Enter my World of Cycling
Sunday, March 07, 2010
6:26:00 pm
First and foremost, PRAISE THE LORD for keeping my two most favourite cyclists safe and sound during all the races!
Well, it all started during tHAT Thailand trip. Before that I had NO CLUE whatsoever about cycling!
And so this week, what a week! Learnt much about bike racing. The names, the teams, how a race works.......... After watching and reading EVERYTHING to do with LTdL!
And then, thank God I didn't have to make the decision which I knew I would make albeit not THAT willingly hehe. And so, trip cancelled means RIDING WITH THE PROS!
Oh my goodness! It was one looonnnnggg day. We (Passione) were suppose to meet 9am at the YCK-Jln Kayu junction. So that means to take my own sweet time, I left at 8.20am and crawled there. With about 10mins to spare. So we rode together down to Conrad hotel and reached slightly before 9.45am. Hung around and watched more pros gather. Travis Meyer! And Jiwen's Geumsan Ginseng! And ISD! Footon! etc etc etc...
VERY EXCITING! Especially so since I only heard about all these teams and such just THIS VERY EXCITING LANGKAWI WEEK!
So we set off at 10am, following the second group consisting of the Korean boys, ISD, Fuji asia, Footon, velo-something? and cant rem the rest. There was a car in front of us. The first group was ocbc and the sister :( So I was left alone! Thank goodness for Cass! And there was Deanna too! And then that guy started chatting up Cass. So funny! It was really slow and easy all the way. We went through CBD, Keppel flyover, Westcoast Highway, pass NTU, LCK, Neo Tiew, Woodlands Road, Bukit Timah and straight back to Conrad.
It was UBER COOL to ride easy, seeing all those familiar looking cool jerseys! So hard to believe! It makes me feel a little closer to Jiwen. How HE rides with all these toooooooo :) :) :) So cool to ride with a vehicle around too! And then the whole pack was weaving through heavy traffic around the BKT Timah heading back direction. It was really cool cuz everybody balances so well, weaving away, I felt so..... SAFE. Like I don't have to be SO alert to jam brake any moment cuz somebody in front idunnowhat. And everybody slows down and just split into the nearest lane to weave through. And everybody gives way without having to come off the bike. I was trying my best to not do stupid things and according to my own standards, I think I PASSED hehehhe :)
By the time I reached home, it was 1.30pm. A very HUNGRY ME. I didn't bring food! 3.5hrs of riding 105km. Slow though BUTttttttttttttt :) :) :)
And today was OCBC Cycle Singapore! I thought I left a little late. At 10.57am to be exact. So, I think I took the fastest record EVER to get to the F1 pit. To catch them going round their last round of the 50km at the floating platform.
Then watched the Pro Crit for 1hr45min, sis' race for 50min, Open crit for 1hr+3rounds. All the way, leaving only at 5+! What a day of watching bike racing! SO EXCITING! The pro crit was really funny. That guy who asked for Cass' number and added her on facebook was actually at the back and nodded and smiled to Cass when we were watching! I mean, during a race?! HAHHAHAHAHA! Cass is soooo cute. And so, I TOOK A PIC with Shinichi, Cass, and this other Geumsan guy. He was the one that Cass went "anyohasaeyo" the day before and he said he's not Korean. HAHHAHA. He's Jap! But he's really nice! Cuz he nodded and smiled to me! And then we were trying to hide her from that Fuji guy. HAHA.
Really fun day of watching racing and good company of bike friends!
AND CONGRATS TO THE SIS for winning everything hahhahahaa.
I took as fast a record to get home. Because I wanted to get home and the legs felt poweful and, well, maybe one whole afternoon of watching legs go by pushing hard has some effect? Haha.......
Now, after two whole days, I actually, HAVE TAN LINES I KID YOU NOT.
But, fret not, they'll all be gone (I hope!) after a few days in the pool!
TOMORROW! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
And now, after watching all the races,
it's,
TIME
TO
RACE
Apprehensive, really!
