Showing posts with label marathon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marathon. Show all posts

Saturday, June 23, 2007

Penang mari...
1st post from anywhere but my desktop at home; from Wai Mun & Lydia's cozy little new place in sg. Ara, actually. Arrived here last night; a suprisingly relatively smooth & ON-TIME direct flight from Kuching. Having Lester's good company onboard made the near-2hour flight seemed a lot shorter & easier to endure. Always dreaded long flight times as i tend to get restless & can't seem to get any good rest onboard. He'll be joining a handful of crazy Kuching-kia to attempt the 42++km Penang Bridge marathon...
First thing after arriving was to head off for a good supper. Returning to Super Tanker foodcourt was never more nostalgic, afterall it was the place where i used to have most of my meals a few years back during my internship stint. Spoilt for choice, i had a tough time deciding on what to eat. Next was the customary friday night outing, hopped by E-Gate a relatively happening night spot easily accesible beside the Jelutong expressway. Nothing feels better than sitting down for a good chat with an old friend over a barrel of beer, relaxing the ambience of the chic clubs & checking out the hot eye-candies; they're greatly abundant here! For that matter alone, always makes me feel like relocating over here...
Saw a convoy of transformers lurking around the area too... hot promo girls & hot rides always come hand-in-hand ~ apparently some Digi-Transformer promo thingy. A couple highly souped-up of Skyline GTRs, EVOs, WRXs, a 350Z, an RX8 & a S15. Thankfully, they were all Autobots.
Retired relatively early for the night... i guess we're not really that young anymore... back then, fuiyyoh... go clubbing like there was no tomorrow.
Met up Marv, for a faboulous dim sum breakfast at Taman Pekaka ~ it's so good i'd say almost rivals Ipoh's best. Ah, this sunny island is always well known for it's abundance of cheap & good food, not forgetting pretty gals too. =p
Managed to squeeze time to catch an afternoon movie at Queensbay GSC ~ Fantastic 4: The Rise of the Silver Surfer. Quite an entertaining one (just a couple of yawns, but did not fell asleep), but rather short though. Finally got to meet up an old friend from my training days: Mei Yee a.k.a the tallest girl i've ever known... had a good chat over great food at Paddington's ~ house of pancakes.... just like the old times...
Will be heading off to SP soon. I'm sure i've got plenty of work to do overthere... will be joining a buddy's, Ah Pei's gang of 'brothers'; that lucky bloke is getting married tomorrow =)
*congrats Ivy, sorry that i got to miss out your wedding dinner last night.. sudden flight change; hope u have a blasting celebration1
*Lester, Alfonso & gang ~ good luck for the marathon tomorrow..
*Kino, u too... hope u finish the marathon & still manage make it to Pei's dinner tomorrow.. even if u'd have to crawl on all fours.. hehe
*Sue & Howie ~ congrats! u guys are expecting twins! now that's something to shout about...
Got to go meet Pei's bro a downtown Gurney now... tata


A Super Tanker ~ of a mammoth foodcourt

Paddington @ Queensbay Mall. This place serves up the best pancakes i've tasted & reasonably priced too.. ho chak!

Me & Mei Yee, an ex-colleague during my internship stint here. It's been great to be meeting u again. Now, i know u've been trying very hard to not make me look too vertically challenged in this photo here. Thanks, yah! =p

With buddy, Wai Mun. This crazy fella i knew from a couple of years back had gradually evolving into the perfect husband candidate. U & Lydia will be next in line, eh... =p

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Lap Time: 3.5km in 20mins

I have always toyed with the idea of trying out a full marathon of certain pedigree; i.e. the Penang Bridge Marathon (another reason for a vacation up north), held annually in mid-June. Coincidentally, I’ll be in Penang by then, to attend an old buddy’s wedding on the 24th. Checking out the details of the marathon, is enough to make me chicken out. 22.3km for a HALF-marathon. Full marathon? I doubt if i can get anywhere close to finishing the 42.195km, before the bridge opens up for traffic. Sounds like a mammoth task to me.

So far, my cardio workouts have always been limited sub-6km in 40 mins sessions, max. On stationary treadmills. Perhaps I should go out to get some fresh air & find a running partner. And start by setting my sights on a less ambitious marathon conquest…