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March 27, 2010 Swim for a cause – Thank You
Wow! We did it. Through the Swim for a cause fundraising drive and my own Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore swim, we managed to raise a total of S$3,083.88! In under a month, we exceeded our target amount of S$2,000 by 54%, which is pretty impressive. Here is the breakdown of where the proceeds will be [...]
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March 26, 2010 Last call for donations
Just a quick blog post to let everyone know that today is the last day that I’ll be accepting donations for the Swim for a cause fund drive. If you haven’t yet donated and were intending to, your donations are still very much welcome even though we’ve managed to exceed the target of $2,000 by [...]
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March 22, 2010 What happened at the swim
Wow, another Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore behind me and it seems to have flown by me in record time. Every time I watch it, I am in awe of the triathletes that are the true Ironmen and women who swim 1.9km, cycle 90.1 km and still have energy to do a 21.1 km half-marathon run. [...]
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March 20, 2010 The night before the swim
For some reason, the night before a race is always exciting. I suppose it is the anticipation of delivering everything that you’ve been training for into that one event that actually counts for something. I have swam these distances before and its not new to me. Despite what they say, the swim portion is as [...]
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March 17, 2010 Sighting the last hurdle
This week is race week and my team and I are scrambling to get the Aviva Ironman 70.3 event together (well, more my team than I really). First of all a big thank you to everyone who has donated so far whether it is a big or small amount, it really is encouraging to see [...]
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