E-gate to Queensbay

Windless morning.

Hot & humid.

Woke up really2 early. By 630 am was already at E-gate 7-Eleven. Run buddy supposed to turn up. Ran 3 laps around E-gate. 6:45 am no sign of run buddy. Can't wait. Proceed LSD.

E-gate --> caltex --> motorbike crossing --> seaside trail --> fisherman jetty, switched to roadside (to avoid doggy at entrance of LightWaterFront) --> penang bridge downramp --> crossover to sliproad to ikan bakar warong --> Marine police bridge --> Bayan Mutiara slip road, hug road around the new houses under construction --> Bayan Mutiara seaside (2 tents, people camping) --> Putra Marine --> Roundabout --> Queensbay --> Queensbay roundabout --> second Queensbay roundabout near Intel.

At this point, chrono showed about 1 hr. Pace was really slow b'cos mindtune was Alicia Keys "No one", and kinda panchited. So starting Intel roundabout, switched to Galloway 7:1 & run-walk back, retracing the route. At Nasi Kandar Queensbay stopped for a can of 100plus. Reached E-gate at about 2 hrs.

Total distance = dunno. Probably 6k one way, 12k total. But I think probably closer to 14k, bcos normally doesnt take me 2 hours to cover 12k. Gmaps still doesnt have latest satellite images for Bayan Mutiara & Queensbay area.

Boy today was hot and muggy. And windless. Seaside was almost mirror-like.

Saw really nice sunrise at Bayan Mutiara. Red ball of fire, just above the central span of Penang Bridge.

Overall - OK run. Not fast at all. Still ran alone, run buddy was a NO SHOW (warm-warm chicken shit).

Postrun still 150 after hydration. Bah!

Next week's LSD plan will extend another 30 mins or about 4km for total workout of 2hrs 30 mins, or about 18km. Same route, extend to Knowles junction near the Seaside makan2 place.