Monday, April 02, 2007

LD @ HSP on 1 Apr`07 (Sun)

Went home late on Friday nite and postponed LD to Sunday as I wanna sleep late on Saturday (it was a long tiring week @ work and need to re-charge). We started the run @ 5am and ran towards the canal @ Hougang Ave 7. Time check @ end of canal at 5.2km was 29 min -- 5:35min/km pace. We continued along Tampines Rd (part of Mizuno Wave Run route) and U-turn @ entrance to TPE -- boy, there were lots of buses and I had to slow down / stop to avoid them. Took a refuel break @ 12.2km -- time check was 1hr 7min (cool, still 5:30min/km pace). Felt a light drizzle but continued on to Punggol. As we head towards the Punggol Jetty, I was caught in a heavy downpour and had to hide under the LRT line. Lucky it was a passing shower and we reached Punggol Jetty(20.6km) @ 1hr 57min -- oops, slower 5:41min/km pace. As we ran towards Marina Country Club, the rain got heavier and we took a pit stop @ the clubhouse. After 30min, the rain was still pouring and we were forced to cut short the run -- tktan was elated and said thanks from the bottom of his heart :) We did our warm down stretch while waiting for the rain to stop. In the end, we took the 8.30am shuttle bus to Punggol MRT -- had breakfast before taking a bus home.

P.S. Haiz, suppose to be our last LD of 35km. But did not want to risk running in the rain and catch a flu. Well, will juz give our best shot @ Nagano -- though feeling under prepared...

Distance : 23km
Time : 2h 12min
Avg pace : 5:44min/km

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