after abt a month settling in the new area, i started to find some routes, trails, and areas that i'm able to continue my training. so far everything seems to be pretty good. the only not so good part of the new area is that most of the areas have rolling hills, and some even actual hills. so far i'v biked from where i lived a couple of times, and every time i biked from there, i dreaded the biked back. reason? the last 5miles is a cat5 climb. none of this was a big deal for me, esp after a long while living in the midwest, where most of the areas are flat. but now on the nw, man....i really really thank GOD that HE made me started biking abt 5-6years ago. or else, i would be cursing the whole ride.
i thank GOD for letting me meet my coach in the midwest that taught me and pushed me to keep climbing on any camp that i was in. i thank him for always organizing the nice portsmouth camp every year that i was in the midwest. at the same time, i thank GOD that i was able to race that course.
for the longest time, i never really care abt the climb cat while living in the midwest, but now, esp after talking more and more with the girl, i started intrigued with hills climbing category. not that i'm a climb junkie now, but it gives me a more appreciation of the gift that GOD has given me, which are 'the lightning' and 'the thunder'.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
wo...wo...wo....
huh?
wow....didn't realize that i hd been absent for abt 3 months from this thing. and, the amazing thing is, there are a bunch of things that happened in just that 3months...who knew these could happen?
what r those?
1. move to another state - yep, i'm in wa state now....
2. withdraw from an iron distance race
3. being so out of shape to race iron distance race
4. start a new job place - same company tho...
5. and, oh yeach....getting ready to get married - what? is that really going to happened?
6. making new friends
7. meeting new co workers
8. getting familiar to new areas and state
9. seeing my aunt and uncle after abt 15years...yech...that was long....
but, out of all that....the most amazing thing is, being able to be a part of God's plan and seeing the amazing blessings that HE is pouring out onto my life. also, seeing prayers being answered.
but now....i'm finally able to get back to a bit of training. in some ways, i can honestly say that my fitness level is back to where i was at before i moved, which is last june. then again, my training is dfntly behind in comparison to my teamates that are racing vineman this weekend. i'm a bit bump out that i cannot see them and race with them. but yet, i'm dfnlty at peace for withdrawing from a race. hopefully this will be the 1st and only time that i'd do that.
for the longest time, i always said that i never want to DNF and/or withdraw from a race, but i do believe GOD has a divine apptmnt, and that's why i'm dfntly at peace in regards to that....stay tuned.....
wow....didn't realize that i hd been absent for abt 3 months from this thing. and, the amazing thing is, there are a bunch of things that happened in just that 3months...who knew these could happen?
what r those?
1. move to another state - yep, i'm in wa state now....
2. withdraw from an iron distance race
3. being so out of shape to race iron distance race
4. start a new job place - same company tho...
5. and, oh yeach....getting ready to get married - what? is that really going to happened?
6. making new friends
7. meeting new co workers
8. getting familiar to new areas and state
9. seeing my aunt and uncle after abt 15years...yech...that was long....
but, out of all that....the most amazing thing is, being able to be a part of God's plan and seeing the amazing blessings that HE is pouring out onto my life. also, seeing prayers being answered.
but now....i'm finally able to get back to a bit of training. in some ways, i can honestly say that my fitness level is back to where i was at before i moved, which is last june. then again, my training is dfntly behind in comparison to my teamates that are racing vineman this weekend. i'm a bit bump out that i cannot see them and race with them. but yet, i'm dfnlty at peace for withdrawing from a race. hopefully this will be the 1st and only time that i'd do that.
for the longest time, i always said that i never want to DNF and/or withdraw from a race, but i do believe GOD has a divine apptmnt, and that's why i'm dfntly at peace in regards to that....stay tuned.....
