Ironman 70.3 Langkawi 2019
Oh, Langkawi. I thought 2018 was hard. 2019 was brutal. Again I was lucky I did not sign up for the full distance. SWIM Another horrible swim. Well, that was expected with just one month of swim training. Somehow I lost my swim balancing. My legs were sinking like as soon as I dived into the murky water at Pantai Kok. This surely the end result of one month swim with pool buoy only. I dragged my legs until 1000m like a 'bot pukat tunda' and only found my rhythm after the second buoy. (Swim: 47:58 🙄 ). (Always my favorite part of the swim leg, the swim exit. Photo by Fiz Said) BIKE I always bike conservatively and pace my effort at around 145bpm. This time tested strategy always allowed me to use my run strength later. But this time i was prepared to throw the dice and gamble. My average hr was around 165 bpm. I felt good up until 70km before I bonked spectacularly. There were many spikes on my effort especially when I had to overtake this p