December 5, 2003

• I found out what's the problem.  A few nights back I shifted the fan slightly and couldn't quite get it back into the same position, so there has been the slightest breeze on my face when I sleep, so I wake up with gooey in my lungs and don't really feel rested.  Managed to change the fan positions again, and switched to a lower settings so now no more wind in the face except when I'm riding fast.

  
  

  Had a good ride today, as we picked up Refik who joined us last min and we took off to Holland Rd, Bukit Timah and picked up pace for the first "interval" where I pulled the group at 43kmh with a lot of drafting from the cars.  Turning into Kranji we dropped both Refik and Joyce, me taking the pull at above 39kmh while Esther followed closely behind then I let her take the pull but the speed dropped to 33kmh and even lower eventually - Esther too is pooped.  Esther noted that it was quite easy when following me but when out in the wind, it felt a lot harder and speed dropped.  We wait for the two who didn't take too long to arrive before we reached the emergency runway.  At first I pull at an easy 37kmh (well... more like 38+kmh) then as Refik got dropped, we decided to up the speed all the way to 43kmh.  Waited for Refik (still jetlag) then turned into NTU, where we had a bit of confusion as the route I am used to is not the same as the route they are used to.  Finally after a round of NTU race route with Esther, we left and dropped Refik off near his place, close to Bouna Vista.  Headed to Centrepoint where we topped up drinks then decided to head home in a shortened ride, easy pace... 35kmh now feels like a breeze.

  
  

  Total distance covered: 78.8km, in 2hr 42mins (cycling time) avg 29.1kmh, max 55kmh, hr 134bpm, which is a rather hard ride on the road.

  • 9:36 pm
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