A good day

Life is good! Eventually we ride in Shek O instead of Tung Chung with the girls due to Charles have to be home around 11am.

We starts at around 8A.M. this morning, really great to start late on holiday. 

An 2 hours hilly ride is deserved@Lulu's breakfast, always yumm

 With my boy to ride around. Sorry cannot catch up with you in the last few hills, legs really sore:(

 My buddy, Yee. Always great chat after sess...

 Shek O is abit choppy today despite the North East Wind...speaking up....

 Back home and i feel i have to do a compensational run for an hours, visit my favorite hills again...feeling super to ran on the hills.....hope that i can recover soon for the Sonic Time Trial tomorrow :-)

 

Nothing better to help the kids in Thai with direct stuff

Thank you for the people who spent some little time to bring it over your pre loved caps (90), googles (15), shorts (6) swimsuits (3)and even bikini and kids arm band for the kids who need it to continuous their swimming! I would love to say thanks on behalf of them:) thanks Julius, Teresa, Elise, Janice, Eric, Charles:) 

And thanks Nicole from BPM sports to organizing this, she is going to bring all these stuff to Phuket next week! 

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Laguna Phuket Making Community Splash with Kids’ Survival Swim Programme

Laguna Phuket is harnessing the enthusiasm of triathletes in this year’s Laguna Phuket Triathlon and Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship to launch its latest community initiative that will provide survival swim lessons for thousands of local youngsters.

Hundreds of triathletes registering for the two events are being asked to raise money through online sponsorships to help raise an estimated THB 600,000 (US$ 19,835) required to set up and run the 12-month programme.

Thai Health Authority statistics show drowning as the highest cause of death for Thai children under the age of 15* and teaching children to be competent in deep water, with the ability to get to safety, is a major priority for coastal regions.

The Survival Swim Programme is being developed with support from Cherngtalay Municipality , Phuket Lifeguard Club, Phuket International Academy ’s Thanyupura Sports & Leisure Club, Surf Lifesaving of Australia and Laguna Holiday Club.

It will teach more than  2,600 children aged 12-15 years in Thalang District schools how to save themselves if they fall into deep water; and be staged on the beaches of Bang Tao, Municipality swimming pools and Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club.

The Laguna Phuket Triathlon on 27 November and Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific Championship on 4 December will draw hundreds of triathletes from around the world to Phuket, who are now being asked to arrange sponsorships at: www.lagunaphuket.com/CSR/athlete-sponsorship-programme.php

Triathletes – who face gruelling swims in the first leg of their triathlon challenges –  are competent swimmers, aware of respect for water and the importance of this vital life skill. 

Suthasinee Rukmit, Laguna Phuket’s director of Community Relations, said: “We’re delighted that the many triathletes who come here to compete will be able to be part of a meaningful project that involves their chosen sport and also creates lasting benefits for local communities.”

The official launch of the Survival Swim Programme is set to be the centerpiece of a week-long Tri-Fest staged at Laguna Phuket between the two back-to-back triathlons.

The new programme follows an initial Survival Swim Course held earlier this year at Thanyapura Sports & Leisure Club, when members of Hong Kong Tritons triathlon club gave lessons to children from Laguna Phuket’s school charity partner, Baan Jao Krua School in Phang Nga Province .

And the programme’s fund-raising was kicked-off in style recently when revellers at Laguna Phuket’s Summer Family Festival closing party raised THB 14,000 (US$ 463) in a raffle to win prizes at the resort’s new Angsana Laguna Phuket hotel.

LSD run this morning

Forced myself to sleep last night around 11a.m., as i know i have to got up to see this beautiful morning in the country side. Morning, Shek O

All worth it to wake up early to run from my home towards the Big Wave Bay and Shek O:)

Sunday Sonic Time Trial (CANCEL)

We drove to Shek O at 6:45A.M. and the rain was falling crazing with some flooding on the road. Time trial turns into a fun run and swim session.

