Thursday, July 31, 2008
Non Running withdrawal syndrome
I guess being fat & running does not go hand in hand.. need to recover soon to run & build stamina for the King Of The Road... its in 10 days time!!!
My routine .. before i sleep... wraps of "pigs in blanket"
Monday, July 28, 2008
Cant run...but can cook :)
Nb: Ingredients are fresh, including meatballs... however for the base sauce,its more economical to cook from the jar than to actually cook from scratch...thats the, table cream + stock + cheese and thickener...
Panchetta... need i say more... lovely lovely pork.... slurpp
I gave a batch of the sauce and pasta to a good friend of mine.. apparently her very clever dog "Rum" was smart enough to take 1 pack of pasta " Penne rigate" and 1 pack of sauce... and had a great Sunday Meal... its a dogs life
The culprit... looking all so innocent" it wasnt me"
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Traditonal Help ...
25th July... treatment for shin splits and Ankle "clicking"
Apparently.. my ankle is swollen... might have a slight sprain without even knowing... from the sunday trials i suspect
26th July second sessions... "doctors advice" stay off running if i even think about running for the King Of The Road...
Dammit... 14 days to 10K run... better rest and heal fastest possible...
Friday, July 25, 2008
Weight & Ankle Problems
Thursday (24th July)... ankle got from bad to worse... Felt worse than Tuesday. Managed to run only 4K.... bad bad ... with King Of the Road around the corner... need to do something about it..
Sunday, July 20, 2008
King Of The Road Trials 1
The straight stretch along the Concorde Hotel... looked very very long... 1st split.. traffic light at Concorde Hotel.. 30:28 @ 4.3Km.. looked promising..:)..running and walking... pushing myself with the lamp post, and bridges as my mini goals.. i reached the traffic light junction of Persiaran Dato Menteri, 2nd split 48:50 @ 6.5 Km..
Initially i set a ceiling time of 90 minutes for my trials... but with 4.5 kilometer to go.. and almost half the time left... i started to relax & concentrate on my muscles not freezing up. So its running along the Persiaran Dato Menteri.. pass Mestika roundabout to Permai round about. taking the 9 O clock exit with Mcdonalds on my right and the Shah Alam stadium in sight, I controlled my pace to make sure i can finish... i could feel myself running empty and out of gas.
I got to the Setiajasa round about...its one bloody BIG round about... almost like a 400Meter olympic sized lap.. took the 3 O clock exit and its the final stretch to the finish line.. however, this final stretch is upslope... pushing my fat ass up the slope, i nearly slowed down to a walk... but my mind was pushing my body to put 1 step at a time to the end.. finished @ 74:43:70.. (see attached photo) and i felt like dying..
All this time i was running, the motivation (dangled carrot) was that after the run, i will be going to Klang to have my dried Bah Kut Teh for Breakfast... hey with all this running we gotta refuel right ...
Fei Kay Dry Bah Kut Teh
After the king of the road trials... i finally get my dangled carrot..
Bah Kut Teh, whats there not to like.... Pork.. in thick tasty soup.. :) The dry bah kut teh which Fei Kay serves... its actually like a dry stew pork... with ladies finger, dark dark soy sauce, a ton of dried chili and finally the "Pièce de résistance" very very thinly sliced dried cuttlefish.. all this fried &cooked to perfection with pork. Its a very tasty & good complement to plain ol' rice served up with lots of fried shallots... Just writting about it makes my mouth salivate..
All this is still served up with the original souped bah kut teh... as BKT is very individualistic... there are always many many different styles, & preferences... i say to each our own .. i like the thick Klang style soup... hope you have the time to try it and agree with me...
Damm... gotta run more to burn off the BKT... *slurrppss*
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Porky Porky Noodles..:)
From the crispy fried skin of the pork lard, to the BBQ honey glazed (char siew), specially the roast pork(siew yok)..this list goes on and on.. N.B spare parts.. i only take the stomach..
To cut my drooling on pork short i would like to recommend what i would call daily grub.. food we can eat for normal price.. thats specially porky and taste very nice
Located just next Subang Jaya Taipan USJ.. Its located at Restaurant Tien Tien Fatt @ Penang Pork Mee stall..introduced to me by a good friend of mine..
Regular priced.. At time of posting rm 5.30 for a big bowl, picture above.. Dry mince pork noodle with chinese flat noodles(hor fun)... notice the fried lard & the lovely swirls of dark sauce... simply heavenly :). Served with a bowl of murky (but ever so tasty) pork soup, with pork balls & sliced pork.. the soup is specially tasty because all the meat and liver, is cooked in it, thus releasing the full porky flavor...
Gotta have it....
Thursday, July 17, 2008
King Of the Road
Sunday, July 13, 2008
We're going the distance
It was not the ideal full running... but alas.. i pushed my body to take 8 kilometers..As i build up my stamina for the 10 Kilometer run, i try to run continously for at least 25 minutes (3kilometer). Take a 3 minute brisk walk break then run for another 25 minutes & continue back and forth till i complete 8 laps..
See fat people like me .. are not built like the kenyans/athletes who complete 1 kilometer below six minutes. My best time to date is a 7:30 minutes/kilometer. In fact the alternate day running to which i am training...hopefully will take me through my first run. The weather is trying very hard to sabotage my fat sweating efforts.
Training real hard for the Adidas King of the Road... Shah Alam on August 10th..
Run...on !!