Weekend Rides

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Did Mt. Faber with Ryo and KL on Saturday. Only 4 loops. Can't catch Ryo up the slopes....he does has a distinct advantage due to his size and weight, giving superior power/weight ratio. Still can't outsprint me though (on flat or slight down-slopes) but he's training hard to make that happen, I'm sure. It's kept all inside. Anyway, I do not expect to ride much with anyone these days due to the maid situation, which is alright I guess. I don't mind waking up a bit earlier just to finish up earlier as well. Besides, solo riding, I find, gives me more discipline and its purely me against the elements, whatever it maybe. Somehow, I like that thought.

I arranged with Ryo for 80km on Sunday but I only saw his text on Sunday morning (that he could not go because he has no lights, instead he went interval training himself, get the drift?) so I decided to go at it solo. It's not like I've never done it before, in fact I have done solo long loops between 80km-100km a handful of times last year.

The weather was great, cooling....but I was a bit reluctant to move off when I saw the skies clouded! I went anyway. It took a long time for me to warm up....only managed to break a sweat after lor Ah Soo. Since I wanted to exceed ave. 30km/h on this 80km loop, I was determined to make it happen so I tried to keep a steady 32-33km/h throughout, making sure I make good speed going upslopes and take full advantage going downslope. I managed to pull up my average from 25km/h at Lor Ah Soo, to 30km/h after LCK. I thought no problem! I normally gain a lot speed along Jalan Buroh and the West Coast Highway....boy...was I wrong. As soon as my direction hit towards the east, there was headwind. This part was tough. I managed to bump up my ave a little to 30.4km/h at some point and finished home just over my target....30.1km/h. A good one I think, considering the elements and that I had a supersprint + Faber the previous day.

I expect my HEDs to arrive this week....damn VPOST is shit man....will use borderlinks next time! I'm so eager to try these out....

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