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I’ve signed up again for the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore triathlon that is taking place next year on 21 March, 2010. Well, to be entirely truthful, I’ve signed up for the corporate challenge which isn’t nearly as grueling or physically taxing as the actual event. Yep, the corporate challenge lets you get away with just doing one of the component sports for the event – swimming, biking or running. So this year, I’ve signed up for the swim and with only 7 months to go, I’m hoping to be fit enough to take it on.

Regular readers (all 36 of them¹) of this blog will know that I’ve been on a bit of a break since the beginning of summer, so my training hasn’t been all that consistent. Last week I managed to get into the swing of things by swimming at least 3 times, which isn’t all that impressive. On Monday, I did manage a 3.23km run in the morning. With this in mind, I wanted to know how well I do swimming approximately a kilometer non-stop to set my benchmark. Previously, I had been swimming about 1 km in about 38 minutes using breast stroke.

I was a little disappointed to learn that I’m a little slower. Not really surprising given my inactivity, and although respectable, it was no where near my timing for the actual swim I did earlier this year at the Ironman in March. Of course, it was breaststroke so I’m not going to beat myself up too badly over it. I’ll have to start swimming front crawl soon though. One thing I am pleasantly getting reacquainted with is my monumental appetite, which I fear will continue until the event. It also means I crash pretty quickly at night too.

1. Incidentally, to my 36 readers, do feel free to give the occasional comment. If we keep meeting like this, I’ll start getting paranoid. [↩]

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