Cycled 60.4 Km Today

I cycled with 3 of my friends this morning, covering 60.4 km to make up for last week, as I didn’t train.

I woke up at 5 am to freshen up. Did my Blood Sugar Test, it read 5mmol/l. Had a snack which included a Banana and a slice of bread. After that, I went to prepare my Bike. Pumped the tires and lubricated the Gears. At 530 am, I left my house to meet my Friends.

I reached the meeting place at 550 am, waited for my Friends, did my own stretching. At 6 am they all arrived and we started riding. We cycled at speeds ranging from 29-33 km/hour. We rode from Parkway to Mountbatten, continued from Mountbatten to Suntec City. From Suntec City to Telok Blangah and into Pasir Panjang where we went into National University of Singapore (N.U.S) to do some slopes. The slopes were good training, but I need to get in shape to be able to keep up when riding on slopes. After riding in N.U.S, we decided to go to Hort Park, so we rode on the Ayer Rajah Expressway Shoulder into Alexandra Road and then made our way to Hort Park.

At Hort Park, I did a Blood Sugar check and it read 11mmol/l, and I believe it was due to the Biscuits which I consumed at Raffles Place, and not enough Hydration that caused it. I drank more water after that to hydrate myself.

After riding the outer perimeter of Hort Park, we decided to go home. To return home, we rode at Telok Blangah (the highlight of the Ride is going downslope at 46 km/h Woohoo, Thrilling), to Tanjong Pagar, Suntec City, Mountbatten, Katong and into Siglap where we had our Breakfast.

I did my Blood Sugar reading again and it read 10.5mmol/l, I really believe it’s die to not adequate hydration that have caused my sugars to be a little high, but I will learn from it.

Had a light breakfast, 2 slices of Bread with Butter and Kaya, and a cup of Coffee with evaporated milk. After breakfast, I rode home. When I reached home I rested for a 10 minutes and did another Blood Sugar Check, it read 9.2mmol/l.

Learnt that I need to hydrate more, and maybe check my Blood Sugar before having a snack. Will take note of this and implement it into my next training.

Cheers.

Marco