i survived:)

yup i survived night cycling:)
quite big a deal considering i havent exercised in ages
although im paying for it with aches in places i never realised existed
and a very extremely sore bottom

-route [as i remember it]
east coast park to indoor stadium
indoor stadium to some random park to play candle war
park to kallang riverside park connectors
and on to 1 fullerton [for a toilet break]
1 fullerton to s-m-u kopitiam [for supper]
and back to ECP via a rather large detour with rest stops

we started at abt 11pm and ended past 430am
reached home at 5 plus,bathed and i slept at around 6
woke up at abt 1140am [another first for me!]

there is a certain exhilaration cycling on the roads
with the starts at the traffic lights and cycling diagonally across lanes
plus cars were relatively sparse
but it could get very scary at times too
there were moments when seriously its a miracle we were unhurt
well..most of us somehow believed we owned the roads i guess:)

its was quite tiring
and my muscles were cramping up from the sudden increase in use
plus actions such as straining on tip-toe while waiting - cross roads and stuff
thank God for kerbs:) although trying to cycle down them is really nasty
i nearly flew off the bike when i tried to do it and since learnt my lesson
the final leg of the route was quite mental for me already
but i guess it was a case of 'just keep moving'
and erm..lots of praying - "God..help me survive this!"

i am rather pleased with how my group turned out
and how we did have fun and some camaraderie was there
but its interesting that although night cycling is largely a group activity
most of the time you are actually alone
so i spent quite a bit of time thinking and analysing stuff
although most havent been cast in stone yet

at least its something i know now that i can do:)