Very often people ask me what I'm going to do after finishing my Phd study here in the UK. I always tell them the first thing I will do back in Taiwan is to cycle around the island. And I also want to try triathlon--cycling, swimming, and jogging. I'm not kidding but from the various responses I've got so far, I know many of my friends don't really believe me. Some of them would ask, 'Don't you want to find a job first?" To be frank, I don't really worry that much about getting a job. I am pretty clear about what I'm capable of doing and I don't see the university as the only place I can go for job hunting. But there are things in life which you can't wait to complete. For me, cycling around Taiwan and triathlon are two of them!!I've been working out since I came back to Warwick in February. Since I'm not twenty something anymore, I always wonder what my body's limit is. In the past two weeks I didn't feel as energetic as I used to be even though I didn't decrease the amount of workouts. Last week I met a fitness instructor and asked her what I should do. She suggested that I should increase the level of fitness and change my exercise routine. She said I should not go to the gym every day because my body needs a rest. It's important for me to avoid overtraining and make sure that my next workout takes place during the supercompensation period which allows my body to advance to a higher level of fitness. I did what she told me and it really works!! I feel energetic again!! The great achievement today was I took two very high level exercise classes successively--pursuit cycle and step and pump, and didn't feel tired at all!!
So I think cycling around Taiwan and participating in a triathlon shouldn't be something I can only daydream about. It's great to challenge my body's limit and I'll keep it up!
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