Hub registered Ironbound 2012 when I was pregnant last year, just to cheer me up. It is a 2day expedition adventure race. Never had I thought that he would be serious. I mean, no training nothing. The only training I get is some late nite training, ergo N weight liftling mainly. Thanks to my hub for setting up a home gym, an ergo machine & some weights for lifting.
So, prior to Ironbound, coincidently there a shorter version of adventure race in Putrajaya. Its called the Putrajaya Urban Adventure Challenge. Kind of forgot the distance, but there is about 15k run, 30k bike on/offroad, 100m swim, 2k kayak & 4k biathlon. Well, joining in last minute, obviously we suffered during the race.. hehe.. A team of 2, we joined the mixed team. Hub towed me at first during the run, well, we were the last runner. Behind is the official van. Then eventually we gathered our composure & overtook some other team, but not mixed team.
Mountain biking was good, as we were closer to the front team. It was the swim that we finally met some other mixed in front. Otherwise, it was like a race of us 2, as we were really slow. Towards the end of kayak we were actually 7th position. However, last leg was biathlon & somehow hub cramped right after swim. I had to do my slow run, & was overtook by 2 teams. Still not too bad as they had prizes up to the 10th, we were the 9th.
Waited for the prize giving ceremony. Managed to exchange stories & am glad to make some new friends. Adventure racing always gave me the pleasure I couldnt get elsewhere. =) Thanks to hub for making this real. N especially to mum for taking care of our kids =)
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