I'm happy to run the uphill with my pacing to go the up hill. I did not feel it is killing and i'm much pretty enjoying the speed i can manage the up hill.

Swimming today is fun. And i'm super happy how i master the waves so much. i did not fear the open water and the choppy situation now. I'm more to swim with the wave, go with the wave. Happy Sunday:)

Sat. Family dinner

Charlie's Mom and Dad comes home tonight for dinner. I have made my first ever apple crumble to them for dessert! Amazingly They love it:) I did a good job!

2 days in KL for LPBC

Work trip for LPBC for 2 days here. Life isn't that miserable this time.
Life at KL. They have a pretty nice side of it, chill and silent!

Our 3rd Wedding Anniversary plus Happy Mid Autumn Festival

Yay! Hong Kong people is all celebrating to us! Its public holiday today for the Big Moon and our 3rd Marriage! I'm so happy with my Charles for the all years we have had together:) He is my love, my life my everything!

 We kick start our celebration in a different way, we don't have a romantic restaurant to celebrate and it is our first time we celebrate in Hong Kong. How lucky we are. We ran to the dragon back trail to enjoy our sip of camel bag water and banana (HOT) for around an hours and down to the Shek O road to our favorite beach!

 A short rest overlooking the other side of the island south. Beautiful weather:) Just loving the rocky trail so much. Charlie is super strong today, he take the lead...I'm happy to follow:)

Arrived our favourite beach - Shek O with super clear water. We both jump in to take a short breakin the wave......lovely! 

Then, here we come to our HOME SWEET HOME to spent the lazy afternoon, just lying on Sofa, watching TV, talks....while i made my first time Cup Cake for celebration and preparing our home dinner. Happy is just simplest is that....

Love you forever, Charles! My sweetheart always........

Sunday Dinner

After tons of Janice Birthday party On Friday night and Sunday Brunch, and lots of lots of gathering...Finally is being US together at our small home sweet home:)

Our first trial of roasted chicken with rosemary, herbs, rubs etc......with plenty of potato and carrots. Taste really good, but could be better!!!!

Very happy just being 2 of us:)

My sister pre wedding photos

Was a fun day to help my sister on her pre-wedding photo shooting! BIG Thanks to my beloved friend Winnie So and her boy Lewis on the styling. and of course my boy for his sleeping job at winnie's studio. Great fun with my sister and Keith. Wish them stayed happily forever! Their wedding plan in this Winter.

Morning run

Is still being lazy these day after my half ironman was finished a month ago. Time to picking up the pace...Push myself to wake up on Friday morning at 6A.M. got up with this beautiful ocean and a fisherman with his boat just underneath my block. The sun is as lazy as me, stated to rise later. So peaceful and realize the wind in changing its season now.

Ok, my plan today is do a 5km time trail. So i ran to the sports ground which is 2.5km away as a warm up. Once i hit the track, i told myself have to finish this tiny 12.5 laps. the dream fall when i finished my first lap at 2'02" which i shouldn't believe. (My best shape was running around 1'47", the fastest could be 1'37") i was questioning myself.......and feeling doubt.

Couln't hold for long, some laps drop to 2'05" , feel like a piece of SHIT and could not run the last 2.5 lap. The day i feel i was so ugly. ....ran back home and told myself the 4km track is better than no run:)

Quote of the day 2

"I don't need easy, I just need possible" - Bethany Hamilton

After Bethany loses her arm to the shark and attempts to get back to her dreams, with one arm winning a world title one year after she got the 14 foot tiger shark attack!

Quote of the day

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." - Confucius

Follow my heart:) Enjoy my day!
read the blog from Bree Wee his son at races, to him it's so pure, so simple, just something he LOVES to do and it shows" He was telling her mom how to be calm, how to love what I do, and just reminding her of a few very important moments that have gotten me to this place in sport. Training day tomorrow or not, this is a race and that's what she do. A pep talk from a 5 year old, perfect!