Eat Sleep Train Study

19-04-07

Sighz

Nowadays I'm all occupied up to the minute . No doubt and it stills maintains a stable orbital around Canoeing . And I thought this type of hectic schedules only applies to the start of the year when we were but trying to adapt to the rapid changes . Seriously it sounds rather absurd but all thats is can summarise into these four words : EAT SLEEP TRAIN STUDY


EAT : Nothing fancy also . For this matter coach took a whole bit of de-briefing time after water training to lecture us on the importance of diet habits . BAsically on his " xian dan " of not falling sick , to maintain alkaline body . But hor given the fact that our body is slight acidic , thought later become alkaline will die one notz ? haha ... Oh yah one key part of alkaline diet mean its VEGETARIAN ... Abstaining from meat , but given certain circumstances like at home i also try lah , try .....


SLEEP: Sleep is one deprived part . Days with training i come home already like 8-9 plus depending on the training and days . Well now that have got PW to do end up having to work at night on the computer , researching perfecting the paper , and finding faults with it and re-perfecting it . The prob is everytime i re-type i find even more faults and flaws . Sianz



Train: I guess I dun have to talk a lot about it . Other than usual fitness training and the likes of it , realise our water progress isnt really that optimum. I 'm ok with the T1 , maybe a little more stamina needed to maintain long distance power strokes . Playing out the K1 and K2 , attempting to balance andrealised that the sculling we were drilled into really works alot in balancing ... But my proficiency still not that good .


Another thing is that we're losing pple by the week . Tons of them quitted , one by one some are fired , rejected , and sent off. Let it never be me , I dun want to have come so far to be told i cannot make it . Hmm... really cos at this point of time I think I shouldnt be still worrying about whether anot i get to stay . But the stress is in the air , I'm not gonna deny the fact that i may not be the best , but still i give it my best , my all Kinda brings to memory the old phrase from the Scout Hymn : " Grant as I promise , courage new for me , to be the best , the best that I can be "



Study: Thats an important part of school we often forgo. Its a part of a sacrifice all of us knew when we first joined . And having stayed thus far we have made the commitment to balnce it as best as we can . Well at least for me its always been a hassle to find myself at a lack of time , when all procrastinations condensed into one night one plain despair . SO on non-training days its always me hanging out in the library till closing . Mugger if i have to be labelled , but WTH i cant even find a open time slot for a tuition , even as now i bit by bit mess up my work .

Opportunity costs of training = study ... Law of diminshing marginal utility comes into play here ... Haiz

Runner's High

HOOOOOooooooooo.......



---Another widely publicized effect of endorphin production is the so-called "runner's high", which is said to occur when strenuous exercise takes a person over a threshold that activates endorphin production. Endorphins are released during long, continuous workouts, when the level of intensity is between moderate and high, and breathing is difficult. This also corresponds with the time that muscles use up their stored glycogen and begin functioning with only oxygen. Workouts that are most likely to produce endorphins include running, swimming, cross-country skiing, long distance rowing, bicycling, aerobics, or playing a sport such as basketball, soccer, or football.---[Cite source , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorphin]


Right so the point abt this is goes quite a way back to yesterday's training ......

The night(ie tuesday night) before there i was doing a little timely reflection abt myself and my own circle of influence and namely what i am doing .

In terms of CANOEING here we are at this stage where we find ourselves standing along the sideline . Looking at the seniors do their sprinting sets during water trainings was a way to keep things in mind that it was like a prequel glimspe into our very near future . Was supposed to have a sculling test by coach to determine our competence in boat handling .
Well the T1 isnt really a hell lot of a good racer , maintaining equilibrium of its standing between the more common racers and training boats . Pretty much served its purpose for us , after all these 3 months it was these Ts that kept us occupied and gave us "wings to fly " (for a lack of a better metaphor," oars to paddle")

So it seems that we're here with hell lotsa ezperience? Well after all there's still the 2nd intake pple of which we're could flaunt out to ...
Talk abt a bigger field , here is us Team SAJC canoeing at Bedok reservoir , and maybe we could be forgiven for indulging in the thought that we might well be the superiors in the field of canoeing racing ? Well we've got a good coach , comfortable budget , great training area , good teachers and a mind-boggling team assembled ... THINK AGAIN !!!


Saw Clayton Chew the other day at macritchie ... So here he comes NJC Canoeing , and man i dun wanna admit but he's hell lot a fitter person than i knew him to be . 3 months was all it took to turn him from a fat,big , weak , gook into one hell of a rower .... Well they're the champ undisputed , so IF WE ARE TO BE THE CHAMPS , WE TRAIN LIKE THE CHAMPS ...



Which was what's that on my mind ... So here's my little prayer that night :" Dear GOD , I have a hectic training schedule tmrw . Morning training , PE , then water training ... I'm not gonna even ask u to make it a easy day for me . I ask that YOU make it the kind of training we're supposed to be having ... MAKE US THE CHAMP ... AMEN!!!"

Coming back a little closer on wednesday , well after all that hapened in the morn which was quite some running done plus PE ... We're supposed to have our water training , but this time the 2nd intake is coming along with us ...
So much for water training , we simply had long briefing for the benefit of the newcomers by coach and his trademark hour long introductory speech . I shall not elaborate ...

KEy part is next... "ALL right guys u all go for two rounds and come back here guys and girls together "
Sounds good huh? 2 rounds ... Considering that one round the reservoir is like 4.3 KM !!! ... SO I thought "Here it comes , Train like a champ ... ME and my big mouth "

"SO WE PRESS WITH EAGER FEET ..." uh ... went with ZHi HAo and hence decided not to block anyone;s way considering the average speed of both of us. Hung at the back of the whole guy's pack thruout the whole run ... TOtal timing for 8.6KM : 1hr 2 min. Not impressive ... BUt that what i got , what they called the RUNNER'S HIGH. Adrenaline plus endorphin plus all those natural steroids pumping thru the veins at the last leg . SERIOUS , i could feel it the HIGH u get for continous exercise . Its like a sudden surge of um... "happiness" and enthusiasm as I run and run and run mindlessly . AFter that ... just shagged out .....


The power of a prayer .... Its powerful ... Dun abuse it ... Me and big mouth ......