Saturday, July 22, 2006

Kovan - Bedok Reservoir Night Run

Left office very early last evening, and reached Kovan mrt at 7pm! 1 hour ahead of our night run -__-"

I shopped at Heartland Mall - there is this area on the 2nd floor (similar to Heeren Annex or something) - made up on small little shops selling apparrel, costume jewelleries etc. The shops were PATHETIC. The clothes they sell are auntie-ish at best and of poor grade. There is even this shop that sells Jap kawaii dresses i think. Looks so psycho if anyone were to be caught dressed in any of those and they cost a bomb! In summary, the place is truly CMI! Cannot Make It ..

Close to 8, met up with teelee (who was with Johnson & another fren having dinner at the food centre) and left my barang in the now infamous TLV (hehe :P). We then met up with the rest at the Kovan MRT. Total strength for last nite : Shut, Teelee, me, Junie, Taz, Superboy, Cosmic & Fbb.

After some light stretching, and constant reminder that I have to do very slow that night (I wanted to cover the distance, regardless of how long it took me), we pushed off towards Bedok Reservoir, passing by some not-so-safe areas filled with construction workers. Superboy even jokingly mentioned that we had just passed the Little India. wahahahahah .... We had our pit stop about 1 km before Bedok Reservoir, to get drinks & toilet break.

Reached Bedok Reservoir (about 7km from start point) 1 hour later. This means our pace is a good 8.5min/km!!! Wow, that is really slow pace, no wonder everyone was feeling very relaxed. Superboy kept to his words and ran very slowly with us last night. Not once sprinting ahead. Sometimes I wonder how they can regulate their pace so easily to run either fast or slow. Taz & teelee too. These speedmonsters really impress me !

We did a small run within the reservoir, where Taz took us thru this sandy patch. I don't particularly enjoy running on the sand and was quite relieved that the sandy segment was short and was about 500m at most before we left the reservoir and proceeded with our jog back to Kovan.

Total Distance Covered: 15+km
Total Time Taken : 2 hours

Thanks to everyone for the great company. Sorry I seem stone last night, think the lack of sleep has taken its toll on me. Also received several phone calls before the run, some friends of mine called to tell me their problems, different problems to manage in the same evening. Too much negative energy transferred in a short span of time, guess i was a lil overwhelm. wahahahhaa ... but ok, after a good sleep, (I woke up at 9!!! *happi*) I felt more recharged.

Meeting my mom for lunch now ... and going to the bank to screw my financial planner later *horns emerging from head*. Gonna try to have a relaxing day today, and a fun Mizuno wave run tomorrow. Hey, I'm going there just for the fun of it, not gunning for any PB. I am constantly reminding myself to go SLOW especially at the start. So don't come stress me hor :P If u r running slow tmr, jio me ok ? *big smile*

4 comments:

Tekko said...

Since I first saw you ran at the CBD - you have improved by leaps and bounds.

Keep it up and enjoy your runs.

teelee said...

You Are Speeding, it took me a hard time to catch UP.
*pants*

run to live said...

u r fast...as promised, it supposed to be a slow run to finish....maybe is too slow for u is it? next time must tell me ok!

....sorry har...i ask u to slow down at the junction for the last stretch...becos i was out of breath liao..heehee

roentgen said...

Fully agreed! KJ, you have definitely improved by leaps and bounds in this time that I have known you:)

Continue this steady improvement, and you will be cruising through your half marathon debut in fine form! :D Be patient hor... :p