Tag Archive for 'training'

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Over 50% raised for UNHCR and AWWA

Wow, I must say that it really does add an extra dimension to training for a race when you are doing it for charity. See Swimming for a cause. With less than 2 weeks to go to my swim at the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore 2010, all of you have helped raise over 50% of [...]