.... the jackal rides and run....

The watch, though used about a year old is in excellent condition. The strap is also still in good shape. I familiarized with the touch bezel control which is quite cool. On the 10km run however, I had a bit of problems using the bezel as in the presence of sweat and moisture, it doesn't really work very well! Worst still, it seems to have a mind of its own sometimes! I did a fair bit of search and it appears that its a common gripe on the 405. The recommendation is to put it into auto-scroll mode so the various data screens automatically switches without me having to even touch the bezel.

Hopped on the Ciocc Single Speed on Saturday morning and went out for the usual 112-115km route (clockwise Singapore loop). I did not mount the extra bottle cage so took along a small 500ml bottle of electrolyte water in my back pocket, on top of the 750ml bottle on the bike bottle cage. It was nice weather all the way. The SS just felt so smooth and comfortable as well. I really wanted to do a 'back by 9' ride so kicked off at 5am and started at a quite a high pace, achieving ave speed of 30km/h upon hitting Jalan Buroh. At Jalan Buroh however, tummy ache struck! I tried to 'ride it off' but could not hold my shorts on and just had to detour at the Shell station at the opposite side of the road to take a dump! Weirdest thing....there are no stations on the side moving north! anyway, this penalized my average speed and this dropped to 29+km/h. It was a huge relief to unload and I continued on with a lighter feeling! Very pleasant weather, many riders on the other side g...