Day 223 : 24 April 2011 Cycling

BnB Update

As of 24th April 2011, I have crossed the halfway mark for the donation target.

My family has chipped in to support me for this ride. Thank you for believing in me.

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Woke up feeling fresh and decided to join JR for their West Ride.

Reached Mandai Shell at 6:15am and decided to do the mini-Mandai Loops.
Haha... today then I realise that I am actually doing slope repeats!
Haha... gotta do more mini-loops in future to improve.

Was surprised to see Mr ITT in the mix.
Seriously, Mr ITT seems to be running on Energizer batteries...
Three straight days of cycling plus a lot of other training regime that the rest of the group are not aware of. Keke...

Up Woodlands Road, I started to lose ground.
All is good as I was able to keep within 10m of the last rider till the first speed strips in Neo Tiew Road.
By the fourth set of speed strips, I am about 100m behind...
I really do not know what happened... But the speed strips really did its work today...

Onto Old Lim Chu Kang Road, the group wasn't in sight.
Managed to catch a glimpse of the group along the Lim Chu Kang straight.
But like a mirage, the entire group just disappear from view within seconds.
Learnt from Derrick later that the group did an ITT. (>o<)

I told myself that if I din see the group at the bus stop, I will turn left and have brekkie at Keat Hong.
Caught the group rolling off at the bus stop...
Haha, they sure know how to torment me...

While most of the riders did Tuas, a group of 5 of us decided to turn left into Jalan Buroh.
These riders are speed demons...
I lost them after the first flyover... Bummer...
Caught one of the rider at Clementi and we rode to TPTS together.
Took a breather at IP before going to Maxwell for brekkie.

While cycling home, I can feel the fatigue...
IM is not child's play...
2 x 70km in 3 days and I am a goner.
Then I realise that I have a more pressing ride at hand than IMWA.
Bike and Blade 320km in 2 days.
If I dun train hard, I would be letting my donors down...

I will train hard, I will not disappoint...