Joy and Nomi took the plunge and signed up for their first 10km running race ever in May 2010 in Singapore at the Sundown Race event...Then they trained for a half marathon in the fall of 2010, Joy's in Canada and Nomi's in Malaysia...Then, they finished their second-ever half marathon in Singapore May 2011 at the Sundown Race event, but this time they ran together!

Then their sporting paths diverged: Nomi went on to run marathons while Joy learned how to ride a bike. This blog charts their progress from 2010 to 2012.

Read their blog to see what their sporting adventures look like or just look at the pictures of Canada's capital city and Malaysia's capital city. You can choose the "follow" option or subscribe via email to be notified of updates. (You can start reading/skimming their first entries from the summer of 2010 or just jump right in, reading from any point you like. The "Archives" will be your guide.)

Monday, April 4, 2011

Sunday Ride - no pain, no gain!

dirty, leftover snow piles
Joy here...Well there's still snow on the ground, and the weather was -2 C when I woke up, but I made plans to head outside for my very first bike ride of the season.  Friends of mine planned a nice, easy ride along a roadway that is cleared of snow, and I figured that I might as well just join up and get my legs turning.

So we all hopped in our cars and loaded ourselves down with bikes in backseats and helmets and shoes and snacks and waterbottles and drove out to the parking lot where we could begin our ride.  It was a 15km "out and back" ride, which means that we'd ride around 7.5kms from the parking lot, turn around and ride back around 7.5kms.

snow melting....slowly
The wind was cold out on the roadway, but the sky was bright blue, and all the cyclists seem to have crawled out from their winter hideaways.  Fancy jerseys and matching kit were dusted off, and plenty of riders were out there looking fast, fit, and professional.  For my part, I was just happy that I managed my first ride of the year without falling over!

soon that dead, winter grass will turn green
Also, my two friends tell me that all my spinning classes throughout the winter and all my running seems to have paid off, because for an early April ride I wasn't out of breath or looking weak.  And you know what?  I think they might be right.

I had my new little bike computer that tells my speed still hooked up to my bike, and I was able to ride a nice, easy 25km/hr pace and probably could have gone even faster if I had wanted to.  Seeing as how my first bike rides last summer saw me routinely falling over and huffing and puffing with every pedal stroke, I think that I must have made some progress since I felt very comfortable out there in the chill breeze on my bike today.

Well, when I say "comfortable," I'm certainly not talking about the weather!  That cold wind blew right through me, and the tips of my fingers were numb by the end of the ride.  I guess that's what athletes mean when they say "no pain, no gain."

Over and out,
Joy
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