today i did something i haven’t done since i ORDed. wake up at unholy hours. like 5:50am. and i did that not for money or to work or any other profit/benefit-generating activity. i woke up at such unholy just so i could torture myself by going to east coast and swim 1.5k and run 10k. thats singapore biathlon for you.

 this being my first biathlon, i can say it is a truly rewarding experience. the kinda i-don’t-know-why-i-paid-money-to-do-this-but-what-the-hell feeling. its good. especially doing it with a bunch of great friends. getting elbowed, kicked, kneed and straddled on in the water and ending up swallowing mouthfuls of sea water. elbowing, kicking, kneeing other participants in the water and making them drink sea water as well. when you hit the shore and the crowd around is just cheering all participants on, its amazing because the hypoxia from the swim and the focus on just getting on with the run just drowns them all out and i’m not kidding, everything’s sorta a little slow motion. the run was quite tiring and toturous oweing to the lack of running during training.

 definintely looking towards next year’s biathlon.