Botanic Gardens @ Night

Did an easy 15km run From SAFRA MF to Botanic Gardens. A few of the runners Ong, Jaime, Wong, Kumaran, Derrick & Alan are tapering for the HK Marathon this Sunday, most of them leaving on Friday for HK. Bug & Shamrock are already there.

Another large turnout, and after we came out from the canal and into Ridley Park/Dempsey Road, it was just the few of us. I was having a nice easy run with mostly with DO, Adam, Derrick, Divey and Wong. Took our usual and only water break at the 2nd toilet stop within Botanic Gardens. The weather was nice and cool, just after the earlier afternoon rain. Ran along Farrer Road for a bit, then towards Queensway, before we turned into the long stretch of Margaret Drive. I sped up a little here to try to inject some fartlek speed runs along this stretch into the otherwise steady pace we held. Divey later suggested that this stretch should be called the 'Demoralizing Stretch'...hahaha

Distance Ran:15km ___Time:1hr23min____Pace:5:32min/km
Average HR:155bpm___Max HR:173bpm__KCal:1,031KCal