First Post

It is always good to have a nice starting introduction to a new blog. I have just start jogging recently and I like to jog along the neighbourhood, explore new routes and share my experience on the various routes that I took. I live in the north eastern part of Singapore, hence my jogging route will be around the north eastern part of Singapore. My starting point will always be at the basketball court near my house.

Currently, i use the google distance calculator to keep track on the distance that I have jog, and if anyone have other good distance calculator, feel free to share it here. I also uses can.com last time, but apparently it has been shifted or close down, hence I am now left with only google distance calculator.

Today Jogging Distance: 6.3 km
Timing: 29min 58.7 s for 4.8 km
Speed: 9.6 km/h
Total Jogging Dist (Weekly): 15 km

Today Jog: I decided to jog at around 10pm today, and try a new route as traffic is still quite heavy at this timing. I jog till I reach around 6.3km before i stopped, as I think that I have not recovered from my 9km jog on Monday, and my leg is starting to feel the strain. Hopefully, i am able to cover at least a total of 20-25 km for this week.


Today's Route: The route that i highlighted today is abit different from my actual run. Today route is a circular loop; starting point can be on any point on the route, and my starting point should be the cross junction between Buangkok East Drive and Upper Serangoon Road. However, for my run today, i just cut in from Hougang Ave 10 to Hougang Ave 8 and then Ave 7.

Starting from the green dot, jog along Upper Serangoon road and turn left at the next cross junction and jog along the whole of Hougang Ave 7, till u reach another cross junction between Hougang Ave 7 and Tampine Road. Turn left again and jog along Tampine Road till u reach KPE, and jog on the pavement beside the KPE towards Buangkok East Drive. (Alternative, you can continue jogging along Tampine Road and u will still reach Buangkok East Drive, but the route is quite deserted.) Continue along Buangkok East Drive and u will reach back to the starting point. (Note: It is up to each individual if u prefer to run clockwise or anticlockwise)


Estimate Dist: 5.8km


Map is a screenshot from google map. The red line is the jogging route for today.
The blue line is my actual jogging route. The green dot is the starting point.


Review:
Pro: U can enjoy your run without any interruption from the traffic as you does not need to cross any traffic light. The route along Hougang Ave 7 is also quite near to a small park, and running there is quite pleasant. The distance is also average, not too long at 5.8km. There is little human traffic along the whole of this route.

Con: It can be quite deserted (and abit errie) along Tampine road, and it is not too well-lighted along this stretch. There are also quite alot of vehicles from Tampine road to KPE, as the road lead to an expressway. The terrain around Tampine road is also not even, and there are some overhanging branches from the trees along the pavement.

Recommendation: I feel that this route is suitable during the late morning or early evening, and definitely not suitable for any night run. 2.5 out of 5 star.