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.)

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Third 15km Time Trial: Baby's Got Back

According to my 2-year old
nephew, she's a dead ringer for me!
Joy here...Over a week ago I was in Winnipeg for work (as you know, since I blogged about it), and since that also happens to be my home town, my sister took the opportunity to travel there with my nephew at the same time so that we could all have a visit.

The little sucker has grown a lot since I babysat him back in November, but does remain the same is his toddler's amount of energy!  I may not have done any working out while I was away, but I did my fair share of running around with him.

One of the words he knows (and puts to good use) is "Chase!"  And let me tell you, there's nothing like a little blond cherub looking up at you with his big brown eyes, his dimpled cheeks, and trusting you implicitly to "Chase!" to make you run around like a crazy person, making funny sounds and giggling!

After that week of "Chase!" I was one of the little guy's favourites, and when he got home, he looked at his nanny's book cover and thought the cover image was me!  What can I say?  The little guy recognizes a cyclist's butt when he sees one!

For that butt has a lot of power in it:  Even after taking 2 weeks off the bike, 2 weeks between Time Trials I was able to head out last night into the rain and gusting winds to complete my third-ever 15 km Time Trial with my best time to date.

Even though my start was compromised because the guy at the start didn't give me a countdown and just yelled "go!" out of the blue, leaving both me and the guy holding my bike to think he was joking, thus costing me a few seconds off the start, I was able to pull off a 25:41 time, with an average speed of 35.12km/hr and an average power output of 200watts.*

And all of that is thanks to my butt.

That's right...baby's got back!

Over and out,
Joy
The ominous skies...just to give you a sense of what
we were riding in!
*This according to my CycleOps Joule computer mounted to my bike.  The Time Trial organizers haven't posted the official results yet.
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