一日雙塔

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.