Tour De Punggol + Chase the Elite........(17/12/2011)

  
Tour De Punggol + chase the Elite.... As always we came up with different kind of tours almost every other week. This time , we hit Punggol area .... Discovered new running routes along punggol end, Waterway and few others unexplored area that is still under developement. We were fortunate to have Sumiko Tan(she's the Elite one that we were talking about)  who stays at Sengkang to join us. We started off from the Sengkang Sports Complex and proceed straight to Punggol neighborhood. From there, the route lead us to Punggol End and after that we got no idea what the are is called. The pace was reasonable and all of us managed to keep up with each other and not far apart in between. We had to climb over barriers which were not yet opened plus the compulsory stoppages to snap some pics. Overall, we managed to cover 15 clicks slow and easy run.....The experience running with an elite runner and discovering new route was priceless ......
More LSDs in the near future .....

And most importantly ...... LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND !!!!!!!!!

A morning run is not complete without a breakfast. So we proceeded to Mushroom Cafe at the nearby park for our breakfast to replenish our energy.

                                   One for the road ..... And off we go .....

                                     Fit ladies, Linda and Endon!!!!

                                         Traffic light..stop....snap!!!

- Punggol end -

                                 Few places along Punggol where we stopped and snapped!!!!
                         

   Hal, Ronald and Linda.

Yaoming and Dominic who joined us for the 1st time.

                      

 Yeah ... We had to do it... Restricted  area. Lol!!

Hal looking damn scared in case he falls into the sea.. He can't swim.... LOL...

                                       Glad we made it through. Part 1 !!

                                  The Heng twins plus Chee wah.....
                                   

                                 Failed attempt. But good effort though ....

                                                 The front liners......
                                                             

The body builder Billiejoe  who did 26 clicks from Bedok Reservoir to Punggol !!

                                         
                        

Yes another barrier we had to go through....                

                                    Crazy or what? We are happy running !!
                                

                                    Practicing jumping photography........
                                  

                                   The Zainuddin's siblings with Sumiko....
                                

                                  Hot guys? Not quite there yet..... LOL !!!
                                 

                                                 The 2 LFC Fellas
                                                        

                                    Ultraman Sam came to support us....
                                   

                              The unofficial map of the run we did.


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SCSM 2011

SCMS 2011....generally the last race of 2011 for all of the freaks..... We had train all year long just to compete in it. For some it was their  1st ever Full marathon(amin , noridayu ,Arib) .For some of us, the SCSM was our 1st year anniversary for running a marathon. We met up outside ION for cam-whoring  plus warming up.

                
                                Before dropping off our baggage,there's still time for the camera...LOL

                                                                      

                                                                                          

Asree with Ganesan and Mahadi who did Half marathon....under the extreme heat!!!

The Freak- ing Speed demons!!! Both managed to get their PBes... Izat did 3.22 while Ronald 3.51..awesome-ness..... Team R&R ...to watch out for TNF 100 K duo next!!!

              
                                                      The SATISFIED FREAKS!!!!!!
                                                    

                      
                                                        The Flag bearer (wan albedo)

                                                           Our Sub 4 pacer ( Sam E)
                                                        

                                                
                                                        With the Demons (Izat and Ronald)

                                        Taking a breather at 20++ clickas!!!! The much needed one....lol

                            Waiting for linda to do her small business, we pose 1st......lol

                                      The MANDATORY photoshoot!!!! FREEDOM FREAKS !!


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- Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012 -

Few of the Freaks has decided to do something different to usher in the new year. While many others are partying hard, we did a 18km run which started from ECP Macdonald's to Marina Square and then return back to where we started. Initially planned to run a 20.12km loop, but due to many road closures, we only managed to do a 18km run. No complaints since we had fun along the way wishing strangers 'Happy New Year'.

- The Freaks who started the run -

 As always, there are lots of camwhoring sessions along the way and also we did stopped at the Nicoll Highway bridge for quite a while to do the counting down, watching the fireworks display and playing with our own fireworks which was supplied by Meng Chan.

- The fireworks viewed from Nicoll Highway bridge. Blocked by some buildings.

 

- Having some fun playing with the mini fireworks on our own. -

                

- Adults know how to have fun too. -

           

- And we literally smoked-out the whole area.-

                              

After having so much fun at the bridge, we proceed with our run and meet up with 2 more of our members, the lovebirds, Edan and Noreen. The distance to Marina Square was a short one, but it took us quite some time to reach there because of the road closures and the route was jam-packed with humans who did their countdown somewhere near there.

Our one and only water point at Marina Square. The place was full of many party-goers but we still have time to chill a bit and camwhore !!

- As we move along, more pics to snap !!-

- Just a few more .... We sneaked in to take this pic !! -

- Last 1 click to go. Check out the tired and sleepy faces. - 

 It was already 2am+ when we reached at ECP Macdonald's. But the place was still packed with people. It was a tiring 18km run but overall, we had lots of fun. 2011 has left us and so it's time to look forward to a better, fitter and faster new year ahead of us.

- 1 more before we go own our separate ways -

- Tour de Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012 - by absoluthal at Garmin Connect - Details


Looking forward to more LSDs in the coming weeks .......  

*Credits to Meng Chan and Alexander Asree for the pics. Thanks a lot !!

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