A Good Saturday
Saturday morning. Alarm set at 5.30am. Woke-up, dunno do what and only stepped out of the house at 6.40am, to get to the Lake Garden. There's a training group doing their runs every Saturday starting from this week in preparation for Gold Coast Airport Marathon... and I thought, what the heck. Join saja la.Join first, think about going for the marathon later.
Of course, late again la. Haish. We are normally VERY punctual people but when it comes to me running, we tend to run late every s.i.n.g.l.e time! I've stopped stressing about being on time and let things just slide nowadays. All the added stress from worrying is not good.
Despite being late and missing out on the group run, Jamie kept a free running vest for me! Thanks Jamie! Yeah, we stayed around and kaypoh with the group after they finished their run today. Nick was there. Yvonne too. Good to see Nick running and recovered from his injuries. Compared running shoes notes with them as I wanted to get a better pair of running shoes for myself.
We walked two loops around the lake so as a reward afterwards, had this for breakfast:
A hazelnut hot chocolate from Starbucks and a cornish pasties bought from a nearby bakeryin Bangsar Village - Hiestand (I adore this bakery!). Raimie and his Daddy had green tea frappucino. Pasties for the dad and two big donuts for Raimie!
After lepaking at Bangsar Village and walking around the shops area, off we went to Tropicana Mall. Mommy, who initially wanted to buy a discounted (60% off) Mizuno Wave Creation shoes at World of Sports somehow got attracted to another shoes.
Of course, it has to be a "New Arrival". No discount. Because I'm worth it... katanya. Bwahaha
I tell you, I'm always a sucker for good service. Spent an hour there with "uncle" checking my gait and stuff & me trying a whole lot of shoes.
Registered us three for the "Pisang Relay" there at the Running Lab too. Yes, Raimie will be running in a 2 loops of 2.72km with Mommy and Daddy in May! It's a week after Borneo International Marathon.
Yeay us!
Tomorrow is Sunday and I can't wait to try out my new shoes!
Plus, Monday is a public holiday! Woot! Woot!
How's the cornish at Starbucks? Tried the one at Secret Recipe - not nice!
ReplyDeleteThe cornish pasties that we had were not from Starbucks. It's from Hiestand - a Swedish Gourmet bakery at Bangsar Village.
DeleteThey are very nice. :)
Envy yur new shoe ok! Hahaha... enjoy n have fun running ok.. :)
ReplyDeleteIt better be good coz my wallet in nazak state right now. Wakaka
DeleteYou have fun running too, Bett!
Esok lari? Ke Isnin?
Good luck for the run!!! =]
ReplyDeleteThanks :-)
DeleteI think you missed us by about 5 minutes. There's always next week, I think Jamie said it's the double hills route (MPIB). I'm looking forward to it!
ReplyDeleteNice looking shoe, review after your run tomorrow, k :D
MPIB route. Oooooo I'll make sure Zaini drives me early next week! :)
DeleteI shouldn't have suggested going over to Running Lab. Should've bought that cheap, past season Mizuno. Should've but didn't. No more shoes till after SCKLM! (See whether I'm disciplined enough) ;p
Lina, I tried these shoes right after I bought my shoes, last week! Tapi I bukan beli Asics la. I saje2 suka nak try Asics (sebab tak pernah pakai Asics!) so Uncle RunningLab gave me the latest arrival to try on.
ReplyDeleteI punya kasut bukan latest arrival so ada diskaun sikit hehe.
Esok lari Putrajaya?
You tried it? How does it felt for you? I should've tried after buying a pair not before. Takde parah poket I! Hahaha
DeleteBut I loved it the moment I put it on. No wonder Uncle had to ask whether I wanted to try it instead of pushing it to me from the start. ;p
Hubby grumbled a bot though. Masa PBIM ASICS voucher tak expire hari tu, takde lak sibuk2 nak beli ASICS. heee....
Sunday? Tak... LTdL Hotride and Kayuhan Ceria ke apa ke in Putrajaya on Sunday. And that Kayuhan Ceria uses core loop. Way too much bike traffic to run in peace.
I'll do my LSD tomorrow. And on Friday. And o Sunday. Semangat tak? ;p
Uiii semangat sangat tu hehee....
DeleteAina ajak LSD Isnin, I thought I wanted to run this morning (neighbourhood loop pun jadi la 10km ke) tapi lepas bangun 5.45am...switched on TV..tido balik hehe. Had a full day at my parents' yesterday and at times batuk ni lebih2 pulak.
See you if I see you *tomorrow* :)
Hahaha... I pun woke up at 5.30am, terhegeh hegeh sana sini, last2 tido balik and only went out at 7.45am. Biasa lah, warm up mesti took ages for me and started runnning at 8am. Paneh!
DeleteRead you tweeted that the boys and the Dad pegi Nuang yesterday. Fuh! Whole family busy. What're they doing now? Recovery sleep? ;)
See you if I see you. I'll try and be a a good girl and start at a more "normal" time for 2moro's 20K. ;p
Ha ah. They started hiking only at 9.30am (the plan was to start 7am!) sebab Izzo siap lambat, pastu had to make u-turn sebab baju bersih tertinggal atas kerusi kat living room.