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
another camp
this time is the crazy climbing portsmouth camp. this was probably one the camp i always looked forward to every season. reasoning; it's cheap, challenging, and there will always be something happened during the camp. it's either to the camp, to the fun times, to the after the camp moments, etc. the other thing, this is the 1st i came to the site of my major bike crash on a race. and, this time, i came back with a different bike.
it all started good. we went down in the early morning hours, planning to ride abt 5-6 hours. we started abt the planned time. rode up the 1st switchback hills. felt pretty strong and a little ease compare to past seasons.
then came the 2nd round of the hills. this time, it's harder. still felt pretty good, not as strong as the morning round, but still feel the little ease compare to past seasons.
after all that, we were to do an out and back route to go back to where we parked. here were the fun came. when we reached the turn around point, the sky was dark and everyone knew the storm is brewing and dfntly coming our way. as we all rode back, probably just abt 5 miles riding in to get back, it rained on us. at first, i thought, ...well, it's not that bad...i'v ridden in much worse rain...but then, the lightning and thunder started, here come a litle caution on my side and then the rain started to become harder....so, i started thinking, maybe we should stop, but then, as i reached to certain point, coach picked us all up in the middle of the road. what a relieve. yeach......
at this point, we are all soaking wet from the rain....
like i said, every camp, or season, there is always something that could happened during the camp, and this year....it's the rain and storm....oh well...we'll get back at some other time....
it all started good. we went down in the early morning hours, planning to ride abt 5-6 hours. we started abt the planned time. rode up the 1st switchback hills. felt pretty strong and a little ease compare to past seasons.
then came the 2nd round of the hills. this time, it's harder. still felt pretty good, not as strong as the morning round, but still feel the little ease compare to past seasons.
after all that, we were to do an out and back route to go back to where we parked. here were the fun came. when we reached the turn around point, the sky was dark and everyone knew the storm is brewing and dfntly coming our way. as we all rode back, probably just abt 5 miles riding in to get back, it rained on us. at first, i thought, ...well, it's not that bad...i'v ridden in much worse rain...but then, the lightning and thunder started, here come a litle caution on my side and then the rain started to become harder....so, i started thinking, maybe we should stop, but then, as i reached to certain point, coach picked us all up in the middle of the road. what a relieve. yeach......
at this point, we are all soaking wet from the rain....
like i said, every camp, or season, there is always something that could happened during the camp, and this year....it's the rain and storm....oh well...we'll get back at some other time....
Sunday, April 3, 2011
a while...
so after abt a month long of hiatus from this place, i decided to get back to this again. altho not sure what i was doing in that 1 month, i realized there had been so much stuffs going on in my life. and, it's not necessarily just work, but also personal, significant other, training, team, teammates, etc.
for the past month, i was able to get to know more about my teammates for this current season. this might have happen with the pending condition that i am facing rite now in my life. somehow, i started to embrace more of the people that GOD hv surrounded me with. and, for the most part, apparently, my teammates are the ones that i hd learned abt life the most. they hv become my 'family'. they hv become my brothers and sisters. they r the ones that hd shown me the many sides of life; even the many sides of multiple personalities and characteristics.
this happened to be coincided with the many events that hd happened in the past month of course.
one of them was the dome camp that i did with some left-out teammates in town. that was a good 1. as much as it was tried to be organized, yet, some of us were able to make it as organized as possible with so much fun in the cold winter week, especially with jen's egg-strada....hm.....dreaming of it again....dfntly need more of it....again....
for the past month, i was able to get to know more about my teammates for this current season. this might have happen with the pending condition that i am facing rite now in my life. somehow, i started to embrace more of the people that GOD hv surrounded me with. and, for the most part, apparently, my teammates are the ones that i hd learned abt life the most. they hv become my 'family'. they hv become my brothers and sisters. they r the ones that hd shown me the many sides of life; even the many sides of multiple personalities and characteristics.
this happened to be coincided with the many events that hd happened in the past month of course.
one of them was the dome camp that i did with some left-out teammates in town. that was a good 1. as much as it was tried to be organized, yet, some of us were able to make it as organized as possible with so much fun in the cold winter week, especially with jen's egg-strada....hm.....dreaming of it again....dfntly need more of it....again....
Friday, April 1, 2011
injuries...
it's always not a good feeling when u felt some pain in some part of ur body, especially during training. as coach said that in racing, u shld try to manage pain. but, in training.....really? what can u do? rest....which at most time u feel like as if when u don't train, u could fall behind. fall behind ur teammates' training, even fall behind urself from last season.
for the past 2-3 months, i hd been battling a tendonitis on the inside part of my right knee. unsurprisingly, this problem got worse as i was trying new shoes from my running. at first, i thought it was a lingering effect from not fully healed, but then, coach started noticing the way i ran, just not rite.
did it get worse? at first, i wasn't so sure. at this point, i don't think so, since the pain is not as bad as it was abt 1 month ago.
