1st Northen Run

It was my 1st Northen run with the "Northeners" and also consider as my 1st official run in 2008.

Time: 7am

Venue: Yishun Mrt

Distance: Approx 15km

Alarm rang at 5:15am, feeling pretty fresh and no need to drag myself up from bed since I slept realllllll early yesterday.hehehe... Took the first bus at 6:25am, reaching Yishun at 6:53am. The gang are all punctual. Needless to say, the run is termed "Northern Run", meant for runners that stays in the North to get together for a run. And your truly me, who is staying in the extreme East, decided to join the gang this morning. What's in my mind man???!?!But let me tell you that having Bus 39 really brightens up my day...hhaahaha....There is no more hassle for me to travel from East to North. Wohoo!!!

With the 6 of us (James, Eliza, Jodan, Eugene & Supcon), we start with James & Supcon leading in front. I'm totally an alien to the North, so I'll just follow along wherever they go.

It was indeed a interesting route (at least to me) as I have not been to this part of S'pore before. All I know was right after passing Chong Pang, we were down to a very long stretch along Sembawang Road then hit Woodland Road or something. And we are in no where. All I see is greenary surrounding me. James say this area is very "oxygenated". From Woodland Rd, ran for 2-3km towards SLE direction and we cut thru a very intersting road again that is only meant for pedestrian. James called it "Runway road". That joins up to "Champion Way" (hmmm...I kind of like the name of it and was looking for the road sign for this) which eventually bring me to the front of the Singapore Sports School. Maybe it's some phycological thingie or whatever, passing by the SSS kind of kick in some adrenalin high in me and I kind of feeling real good in that stretch. haha... But we kind of slowed down a little to take a look at the surrounding of the SSS, especially me being so suaku. Took a quick pics using my lousy phone camera.

At the end of Champion way, we are out to Woodland Ave xx. Then I realized, this is where Albert is staying. His condo is just right in front. Next we hit Republic JC. There onwards, I'm just following the group as we are now back to HDB areas and I have no idea where am I. It was getting a little bit hot at this hour and back to Sembawang Road again how come it feels longer than we first started?? The mind is playing tricks again. Once we hit the junction, it was a cool down 300m walk towards Chong Pang and started our long waited brekkie. YAY!!!

Totally enjoyed the run, wouldn't mind doing it again :) I should be back again for Northern run..:)