Jan 16 - My Personal Best Day !!

Got my parents to go along to Botanical Gardens - fresher air for them !

Had my best runs so far.. D 10.1KM ; T 1:04hr ; P 9.4KM/hr @ Botanical. First time broke the 10KM and 1 hr run barrier :-) Forgot how many rounds I went through but 1 loop (the smallest ones) is around 0.9km/loop, so should be 10-11 rounds in that case ! Now, I need to catch some sleep and replenish the body - bananas & water !!

Felt some wobbly knee on my left though.. Will start taking my USANA's Procosa II from now onwards !

Jan 15 - Botanical-Youth Park route again..

Woke up late today (7.10am instead of 6am).. iPhone alarm did not go off, again !!! :( Decided to run anyway, went to Botanical 1 hr later than planned.. Well, I noticed my discipline has improved a lot (in the past, I would hv gotten back to sleep right away !), except for my craving for oily food & fast food - still IR :(

Saw Thaipusam preparation in full swing, with all the tents and attitudes being put in place along the Jalan Utama, just 4 days to go..
Just a so-so run today.. D 5.82km, P 9.7km/hr, 36mins run.. Need to consistently hit 10km run at least once a week. Going there tomorrow and Monday morning again since it's a holiday :). May be I will venture into running towards Gurney Drive and back...

Noticed this rusty main door to Botanical Garden.. Hope the Tourism Ministry can do something about it as it's the main door to a tourist attraction and it's an eye-sore.. Spend money here is better than doing the plain-looking lilly pond !

1st January 2011 weekend - great start !

Had a GREAT weekend !!

Saturday (8 Jan) - Ran 3+ KM at USM Stadium at slightly after 6am but decided to give up after a couple laps.. No one else was running and it has that eerie feeling !! Haa.. So did 2 half-loops at my Halaman and that's it ! Pace @ 9.7pm/hr but that was only a short distance..

Sunday (9 Jan) - since it's a Sunday, I made it to Botanical Garden since I have never been there in the early morning. Took only 15 mins to reach Youth Park car park and started running.. Did a big loop, then lost the GPS connection due to bad signals, subsequently, did the usual smaller loops.. Forgot how many rounds in total, should be 4-5, then ran back to Youth Park. Achieved my personal best ! 8+KM, 9.3km/hr.. Felt good.. A lot of people walking and running there, hence many pacers for me to choose and didn't felt alone..:)

Snapped some pictures at the Lilly pond, the newly built ones right at the new entrance of Botanical Garden - also right at where the 2 controversial leaning arches of Penang used to stand ! But the drainage was bad and pond water overflowed, causing the whole grassland to be soaked in water.. They gotta fix this.. Also, maybe still too early, but there are only a handful of lilies.. Looks very bare..

The lily pond.. water soaked grassland



Entrance to the hike up Penang Hill (pic taken around 7.30am after the run)



Entrance to Botanical Garden

Looks like my Saturday and Sunday morning will be there... Once I get Jadyn's 8am art class sorted out..