Sunday LSD in heavy rain

It rained from the middle of last night, and the rain never stopped. I picked up DO and went to the ClubHouse. There were about 10 of us, all ready to run in the heavy rain. We waited till about 8am, and Ong came in. He conducted a quick brief, and indicated that we will be running about 22km, 8km less than what was to be originally planned. We will not run all inthe way into Marina South, and will turn back after Marina Esplanade, and then proceed back along Keppel Road, then run up 3 loops Mt. Faber from the Kampong Bahru side.

We braved the rain and pushed on. It was a pretty nice pace for the first 10km which saw us run along Zion Road area, towards Zouk, then the quay area, to Esplanade and all the way to Marina Promenade. Clocked the time at about 54min, took a quick toilet break, and u-turn back towards Keppel Road. The rain got heavier, and I was still running with DO. We had a fun time chatting and running in the rain. We reached Clifford Pier, and was met with Jaime (who actually took a bus to meet us there) who provided nice 100plus drinks. I took 3 cups, and continued on the run with DO along Shentown Way, then turning to Keppel Road. As we were reaching Kampong Bahru, we saw Ong and the new girl (cm's cousin-in-law, a fast runner who joined us for the first time).

We proceeded to run up Mt. Faber, with me taking the lead and doing a cautious pace. We overtook the girl midway, and when we reached the top, it felt so good. DO was feeling good too. We did another loop aound the Mt. Faber Loop, before heading all the down to Morse Road. On the way down, we met up with Bug, and the 3 of us ran all the way back along Telok Blangah Way. The rain continued to beat down. It was one of the rare runs I have done in heavy rain. Covered a total distance of 21km with good distances on upslopes.

Distance Ran:21km ___Time:2hr10min____Pace:6:10min/km
Average HR:147bpm___Max HR:165pm__KCal:1,830KCal