This year I have not had many tournaments
to go for, mostly because of our unborn baby. Our son has been kicking and
punching since his 20 week of age. It feels so interesting and happy feeling
his powerful kick, sometimes he responded our calls and touches on Canlace’s tummy.
We are both very looking forward to our son Eucan.
I have focused more on bike-ridings this
year. The biggest change is bicycle has become my transportation since early
April. My original intention was to keep shape as the end of May was the
wedding of me and Canlace. Of course I would not stop this habit after the
wedding, so I have kept at it so far. The weather is getting hotter with the
coming of July and August, I ride to the office through the city and back home
over the mountain, just as usual. The mountain is farther though, it is much cooler
and the riding is more enjoyable.
Last Saturday the Taiwan Iron Banana guys
had a 240 km bike
tournament at Hualian, and I thought riding bike everyday was enough; but then
it turned our that I didn’t finish the whole race. The weather was too hot, Jovi
came and got me into his car at my 150km .
I was so frustrated and confused. Then when I thought back, the reason I didn’t
finish the race was very probably because of two: 1. my practice has been in
the evening not morning, I haven’t trained to endure hot weather; 2. the first 30km I tried to follow Jovi and other riders
instead of pacing myself. Then at the end of 30km , I totally lost all my strength and couldn’t
breathe properly, even I had no strength to get to my feet. I was so afraid of passing
out and… A thought ran through my mind “what if I passed out and never woke up?
What if I couldn’t see my unborn baby? What if I couldn’t see Canlace?...”
Next Friday I am going to challenge myself
with a longer bike trip called Two Lighthouses in 24 Hours (一日雙塔): from Fu-Gui Lighthouse at the most northern tip of the
island to E-Luan Lighthouse at the most southern, 522km in total. I will go with a friend from T.I.B.,
and if the trip is successful, then I will surely feel much better since the
great failure of Hualian tournament.
