the day start at 6.30am..i was over at kit's house for breakfast..mac delivery!by 7 we set off for yew tee cc(the equipment was loaded onto the car the night before) the other 2 team mates agreed to meet us straight there as they dun live around here.
7.30am- kit and i arrived at ytcc..saw bikers starting to gather liao..as more of them arrive we get more sians.why leh? cos they are better equiped then us and they look much much fitter..ahhhhh. then came the scott sponsored team and the team with national riders..wa lau!those 2 teams damn sat.all wearing same jesery and same bike somemore..haiz..kenna sponsored jiu shi like that. 95% of the teams had a girl/woman in their team..yes even the scott team and the national team..sadly my team couldnt find any girl that would join us..so we had to suffer the time penalty..we didnt think much of it at first..but the penalty really cost us heavy lor..we could have gotten 3rd..sigh
8am- registering starts..we registered and was given our team info sheet.on it are empty spaces for the station masters to sign and also all the location of bonus sticks.the whole competition works on time..so the team with the fastest timing wins.and the bonus sticks are to minus time off the team's total time.after registering we wasted no time and start to plan.we marked out on the street driectory all the locations of the bonus sticks(yes,we were allowed a street directory)
we drew lots to determine our route.we got route 15 and was scheduled to start as the second wave (they flagged off in waves)
vital planning
8.18am- flag off!our first clue were placed one field length away from us. we were supposed to run across that muddy field to find our clue,then run back to our bikes and set off. chen shao and i took the left side of the field while kit and ben took the right side. i was lucky and found the clue without much difficulty.i signalled to kit and we chiong back to our bikes. we were the first to get to our bikes..the rest were still finding their clues.however, we dont know the area at all,so had to check the street directory to find out.by the time we left, many teams had already left the starting point.
1st check point- chew soon egg farm.we had no difficulty getting there, but jus as we were about 200M away from our checkpoint, chen shao said he had difficulty breathing.he then said he couldnt see anything..then he jus laid on the road..he took about 15 min to recover..even then he was too weak to walk..we then took a slow walk to the checkpoint..luck it's an unmanned checkpoint and we dun have to perform any task, jus note some words on a tower.we called back hq to get our next clue.
2nd checkpoint- next was yew tee park.we didnt have any problems getting to this one too.cept we were slowed down by our injured. this was a manned checkpoint.we were to perform a physical task and ans 10 Qns.each Qn we get wrong we would add 3 min to our total time.we got 8 correct
3rd checkpoint- lim chu kang cemetery.we were supposed to find the highest point of the chinese cemetry and count the no of statues there was. no problems getting there and we cleared this one with ease..and the downhill was damn song! =D
on the highest point of LCK cemetery
taking down our next clue
4th checkpoint- stagmont park. this was an unmanned check point.we were required to note the numbers on the lampost 'at the end of the stone walk'.they codename the lampost 'bright knights' and expected us to fig it out for ourselves.no sweat for this one.
5th checkpoint- army camp gate at jalan murai. unmanned checkpoint. we were supposed to note the phone number on the gate.budden guess wat? chen shao's front tyre suddenly gave way! we quickly changed a new tube and used a handpump to pump up sufficient air to allow him to cycle to the nearest petrol station to pump up fully. luckily the nearest petrol station was only one junction away.by the time we reached the gate,ben and chen shao was starting to feel the strain liao
6th checkpoint- chua chu kang park. this was a manned checkpoint. and on our way there,it started to rain.it started out as a drizzle before turning into a heavy storm..wth..it was damn cold and damn pain lo..the rain hitting again us..we were wearing singlet somemore..haha we were shouting like mad dogs in hope of relieving us of the coldness. again at this manned station we had to perform a physical task and ans 10 Qns. this time we got 9 correct =]
7th checkpoint- farmart centre. we were under pressure due to the time limit(we have to return 5 hours after flag off,no matter if we complete the stations) furthermore, ben and chen shao was really shag liao..kit and me took turns to draft.the rain was still on us and the wind was still blowing..haha..nice conditions to slp!
we manage to make it back before the 5 hours were up and completed all 7 stations.there were loads of teams that didnt complete the 7 stations..but we had our drawbacks too..in the end we were within top 10, but we didnt win anything..booooooo..but it was fun la..we tried our best..and now we know..next time get a girl on our team!hmm..i didnt know so many girls in spore bike lor..until this comp. pity rayner couldnt join.i must admit that not knowing the west area also cost us..cos most of the teams were from the west or at least had one member living in the west
Mine!! i wish.lol
GT
the 4 of us
4 more days.right dear? =P
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