#225 : of Marathons and Triathlons

It's a Sunday and as I write this I am waiting for the
rain to fall ... I should be in the trails ... but when I
woke up and looked through the window ... Sigh,
dark rain clouds are on the horizon. I have no problems
cycling in the jungle during a heavy downpour. I am
not afraid to get wet. What I'm afraid of is falling
branches or trees.

Anyway, the StanChart Marathon has just finished
and the office is filled with war stories coming from
several officemates who have taken up running as
a means to lead healthier lives. Most of the stories
are both hilarious and unbelievable. I have heard
of people completing the marathon in 8 hours!
Imagine that?! I normally sleep for 8 hours. 8 hours
is soooo long to be flogging yourself, your joints,
your knees. But hey, who am I to say that? Most
of my buddies raced the 12hour overnight
race at Tampines.

So, you must be wondering what's up with the eye
candy pictures above in this post? The lady above
is my friend Michelle and the pics were taken from
her FB account. After hearing all the war stories
from StanChart Marathon, I learned that my friend
went for the IronMan in Australia.

Of course, I have always heard about the IronMan.
It's a swim, bike, run race. However, all this time
I never realised that the distances that I often hear
are in miles! Now that I personally know someone
who joined IronMan, I went and googled it. The
actual distances are 3.8km swim, 180km cycle
and then a full marathon (42km)!!! Downright
crazy! Can you imagine that? If you are a participant
in the IronMan, even before you run your full
marathon, you need to swim 3.8km and cycle
180km first!

So, congratulations to my friend, Michelle,
for doing something that I still can't imagine
how to do hehehehe.

The thing now is that when I mentioned this
to my biking buddies and they all told
me that maybe we should give triathlon
a try this coming 2013.

Crazy!