The day the rock bled

It was a good movie. A really good movie. 

I make my own roads.

Life is fair. Life isn't fair. 

Regardless of that, there are choices that must be made, paths that need to be walked. 

Sometimes it all comes back to you twice as fast, twice as hard. 

The bitter aftertaste of life's nasty little twists... 

Can be so nauseating at times. 

It can be so hard to forget; 

So hard to wonder what should have been, what could have been. 

Whatever tears I have has been shed,

And all my wounds have long since healed.

Yet the scars remain and the heart still aches. 

I am going to leave that behind. 

I am going to walk on. 

I am going to run.

And to life's little ironies and fate's cruel plans, 

"Game on."

Week 7

“When Christians came to these islands they said, take this Bible, close your eyes and pray, so we did; when we opened our eyes all we had was this Bible and the white man had all our Islands.” 

- Hawaiian Kahuna

Quote of the week... I wish things were to go slightly smoother... too many bumps in the road... can be rather disheartening at times. 

Aviva Half-Ironman Singapore 70.3: Reflections

I crashed. I messed up the race due to circumstances I could have avoided. I was over-confident. I failed to take the necessary provisions to go that step further. Putting that aside, there was some good that came out of this race too. I experience what it was like to crash at a pretty high speed in the middle of a half-ironman lake (Painful... that was about it), I learnt the consequences of poor pre-race preparation. The most important thing however was that I met really great people this time around, be it the Military guys from SAFSA, the Peeps from NUS Aquathlon or my fellow triathletes from TRI 21, you guys certainly made the journey so much more enjoyable. 

Triathlon is a truly remarkable sport, the half ironman one level up and the ironman experience (as I will experience in about a years time) a whole new game in its own right. The sport celebrates the spirit of athletic excellence; both the physical endurance and mental tenacity needed to undergo a race of such intensity. It isn't about finishing the race nor trying to win the race (as I have learnt) but its about doing your best and putting in the effort and making that commitment to accomplish whatever you have set your sights on doing. To all who participated in this year's half ironman, cheers to a job well done:) Now to find that training program for that 22nd of March race...