#255 - Saturday

 

 

Cycling

 

Last Sunday I was at the Mandai end of T15 and

I was lying on my back looking under this coconut tree

and I heard these people saying that they are going to

Hungary to go Mountain Biking. Wow! Hungary?!

So this guy described what they will be doing in Hungary

 to this other guy. First day would be relaxed and would

involve wine tasting, second day would be a bit harder

and third day would be the toughest day... and since they

will be there for more than three days, the 4th day will again

be an easy day, so on so forth. ... and so while I have

my eyes closed, they were talking about mountain biking

in Canada and Kathmandu and Lhasa ... and I was thinking

wow these guys are loaded! Not just that. They seem to have

lots of vacation leaves at their offices ... and they're sooo

adventurous! I bet they don't miss going to Woodcutter

and Butterfly Trails!

 

Anyway, while other people are going to exotic places,

my friends and I have joined the Millipede XC Jamboree.

See the flyer above.

 

... and since, I am supposed to go for a 45km jamboree, I

told myself I better go and do some longer rides. I called my

friend Tabs as she has been doing long rides lately and asked

her to plot a route for us.

 

The route started with the usual cycle to Mandai via Upper

Thomson. The only thing was we were sooo early. I think we

reached the Mandai entrance to T15 before 8AM. We went

in to T15, did 1 lap and went out via Mandai again. We turned

left to Mandai and went straight to Woodlands. I can't remember

the route clearly as my mind is clearly oxygen deprived from

too much pedalling. I just know we passed Kranji, Neo Tiew,

Lim Chu Kang, Boon Lay, Jurong Town Hall, West Coast,

and finally went up to Henderson. All in all I did around

81km. My friend lives near Paya Lebar and most probably

she would have easily done 90+km.

 

 

 

We parted ways at Moulmein Road and I asked her

if she would still like to go to the trails tomorrow (Sunday).

... and both of us agreed that if our legs don't hurt too much

then we'll decide.

 

Technically, I found this last Friday (not Saturday). But

isn't that nice? Not all bikeshops have chamois cream and

here is a well-known brand and I found it in ... Guardian!

... and yes, that is the price there. It is 19.90 for a tub.

 

I used this on that 80km ride that I just described and I

was just using a triathlon bike short (lesser padding).

My nether regions did not make a single complaint :-)

Udderly Smooth is very much recommended!

 

DragonBoat

 

The Spanish Armada Race Crew - photo from Spanish Armada
Group page in Facebook

 

The team I currently paddle with, Spanish Armada have

joined the annual 10Km Challenge which is traditionally

organized by the AustCham DB Team.

 

Everybody was happy because it seems that they have shown

much improvement on this 2012 version of the 10Km race.

The Spanish Armada has water training on Saturdays and

Sundays and their Wednesday Land Training in Botanic

Gardens is very well attended.

Finals results of the 10Km race. Spanish Armada @ #12
and my friends at Mountbatten took the Gold - photo from
Spanish Armada Group page in Facebook

 

My friends from Mountbatten/SPC brandishing their newest
Gold Medals ... by the way, these girls are World Champions
in the Women's Boat DB hence they make it look so easy.

... and of course, my friends from Mountbatten/SPC were

clearly the favorites to win the 10Km race and they did not

disappoint :-) hehehehe sometimes I miss being in a winning

boat ... but SPC's training schedule is really hectic and ....
I can't just leave Mountain Biking :)