Endtroducing...djball aka charleshui

Tonight we have a special guest crash into our dinner! First course smoke Norwegian salmon Main course grill US wagus steak/Aussie pork with grill veggie with salt/pepper/steak source, serve with baked potato wedges  https://www.facebook.com/buzzfeedtasty/videos/1697788153807160/ And a bottle of wine

I spent many time at training and hope to get the best time at half ironman race, sometime you spent the effort but not getting the paycheck, maybe it just not the right time. I kicked off my training from Jan for the Challenge Taiwan half in late April, I ran my PB at China Coast half marathon, at the time I was going to ramp up my training volume I got flu attack, that was long and irritating, eventually down for 3 weeks, DNS for the first target race . When the team went party and chill out, I was rebuilding my fitness and aiming for another PB attempt at 70.3 Taiwan at Kenting in November. I re-used the same training schedule, just this summer was especially hot and I never had a good session at Happy Valley, every run session was hot like in the hell and my injury in Achilles Tendon still very annoying ! Approaching the race day, body was ready, mind was not, no feel good session to boost my confident and not resilient enough for the change of race venue and dynamic condition.

The 6th edition of this race at Kenting, my fourth half ironman triathlon. I expected a stronger performance and chasing another PB, especially this could be the last 70.3 at Kenting such a challenging course! The race venue had been stabled in the last 5 years and we thought everything should be remain. The frustration began when the swim course change to 20km away from South Bay, and then 1 week before they change from 2 loop swim to 1 loop swim. Sometime things not always going as planned. This is how the story began. New swim course at 車城海口, 1 loop swim 800m to the middle of the ocean Usual Kenting loop, the small segment got removed due to high wind, mostly flat with a bit of rolling Run all the way south, after Yoho, 4km to the turning point, fully exposed to the heat Race Day - 1 The wind started picking up, we arrived at the swim course, rode the first 5km and back, the crosswind and gust wind was so strong that could blow you away, it was stro

http://youtu.be/XrjJbl7kRrI The story of the Olympic champion to a WWII survivor, you can take it you can make it! Only the courage can bring your home!

http://trisutto.com/what-makes-a-champion/

I need to forget about how fit I was, but how fit I want to be! Just like a bankruptcy to forget about how rich they were but how to gain back the wealth! Just keep forward looking and all about mental! Great philosophy I gain through the sports of triathlon!

On the race day morning, I didn't rack my bike DNF at the C race, you feel nothing, just like a bad day at training. DNF at the B race, that's alight, it could be just missing a time trial to assess where I am. DNF at the A race, you hope it's not the truth, in reality you feel sour. The illness happened 4 weeks before the race, I know it was not going to work if I couldn't recover in one week, at the end I was bed rest for 3 weeks due to the flu infection into my inner ears... I pull out, that's alright, G was preparing for this race as well, so do most of the Team Sonic as well. G caught flu after me and keep coughing for whole month, we try hard to get it recovered. On race day morning, everybody is ready, G is ready, but she was a bit nervous, unusually nervous, she never looks like that before, gun started, I was standing at the side of the lake and watching, I saw the crowd start swimming then I moved, and then I saw G already back to the starting

http://triathlon.competitor.com/2014/03/training/make-the-most-of-your-half-ironman-taper-countdown-to-oceanside-70-3_24813

4 weeks to the race day, I caught a flu, this time it's not just a few days off from training, it started with a few days and flu symptoms and then few days of light fevers, and now another few days of ears infection http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_neuronitis It takes away entire 2 weeks off from the training routine...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2014/01/13/your-high-earning-years-salary-secrets-for-your-20s-30s-and-40s/

They are not trying to break you, but they are trying to find what you're really made of. It is like grapes: they are squeezing you to see what is inside.

http://www.runningwritings.com/2011/09/injury-series-flat-eccentric-heel-drops.html?m=1

5 years now, it's still the most powerful song from Sammi!