IRONMAN

IRONMAN.....does that ring a bell to you?

I bet the first thing you thing of would is the ficticious character from the Marvel Comics. Well, to me that's what I thought of... one of the hero from all the super heroes like Superman, Batman and Spiderman... hehe...

Well, the other day my friend was just talking about the Ironman race... actually I heard about it on and off... but never really know what it is all about, just know that it is something like the marathon thingy. There's this Ironman Triathlon that was recently held in Singapore on Sun (7th Sept'08). The one that Vit-C got injured.

So I went to googled a bit on it... So, the one just held in Singapore is just a Half Ironman, which consist of a 1.2-mile (1.9km) swim, 56-mile (90km) bike ride and 13.1-mile (21.1km) run. OMG... meaning the full one would be a 2.4-mile (3.8km) swim, 112-mile (180km) bike ride and 26.3 (42km) run. Wow... thinking about the distance really scares me off... Must really live by "ADIDAS" and "NIKE" motto to get through the race of endurance.

My gym buddy's family and friends really into running, marathon, triathlon and also Ironman... hahaha... feel so stressed... small and weak around them... Some of her friends even travelled all the way to Beijing and Shanghai just to do the Marathon... her friend just completed the Half Ironman within 8 hours... "gung-ho"... I bet she can also do it if she really trained hard... Lately, her sis just asked whether anyone interested to join the 'Quadthlon'... it's something new... with roller-blading as the 4th addition to the race...

I really SALUTE to all these people... having all the determination and endurance to go through all these... after doing the 15km run... it's definitely not an easy thing... it's not just a physical battle but more of a MENTAL battle... GAM-BA-TE to all the Ironman & Ironlady wannabe!!