Waking up at 4am, I decided to slack and start from Mandai Shell.
The thought of doing a Super Sprint Tuesday from Longhouse still terrify me...
Leaving the house at 5:05am, I plan to do an easy ride to Mandai Shell.
All thoughts turned to shambles when I saw two riders ahead of me after the Sembawang traffic light.
Time to give chase
Manage to overtake 1 rider, but the second rider simply pulled away everytime we are going downslope !!!
Reached Mandai Shell. There is only 2 other riders waiting there.
Haha.... the train is not here yet.
Grace pulled up and mentioned that there are still a few riders riding rear.
We waited for a while but saw no more blinkers, so we decided to continue.
I found out later that it is R and R doing their couple-ly ride. =D (Haha... dun quote me, they quoted themselves.)
Riding along Kranji, the pace is quick.
What I did not realise was that this is just a warm-up...
Crossing the reservoir into Neo Tiew Road, the pace picked up immediately.
It is an all out sprint. Pace? 40km/h!!!
I managed to stay in the draft till I got a lethal dose from Poison Ivy.
It is pretty darn demoralising to see the blinkers disappearing into the distance.
Turning out onto Lim Chu Kang Road, the blinkers are nowhere to be seen.
Checking back, the other riders have not caught up yet.
I am riding alone...
Along the Lim Chu Kang Runway, I tried to do a good sprint, but the feet are too tired to spin any faster.
Can only manage a miserable 32km/h pace.
Turning left into Sungei Tengah Road, I took Bricklands Road > Woodlands Road > Mandai Road back home.
Along Mandai Road, 2 army land rovers over took me and I provide some amusement when I keep catching up with them. =D
Managed to draft the rear land rover for a distance before we were stopped by the traffic light.
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