i wanted so badly to try other shoes in the market, but yet, my big huge feet jst weren't abt to cooperate. so now, i am back to the 1 and only shoe in the market that can fit my big huge feet. if only the shoe that i'm wearing would jst sponsor me directly; especially, now, i know for sure, that is the only shoe brand (asics) and model that i can wear, pretty much for the rest of life athletic life. oh well....
is it better now?
absolutely. i run better, i walk better. i can feel my bounce again on the run. even tho, as of now, i can still feel a little pain, but it's dfntly manageable.
what do i learned? new isn't always better. injuries is always kind of sucks....
for the past 2-3 months, i hd been battling a tendonitis on the inside part of my right knee. unsurprisingly, this problem got worse as i was trying new shoes from my running. at first, i thought it was a lingering effect from not fully healed, but then, coach started noticing the way i ran, just not rite.
did it get worse? at first, i wasn't so sure. at this point, i don't think so, since the pain is not as bad as it was abt 1 month ago.
i wanted so badly to try other shoes in the market, but yet, my big huge feet jst weren't abt to cooperate. so now, i am back to the 1 and only shoe in the market that can fit my big huge feet. if only the shoe that i'm wearing would jst sponsor me directly; especially, now, i know for sure, that is the only shoe brand (asics) and model that i can wear, pretty much for the rest of life athletic life. oh well....
is it better now?
absolutely. i run better, i walk better. i can feel my bounce again on the run. even tho, as of now, i can still feel a little pain, but it's dfntly manageable.
what do i learned? new isn't always better. injuries is always kind of sucks....
Thursday, March 10, 2011
quotes
Some quotes that I came across for life, training, racing; courtesy of ryan hall and josh cox;
the only just literary critic is JESUS, who admires more than any man the gifts HE HIMSELF has bestowed - jrr. tolkien
PAD - Passion; Ability; Destiny
Gal 6:4-5 – ‘…each of you should test your own actions. Then you can take pride in yourself, without comparing yourself to somebody else, for each of you should carray your own load…’
COl 3:23-24 – ‘…and whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ…’
Seek God’s presence, not God’s presents
the only just literary critic is JESUS, who admires more than any man the gifts HE HIMSELF has bestowed - jrr. tolkien
PAD - Passion; Ability; Destiny
Gal 6:4-5 – ‘…each of you should test your own actions. Then you can take pride in yourself, without comparing yourself to somebody else, for each of you should carray your own load…’
COl 3:23-24 – ‘…and whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ…’
Seek God’s presence, not God’s presents
Monday, February 21, 2011
and so the story continues....
last sunday, with the girl in town, we decided to go run to see some bison at the nearby metro parks. after the episode that i had last thurs in the run and about 1-2 days of rest, i thought all the pain on my foot should be ok by now.
so, we went running 4 abt an hour. this is after also trying on new movement prep warm-up stretch. not realizing what the surface of the trail would be, i started on a little bit faster than my normal pace, since i actually felt quite warm, and not stiff at all with the warm-up. man...was i wrong?
the surface was quite hard pack of gravel, trail, and dfntly not an even ground at all. i was able to go on the faster pace that i wanted to, but then after-wards, all the same pain in the same areas, especially the 1 area that had been therapy-ied, it all came back to haunt me. so...rite now, i'm a little worried. therefore, i decide to rest today, in prep for the upcoming harder camp work-out.
i guess at this point, i am in the place where i had to learn more about the meaning of recovery week and rest time. as u know, i am not a pro. as much as i would like all this to be my full-time job, it isn't. again, i am back to the drawing board of time management.
and, surprise, surprise, i had 1 new endurance sport friend that jst sent me about time management worksheet....wazzup with that.....? how is that possible...?
guess at least it still early in the season. thank God....
so, we went running 4 abt an hour. this is after also trying on new movement prep warm-up stretch. not realizing what the surface of the trail would be, i started on a little bit faster than my normal pace, since i actually felt quite warm, and not stiff at all with the warm-up. man...was i wrong?
the surface was quite hard pack of gravel, trail, and dfntly not an even ground at all. i was able to go on the faster pace that i wanted to, but then after-wards, all the same pain in the same areas, especially the 1 area that had been therapy-ied, it all came back to haunt me. so...rite now, i'm a little worried. therefore, i decide to rest today, in prep for the upcoming harder camp work-out.
i guess at this point, i am in the place where i had to learn more about the meaning of recovery week and rest time. as u know, i am not a pro. as much as i would like all this to be my full-time job, it isn't. again, i am back to the drawing board of time management.
and, surprise, surprise, i had 1 new endurance sport friend that jst sent me about time management worksheet....wazzup with that.....? how is that possible...?
guess at least it still early in the season. thank God....
