for the bike leg, my strongest out of the three, yeah!!! So i got out of the tent, got some water from the volunteer, saw the sky was overcast and decided not to look for sunscreen, it turned out to be a bad idea. Oh well, it was what it was and I kept going to the bike rack area, trying to look for my numbers and apparently i went way too far. Then, I heard a voice that's very familiar, and it was Mabel!!
It was somewhat discouraging to see most of the bikes were gone, but it was so nice to see Mabel waiting for me by the bike rack. Quickly, i grabbed my bike and head out T1
T1: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206492>
I enjoyed so much biking in the central area where there were tons of spectator, so much energy, people were so loud and it just made you feel like a superman and go fast! Apparently that was a bad idea.
Lesson learn #3: the swim and the bike are suppose to be a warm up for the run, even the first part of the bike, don't push!
My left hamstring started to cramp within the first 10 miles, that has never happend before. But I guess the 2.4 miles had something to do with it. Well, it was what is it, i just kept spinning and I knew that it will go away, but I just had one more thing to haunt me for the rest of the time and hoped that it didn't come back again.
Anyway, the bike course was beautiful! starting from the transition area we headed east and rode along the lake, it was so beautiful. there were some hills but it didn't bother me too much as I was fresh and I was feeling strong. Then after the turn around point we headed back to town for the transition area, again I Love all the energy, I loved how they block out the road and we were riding the whole road to ourselves, love it love it love it!
Heading west, it was blue sky, white clouds and green mountains, it was so beautiful! I was having fun, the uphill didn't bother me too much, and the down hill was so much fun, especially with the aero wheels, I felt that I could fly! not until the later part of the bike course, my energy level started to go down, and my back started to hurt (not sure if it's mental, because of the aero bar incidence), then I started to struggle through those hills. As I get to the last quarter of the bike course, I needed to stop more frequent at the water station to take a break, also to release all the water!
Finally, i got back into town and I am glad that I can finally get off the bike, I am sure my butt was thinking about the same!
Two down, one more to go!
Bike 7:14:00: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206493>
I stopped ~25 minutes total for bathroom, water and food, that's way too much!
T2 was shorter, less crowded and simplier. The fact that there were less people made me less nervous, but also means that I have fallen behind more. Oh well, who cares, I wasn't there to break the world record or anythign, I just focus and do my own thing. Transition was relatively uneventful, the guy there helped me was very nice and helpful as usual. Out of the tent, I asked, and made a point to get some sunscree! It was probably too late by that time, but it's better late than never. After sunscreen, I got some water and out for the run. I was 2/3 done, just one more marathon.
T2 6:10: <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206497>
Run start
The first quarter of the run was ok. I thought I was going a steady pace, what felt like my usual pace was actually a lot slower. It's ok, I just needed to keep on moving forward and get closer to the finish line!
Very quickly, my energy level was getting way low, all my muscle was complaining and hurting, and just walking seems like a heavy load for me. I remembered seeing ~130+ bpm just for walking. I walked almost all of the hills, and i started using the walk/run strategy, I started counting steps. I would run 100 steps, then walk 50, over and over and over again. I also started having stomach issue, it's like a tornado in my stomach, so I started to think and debate if I want to keep on drinking stuff from the water station. I also needed to pee very frequently, but at the same time my mouth got very dry, I wasn't sure if I was drinking too much or not enough. Regardless, I just kept moving forward.
Besides finishing, I also wanted to finish before the sun goes again. However, by the time I finished the first half marathon, I knew that that's almost impossible, that was kinna discouraging. However, see Mabel, Dom, and Peggy in town gave me some instant energy, I picked up my pace a little bit, I probably ran 200 steps instead of a 100, LOL...
I just keep moving forward, one step at a time, and keep needed to pee, one water station at a time, I think i probably went like 20 times that day!
Anyway, the sun was going away, it was getting dark, I was tire, I was in pain, but I knew that I was getting closer, and closer. Finally, getting back into town, it was all dark, the cheering and party were long gone, except the couple people who stayed behind to cheer for us, that was just super awesome.
Finally, i made a turn and some volunteer told me there was only couple more blocks, and I recognize those buildings and I am actually getting really really close, and I started hearing all the noise and the lights, I picked up my pace and actually started running, I actually starting sprinting!
Then I slowed down, I slowed down so that I can enjoy my moment, I put my arms up for all the high fives from everybody, from all the people that's left behind dark to cheer for us, I saw the finish line, even though there were like 50 lights at the finish line blinding me, but I saw the FINISH LINE! And then i also heard "Bruce Lam from Seattle, Washington, YOU ARE AN IRONMAN!"
This was a dream come true, after all these hard work, I can now call myself an Ironman!
Run 6 hours <http://connect.garmin.com/activity/193206498>
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