Another Round Island Conquered

My 1st ever RI was in June 2019. I was so mega proud of myself. Bucket list ticked off. In my mind, RI is done-ed, no need anymore RI le. Then I went on to do another RI in July 2019. Daddy Lim must have bluffed me into it. Lol.

This RI business is addictive. Before the CB, we completed another 2 RIs. Ya, no prize de and I have no idea why I did it. I remembered that I cursed and sweared after each one. Lol. Daddy Lim even said that he wanted to try to do one RI per month. Siao ah?

Then he came down with pneumothorax and the CB came and we all took a break from cycling. It took him a while to train up his lungs. Even today, he said that he can feel the difference in his lungs' capacity.

The WWF regular rides are finally back and so are the usual cycling kakis. Without further delay, the 1st RI was planned on the eve of Polling Day. The PH was too precious to be missed.

The sky wasn't very cooperative though. It was raining so hard in the morning and the leaking didn't stop until afternoon.

This time, we were joined by Auntie SL and her friend, who lugged their bikes and drove all the way down from faraway Punggol. I did offer to meet them at Punggol but they so desired to see that complete round island captured on Strava. Come, come, Singapore very small. Hehe.

Weather check at 5pm - ticked. Auntie SL and her friend started their long drive down to JW and it suddenly started to drizzle at 6.30pm, not a light drizzle but huge, big rain drops like of drizzle. Why like that? Fortunately, the gang was game enough to ride on despite the drizzle. It was still drizzling slightly when we rode off and we had to be more careful with the slippery roads.

The 1st casualty took place not long after - dark night + port hole = flat tire.

While the men were working hard to change the tube, we did what we do best. Haha.

Finally we rolled on.

The ride was enjoyable despite the drizzle and the wet roads. We all agreed that it would be a relax and chill RI but I don't see us going any slower than usual. Lol. Cyclists are all liars. I do worry for Daddy Lim's poor lungs and constantly checked that his lungs are breathing ok. Auntie SL and her friend are both strong riders and there was no need to worry for them.

It all went well and we stopped for supper at CV. Confirmed well-deserved. We intended to have supper no. 2 at the WCP MacD only to realise that it wasn't operating 24 hours. Heng for the nasi lemak at CV or we would have people fainting from hunger. Lol.

We made it back alright and we were home at about 2ish. Poor Auntie SL and her friend had to drive back to Punggol. Nice round island map.

RI is seriously physically tiring. Daddy Lim and I were awoken early next morning by Popo's phone. By afternoon, we were really wasted. I took an hour+ nap; Zaky said that Daddy Lim slept for 3 hours! Even then, I was tired.

We were supposed to ride on Saturday morning with the regular WWFs and I was secretly happy when it rained at 5am. The ride was off. Hohoho. We did ride on Sunday morning and I was still tired.

See lah, RI is detrimental to health. Wait, there is again a long weekend coming up! Let's do RI! Hahaha.

Mummy Lim