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About admin

Hello, I am into backpacking trips, marathon, biking, triathlon, Quantitative Finance, capital markets, economics, politics and current affairs. My backpacking blog is www.journey26.com/blog and my training for endurance sports blog is www.journey26.com/training

August 13, 2012

So I am taking half day off today to recover. Actually I feel ok, a little sore but not too bad. Just feel a little tired, probably that’s because I didn’t sleep the night before the race, I was too … Continue reading

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Aug 11th Race Day!!, 2012

Race Day! Got up at 2am in the morning, took the ferry at 4am to transition and race started at 7am. What an amazing experience! The path to get here today was not an easy one but it’s so worth … Continue reading

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August 9th, 10th, 2012

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July 22nd, 2012

Sunday – Did the Grimaldo’s mile swim in the morning. I was so slow in the water, got out the water at around 47 mins, was the last few ppl out from the water.. :(( Did my first long run … Continue reading

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July 15th, 2012

Sunday – Brooklyn Bridge Swim!! It’s a 1km swim across the bridge, the east river is pretty salty and my time of 29 mins put me at the bottom 80 percentile I think. It’s hard to sight and I swam … Continue reading

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July 1st, 2012

Sunday – Rode to Piermont in the morning, did around 60 miles. What a hot day today! The weather was almost 100F. Like yesterday, tried to keep my heart rate below 155 bpm during the ride. At Strictly’s bike store, … Continue reading

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June 24th, 2012

Sunday – Rode solo to Bear Mountain this morning. Started at 9am and got home around 5pm I think. It’s around 100 miles back and forth. It’s really pretty up there but the climb up was quite tough. Felt my … Continue reading

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June 17th, 2012

Sunday – Went to cheer for some friends doing the Portugal Day 5 m race in CP in the morning before heading over to Brooklyn to join CIBBOW for their weekend open water swim in Brighton Beach.  Somehow there were constructions on … Continue reading

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June 10th, 2012

Sunday – Did a long run along the Palisade today, this is part of the NYC Ironman course. Ran 19 miles at around 8:30 ish pace. Oh man..the course is quite hilly with 2000 over feet of elevation, that will … Continue reading

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June 3rd, 2012

Sunday – Checked out the swimming pool in Flushing, Queens because not too many pools are opened on Sunday afternoon..heard a lot of good things about it, and true enough, it’s a nice pool, it’s a huge Olympic size 50m … Continue reading

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