Saturday, February 19, 2011
injury...
kind of sucks...
since the beginning of the year, i had this nagging pain on the inside part of my right knee. first, i thought it was jst a fatigue pain, or maybe even jst overuse, which is kind of weird to begin with, since i had not trained that hard. but then after about a couple of weeks continuing on, i felt a little worried, therefore went to see a specialist. it turned out it was a minor tendinitis.
ok...so good news and bad news...
it's good that i found out early and it was minor. bad, because that meant i had to laid down on my run. then again, it's the time when i felt the most pain.
so, solution; i went in for 3-4 session of physical therapy for it with the doc gave me some anti-inflammatory. did it help? yes, well...kind of...
after all the session fulfilled and finishing up all the prescribed med, i decided to try different type of shoes. not sure whether this was a good, or bad idea.
so...last thursday, with the very nice warmer weather in the area, after feeling everything seems to be on track with the healing process, i decided to try the new kicks. in the beginning of the run, i thought i felt great. the shoes felt light, i felt light footed, not bulky at all. i felt snazzy, and quite able to go on a faster pace. i was able to do the schedule workout well, even thought it was kind of hard workout and kind of hard with the new kicks.
but then, after the workout, i felt a little pain in the same area of the previously healed area with an addition in other areas of my calf and foot.
at first i thought....ok maybe i was just going to fast, maybe i felt over confident, maybe i pushed too hard.
so let's see....let me rest this for a day, or 2....
since the beginning of the year, i had this nagging pain on the inside part of my right knee. first, i thought it was jst a fatigue pain, or maybe even jst overuse, which is kind of weird to begin with, since i had not trained that hard. but then after about a couple of weeks continuing on, i felt a little worried, therefore went to see a specialist. it turned out it was a minor tendinitis.
ok...so good news and bad news...
it's good that i found out early and it was minor. bad, because that meant i had to laid down on my run. then again, it's the time when i felt the most pain.
so, solution; i went in for 3-4 session of physical therapy for it with the doc gave me some anti-inflammatory. did it help? yes, well...kind of...
after all the session fulfilled and finishing up all the prescribed med, i decided to try different type of shoes. not sure whether this was a good, or bad idea.
so...last thursday, with the very nice warmer weather in the area, after feeling everything seems to be on track with the healing process, i decided to try the new kicks. in the beginning of the run, i thought i felt great. the shoes felt light, i felt light footed, not bulky at all. i felt snazzy, and quite able to go on a faster pace. i was able to do the schedule workout well, even thought it was kind of hard workout and kind of hard with the new kicks.
but then, after the workout, i felt a little pain in the same area of the previously healed area with an addition in other areas of my calf and foot.
at first i thought....ok maybe i was just going to fast, maybe i felt over confident, maybe i pushed too hard.
so let's see....let me rest this for a day, or 2....
Friday, January 7, 2011
2011, here we go...
hey, hey, hey.....2011 already.....what'd i missed? not a whole lot yet. then again, got to start planning for races in 2011. what am i going to do? a couple of my frenz, teammates, etc had been asking for a while. 1 of the questions that i found quite interesting is, '...will there b any repeat performance(s) in 2011, jst like 2010?'
my answer to that question, '...nope, not really. it will be a better performance for 2011...'
as 2010 had become the inaugural iron-distance race for me; in 2011, i am looking forward to an improve performance in the iron-distance regime.
race schedule should be up soon. still finalizing. in the mean time, keep it steady on the training and focus on the task in the future. hope 2 c any of u on any race(s) thru-out the usa, thanx, Gb....and God speed....
my answer to that question, '...nope, not really. it will be a better performance for 2011...'
as 2010 had become the inaugural iron-distance race for me; in 2011, i am looking forward to an improve performance in the iron-distance regime.
race schedule should be up soon. still finalizing. in the mean time, keep it steady on the training and focus on the task in the future. hope 2 c any of u on any race(s) thru-out the usa, thanx, Gb....and God speed....
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