Top of the world

Whatta feeling.

Completed the Genting adventure in one piece.

Great company. Marvellous support car crew.

Unbelievable. Remarkable. Pure adrenalin.

Report will come later.

Holy cow...

Status update....

Jun 2007
Weight : 158.7kg/350 pounds
Fat Mass : 88.71kg/195 pounds
Free Fat Mass : 70.0kg/154 pounds

Sept 2008
Weight : 112.4kg/247 pounds
Fat Mass : 37.0kg/ 81 pounds
Free Fat Mass : 75.4kg/ 166 pounds

Summary
Total weight loss : 46.3kg / 102 pounds
Total Fat Loss : 51.7kg / 114 pounds
Total Muscle Gained: 5.4kg / 12 pounds

Still have more work to do...

One full circle

It was around this time of last year's Ramadhan which i had broken my 1st mental barrier.

Read here and here and here

I ended the walk, half-way. half-dead. wobbly legs. battered.

One year later, im doing it for a 2nd time. slimmer. fitter. stronger.

I hope i can do it all the way to the top (depending on the crowd).

If you are interested, come and join us. please meet at Genting Sempah McD, tonite, 12/9/08, 930pm.

If i am do it, so will you....

Irony

When it went up, others went up almost immediately.... even parking charges..(What does it got to do with oil prices!?)

Now that it has gone down, has anything gone down as well?

Are you still paying your roti canai at the price when oil was at RM2.70?....

Say something....

I'm bacckkk...

I'm blogging!

I'm training!

During fasting month, it's kinda difficult to stick to my normal training regime due low nutrition intake during the day and a sudden rush of nutrition after iftar.

Without pushing too hard risking malnutrition, i will also try not to go too easy risking loosing my fitness.

I will definitely loose some some weight during this fasting month but unfortunately it will be mainly due to muscle weight loss rather fat loss. I dunno how to counter this but i will try to minimise the impact come end of the month.

In the mean time, i will continue doing light training to ensure that my muscles be reminded that there's still some work to do.

In summary :

I did a night 6km run last friday. My 1st for quite sometime now. I'm running again!

I did a quick night ride last saturday around Putrajaya approx 30-40km . I'm cycling again!

I did a night 6km run last sunday. I'm running again!

I did a night 6km run last Monday. yeahhh, i'm running again!

I feel good.

i feel refreshed

.....and i feel motivated.

"It doesnt matter how hard you get hit. It's a matter of taking the hit, getting up and moving forward." - Rocky Balboa

I'm backkkk....

OTS

I'm have been laying down quite low these past few weeks.

I was going through a phase.

A phase which surrounds overtraining, depression and frustration.

I guess every athlete (though im not in the athlete category yet) who'd been continuously on a training regime somehow, earlier or later, will go through this phase.

The phase is called overtraining syndrome or OTS. There is a distinct correlation between OTS and depression.

"Generally, OTS is a condition when a highly motivated athletes, consumed with the will to perform well and win, become frustrated by poor performance that may be caused by inadequate recovery during over-reaching and overtraining. Part of this disappointment stems from the athletes’ realisation that they are not living up to pre-established aspirations or goals, despite having invested much in their training programme. Frustration then leads to increased practice time each day and increased training intensity, which results in less regeneration, increased fatigue and worsening of performance. This progressive cycle of decline also results in deterioration of an athlete’s mental well-being. Depression then may manifest itself as altered mood states, sleep disturbances and a loss of zeal for training and competition." (taken from the internet)

As i analysed my situation, the OTS started when i'd decided to skip Desaru tri. After long and hard training sefforts, i had to aborted Desaru due to a valid reason. Suddenly, my body went into a depression state. I tried doing more training but motivation was sliding down into the ravine.

Then, frustation kicked in. Not only it suppressed my desire for training but also it's affecting people surrounding me. I started ignoring my training buddies, refusing makan outings with them, refusing training invitations and I even stopped reading and writing emails to them and blogging too! Instead, i went out on my own, spent more time with family, did some shopping, meeting friends other than training buddies etc. I did all of other things except training.

However, during this phase, it gave me time. a chance to think. to reflect. to appreciate. to set news targets and achieve new goals.

Now, three weeks later - i feel fresh.

My mind is clear.

I'm ready to go again.

Overdoing

Lately, I have been getting lotsa negative comments from a lot of quarters regarding my sporting activities.

I know i should not take any heed from these unwanted opinions. These 'noises' can be a poison to your spirit and sometimes can kill it eventually.

But....

AM I REALLY OVERDOING IT..!??