Triathlon Training Day (Kononnye....he he)

After last thought about the Kenyir triathlon, I think I'll give it a try also. So today I dediced to do a dual-event training i.e. swimming & cycling despite yesterday's epic MTB ride at Kemensah-Kuala Tedung.

My plan was to part at the Selayang Swimming complex (MPS) and cycle from there going via Ulu Yam's route until the peak (where the natural mineral water station is) and come back for the swim. So, as you can see I have to do the other way around i.e. ride first then swim since if you go for a swim first then by the time you ride, the sun will be on top of you.

This will be my last week for the tri training if I decided to go for it. I've been doing running and mtb-ing for the couple of weeks and so left out the road riding. Today's ride started well with (ehemmm...) my new Kuota bike. It felt so different from my previously Look bike since the Look frame is too big for me. The Kuota's felt smoother during the ride despite all other components I use are still the old ones. The frame (especially the correct size) does make a different to your riding style. The climb started just immediately after the TNB powerstation for about 1 to 1.5km and it's killing me. I only managed to do the climb about 11km/h, shesss....pancit. Need more road ride with the big gears.

I managed to slowly complete the climb slowly. Strange thing though, because my heart rate was doing well during the climb about 156bpm and definitely below 165bpm. But I guess from yesterday's epic ride, my leg was still in a fatigue mode I guess. After the climb, I proceed the ride until the peak. The route is a good training for me since it's a gradual climb kinda like Genting Sempah but open (hot...). Since my intention today is just to get a feel of both events (swim + cycle), I just do a relax ride to the top. My Suunto recorded only 14km from the MPS swimming complex to the peak so going back should only covers about 30km. Oklah for now since I'll be doing swimming after that.

Going back from the peak was quite exhilirating for me. My speed reached 70+km/h during the descend and as I was speeding down there was a bunch of these superbike group going up. I can see them looking at me as I speed down the road with the aerodynamic position. Probably in their head was something like .."mamat ni ingat dia laju sangat la tu ....." . What the heck, come and ride with your bare power la and you'll know what it takes to drive a machine with your own strength.

I reached the start hill again but the opposite way and have to endure the last climb. As I was changing my gear to the lower one, my chain just get stuck and drop. I lost my momentum and had to stop in the middle of the hill climb to fix it. Really ruined my ending...

After a while I managed to fixed it and start the climb again but with no momentum and at the middle of the hill. It's quite hard to start the ride from the middle but managed to get it done with and rode slowly to clear the climb.

Reached back at the swimming complex car park at 10.30am and start dismounting my bike for the swimming session.

I only managed to do about 10 laps for the swimming as my leg are starting to tense due to the riding. To avoid from cramping I stop for a break and did a relax lap only.

Training session ended at 11.30am.

My next training plan is to come for the bike a bit early at the MPS swimming complex.

Today's Training
Cycle: 30km
Swim: 10laps