Saturday morning is a great time to get out and do some longer sessions.
Today I planned to do a 60 km ride. Luckily for me the distance from my front gate to the entry road to Changi Beach Park is exactly 30 km. Even luckier, the weather in Singapore has been surprisingly mild. Today was no exception. There was light rain falling as I set out from home and this accompanied me for the full 2 and quarter hours of my ride.
The course I follow takes me through the cavernous streets of Downtown Singapore's CBD and out past the structurally surprising Marina Bay Sands Hotel. From there I travel past the Esplanade Theatre and from there, out the Nicol Highway, onto Mounbatten Drive to East Coast Park.
The Service Road along the length of the East Coast Park is very popular for cyclists. Unfortunately the surface of the roadway is the worst in Singapore. I mean it is not as bad as a cobbled road as you might encounter in Europe, but it is very poor by Singapore standards. The potholes, speed bumps and ripple strips gives your kidneys a good work out. There is also a constant wind blowing from the East that presents a head wind that can only be measured in the effect that it has on your speed on the outward leg of the ride.
At the end of the East Coast Park I go onto the Changi Coast Road which runs parallel to the main runway at Changi Airport. This goes all the way to Changi Beach, which is my turnaround point.
Today I rode 59.6 km at an average speed of 28 km/hr. During the ride my estimated energy usage was 1460 Cal. As it was cool today I did not drink a full bottle of Gatorade during the ride. On a normal day I would drink as many as 2 litres of sports drink on this ride.
I woke a bit late today and for better or for worse, I skipped breakfast before heading out on my ride. This morning I had a late, yet filling breakfast which consisted of two eggs, a cup of Lavazza coffee and 6 mini sausages prepared by my delightful younger daughter.
Because breakfast was so late the family and I did not consider making lunch so by the time dinner was on the table we were all very hungry! Tonight, dinner was a steak and salad sandwich with steak (obviously!), capsicum, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots and fried onions. Yum!!
I finished the day with a short session of yoga in preparation for a long run tomorrow.
Today I planned to do a 60 km ride. Luckily for me the distance from my front gate to the entry road to Changi Beach Park is exactly 30 km. Even luckier, the weather in Singapore has been surprisingly mild. Today was no exception. There was light rain falling as I set out from home and this accompanied me for the full 2 and quarter hours of my ride.
The course I follow takes me through the cavernous streets of Downtown Singapore's CBD and out past the structurally surprising Marina Bay Sands Hotel. From there I travel past the Esplanade Theatre and from there, out the Nicol Highway, onto Mounbatten Drive to East Coast Park.
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| Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Singapore. |
At the end of the East Coast Park I go onto the Changi Coast Road which runs parallel to the main runway at Changi Airport. This goes all the way to Changi Beach, which is my turnaround point.
Today I rode 59.6 km at an average speed of 28 km/hr. During the ride my estimated energy usage was 1460 Cal. As it was cool today I did not drink a full bottle of Gatorade during the ride. On a normal day I would drink as many as 2 litres of sports drink on this ride.
I woke a bit late today and for better or for worse, I skipped breakfast before heading out on my ride. This morning I had a late, yet filling breakfast which consisted of two eggs, a cup of Lavazza coffee and 6 mini sausages prepared by my delightful younger daughter.
Because breakfast was so late the family and I did not consider making lunch so by the time dinner was on the table we were all very hungry! Tonight, dinner was a steak and salad sandwich with steak (obviously!), capsicum, tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, carrots and fried onions. Yum!!
I finished the day with a short session of yoga in preparation for a long run tomorrow.
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