The first feeder bus went in for a 20-min loop as I walked out at 5.30 am. It came out full of lonely souls. Hah maybe not exactly lonely but kinda sianz-looking faces. Having to take the first bus out on a Sunday morning... to work? That is sianz.
It wasn't possible to catch the first 854 at 5.45 am to Eunos unless if I had walked to the interchange. Come to think of it I should have walked out. Then again I boarded the 5.57 am bus which must had been the second bus and reached Eunos in 45 minutes. Right on time! Tho' I had a hard time looking for the stop due to the condensation on the windows.
A shuttle bus transported us from Eunos MRT to PLAB Whiskey 7 Gate. There was already a large crowd gathering at the gates to get through the security checkpoints. After collecting our bicycles, we made our way to the starting point on the runway. The event flagged off at 8 am! Never seen so many cyclist on the runway before lorh. Yeah, suaku lah, this is my first runway cycling. Heh heh.
This photo was taken at the starting point. Me, KC-XTT and QL. KC-XTT's sister took this photo for us. Four of us cycled, while the rest (Shy-Neighbour TF, Stitchy-SOP, HY, HK and LH) bladed.
The cycling itself was rather uneventful. Speed on the runway was definitely much faster than bumpy ECP tracks. We whizzed through the straight runway effortlessly.
At the first water point with HK.
After the runway-stretch, the rest of the route was on road around PLAB. HK tagged behind me most of the journey. I think having to blade the 15 km must be very siong. But most of the time, HK was actually pacing me. Probably it was because I am a lousy cyclist and very unfit, and he was really quick. hah hah. It was really hot, I regretted forgetting to bring along my cap.
All in all, it was a good change to cycle in a different environment, view of C-130s, instead of BBQ pits. However, the bicycle rental was really too expensive, $16.90! In ECP I can rent one for 2 hours for only $5. Probably I will not be going again next year, unless I learn blading. And if so, I will just go the 6 km Family Route.
It wasn't possible to catch the first 854 at 5.45 am to Eunos unless if I had walked to the interchange. Come to think of it I should have walked out. Then again I boarded the 5.57 am bus which must had been the second bus and reached Eunos in 45 minutes. Right on time! Tho' I had a hard time looking for the stop due to the condensation on the windows.
A shuttle bus transported us from Eunos MRT to PLAB Whiskey 7 Gate. There was already a large crowd gathering at the gates to get through the security checkpoints. After collecting our bicycles, we made our way to the starting point on the runway. The event flagged off at 8 am! Never seen so many cyclist on the runway before lorh. Yeah, suaku lah, this is my first runway cycling. Heh heh.
This photo was taken at the starting point. Me, KC-XTT and QL. KC-XTT's sister took this photo for us. Four of us cycled, while the rest (Shy-Neighbour TF, Stitchy-SOP, HY, HK and LH) bladed.
The bladers...
At the first water point with HK.
Yes, it was really really hot...
All in all, it was a good change to cycle in a different environment, view of C-130s, instead of BBQ pits. However, the bicycle rental was really too expensive, $16.90! In ECP I can rent one for 2 hours for only $5. Probably I will not be going again next year, unless I learn blading. And if so, I will just go the 6 km Family Route.
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