NUS West Coast Run on 11 Oct`06 (Wed)

After Mt Faber Run on Tuesday, planned to skip the NUS hills and do a flat run @ West Coast Park. tktan and his ex-colleague, LM, joined me for the run -- after checking that the haze was @ PSI less than 100. LM was concerned abt the distance (his longest was 5.8km 2 weeks ago) -- assured him that it would be short. After warm up, we ran along Pasir Panjang Rd, cut thru the canal @ T-junction of Science Park Rd and reached West Coast Highway. Crossed the traffic light to West Coast Park -- from here, we ran the outer skirt of the pathway. Thought I could do a leisure run but turned out to be a "chuan" run! The 2 guys were closed at my heels, so I cannot slack :( Was adjusting the pace according to their foot steps behind -- hmm, no sign of slowing down, arghh... Midway, couldn't hear tktan's foot steps -- he slowed down due to tight thigh muscles. Next, couldn't hear LM's foot steps -- he slowed down after chionging for 4-5km. Almost on the verge to give up, he passed the car keys to tktan but we urged him on -- juz a little bit more to KRGH... Luckily there were 2 long break at traffic lights along Clementi Rd after we exited from the park -- the guys recovered and sprinted up the final slope to KRGH, leaving me smelling their dust! We completed the short run of 6.75km @ 37min -- huh, no wonder I was feeling out of breath! LM improved a lot since the previous NUS run 2 weeks ago -- well done! Thanks to tktan for the ice cold 100plus and Ribena!

The highlight of the run was the German Oktoberfest @ KRGH Stamford. We started dinner with German beer -- Erdinger Dark for tktan & LM and Erdinger Light for me. Cheers to a good run! tktan and I ordered the 3-course set meal -- German Sausage Salad, Cream of Cauliflower soup and Roast Duck with apple and bread stuffing for tktan and Grilled Tuna Fish with mustard dill sauce, apples, potatoes and red cabbage salad, Roasted Marinated Crispy Pork Knuckle with sauerkraut and potatoes and dessert from buffet spread for me. LM skipped the set meal and had sea bass. Haa haa, we could eat more after a short run!





P.S. Oops, I forgot to inform the guys abt dress code @ NUS Guild House -- collared shirt for guys. tktan was wearing a round-neck Mizuno T-shirt and nearly barred from the restaurant -- I requested for a shirt for him to put on (it happened to my friend @ Suntec NUS Guild House, too). And they gave him a colorful hawaiian shirt -- haa haa :)

Route : Start @ KRGH -> Pasir Panjang Rd -> West Coast Highway -> West Coast Park -> Clementi Rd -> End @ KRGH

Distance : 6.75km
Time : 37min
Avg pace : 5:30min/km