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Sunday, April 14, 2013

2013 Aquathon series - Race 1 (400m swim+3.8km run)

Haven't been race this only pool Aquathon race for 2 years i guess, happy to back to this lovely Kowloon Tsai Park and picking up my old days memory when i'm a newbie back to 2004! The beginner spirit is on, I'm nervous when we are arranged to be seated in line according to our race number and line up at the pool which boost my endorphin higher!

Gun starts, every girls is fighting in their own lane, i can sighted most of us gone in the same speed at about 15m in the splash of water,  water is still chilling and i always told myself to clam down, maintain the pace and breathing! when i first do my 50m turn, i started to feel somethings not right as i cannot see clearly on my right eye due to the goggle is borrow from Charlie. (So bad of me i forgot to bring my own!) And i really want to quit! Given the spectators is all seated at the platform and everyone is cheers for the competitors, i don't want to look bad to crawl from the pool and have a DNF! Just slowed down my pace and sucked in this 400m pool swim. Come up from the water the first 3, ran into my transition and pull everything into myself. 

The race belt and the pin doesn't help me, one of the pin is fall and the other was not closed. My bib fall off at the first 100m run, the race marshall scream at me and i have to run back and picked it up. Theres no time to think about how to do with this bib number, i just push into the top of my swimsuit and ran as fast as i could. I have hope on my run, and i have giving all out at the last lap! There's really have no room for you to think about how to split your pace at the beginning or the run strategy, you should run as good as you could! and i did it, no left behind! Feeling great to cross the FINISH LINE at a total time of 29mins. 17 sec.

Surprise how my run can do and i cam the champion of female 30-34 despite the top ladies is not in the race today! But i'm happy with my finish time! Now more speed work for me for the next race!
2013.04.14 Hk Aquathon series -Race 1, Female 30-34 age group