This coming semester is going to be a struggle... Looks like I'll REALLY need to be on my toes right away. The very first IVLE notes tell me that I'll need to be familiar with many unfamiliar concepts from previous semesters. I'll need to at least survive past 2nd Sep (race day) before I can totally convert though. Labs, lab reports, vivas, projects, new software, tutorials, mid term tests.... Grrrrr!!!!!! PAIN! SUFFERING!

Part of yesterday's canteen break in Khatib Camp. I ate this "Hiro" chocolate thingy which I used to eat when I was really young:

Today's training was 20 mins on a stationary bicycle. There were 2 models of stationary bike in the khatib camp gym (very well equiped, tax payers money). I went straight away to the more adjustable looking one and was impressed at the level of adjustability. I could adjust saddle height, saddle fore/aft, handlebar height and stem length. The pedals were kinda crappy and the toe-cages were too soft but I had to make do. There were bottle cages attached too so I promptly slid my bottle in. It was quite an intensive work out for me as we were doing 1 minute on, 2 minute on, 3 minute on and 5 minute on... Weird reving up the cycles and just pedalling but with no feel of speed. No side to side wobble, no road vibes, no wind in your face... I think the air-con was suspect, as I ended up with a puddle of water under me after the workout. The thing with stationary bikes is you can't coast, and so it's more like riding a fixed gear bike so your legs a re perpertually spinning all the time. When I got off my legs had weird sensations going through them but it was fine...

The peeps in army seems amazed at how I have 2 bikes etc... Ha ha. They must think I am like some rich kid. Right.....

Anyways I collected my bike from the bike shop later (the replacement back nut cost me $5 only, phew) and had a really hard time riding 2 bikes back.... The main problem comes with slowing down / stopping as I'm like braking with my left hand while my right hand is on the stem of the other bike and that other bike keeps wanting to move foward. And the road bike posture is kinda foward leaning (more body weight on hands) so I had a hard time stabilising my right side on the free moving bike... Imagine paddling with one foot dragging a capsized K1 with a twitchy rudder. Just that this time you're moving 3 times as fast and capsizing would mean more than just ending up in the water.... And when you stop it's NOT stable. No, I cannot do a track stand on my bike and I have to unclip my pedal in advance and move my butt off my seat before I can put my foot down. And my shoes offer very very little traction. And one hand is squeezing the brake levers + supporting body weight and the other is controlling the direction of the other bike + supporting body weight. -_-'' It was hard... Don't try it on the road...