Tuesday, January 13, 2009.

oh my gosh we conquered the 42km Eastern Coastal Park Connector Network today! =D =D

yeah after the previous cycling trip (2 Jan), we all decided that another one sounded good. So my mind wandered, and knowing myself, it wandered to the most epic and grand-scale thing one can ever do at East Coast Park - the whole Eastern Coastal Park Connector Network (ECPCN)!

well to be honest that didn't feel all that challenging then, since we did 20km in 2 hrs on 2 Jan.

furthermore, I ever did the Siglap part and knew practically the whole route (usually because I go around the East part of Singapore a lot more).

so it felt short.

THEN AGAIN, i have a very bad habit of grossly underestimating distance (remember my "stone's throw"?).

So it was really very very long.

Yes and there were many many weird moments:
1) The infamous overhead bridge across Bedok North Road (which left everyone swearing after that (and it was just 40 minutes into the whole thing!))
2) Gravel on Bedok Reservoir which taught everyone the importance of changing gear
3) Jiggy's pillar-holding/pillar-swaying right outside Tampines
4) Chain Screw-up Part 1 (KC banging onto pillar at Tampines)
5) Jerald's camera thingy (lost near the place in (4))
6) RAIN (part1) and cycling through the middle of Pasir Ris HDB estate
7) Jiggy's button-pressing (or lack thereof) at a junction crossing
8) Jun Sheng's hunger whines at the super-windy-and-damn-high-tide Pasir Ris Park
9) KC's up-slope lag near Downtown East
10) RAIN (part2) and epic chionging-thru in Loyang
11) Chain Screw-up Part 2 (Kenneth trying to go fast) near (10)
12) Jiggy getting stuck around Changi Village after taking the wrong turn around a tree o.0
13) Me walking into Changi Village Food Court with a bike
14) Nice TALL waves at Changi Beach Park
15) THE TREES AT CHANGI BEACH PARK ARE SOOO <3!
16) Epic 6+km straight road along Changi Airport!
17) Chain Screw-up Part 3 + RAIN (part3) just before the bend.
18) Everyone getting owned by the rain.
19) Jerald's tyre screwup at East Coast Park.

everyone was tired lah, but it was FUN. as in not that we intend to go another time till our minds turn bad, but it was a rather new experience.

Jaycycling anyone?

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