Chased By Monkey!

Yes, damn close encounter this time round. And I was riding! Cant imagine if I were running?


The island is just full of these macaques. 1st time a smallish one tried to scratch me 2 years back while I was cycling and avoiding crashing into it. And today was a much bigger alpha-male. It actually chased me for about 50m before giving up. I shouted very loudly - and when I am loud, it must really be loud - in my attempt to scare it off when it started to chase. But it didnt slow him down. Was riding about 24kph up a slope into the zoo and I didnt try to ride off faster than that coz over the crest the primate stopped.


I have written to AVA about it before and apparently they claim that they try to cull and catch these primates which can get aggressive to human. Thanks to the idiots who feed them. And the population is just flourishing.


Its the 3rd day of the lunar new year. In the blink of an eye, the long holiday is almost over. Sadly. It was good break for me, spending time with my relatives and my family. And the laziness of the festive season got into me quite a fair bit.


Thursday was suppose to be a 12km run with an hour of trainer. Only managed 8km run and NO trainer. Friday was not too bad. Managed my swim. 400m warm up, 4x200m (3:20 for all sets), 8x100m (under 1:38 for all sets) and 12x50m (under 48s for all sets). Today I did 5 complete loops of the Mandai route including the zoo section. In fact, the swim workout was the best of the 3 days coz at least there was more effort put in. Almost didnt make the ride today as the temptation to sleep in was so high. But the iron-mind got the better of me and sent me ploughing the loops. Had planned to do at least 6-7 times but settled for 5 instead. Total distance of 120km only. Things should get better next week.


Tomorrow I should be going for MR25 5km time trial. Suppose to do it in 25min. Lets see how things go.