DeleteBut they managed to keep to hubby's estimated time. 6hours up, 6 hours down. They reached down 9.15pm! Izzo dah bangun, Amsyar tido lagi ni hehe
Okay I nak cuba jadi good girl jugak esok ni! :P
Your boys are awesome lah Millie!
DeleteYeah, let's be good girls tomorrow. ;)
wow, that's nice. Have a nice holiday!
ReplyDeleteI agree that we should not be stressed for being late. Wifey always grumbled when late for dinner functions. Adoi! Bising in the car all the way la. That was not end of the world yet. LOL
ReplyDeleteSometimes the delay is of no fault of ours. Rather than be stressed out and end up having sour face, just let it slide.
DeleteBeing punctual is the best thing always. So I just need to change my timing to be early. Early birds gets the worm.
ReplyDeleteZaini is 90% punctual. Too punctual that sometimes it annoys me because we end up waiting for others.
DeleteBut for me running, HE always made me late. Cannot blame him also la. He wants to minimise his waiting time since he knows I don't run fast to finish. huhuhu
I used to avoid Starbucks due to its pricing but after drinking so much at Old Town and Coffee Bean, I started to see the dirt and filthy toilets besides the bad service and blueks coffee....I better go to Starbucks. The sofas are better and I could sit there gossiping like a grandma for 4 hours.
ReplyDeleteYeah, pay extra $$$ at Starbucks for other stuff than coffee.
DeleteI like to lepak at Starbucks, chill on sofa, enjoy free internet & air-con too, Anay. :)
I also gila shoes but I only have one pair of running shoes. I would buy casual shoes from Nike and Adidas for walking. Their cutting is comfortable.
ReplyDeleteNow, I have 4.
DeleteTwo for short and fast runs.
One for long, training runs.
And one for long distance races.
Cannot wear heavy, cushioned shoes that is for long distance training to a 10K fast race. It'll weigh me down. ;)
What running shoes do you own Anay?
Bila mau join me run? Knee still not OK ke? Come come. Ask Letchumi also. :)
Apa macam? New shoes ok ka?
ReplyDeleteSo far so good. :)
DeleteCornish pasties? Oh, my, when was the last time I had THAT? Yum.
ReplyDeleteWhen is the Pisang Rally?
Oh. Wait. Relay. Rally is for cars.
I'm not going to miss it while I'm in darkest Africa, am I?
No no no
DeleteI'll be boring and quiet when you are in SA. ;)
No, I won't, coz it's in May.
ReplyDeleteTheir website says: "WARNING!! Real bananas are used. Do handle with care."
I can't wait to see those photos! :D
It'll be a sight to see! LOL
DeleteWhat's more fun though - Raimie holding two bananas or his Mommy brandishing her two bananas happily whenever she sees a photographer. ;p
haiyoh, woke up so early in the morning but then dilly dally there until you were late for the run?? you did that on purpose?? haha~~
ReplyDeleteWhat you think? heh heh
Deletei seldom see Hiestand already, i remember the first one i saw was in KLCC, i used to buy pastries from there, very nice!! but was a little expensive..
ReplyDeleteCompared to what Starbucks offers, Hiestand is OK. Some more, the quality is good.
Deletea nice cup of coffee with your favorite cornish pie on a sunday morning!! wow, how enjoyable huh?? sure pampering yourself well~~
ReplyDeleteooopsss, sorry, it was saturday morning but i am commenting on a sunday night, geez!!
DeleteSK, where did you go? So late come commenting here?
DeleteMust be enjoying the weekend eh? :)
of course nothing compares to the striking color NEW running shoes lah.. aiyoh, another pair again!! you bought so many shoes in a year lah~~
ReplyDeleteMana ada. No new shoes in 2013 yet what. This one the first pair of 201. HAHAHA
DeleteWowww that new running shoes r awesome Kak Lina... Luv the striking colour... No wonder it looks tempting enuff hahaha! This reminds me to buy my new one asap since my current shoes r killing my feet right now... Sighed!
ReplyDeleteThe temptation actually comes from the feel of the shoes. The extra is the colour. I won't buy a striking shoes if its not comfy. :)
DeleteSo bila pegi shoe shopping? :)
Wowww that new running shoes r awesome Kak Lina... Luv the striking colour... No wonder it looks tempting enuff hahaha! This reminds me to buy my new one asap since my current shoes r killing my feet right now... Sighed!
ReplyDeleteNice purple running shoes. Lina, my new NB also caused my toes to be painful after 30 minutes treadmil. Next time I must get a running shoes for men design.
ReplyDeleteIs it because your shoes ngam-ngam fit your feet? Must have a bit of space in front so that your toes can wiggle a bit also. Cannot wear shoes that fit ngam-ngam. Feet will enlarge after some time of running.
Deletewish i can let things slides like you. I get very stress up if late :(
ReplyDeleteIt's better to be early lah... Right?
DeleteBut nowadays, if I just go out for a run or tsve, I don't want to stress myself. Lambat pun lambat la, as long as Zsini send and wait for me. :-D