Please don’t ask me whom is whom from the two runners, I’m unable to tell them apart, you know why…. they are pacing so fast together, and same color…. Lol…

Kibet’s win at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka, Japan, where he completed his run in 2:15:59 hours, made him the first Kenyan in 20 years to win a marathon gold medal at the World Championships.

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met up with a famous tiger n bumped into a dragon after dat!!!

:: following post by eric ::

erm… honestli didnt understood what Alex meant by famous tiger… lol!

The only part I can rem is the “dragon”!!! Here’s the beautiful pic of it:

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the evening started at 10pm at pasir ris, we travelled to jln kayu via old tampines – hougang – sk, jln kayu was packed with ppl when we reached at 11pm. finally got seats 20mins later and at the same time, garlic came by to rrss n try our bikes.

After a meal of Roti john, mee goreng n drinks, we rode over to seletar camp where garlic took a spin on our bikes at piccadily, after the test ride, garlic bid ur goodbye n we went on our way….

the dam was packed wif ppl compared to the last time we came, mabbi cos it was fri nite. alot of scrabblers n harleys. from yishun, we took mandai rd towards kranji, rolling hills along dis stretch took alot out of me (*mental note to get slicks =p), we passed by the zoo where unker snapped some pix….ended up at the LNG station in kranji where we proceeded to Kranji dam.

as this was the first time we hit dis area so i prepped a map + the SLA pda app. we managed to topo our way till kranji road, asking ppl along the way…

riding into kranji way, we passed by the rail tracks with an old skool intersection then into heavy industral area…..lots of dogs here so do take note….just before the dam, there is a JTC hawker area where we spotted a 24hr mini mart for e foreign worker hostel in the area…mabbi next time we can plan 1 water break here…from the dam, we can see the bright lights of JB on one side glowing becons of the massive BBC antennas….and crossing the dam we hit neo tew….

this part of the ride was most enjoyable….long, meandering, deserted rds with dim str lamps, it no longer felt like we were in SG…we went pass alot of agro farms n sungei buloh nat reserve…

soon the narrow path opended up into wide fields, the air was krisp with the smell of greenery…we can just spot the mist in the distance along the rolling plains…the land here is really extensive…a reminder that we are now riding along SAF training gnds…CHEY…no wonder it felt so familiar….=p we can make out the camp boundaries of tengah AB, as we reach a junction to turn into lim chu kang rd.

from here on is mainly SAF gnds, we went pass Armor camp in sungei gudong, ama keng camp, tengah AB n SCDF academy, etc….it was also along this stretch we rode along the temp runway stretch b4 the LCK cemetary gnds, around 3-5k of straight, 6 lane rd….spotted some inital D wannabes here, civics n evos….drifting within the cemetary gnds….

proceeded straight done to jurong were we spotted HDB blks again….just as we crossed the MRT tracks b4 boon lay station, it started raining and we had to take shelter at a bus stop opposite caldbury choc factory….yum yum…after waiting for 20mins, it seem that the rain was not going to stop anytime soon so we packed our non water proof stuff and prep to ride on…

straight down to jurong island causeway, we took a right to jln buroh, a couple of flyovers later we reached west coast road, came by a rodalink, at first tot it was related to the rodalink chain where we bot our bikes but later realised that this might be a stand alone shop….moving alone we passed ginza plaza (upgrading) and haw par villa….took a break at 7-11 along the fong sing stretch be moving on to vivio then fullerton…

by then the rain had stopped….but as we rode into raffles place, it started raining again, it grew larger as we rode along nicoll and we stopped large groups of students on a mass cycling event taking shelter at bus shelters n flyovers…this group was huge, easily 2-300 strong, all with matching tees and cisco outriders to boot…WTF?!?!??

