Endtroducing...djball aka charleshui

I know it’s gonna be a hot, we have done what we can, it will be another test of mentality, only the strong mindset win! #anythingispossible you are better than your thought  #im703vietnam 2023 edition expected to be in 41C! What? Actual or feels like?   Race day morning, the sea looked a lot more calmer than yesterday, but actually not, still a lot of swell moving from south east, meant we will encounter those going out for first 300m, and 600m swimming against swell, alright, dophine dive one two one two, one after another, turning point after turning point, 6x300m, last turn follow the swell, nice swell, adding few more kicks ready for T1, bumper! The last 50m got moved to the rope by the swell and got trapped with few men in the front, a few punches and get myself out of the beach to T1, oh it was getting warm, slow swim…. T1 was smooth, two cream under my balls, helmet on, grab bike and go, mounting like a pro, hearing my G! Yeah starting my 90k ride under 30-34C! Along t...

I showed up prepared. One good sleep prior race day, up at 4:30am, had a slice of brown bread, arrived at transition for the setup at 5:30am, 15mins get everything ready, gently move to the beach for gentle warm up and wait for the rolling start. YingHo and I queued in the 36-40m zone. The course was a rectangle shape course, 400m swim out and right turn for 700m journey, 300m back to the shore then 400m back to last turning bouy then 100m to swim finish. Rope line up all the way so you won’t swim off course if you sight wrongly. Easy!  Swim Beep start, one two running into the water and one two dolphins dive starting the swim, oh damn I was in 36-40mins zone why there are so many breakstroke on the front?? I had to swim over a few osculates from time to time, funny enough I saw some people holding the rope and checking the Garmin...no good feet to follow but just keep passing people, more kicking in last 200m, exit the swim at 34’57” PB swim split perfect! T1 They built the ...

Road to Puyuma113 Triathlon After the year of sabbatical of triathlon in 2016, I picked up the training again last December to condition my body prior the training program from Jan to Mar. It was a repeat of 2014. Just I ran slower pace during the training. Still, I made used of the winter season in Hong Kong to gain back my fitness, I took the half marathon at China Coast and HK Marathon as my training run even my run time was quite disappointing. I more or less take the same training schedule as in 2014 and 2015. Monday: Sonic interval/tempo run 1.5 hours Tuesday: My own bike turbo 1 - 1.5 hours with little conditioning Wednesday: Sonic swim 1.5 - 2 hours Thursday: Office2Home run 1.5 hours Friday off Saturday: Long bike Sunday: Sonic Brick session I did little tricks on the schedule, gear and nutrition plan this time. On schedule and training plan, I add core and lower legs conditioning on Tuesday since I realised the lower part of the body is still the ke...

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...

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...

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After finishing Challenge Taiwan half, I took an easy month at training and spent a holiday to Japan with G! To keep myself motivated at training, I need a race goal, and our Sonic fellas would sign up Ironman Taiwan and motivate coach Kenneth to come back to, so I join! Just myself this time, G decide not to do the 4th time as she is enough for this location. Hot Summer to begin... Okay, proper training cycle kicked off from July. Training schedule was adjusted a little since Sonic Sunday session resumed, so Monday 2hrs run, Tueday on an hour turbo, Wednesday 2hrs swim, Thursday run back home, Friday off, Saturday long ride, Sunday brick sessions. It was about 10hrs or less to begin. Absolutely manageable and keeping my social life. Just the run was burtal in the hot summers, it took me long time to deal with the heal during long run, even in the evening, in July and August, running in 33C feel like 43C, and the little wind and humidity, I limited my long run within 75mins, 90m...