CNY Extended Weekend

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Did quite a fair bit of riding. Had holiday stretched from Wed - Sun...

On Wed, did a short 30km (and did my personal best for ECP-Coastal-ECP) before coming home and settle stuff at home and prepared for the CNY holiday.





Gave myself a treat by not exercising on Thursday but on Friday, managed to catch up with Ryo on a short 30+km ride....it was obvious that he has not been cycling much!

Saturday....did a solo 80km West Loop and made ave speed ~31.3km/h. It was a good ride as not much cars on the road and great weather to boot. I drafted a really fast group doing about 40+km/h at Jln. Buroh (with headwind!) but got dropped soon after the turn into West Coast Road when they immediately picked up pace to 48+km/h! Did good speed doing solo up the elevated section (~40km/h).




Sunday....SS day out with KL for 80km West Loop but in the clockwise direction. This way I find to be harder...Mandai is tough in this direction as its basically going upslope. We came back via Jalan Kayu - Eunos Rd direction...total of 84km for me. Ave speed attained ~28.5km/h which is ok.




I refrained from running due to my right leg, which I suspect is suffering from a strain or sprain on the ligament. Will start running again one of this weekday. Strangely, no issues with cycling!




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