Holiday Run @ East Coast Parkway

The weather was great on this Vesak Holiday. I went with Beverly to the East Coast Parkway (ECP) for a slow and easy run, and also for her to recover from her walk yesterday. We arrived at ECP Big Splash section, did a short warm up, and started to jog slowly towards the MacDonald's direction.

There was a large holiday crowd of picnic goers, family and social gatherings, roller-bladers, walkers, joggers and cyclists. The weather was cloudy without any sun, and it was fun to run. This was the first time I have run the ECP in the day, and the last time I even ran there was when I did the tsunami run with The Lonely Runner in Jan05. I was enjoying the run, as well as the sights and smells of the BBQ meat. We could see the Soth-East Runners' route/distance markers along the way, and I knew they were left over from their weekly Saturday runs at the ECP, started recently.

We ran at a reasonably good pace, and we ran all the way along the lake, and towards the same route I did for tsunami run. It was full of people and bicycles along the way, and it was fun. Beverly remarked that some runners were really struggling and suffering. We reached the halfway mark, which is about 6km today in a good timing of about 36min. We did a quick toilet break and started our way back.

On the way back, it was the same good weather, and Beverly really enjoyed the run today. I normally run 10km with her on Monday nights, and normally she was panting after 6km. Today, we finished all of 12km at a good 6min pace. We even had time to stop at the jetty, and saw an impressive display of kite flying, 4 kites strung in a row. There was a huge crowd that gathered to watch too. We also saw many interesting dogs doing their walks. From the many joggers/runners/roller-bladers/cyclists we saw along the way, it was a good sign that Singaporeans are really adopting a healthy lifestyle.

Distance Ran:12km___Time:1hr14min___Pace:6:08min/km
Average HR:138bpm____Max HR:152bpm____KCal:850