ain't no mountain higher
Sunday, May 25, 2008 @ 11:19 pm
We survived 42km of cycling under the hot blazing sun!! *applause*
Theresa and I joined the annual National Runway Cycling and Skating at Paya Lebar Air Base today.
Woke up at 6.30am to reach the place ard 7-ish, and there were so many people with their bikes, from ah pek kinds, to pro ones and the 'zhng' Harley wannabe bikes, plus the skaters and families.
It was quite a cool morning with the slight drizzle before I left the house, but the sun was really eating into our skins at around 1030am when we were on our Final lap.
The whole route or lap is 15km, which includes the runway (3 lanes) and the perimeter of the airbase. It was pretty interesting on the first, coz you don't have much chance to actually riding a bicycle on military grounds. But when we started on the 2nd, I was really tired (blame myself for the initial 'hype' and excitedness of pedalling so hard :/) and disillusioned. Got so tired from the same angle which I'm cycling and the unsheltered terrain really sapped my energy.
Fortunately, I have a great bike mate who encouraged me and setting each water point as our 'short-term' goals and saw us pushing ourselves to our limit. :)
Unfortunately, we were 'too slow'. When we're at the 40km mark, the officers had to redirect us back to the main area as the event is coming to a close (They gave up the 1st prize in the lucky draw when we only started our 3rd lap :S).
Nonetheless, it was a great workout! Felt my tummy flattened by 0.00000000001cm :D:D:D
I love having activities outdoors, it's the cheapest way to get sun-kissed skin and lose weight! :)
Labels: girlfriends, hot sun, keeping fit