Adventure Race

Date: 11th Jan 2009
Format: Team of 2 [Open Category - 50km (22km run)]
Disciplines: Run, Bike, Kayak, Rope Ascend, Sport Climb, Abseil, Navigate, Mystery Tests
Cost: $128.40 per team of 2

This is a typical adventure race format which takes on several discipline. Somewhat like amazing race. If you want to know the quirks or the dar sides of your spouse or mate, try this. Wanna join?

Find out more: www.safra.sg/avventura
Sign Up Here: http://www.safra.sg/safraonline/events/eve_avven_checkin.asp

What are you Subscribed to?

For those who are into the multisports lifestlye will somehow also have their eyes peeled to the magazine racks for the latest reads. There are quite few titles out there trying to get you interested to their monthly issues. You can find them mainly in Kinokuniya or Borders and sometimes Times Magazine. Here's a run down on the 3 most popular imported mags found on Singapore's rack.

1) 220 Triathlon

this is the first mag i bought since i started browsing the shelfs to get myself more acquainted to my new lifestyle. The reads and content are easy reads and layout is not bad; the balance of ads and write up is acceptable. One complain is that too much focus is given to UK realted events and athletes, but this is a Brit driven tri mag anyhow.

Rating ****

2) Triathlete Mag

Always have very nice attractive cover and liners to get your attention. Its a US mag so has lots of up to date news on US tri scenes. Content quality is rather good. But the main complain is that every issue is Rather thick but this is due to the high ration of ads inserted to squeeze every marketing dollars. If you like ads of fast bikes and gears again and again, this is for you.

Rating ***

3) Inside Triathlon

This is another US mag that comes in a unconventional paper size, somewhat squarish. First look you get is that the magazie is always adorned with very motivating images of athletes. The other detail i notice initially was the thin-ness of the mag. So most people will have doubt about the value of money spent compared to other mags sharing the same shelf. Don't be mistaken my friend. I will advise that you seriously take a good few minutes to browse through the content - its top notch quality. If you are looking for a tri mag that talks about real tri related issues and genuinely want to improve yourself, this is the mag. Anyway, i got myself subscribed to them this month. And after some simple calculation i'm only paying about S$8 per issue - that is more than S$4 cheaper than what you find on our shelves out there.

Rating ***** http://www.insidetri.com/

My Next Ride

If you ask me what i'm seeing when i close my eyes when making my next birthday wish - its Cervelo P2C 2008. Here is a view of the bike and the breakdown of my wish list.

Component Set Up

P2C 2008 Frameset = $3000
Ultegra SL = $900
Easton Attack TT Integrated Aero Bar = $900
Time RXS Pedal = $170
Fulcrum R7 = $320

Tires & Tubes = $100

Fizik Arione Tri 2 = $180

Carbon Bottle Cages x2 = $160

BarTapes = $30

TOTAL BIKE COST = $5,760

Good to Have Gears
Giro Advantage 2 TT Helmet = $250

Zipp 404 Tubulars = $3000

Tubulars Tires x 2 = $250

Hydrotail = $200

2XU Racepro Elite Tri Suit = $160
Shimano SH-TR50 Triathlon Shoe = $200

TOTAL BIKE COST = $4,060

its 140.6, i forgot to say

Porky,
i forgot to indicate the distance for the Lotto Lankawi Ironman.
its 140.6miles
so it will be 3.8km Swim, 180km Bike & 42km Run. How? Still keen? After this i will go and find out what's next - whatever that is longer or tougher.

Ironman Langkawi? How Porky?

Date: 28th Feb 09 (Sat)

Dept: 23rd Feb (Mon)

Return: 2nd Mar (Mon)

COSTING

Reg fee: USD320= S$450 per pax

Drive: Petrol + Gantry (3 days)

Parking = RM8/day x 4 = S$16

Rooms: 7 nights (mon to sun)

http://www.ironmanmalaysia.com.my/home.html

Next Stop - 70.3 World Tour

Always wanted to do backpacking in europe. This is probably listed as one of the must DOs on many singaporean's wish list. I think if i can give it a little twist it would be a nice way to go off the beaten track.

I went on to the ironman.com website and picked out the most attractive events from the 70.3 series around the world. Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could travel to a dream destination to do a 70.3 while having it sandwhiched between travel itineraries. This is a typical week i'm thinking of while at the detination.

day 1: arrival & register
day 2: race prep & basic city tour
day 3: race day followed by rest & recovery
day 4 -6: touristy stuff like day trip, photography, dive trip, explore, rest & relax in general
day 7: Departure

I have chosen 16 really excotic and cool destinations above, one being my home Singapore city. That leaves me with 15 more to go. If i do one per year this will be my travel plans for up till 43 years old. Anyone care to join this crazy plan with me?

Viva L'Aviva - It is Finished!

Event: Aviva Ironman 70.3 2008
Date: 9th September 2008
Venue: East Coast Park
Bib No: 341

This is my second tri event but my first long distance tri. Really happy that i completed it having set out with some doubts in the beginning. Based on my july experience, i told myself i needed to improve my swim and i did! This time the run leg seems tougher for me which i think was mainly due to poor feeding during the bike leg. Having done this made me believe Anything is really Possible if you made up your mind to do it. Looking forward to my next tri in october.

Results
Swim - 58:50
T1 - 4:10
Bike - 3:44:44
T2: 3:28
Run - 2:36:13
Total - 7:28:28
Cat: Age Grouper 24-29
POS: 100/115