More KK Training Sessions!

The weekend was spent mainly on Mount KK training at Bukit Timah Hill and Macritchie reservoir. We started our training at about 2.30 pm at Bukit Timah Hill on Saturday, this time joined by Edwin and friend (not joining for KK trip but just came for fun). After the usual warmup, we proceeded on the same tracks that we used to train on. Come to think of it, we have done the same track over and over again. I wonder when we would get tired of it. It was over and done with in about 2 hours, as some of us had some other activities that day.

Sunday was a little more interesting. We had been training on our fitness and speed at Bukit Timah Hill on the past few occasions. But since the trek up Mount KK would take considerable number of hours uphill, we needed endurance and stamina training too. We met up at Bukit Timah Hill and then one of us ferried the whole gang over to Macritchie Reservoir. Our plan was to trek from there to Bukit Timah Hill, passing the Tree Top Watch (TTW) along the way. Just as we started off, we spotted a group of senior citizens practising the song "Friends" by Emil Chou, guided by a supposedly music teacher with a small CD player. We stopped by for a short while to sing with them (on the side of course). HA.

We decided to take the long way to the TTW by going on the platform trail along the perimeter of the reservoir. The trail was peaceful and nice, with many birds singing and butterflies flying around. We took short breathers along the way and soon arrived at the TTW Ranger Station. There was a group of Scouts performing on some home made musical instruments like plastic barrels for drums etc. They were being filmed and I remembered they were shouting "Welcome to Singapore...." or something like that. Could they be performing for the IOC? HA.

This was my second trip to the TTW. When we were there the last time, it was quite crowded and we were "hurried" along and completed the 250-m suspension bridge in a short time. This time round, we decided to spend more time on the bridge by allowing other visitors to pass us by. We took quite a few pictures like some of those you see here.


Our trekking training seems quite "relaxed"!


Don't let the ranger see this....


Another crazy stunt!

After spending some fruitful time on the TTW, we proceeded on to Bukit Timah Hill. The journey along the way was "routine" walking. We were not going too fast and I think most of us were feeling a little tired. We decided not to go to the summit of Bukit Timah, but instead took a bicycle trail round the bottom of the hill towards the visitor centre. This was the first time most of us were on that trail and we discovered many rambutan and durian trees along the way. Apparently it was rambutan season as the trees were red with many ripe rambutans. We couldn't reach the rambutans, so we presumed they must be sour! HA. We finally reached the visitor centre, rested for a while and then proceeded for our late lunch. We were starving!

The training so far isn't that tough but the legs are beginning to ache a little due to the constant walking. But we have to keep at it, afterall we only have slightly more than 4 weeks before the trip.