December 25, 2003

  • Been a bad day.  Started off with Joyce in the morning with her new bike, and still feeling lethargic.  Couldn't get heartrate up beyond 130 plus.  Did about more than 30km, going up Thomson to Sembawang, met up with Cheap John guys who were heading to Kota Tinggi but we didn't bring passport (plus Joyce had to meet hubby n kids for church) so we went on with this MTBer whom we passed along the way.  Ended up in Woodlands then back in the reverse way we normally go via Mandai.  Back in time to meet the Thomson riders, and surprisingly Esther was there.  Samuel was there too; he had SMS-ed me the evening before to join ride.


    With the Thomson guy, I managed to push HR up to 170, kinda breaking a barrier which after that allowed me to continue pushing at 155-160, which is the norm.  Group One broke off after a traffic light, while we got stuck behind and losing more time at the Shell station.  Seems like the rest are doing a short loop and I ended up being the only one who went the full length.  During the ride passed a number of triathletes training, including Yusran whom we met at the KL Titiwangsa Tri (went up with Tribob together).  Saw Esther coming back from the other way.  So I turned around and joined her too, and chatted a while, then I sped off.


    Bad luck started when earlier I had problems moving gears up beyond cogset 15, and now it started getting worse; when I move them down they won't even move back to 15.  My highest gear is 11 and I normally use 12 or 11 going downhill.  Spent some frustrating time trying to get it working to no avail and in the end went from Bt Timah back to Joyce's place.  Fortunately I got the shifters stuck in 15 because at the lower gears it's even harder to go.  Kinda like running on gear one on the Expressway, get the idea?  But I still ended with shoulder aches, and a lot of frustrations.


    Esther was packing her stuffs at Joyce's place where she parked her car but Joyce not in.  Thought of taking a lift from Esther to East and get the shifters changed but bike didn't look like it'll fit in.  End up going home... and realizing I left my keys in the bag which is at Joyce's place.  Rang the bell... no one in.  SMS Joyce.  SOS.


    Went for food even though not hungry, but I've burnt 2800kcals already by now.  Cycled down past Cycleworx... closed.  So I went down East thru Balestiar and ended up doing some loops at Kallang as I tried some shortcuts which didn't work.  To check out Trek3 (closed), CannAsia (closed), SingleTrek (closed) and Rodalink East (closed).  Just as I was about to move out of Rodalink, Joyce called and said she just finished service, heading home.  So I rode back reverse way, via Kallang, up Braddel.  Hit a full century (that's 100 miles) cycle.  Showered (cold water, even though there was hot water) and watched a bit of Fear Factor then came back.  Prob will sleep a bit now before heading back to Joyce's place for dinner - Esther, Hairul, KK and some friends of Joyce's family will be joining.

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