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my first 100+ km ride – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. My first 100 km ride. July 22, 2014. July 28, 2014. Cyclists waiting for leader to find a cycling path around Huairou Reservoir. So I went on my first 100 km group ride two Saturdays back. I admit I was quite unprepared for the ride. Before that, the longest ride I’d been on was about 80 km with only one cycling companion, F. Since our Mentougou ride. Waking up at 4 am, I was naturally hungry by 5 am and had breakfast by 5:30 am. It did occur to me tha...
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quitting coffee – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. May 20, 2015. May 20, 2015. Sometimes saying ‘no’ can be the hardest thing. After years of being a coffee addict, I made a decision to quit drinking coffee. To make my own coffee. Even when I made the decision to quit coffee, I wasn’t sure if I’d actually carry through with it. Australian-Malaysian Chinese beginner triathlete living in Beijing View all posts by Gleefully. The pains of culling. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. You are co...
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Running under the Mongolian sky — Genghis Khan Extreme Marathon 2015 – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. Running under the Mongolian sky — Genghis Khan Extreme Marathon 2015. July 13, 2015. September 22, 2015. This was probably taken early on in the race since I look like I was still running. My (almost) non-existent running history. About 6 months later and was advised to take a break from running by my physio friends. I surprised even myself when I agreed to do the 2015 Genghis Khan Extreme Marathon. So I wasn’t at all surprised to read on the website...
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Cycling in Beijing – Part 2 – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. Cycling in Beijing – Part 2. December 9, 2014. Every year when the temperature descends past freezing point, friends and colleagues have taken to ask if I’m still cycling in the cold. Depending on my mood I’d give them either the long or the short answer. The long answer would go something like this…. I picked up my first bike two years ago on the coldest day in Beijing. It was -15 degrees Celsius with strong winds! And the short answer is just plain….
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drab Feb – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. April 3, 2015. April 3, 2015. First snow in Beijing to usher in the Year of the Ram/Sheep/Goat. In a blink of an eye, the end of the Year of the Horse galloped past me, and the fluff of all things ram/sheep/goat has descended. It’s probably fitting that I’ve had moments when I found it difficult to breathe, such was the intensity of the whirlwind I found myself in. Parts of the whirlwind were thrust upon me while the others were self-inflicted. Even though...
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Gleefully – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. My first Olympic distance tri – Beijing Sanfo International Triathlon. All lined up, waiting for the race to start. The guys got white caps, gals pink and relays orange. A week after my first Sprint distance tri, I did my first Olympic distance tri race at the very scenic Jinhai lake in the outskirts of Bejing. With lessons freshly learnt from doing the Wuxi tri. I threw myself into the preparations for the Sanfo tri. I surprised myself by recovering from ...
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Uncategorized – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. Dipping my toes into BRICK workouts. Relief after completing my first mini duathlon, Try3 Splash Dash, in Chaoyang Park in March. In the weeks following my first dabble into multisports, I realised just being. To swim, bike and run wasn’t enough prep for taking part in a triathlon. I needed. To swim, bike and run consecutively for a little over three hours for an Olympic distance race. To gain some triathlon racing experience, I’m off to Wuxi. June 6, 2016.
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running – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. My first Olympic distance tri – Beijing Sanfo International Triathlon. All lined up, waiting for the race to start. The guys got white caps, gals pink and relays orange. A week after my first Sprint distance tri, I did my first Olympic distance tri race at the very scenic Jinhai lake in the outskirts of Bejing. With lessons freshly learnt from doing the Wuxi tri. I threw myself into the preparations for the Sanfo tri. I surprised myself by recovering from ...
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A letter to my 30-year-old self – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. A letter to my 30-year-old self. April 14, 2014. April 14, 2014. First things first. The only constant in life is change. Then you’ll realise being in this place was what you were looking for all long. Lots of love,. Australian-Malaysian Chinese beginner triathlete living in Beijing View all posts by Gleefully. Beijing vs Hong Kong. How I fell in love with cycling. One thought on “ A letter to my 30-year-old self. Pingback: …late blooming…. Follow “&...
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Mentougou cycling trip 31 May-1 June 2014 – …late blooming…
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8230;late blooming…. Coming late to every party. Mentougou cycling trip 31 May-1 June 2014. June 5, 2014. From top left: power food for cyclists; a tunnel we went through by mistake; gorgeous scenery at Shibantan mountains; fellow cyclists taking a rest stop at Miaofeng mountain; breathtaking mountain views along the way. Australian-Malaysian Chinese beginner triathlete living in Beijing View all posts by Gleefully. Is cycling safe in Beijing? 8211; Part 1. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Questions, ponderin...
