The long lonely road.So. This is the 150 - 200m walkway from Yio Chu Kang MRT to the bus stop. It's really long and straight, like a 100m sprint track.
There are several scenarios that can happen when you embark on this road.
The safest but most ridiculous would be to start running immediately when you hit the walkway, because that optimizes your chances of catching whatever bus you're catching. Unless of course you see a bus coming along when you start the sprint, because there's just no way you can make it. Unless you can do 150 m in 10 secs.
Second option would be to brisk walk and the moment you see it's YOUR bus coming along, hit the accelerator and make a dash for it. Somewhat like the amber traffic light, it only works if you're metaphorically 2 arrows away from the traffic light. Any further and you might as well slow down, because once again, there's just no way you can catch that bus. But this is very subjective, depending on your athletic ability and your judgment call on the speed of the bus and number of people boarding that can delay the bus.
Option 3 is to just surrender yourself to fate and walk at your regular pace. So what if 265 is coming along as you step on the walkway? You don't make a fool of yourself attempting a futile sprint. So what if you're halfway there and the bus turns the corner? You don't risk running and panting just to skid to a stop as the bus drives away. Just accept that you'll have to wait the maximum waiting time, and be happy if your timing coincides with the bus. That's my style. Never run, it's UNGLAM.
And so I reach home at 9.30 - 10.00pm every night. Because I never run.
There are several scenarios that can happen when you embark on this road.
The safest but most ridiculous would be to start running immediately when you hit the walkway, because that optimizes your chances of catching whatever bus you're catching. Unless of course you see a bus coming along when you start the sprint, because there's just no way you can make it. Unless you can do 150 m in 10 secs.
Second option would be to brisk walk and the moment you see it's YOUR bus coming along, hit the accelerator and make a dash for it. Somewhat like the amber traffic light, it only works if you're metaphorically 2 arrows away from the traffic light. Any further and you might as well slow down, because once again, there's just no way you can catch that bus. But this is very subjective, depending on your athletic ability and your judgment call on the speed of the bus and number of people boarding that can delay the bus.
Option 3 is to just surrender yourself to fate and walk at your regular pace. So what if 265 is coming along as you step on the walkway? You don't make a fool of yourself attempting a futile sprint. So what if you're halfway there and the bus turns the corner? You don't risk running and panting just to skid to a stop as the bus drives away. Just accept that you'll have to wait the maximum waiting time, and be happy if your timing coincides with the bus. That's my style. Never run, it's UNGLAM.
And so I reach home at 9.30 - 10.00pm every night. Because I never run.
2 comments:
you can brisk walk, and if you see the bus rolling along, and it's too tight to call, let it go.
then, you maximise your chances of coming home early without the embarrassment of not knowing what to do after running and missing the bus!
Actually, you can just ask iris (SBS's intelligent route information system), and you can get a pretty accurate information of when the next bus's gonna roll to a stop.
That way, you can make sure your run counts when you have to, and reach home early....
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