Investment

These are the purchases we have made since starting the triathlon lifestyle March of 2010. On hindsight, it is true that triathlon is the next golf. Look at the gear prices.

SWIM : 111
BIKE : 2,206
RUN : 413
ALL : 773

For MY WIFE, heres the summary:
SWIM : 0
BIKE : 1,499
RUN : 150
ALL : 0

2012 is HERE!

Registered for 2012:

For Me:
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1Q2012 - Aquathlon at Sentosa. Signed up for sprint series! February 19 is sunday!
2Q2012 - Traithlon at Changi Beach. Signed up for sprint series! May 6 is sunday!
3Q2012 - OPEN
4Q2012 - OPEN

My WIFE:
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1Q2012 - Duathlon at east coast park. Signed up for sprint series! February 25 is saturday!
2Q2012 - OPEN
3Q2012 - OPEN
4Q2012 - OPEN

Excited!!

November 2011 - REcap of the Year!

Its been more than 1 year and 8 months since I picked up the triathlon lifestyle. The breakthrough news these days is finally for my wife to pick up the same healthy lifestyle as we live our lives in a fast paced, stress riden 1st world society.

One does not have to look far and wide and observe the perils of a stress laden life. Cancer, diabetes, heart issues are just but 3 manifestations of a society full of trappings one can easily fall into prey.

November 2011 - My Journey

So here goes our 2011 spending (or investing) on gears for our new lifestyle. The returns are immense!

My first 10K run

I made it!

These are the 1st passing thoughts I had as I crinch my way to the finish line. Yeah right. You might say. But by far this the longest competitive run I've had since college.

Especially that this run involves trail, beach and concrete run.

Runkeeper

A friend introduced to me the runkeeper.com website. It is a platform where one can track the progress of his/her exercise, fitness level, calories burned etc and most of all one's training regimen.

So far since June, I've had 43 activities, swim, bike and run total of 364 kms, burned 18000 calories! In the last 20 week, I've had at least twice per week of swim, bike run which coincides to my previous estimate.

So far so good. I have started with 78kg and now I am 73.5 +/- 5 kg. Need more diligence to go down sub 70 kg, the first since I've got married 16 years ago.

SO help me GOD!

5 Months - Routine

I am really amazed how time flies eversince my 2nd triathlon attempt last May. In the months since, these are some of the sporting events that has shaped my fitness.

I have maintained at least 2 to 3 times of exercise, ranging from swimming, biking or running. And just recently with the initiative of a social friend, we had basketball with church kids twice in a month in August!

And oh by the way, the main reasons my weekend is occupied since May is the fact that our Alumni school is host for this season's Inter school alumni basketball every saturday afternoon from 4pm onwards. So simply my routine has been that saturday AM is spent on long bike rides followed by family brunch then rest. Afternoon is spent on arranging games, studying events and responding to financial matters of the tournament.

Sundays is devoted to morning ritual of 15-20 min swim, followed by my sending my kids to the MRT. Soon after I will spend some time devoting to the WORD so I can pray over the congregation.

Routine. Repetitive. Habit. Powerful shapers of life and success of a person. Success hinges on the habits we have developed over the years. Habits, at least the right ones, gets us from a life of mediocrity to a life of small successes built to become huge ones.

Develop the right habits,routine and guaranteed a person to be a successful ones one day.