Why did we even do this?

About two months ago, a few of us stumbled upon an Instagram reel where a group of friends walked 64km across the country in 15 hours. Inspired, we decided to give it a try.

We pitched the idea to others, our group grew to 18 adventurous(or crazy) souls ready to embark on this not-so-common-Friday-night-activity.

But why did we do this? We still don’t have a clear answer. Maybe, like Forrest Gump felt like running, we just felt like walking a long distance.

Tuas Link to Dinner place (18kms)

We started off clocking in almost at a speedy 5km/h. The plan? Cover the first leg as fast as humanly possible.

At the 10km mark, we had a quick pit stop for snacks and drinks.

Then came our dinner at Spring Leaf Prata at West Coast. We had Pratas, biriyani and some drinks to fuel up for the rest of the journey. Some of us (yes, including me) even popped paracetamol, prepping for the pain that was to come.

Fresh socks, blister tape, and a hearty meal had us raring to go for the next leg, but the extended break made it tricky to keep up our initial pace.

Clarke Quay at 4am (28km)

At the 25km mark, we took a quick break at a petrol station before continuing our walk along the Singapore River.

Seeing the city at 4am was quite the experience. The streets were empty, save for a few early-morning runners. It felt like we had Singapore all to ourselves.

This part of the journey was definitely slower. We had multiple short stops, and by this point, our group had thinned out to 12 walkers.

Breakfast at East Coast Park (40km)

Me and 3 others ALMOST dropped out at breakfast! In fact this photo below, was taken right after we called it quits.

The breakfast break lasted nearly 45 minutes. When we stood up after sitting for so long, our legs were in excruciating pain, and to top it off, it was raining.

Huge shoutout to Malsha and Tharindu, the true heroes who were game for the last leg no matter what. After standing around for 5-10 minutes and feeling somewhat OK, we decided to give it a shot. And then there were 8.

Malsha wanted me to tell this story to my kids maybe that's why I continued.

The Final Push (50km)

This was undoubtedly the hardest part of the walk.

Everyone was exhausted and battling blisters on their feet. To make things worse, we got soaked in the rain. The ponchos we wore offered little protection, and none of us had the energy to hold an umbrella.

We took it one kilometer at a time, and finally, we reached the end.

Honourable Mentions

The 8 people who finished the walk! Malsha, Tharindu, Gimhani, Hyung Woon, Himaya, Dinuka, Janaka and Me (Suveen).

(Get Go) Shreyas for being our "7-Eleven on wheels", bringing us snacks and ponchos, helping us tackle the rain.

Dinithi and Wije ensured the walk actually happened. Unfortunately, they had to drop out at the 75% mark due to blisters.