from green to black

7 hours of pain.

i went for my virgin long distance trip on the racer.
and i realized what an unfit bugger i am. i realized
that i cannot zonk out while riding a road bike because
it is dangerous. i realized that with sufficient
motivation, the people whom i keep in my thoughts,
well i can go through the situation, i can go the
distance and when i am cycling alone, along dark
lonely roads near to the cemetery. i can go on.

i started from mark & ants place. at jurong. i headed
to jalan bahar where i got lost for a bit trying to
find kranji link. and it was dark and i was alone.
and i passed the area where all the foreign workers
gathered, till there was no one. the dogs barked,
snarled and howled. the gusty wind blew against my
face. there was no one, no one at all. the lamps were
covered by trees and moss grew over all the metal
rails. the roads crumbled. but somehow. i got to kranji.
a long road. past the antenna farm. and the whispers
of white cloth which take the shape of humans but i
guess its probably my mind playing tricks on me.

cycling past the cemetery wasnt as bad as the neo
tiew area because you could run at the wide roads
which are used for an alternate runway. but if you're
chased at the narrow, winding roads. you're gone
cause you could be running into a trap. so if you're
mugged. too bad.

then from kranji, i headed to woodlands and all the
up to yishun then i headed down to buangkok and
hougang. then i cut across to eunos. then i headed to
changi before heading home. and it was crazy. because
its a combination route. normally we'd just do one
route. changi is changi. mandai is mandai. and
choa chu kang is choa chu kang. but then i have a
racer now. so the odds even out.

ok so i fell a few times at the junctions because i
couldnt get used to my cleats. i didnt uncleat
fast enough so i was scratched. i spaced out and
went up a flyover into an expressway. (bikes are
not safe on expressed ways) so i had to de bike
and push my way back. i got lost a few times
which led me to do rounds. ugh.

but i'd be fitter when the night comes. and
they will get their cards!

posted by green unseen @ 8:48 AM