Desaru weekend

A weekend is spent in Desaru. A nice break. Should be good in preparation for TNF.

Another swim in the sea. Will it have the same problem i faced from my previous openwater swim? I don't know. Just whack and see how it goes.

Arrived in Desaru slightly after 5pm after the unexpected jam at causeway(children day!). Rush to the new official resort. Hmm..quite cool IMO, compare to the previous resort, although a little bit more pricy. Phew still make it in time for uncle chan briefing.

It was an unexpected turn of the event at the briefing, where uncle chan lament on the lack of supports from other parties and shed tears that this is the 15th year and final year for him in Desaru. He has enough. It was sad to hear this. This is my first official triathlon event that i took part and i have fond memory of this.

The usual makan and still makan are there for everyone to grow fat. Though someone still complains he should have tabao the fried kway teow back from rengit town. :p

The race starts at 10am. As usual i stay in the back and slow inches forward. Keep telling myself to calm down and move at a conservative pace among the splashes all over the place.

It seems like ages when i reached the first buoy and finally finished the first loop in 25mins+. Took my time to come out of the water before getting back in.

Again remind myself to calm down(i have been doing fine so far) and try to pick up the pace a little bit as i feel the effort is not enough.

For the rest of the course, i try to focus on the objective and push on. Coming out of the water in 52mins+. Damn! Abit too slow than anticipated. Nevermind, just run towards the transition area and complete the tag over. Officially my race have completed.

I walk back to the beach and give cheer to the rest of the folks coming up slowly 1 after another.

I came back on the road cheering the bikers slight 1 hour after the bike leg started. The weather is super hot and i have wet again!

Decide to follow Francis for a loop of his run. Just swim alone like not enough workout for this weekend. Still need another 10km to keep the engine moving. It was a super hot run and the water dripped nonstop from my cap! I almost wanted to asked Francis to continue the run alone. But knowing how tough it is to run on the heat, i decide to bite it and completed 1 loop with him. Phew!

Spend another night stay in Desaru, before heading back on Sunday. A good experience.