Saturday, November 22, 2008

The Chase (21 November 08)

Sembawang - Yishun - Seletar Dam - Jalan Kayu - Sengkang - Hougang - Ci Yuan CC - Ang Mo Kio - Upper Thomson - Mandai - Kranji - Woodlands - Sembawang

Since Lum requested my advice for a TKD demonstration on Sunday, I decided to make an increasingly rare trip down to Ci Yuan CC. Leaving home at 7.40p.m, I reached Ci Yuan at around 8.20p.m. After that, I had planned to link up with Kerry and the rest of the L&T group.

I had studied the route the group was taking and had identified the possible link-up points. Although the TKD stuff held me back for some time, I rode down fast to Ang Mo Kio such that by 9.30p.m (around 20min from the time I left Hougang), I was at Upper Thomson Road. Not seeing anyone and unable to call Kerry, I moved on to the entrance of Mandai road where I chilled for a while, realising that I had my new Navigator =) Too bad I am quite familiar with Singapore so it will not come in too handy.

Suddenly, an SMS from Kerry came, saying that they were at the Shell Station at the end of Mandai road. I think I broke my personal best time over that stretch of road. From the ulu road past the crematorium to the wide 3-lane speedway, I think I hit close to 40km/h, possibly higher. And it was the first time I rode the ulu road at 10.15p.m! Woohoo...

Yet they were gone by the time I reached the petrol station. I decided to head home instead of chasing them down Kranji Dam =)

Total distance: 46.5km
Money spent: $0
Participants: LSH

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