Relau <-> TitiKerawang Ride

Date: Oct 3rd, 2009
Route: Relau <-> Cherry Blossom <-> Bukit Baru <-> Tun Sardon <-> Balik Pulau <-> Sg Pinang <-> TitiKerawang Peak
Distance: Suppose 62km, but only ride 46.9km
Duration : 5hrs, Ride time : 3.5 hrs
Riders : WoeiTong, TK, Hamdan
Noteworthy: (1) hit Max speed of 66.8km/hr during Tun Sardon DH, (2) TK first >50km ride after 6 months into cycling.

Prior night only able to sleep ~3.5 hrs, get a work related call at 2:30am, only able to back to sleep ~4am. Big surprise from TK, this guy cycle to Relau all the way from J.Perak at 6am, look like this guy start getting serious about cycling. TK handicapped me 13km with one Bukit Jambul climb throw in. TK damn committed today....haha

I feeling pretty tired due to lack of sleep, want to call it off, but due to promised to friends and this time only 3 riders, I told myself I could pull it through. Me and TK headed out to Cherry Blossom trail, plan to climb up Bukit Baru, exit half way at Tun Sardon; north bound to Balik Pulau. While climbing through Bukit Baru, I know I ran into problem, I just have too much short stop even TK also noticed that, with comment: "how come I can beat you today, do you have any problem?". Well friend, look like yesterday work stress caught up to me today (this one is excuse nia, I think TK improved quite a bit)

I'm trailing TK start from Cherry Blossom up to Tun Sardon peak, I almost want to call it off at The Peak, but see today TK eagerness, okaylah, today I vowed with my legs to finish the ride where we start off....haha.

We stop for breakfast in Balik Pulau while waiting Hamdan to showed up from Teluk Kumbar. I feel a bit energized after breakfast, this must be the caffeine in working. After meet up Hamdan, we headed out to Sg. Pinang, I in front of the pack with just 25km/hr speed, Hamdan didn't wait too long to over take me, at that moment actually I'm cursing, "how come when I'm not in best form, everybody want to push hard, hai....". But I do play the catch up game, over take Hamdan and start pedal around 28-31 km/hr until hitting Titikerawang ascend.

To my surprise is I felt okay when doing the Titikerawang climb, I can do around 12km/hr, while TK/Hamdan at the behind pushing hard. I know I'm gonna pull away from them at this point, so I just kept the pace. TK is nowhere in sight after 15mins into climb, while Hamdan expressed his worried about TK, I offer myself to wait for TK, so that Hamdan can carry on, I think this guy is "lepas geram" after stop cycling for 4 weeks during Puasa month.

I made a decision not to continue our original plan where descend to Teluk Bahang Dam and climb up back, I don't think I want to test my limit today. So, TK continue descend to Teluk Bahang cycle back to J.Perak. Me and Hamdan will made u-turn to Balik Pulau. It turn out it is a wise decision, Hamdan and me 'pancik' when hitting Sg. Pinang, we only able to cycle 15km/hr on flats. Look like if we follow origingal plan, we might need to call "support" car. While after short break in Balik Pulau, Kasim Mustafa, Hamdan pointed Tun Sardon peak to me and said "Beh, are you sure you want to do this?", man, that is a scary sight to see with my current condition. But since I've made a vowed few hours ago, and with man ego, I told Hamdan; " if today I can made it through, I will be a stronger cyclist".

At the end of day, I use 45mins to climb up Tun Sardon as what I usually do, that proven if we set our mind on it, we can achieve that, but with consequences of, 3 hours of sleep in the afternoon, tired to death at the time typing this post.

WoeiTong singing off....Zzzzz