ECP Get-Together-Run

I was at East Coast Park today for the SgRunners get-together-run. I came along with three ex-colleagues, Chee Kong, Chee Keong and Chris Ang. The four of us were supposed to reach the starting point at 7:30 am, but because we arrived slightly late, most of the SgRunners had already set off. However, Eunice, Balasing, Fatty, Fd and Tiwazz were still around.

At 7:50 am, after some simple warming-up, my ex-colleagues, Eunice, Balasing and I started our run, wondering when we would catch up with the other SgRunners who had set off about 15 minutes earlier.

We ran from the 7-11 near the ECP MacDonalds towards Fort Road (and along the way, we said "hi" to about 30 SgRunners who were doing the return leg), did a U-turn at Fort Road and headed back to the 7-11, continued running in the other direction until we reached the opposite end of ECP (meeting Yan Lee along the way), then U-turned back to the 7-11. Chee Keong, Chee Kong and Chris Ang were much faster and had more stamina, so they had pressed on ahead of me.

At around 10:30 am, when I finally returned to the 7-11 (about 21 km), I was informed by the SgRunners there that my three friends had decided to do a repeat of the Fort Road leg (so effectively, a total distance of 30 km for the day). I figured that I needed a rest first, so I joined the SgRunners for photo-taking. (At this point, many thanks to Tiwazz for offering me a much-needed bottle of 100 Plus! *grin*) And gosh, there were so many SgRunners present today...The Lonely Runner, BrokenRunner, Sotong, DreamRunner, Superboy, Skyvers, Meteor, DO, Cheow12, Taz, Alvo and more, including many new faces!

SgRunners after our 7/21 km ECP Get-Together-Run

After that, I hit the roads again, half-limping, half-walking, trying to catch up with Chee Keong, Chee Kong and Chris Ang. I didn't run until Fort Road though. I made a premature U-turn, and came back to the 7-11 after a punishing 25 km in total. But the run had been good and the weather couldn't have been better (breezy and cloudy). Later on, Chee Keong, Chris Ang and I drove to Old Airport Road for lunch. I had a plate of hokkien mee, some char kway teow, one chwee kuay and a bowl of ice kachang. ;)

And the highlight of my run today? I was really pleased to have met Adrian Mok (the 168-km runner) today! I think he was probably doing his recovery run after completing an equivalent of 4 marathons last weekend, but still, he ran faster than I did and overtook me!

My stats for today's run...

Lap 1 (From 7-11 to Fort Road and back ~ 6.91 km)
Time taken: 38 min 02 sec
Maximum/Average Heart Rate (bpm): 190/177
Average Pace: 5 min 30 sec / km

Lap 2 (From 7-11 to opposite end of ECP ~ 7.14)
Time taken: 41 min 10 sec
Maximum/Average Heart Rate (bpm): 210/182
Average Pace: 5 min 18 sec / km

Lap 3 (From opposite end of ECP until I had to walk ~ 4.83 km)
Time taken: 29 min 25 sec
Maximum/Average Heart Rate (bpm): 189/176
Average Pace: 6 min 05 sec / km

Lap 4 (Slow walk-jog phase ~ 1.52 km)
Time taken: 8 min 56 sec
Maximum/Average Heart Rate (bpm): 183/175
Average Pace: 5 min 52 sec / km

Lap 5 (Back to 7-11 ~ 1.2 km)
Time taken: 8 min 22 sec
Maximum/Average Heart Rate (bpm): 200/179
Average Pace: 6 min 58 sec / km

Lap 6 (Reduced Fort Road leg ~ 2.67 km)
Time taken: 18 min 10 sec
Maximum/Average Heart Rate (bpm): 191/170
Average Pace: 6 min 48 sec / km

Total
Time: 2 hr 24 min 05 sec (excluding water breaks)
Time: ~ 2 hr 46 min (including water breaks)
Distance: 24.9 km
Average Heart Rate (bpm): 177
Average Pace: 5 min 46 sec / km
Calories Expended: 1910 kcal