A messy run

Today mark the end of the week and I manage to clock 27km for the whole week. Although i have set a 25km target for this week, my actual target is actually 30 km. Looking on the bright side, this week is the first week that I started to jog for long distance, so I guess it is still a good start. Due to the mid 7th lunar month, and the fact that I can only jog at night next week, I think I will be running short distance next week, and hopefully I will be able to achieve good timing for my short run.

Today Jogging Distance: 10.6 km
Timing: 1 hr 20 min
Speed: 7.9 km/h
Total Jogging Dist (Weekly): 27 km

Today Jog: I decided to jog around evening time, as it is near the 15th of the chinese lunar 7th month, which mean that there will be alot of burning of joss paper, and also because it is better not to run around late night during this period. I plan to run around the Hougang area but I miss the junction and almost run to Ang Mo Kio instead. Luckily, I decided to turn along Serangoon Ave manage to get back to Hougang instead of running toward CTE and AMK central. I did not completed the run again, stopping at around 7.2 km mark, walk for 1.9 km before jogging again on the last 1.5km, hence my timing and average speed is abit pathetic today. However, I still manage to maintain 9 km/h for my jog (excluding the walk). As I did not know the distance of the actual route until I completed my jog, I was expecting the distance for the route to be around 11 to 12 km, as the route seem much longer than my usual 9km route.

Today route: I will consider today route as a linear route although it look circular, as it is a random route that I started. Starting from the green dot as usual, turn and jog along the entire Seng Kang East Dr and turn left at the end of the SK East Dr, which is a cross junction, and continue jogging on the whole stretch of Seng Kang East Road and Buangkok Green. At the end of the Buangkok Green road, which is another cross junction, turn left again and jog along the YCK road and then turn left toward HG Ave 2 when u reach a flyover. Once you reach the next T-junction, turn left and jog along the whole stretch of HG Ave 8 till u reach around Ponggol Park, and then make a last left turn at the next cross junction and jog along Serangoon Road until the yellow dot, which is the 'finishing point' of the route.

Estimate Distance: 9km


Map is a screenshot from google map. The green dot is the starting point, the red line is the intended jogging route, the blue line is the extra route which I took today, and the yellow dot is the finishing point.

Review
Pro: The road from SK East Road to Buangkok Green and the whole of Hougang Ave 8 is quite a long stretch and it is always good to run long stretch of road without stopping. There are little to average human traffic along the whole route. The route is quite well lit in general.

Con: There are alot of minor junctions and some major junctions along the entire route, which means that there might be alot of interruption during the jog and you might need to wait for traffic lights. There are a few slopes along the route, depending on the direction of your jog, increasing the difficulty of the route. The last stretch along Upper Serangoon road is quite deserted at night and you may turn at Hougang Ave 10 instead.

(Note: Unable to comment on Yio Chu Kang road as I did not run along the road)

Recommendation: This route is suitable for running at anytime of the day. 2.5 out of 5 star.