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No projects on hand right now. I'll make sure I post when I do have one..

Thanks again for all the support

Peter

It is finished..

Whoops.. I was meaning to update more on the prep for the swimathon but it came too soon and went too soon too. =D

Let me tell you the outcome first, then I shall elaborate further on what happened today. I finished the 2.5k in approximately 48:59.88 and got myself a finisher's medal and a swimathon swim cap. Although I'm happy that I've completed it and it's over I actually feel slightly regretful and I shall go on to tell you why.

But first of all, I would like to wish to thank my sponsors and friends who have supported me throughout my 8 weeks of training. I'm sure that Marie Curie would put the money to good use.

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The swimathon was today. (actually it is held for a few consecutive days so as not to overcrowd the pool as well as to give flexibility for participation). My session was scheduled to start at 0800, and we were given instructions to arrive 30 minutes before the session. So, I arrived at ETHOS (the imperial swimming pool/gym) at 0730 hours only to find out that they didn't open until 8. So, I had to wait outside in the cold for half an hour.

I didn't have dinner the night before and went to bed on an empty stomach. So, I woke up feeling a little drained due to the lack of glucose (or I think so). I tried to pop in a couple of bananas to try get my glucose level up during breakfast, but it didn't work too well. The cold weather didn't help that much either.

So, back to the swimming pool. When we were finally let in, I did a couple of laps to warm up but found the warm up to be tiring. When we started, I was placed beside a really enthusiastic swimmer, and he sped off as soon as we started. His enthusiasm spreaded to me and I followed suit. He soon tired out, and so did I. So I ended up struggling midway to finish my swim.

Hence, the regretful feeling. I should have ate some dinner the night before, or at least got up earlier so that I could get some proper breakfast and let the sugar levels stablilize. Its regretful that I had to wait for 30 minutes in the cold for the swimming pool to open. Most of all, I regret trying to follow the dude beside me. All the time I spent trying to learn to pace myself gone down the drain. =S

The final time of 48:59.88 was way short of what I had expected. In fact, I hadn't swam so slowly before in my other previous training sessions. My personal best was 45:10.30 (which I hadn't recorded on the blog due to overwhelming laziness) and I was hoping to dip below the 45-minute mark today.. Guess not..

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The only good thing that happened was this picture that I took =P

Swim cap, medal and me!