TEAM EPO? What's in a name? TEAMEPOWER!!

It started out quite by accident as it was a fortuitous meeting of sorts after a group ride where 5 of us got together one Sunday in September. It was a ride which I planned with Adrian, and I brought  my best mate Cliff along; and  fellow Team ASG member Adrian had his Lilydale neighbours Ken and Kamen joining as well. We had a great time riding the fav Seletar loops finishing with the lollipop rounds at Seletar...

The bustop gang!

At Adrian's patio talking and playing shop!

Garmin's the way to go man!

The Team Epo logo...

Post workout victuals - de riguer after every session!

Look at the Team wear!

It's a great sport!!

 Airbase..and the de riguer rest stop at the bus stop shelter there. We had a greater time after the ride cooling off over drinks by the poolside discovering that we all had a bit of that same outlook on life and pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone to do things that excite us and make us better pple with resolve, a motivated outlook to succeed even if the race is only against yourself. 

 The feverish sign up for IROMAN CEBU 70.3 in October where we all managed to lock in our bid to take part in the limited slots kinda sealed the group fate. Our first foray as a group was the OCC Super Sprint Championships, and variously after that there were representations at Nusajaya Triathlon, Tour De Bintan and Powerman Kl where factions of the group continued their love of the sport. When scratching our collective heads for a fun grp name (we didnt consider Ken's tongue in cheek suggestion of Team Photo Opp..LOL) 

I came up with Team EPO - which u will see cheekilly emblazoned on our lilac V neck shirts at the OCC Super Sprint Event! What does it stand for? No ..no...not the banned substances that led to Lance Armstrong's downfall but Enhanced Performance Objectives. The idea behind is that once we set our minds to do something - like in this case, the sport of Triathlons, we shld embrace the sport full on with our energies, vigour and passion...and enhance our performance of it. The objective is to swim ride and run safe and enjoy the whole experience in a healthy way. 

 Enhance our training and workouts and races with proper diet, nutrition...enhance our mindset and attitudes with psychological mindsets to adopt and drill as daily mantras....gets our bodies in shape with gd exercise routines and learn about bio mechanics and core exercises (esp for me with my slipped discs disposition and laminectomy); i am also training them in Sports massage therapy and trigger point release; get the best of bpm and training aids like ourgroup buy of the Garmin 910XT, get vaccinated agst the latest flu bugs (we have resident Dr on tap); get up to date and au fait with CPR and use of the AED, get professionally done bike fits (will feature that after three of us pay the $450); get the best bikes we should afford (yup - time to feature my 2014 P3 soon c/w Zipp 404 Firecrests!!) 

We even group bought race ID bracelets! Watch this space as we share a bit more of our journey together and individually. Life is a sport and we will do all we can to live it abundantly and keeping fit, happy to be able to just get out there to swim bike run and share a sport with like mindeds. Cebu in August 2014 is gonna be a blast. Whats more blastworthy is teh journey there, and what happens beyond that! Here's to TEAMEPOWER!!