26th November 2011 - Saturday
Event: Night Cycling 5 - The 'C' Route
Date: 26 to 27 November 2011
Duration: 10pm to 7am
Location: Woodlands CC to East Coast Park
wheeee!!~ Night Cycling is back, it's the 5th night cycling that the Woodlands YEC had organised. i participated in all except the 4th one which was held during May 2011. yes, because it clashed with my Sundown so i had no choice but to give up the 4th one.
and now, i'm back for the 5th one =D together with Edmund, Ginnette, Jeremy and Ting Yu, we gathered at Woodlands CC and wait for the start of the cycling.
seriously, this 5th night cycling was like a torture to all of us. as compared to the previous 3 times, this one was far more worse. i didn't and never think of going up the lorry for the previous times, but for this.. i really have the urge to dump my bike and sit up the lorry, waiting for it to drive me back to ECP.
BUT... i managed to endure all the way to the ending point.
all the bicycles
before the start..
ready to set off....
yay. finally time to set off at 10pm. cycled for 1 hour to reach our first pit stop at Kraji Reservoir. so far so good, still feeling fine. butt feeling okay, legs feeling okay, everything okay. still can continues haha.
Woodlands -> Kraji Reservoir (11.18pm)
Pit Stop #1: Kraji Reservoir
well, rested for awhile before setting off again. cycled for another 1hour to Jurong Point. we even travelled pass Cemetery, and there was once a very long down slope, i was cycling in full speed when my lanyard hanging my phone break and my phone just flew out and fell hard on the ground. my poor phone full of scratches now, luckily it was my old phone.
i had to do E- break immediately, luckily i didn't fly off lol. the speed was so fast that my bike and phone were a long distance away from each other. haha. anyway, shagged.. i already started to feel tired when we reached our pit stop. we dropped by at the McDonald's for a rest and supper. we were give 45 minutes of rest before going off
Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point (12.20am)
Pit Stop #2: Jurong Point
time to move on.... the cycling journey is getting more and more tiring. another 1 hour 30 minutes ride to our next pit stop at Pasir Panjang
Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang (2.20am)
Pit Stop #3: Pasir Panjang
and yes, now here comes the most hellish ride. i thought from Pasir Panjang, they will go by the main road, then bypass my house towards Vivo area and then over to Bugis, like the 3rd Night Cycling.
BUT NO... they went a totally different route. a more tedious and hectic route. we went all the way up to the Kent Ridge Park, seriously the route is long and curl and most importantly, it was going up slope. super long up slope, turning round and round up.
and this was the longest ride to our next pit stop, we took almost 2 hours to reach. imagine of cycling 2 hours non-stop.
Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang - Bras Basah (4.30am)
anyhow park the bike
pit stop #4: Bras Basah
so tired that we sat there and sleep. rested for like 30 minutes or so before getting the green light that we have to move on.
i am super duper tired. my legs and butt hurt the most. and i have to force myself to continue. we continued all the way till our last pit stop, somewhere at Geylang area. stopped at some random place, we don't care where are we, immediate jump off from the bike, sitting right infront of some shop houses and slept there. really, we slept for like 1 hour, it was around 6am that we finally took on our last journey all the way back to East Coast Park.
Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang - Bras Basah - Geylang (5.10am)
Pit Stop #5: Geylang
everyone started to catch back their sleep
and yes, it was around 6am that we were all asked to move on. the very last lap already, towards our destination at East Coast Park.
move move... MOVE. well, it was 6 in the morning already, it's getting more and more crowded with people started to leave for work, etc. transportation is getting heavy and we have to be very careful looking out for incoming traffic.
i tried my very last best to endure all the way back to East Coast Park, and I DID IT!!! it was indeed a very tough 9 hours of cycling journey. it's like an endurance test to me, forcing myself to complete it without getting up the lorry.
my whole body ached alot. my shoulder, my hands, my legs, my butt... and i lost my beauty sleep. we were so tired that we decided to head home immediately, don't even bother to have breakfast at Mac first. after signing off with the organiser, we made our way out to the main road in our so-super-no-energy-legs. Ting Yu took bus back as she lives at Pasir Ris, while the rest of us shared cab together since we live nearby to each other.
Woodlands - Kraji Reservoir - Jurong Point - Pasir Panjang - Bras Basah - Geylang - EAST COAST PARK (6.55am)
our cycling journey : The 'C' Route
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!
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