we turned into fort road and moved into ECP where unker seperated at Mac to move on to still rd, ubi, hougang while i moved on east to pasir ris…the rain turned into a downpour as i rode pass the hawker centre area, with alot of the osim tri workers taking shelter everywhere…the stretch along from bedok jetty till saf sailing centre was in bad shape, alot of flooding on the whole path and u can easily ride into an open drain as it was no longer able to differenciate the 2…in short…i was aquagliding in a swimming pool…lol…

cool n shivering from the cold sea breeze, my fingers shrivelled like a prune from the wet, i pushed on….(lan lan, how else to go home?) rode along a deserted coastal route sans a few hardcore tri/marathon ppl…

reached changi v. FC and rushed in to gobble up a nasi lemak….(hungry n cold….smlj oso taste goot….rofl) be continuing back to pasir ris….dat was it….a smooth ride sans the rain….only mishap was i drifted when i reached my blk….my knobbles were so wet there was no traction at all on the ceramic tile floor…ride states below…till next ride then….=)

distance – 119.5km
time peddled – 6hr 40 mins

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the ride started out from my place to East coast rd, where i met eric at rodalink to get our bikes tuned as the chains have stretched since we got our bikes.

this trip, we had 2 more riders going us, space n his friend.

after getting our bikes tuned n browsing at roda’s display of accessories (eric got a bento box, but i refrained from geting anything….yet…kekeke).

we proceeded to ECP to burn some time as we were only scheduled to meet space at 9pm. crossed over at the underpass below mandarin gardens and headed to ECP hawker for some food.

after some food n catching the sea breeze, we proceeded to 85 mkt to wait for space n co. topped up our bottles with 100+ in NTUC.

space n co reached at around 930 and we first proceeded to the nearby petrol kisok to pump up the inner tubes and visit the loo.

we crossed over to ECP via bayshore and traveled along ECP till fort rd, then went along cosy bay route b4 taking a rest stop at indoor stadium. along the way both eric n me had the chance to try out the space’s SPECIALISED hopper n a kona fire, the 2 bikes allowed us better understand the differences in the grade of drivetrain, acera vs decore vs SLX.

from indoor stadium, we proceeded along nicoll up to shenton n keppel to vivo. then it was up the west coast highway till west coast mac where we took a 2nd stop. by now i had clocked up to 55k on my speedo for the day. we duly got some chow n contemplated if to take the clementi loop down east or head further west to jurong b4 looping.

after the general direction was decided, we moved off again and took a short detour to view the coastline. mabbi i was too tired or my mind was off, but i took a tumble at the coast while doing a sharp turn n scratched my knee, lucky my bar ends n watch took most of the impact n spared me from more repair costs to the bike n my body =p

shaken but not broken, we applied some spray bandage on the wound and off we went again.

*side note: earlier on, space came my n ask me about my knee, saying eric told him i got an old knee injury which i myself din know i have?!?!?

WTF… then with 1 hr i tio injury…. was i jinxed or is eric or space an oracle?

we loop back to clementi by the NUS/SP route. and took a stop shortly b4 sunset way as space’s friend tio a bad case of thigh soreness…

eric went to hunt for drinks n marlboro while we administered some massage/trigger pt release/SMFR on the casualty (with space’s permission of course, else later tio hoot =p)

but mabi the ride was too overwhelming and she decided to call it a day n we had our first taxi casavac…=p

after the casavac left for the comfort of bedok, the remaining folks pushed on…

we went via maju to beauty world, then down bukit timah all the way to selegie for some tau hwe. dunno the auntie tot i badly need insulin spike or wat, but we got double sweet curds n drinks….after some diverse conversation abt gear/future rides/getting HDB flats, etc we sent off for the last stretch back east.

instead of the usual geylang or the hilly sergangoon route, we rode the macpherson/tannery rd route, its a no brainer tat we will stick to this route in future, no hills, low traffic, straight down all the way. hehehe….

we broke off at kaki bukit, with eric heading to hougang, while space n me headed to bedok, my speedo was reflecting nearing 90k now…

rode via jln tenaga, to bedok res. shengsong b4 going under PIE and turning at 85 mkt to tanah merah. broke off with space at tanah merah n i proceeded solo up sempang bedok, to CGH up simei to tampines via TPJC. as i rode up loyang to turn into PR drive 1, i took a glance at my speedo n noted that it was reading 95k, WTF?!?!?

5k more to my first century n i was not going to let this go, i decided to take a loop around elias to clk the additional 5km, finally reached my void deck with a trip reading of 100.43 in 5h 50mins, most of the time wasted was at tampines when i tried to cut thru from TPJC to simei thru the HDB blks but got holland instead =p

Here is an image of the route we took.

Next up:
northern loop via yishun dam – woodlands – mandai – lentor, if weather good, may stretch to lim chu kang then west coast highway back east.

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