I am not a strong swimmer, neither am I a weak swimmer. I've been training very regularly though. In the pool, my stroke count is about 35-38 strokes per 50m, and my gliding is comfortable. I can typically do a 14 min 800m in a relaxed effort.

Swimming with everyone else in the open sea is different. All you need are inexperienced swimmers who do not sight and they keep cutting into your path PERPENDICULARLY! There was this chap who keeps splashing about and kicking really hard. I keep trying to avoid him but he swims in a zig zag manner. He's fast, but he keeps getting in my way! it was irritating. THought I shook him off at the first turning but there he was again!

I think my run was 35 minutes. I wasn't satisfied with it.

I was in that race too. Maybe I,m the blur chap that does the zigzag swim cause I have problems swimming freestyle straight in open water and cutting into other's path always going to one side and have to switch to breaststroke just to keep on course. My apologies....

The weather was just too hot. There's something I don,t understand about triathlon and biathlon here in singapore. Why do they always conduct these races in the late morning when the sun is high up in the sky. Why not have it in early morning like other running event. I just don,t understand the logic as if the race isn,t hard enough have to make us look more garang or make it more siong is it???

steven! So you're the one! Which wave were you in? I was in Wave 4. haha... I don't think it's you. There were so many swimmers!

If it was you... okay... at least you own up. I forgive you.

With regards to the race times, I have a feeling it's due to the tide times. It's easier to swim in high tide. I think visibility is better too.

Either it's about tide times or it's just bad organisation. haha..

How high can the wave at Sentosa Tanjong beach be ??? It's in a lagoon with barriers etc.so I don,t think the tide will go too high... Should have started the event much earlier.

i think the tide difference between my wave (4th) and the 8th wave was like 2.0m! I thought I saw the depth marker to be at the 4m mark when i started. I saw my friend doing the relay at the 8th wave start and the marker was slightly below the 2m mark. I guess if it gets too low, everyone could've done the 800m wade in the sea!

On another note, are you good at running? Are you taking part in the New Balance Duathlon? I'm looking for a relay partner to do the run.

See you tomorrow at the bus stop