the ride up was about 5 hours. double decker, which meant our bikes were below while the rest of us were on top. and there were some last min withdrawals, which meant we had alot of room for the remaining 14 of us!
i spent most of the time on the bus in this position. shiokkksssssss!
after the 1st day of registration, carbo loading (YAY) and race briefing, we went to sleep quite early. (no poker cause nic wasnt around!)
next day sunday was race day! as usual, we had our pre race camwhoring!
the tri 21 suits make its first appearace in m'sia!
so that people can see who overtook them =D
the swim was quite good, with me leading the 2nd pack (the elites were all in the 1st pack). that was until me and the second guy got lost, and we had to chase all the way back to catch the pack. wasted my lead!!!!! anyway, junyang said i came out of the swim like 30 plus seconds after daniel plews. cool!!!!!! think i was 10th for the swim...
the bike was less than ideal. i was quick (39-40km/h) on the flats (but who isnt?) however the moment i hit the slopes i just died-ed, and i was quickly dropped by a number of people like this. josh caught up and overtook me. funny part was josh turned in too early and i managed to catch up with him again as we both entered T2.
see! i managed to do a good T2! leave the shoes on the bike!
josh and i started the run together (1st time!) until he got his rythmn and i could not keep up with his pace. for some reason, i took longer than usual to recover from the bike, and it was only like 3km plus into the run could i start to pick up the pace. after the U-turn, i revved it up somemore and managed to overtake more of the guys who overtook me on the bike. revenge!
finished in about 2hr 22-23mins. not too bad, considering i had a bad week of tapering before this. i managed to control myself to the post race milo truck. only 7 cups! (but in the end still stomachache)
zy (lake kenyir champ!) got 2nd this time round, but that was cause the lady who got first is an ITU triathlete!
the very shiok stopover, where we bought ALOT (read: elston) of snacks.
the company which made the race and trip great!
thanks josh for organizing!
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