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Zing Zing Zinging Away…

Frugality, how our forebears built up the country that we(at least I do) call home.
Looking back at the previous post, where I was bandying about the list of wants, I wonder how much will I be able to contribute?
When living on borrowings, one can can either use it to consume or to invest.
If consumed, that’s [...]

This is one for ye olde emo days

It’s almost what, a semester plus since?
I’ve found again the structure that gives my life the substance that I can gnaw on.
Anima sana in corpore sano I say, or someone that made a shoe company would say.
Disaster? It seemed like that from a narrow point of view at that point in time.
On hindsight? Perhaps I [...]

70, 100, 30 = ~200km for the week.
My right heel tendon is feeling rather painful…
Time to ease up, it is the off season after all.
Booked myself a place to climb all of 33km of Genting from the foot to the summit, 16 degree incline I heard.
Maybe even need to get a new cassette with 26/27 [...]

Last Saturday I got Titan and the rest is history.
30, 70, 30 ~ 130km right after I got the bike, was the 3 trial rides to dial in my position.
It was rather aerodynamic when in the drops, but in the end I gave it up for comfort.
3x 70km loops this week + 30km from Boon [...]

1:52 chip time, an 11 minute cut from last year’s timing for 21km.
Hopefully with adequate nutrition, more aggressive time goal training, ie. racing the distance, I can hit a better time goal next year.
5:20 pace this year.
5:00 pace next year, ie 1:45 chip time or better.
Desaru was slightly hilly, rather windy and the best thing [...]