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Allianz Penang Bridge International Marathon 2012

终于完成我第二次的马拉松了!

虽然成绩不是有很大的进步, 可是总算完成了.

因为这次的Allianz Penang Bridge International Marathon 2012是在槟城举行, 所以我提早在星期五就到槟城了. 顺便去尝试一下槟城美食. 我发现槟城的鸭饭蛮好吃的哟, 而且那边的食物也比较便宜呢. ;))

感觉上这次的马拉松比较辛苦呢. 可能是因为整天没睡觉的关系吧.

为什么没睡觉? 那是因为马拉松是在星期天凌晨02:00开跑. 昨天晚饭在18:00吃完后就回房间睡觉, 可是怎么睡都睡不着呀! 而且还有看球赛呢! :sigh:

这次的马拉松跑到两条腿的膝盖位置都痛呀! 起初是左膝盖痛, 所以在15km就将护膝从右脚换去左脚了. 可是跑到尾段路程, 右膝盖就跟我投诉了呀! 看来下次的马拉松, 我需要戴左右护膝了.

可是, 这次会比上次的好. 还可以停下跑下的!

Allianz Penang Bridge International Marathon路程
Allianz Penang Bridge International Marathon路程

这次的马拉松举办的还不错, 可是还是有点小投诉. 跑完马拉松后还要排队20分钟拿Finisher Kit. 我已经跑得半条命了, 还要排队这么久呢. 拿完Finisher Kit后, 想去拿食物. 看到排队的那条龙就放弃了. :cry:

Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2012

Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2012 Result
Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2012 Result

我的第一次马拉松: Standard Chartered Kuala Lumpur Marathon 2012终于跑完了. [-O: 昨天还紧张到睡不着呢. :))

对于这次用了5小时56分钟的时间完成任务, 对我来说算是个能敷衍自己的失望成绩吧! :sigh: 为什么? 那是因为一开始就给自己定下跑6小时以内的时间. 虽然能达成目标可是却因为在25km时, 我那生锈了的膝盖又开始痛了. 而且是很痛. :green:

基本上, 我最后的17km是用走的! :(

虽然如此, 可是我觉得马拉松真的是太好玩了呀! :clap: 所以今天就决定了下一站: Penang Bridge International Marathon.

可是, 我要开始重新锻炼我生锈的膝盖了. 希望下次的马拉松可以跑完全程. 下次的目标: 5小时以内. :p

今天看到人家放了一个旗帜: Pain is Temporary, Pride is Forever. :thumbup:

Penang Food Trip: Day 1

I went to Penang with my colleagues, and started our journey in the morning 730am.
Once we reached Penang, we stopped at Genting Café @ Penang Island Glades for our lunch. Our fiest Stop for the Penang Food, we are coming FOOD!!

One of the favourite foods in Genting Café is the Chee Cheong Fun. The shrimp sauce (haeko) is fabulous! Though I don’t really like Chee Cheong fun with haeko, but this is good. It is creamy and does not produce fishy smell.  The Chee Cheong Fun costing only RM1.70 for the small portion that has two rice noddle rolls. Some other recommendable food would be Curry Mee, Loh Bak, and Char Keow Teow with duck egg. There is a Muachi stall outside the shop. The muachi taste good compare to those in KL (RM1.50). The food there satisfies our hunger.

After filled out stomach, we were heading to Tune Hotel for check in. I booked online for a Double Room (RM63.53/night) with 12 hours air-conditioning (additional of RM13.49 to the hotel room price).Check out is at 10am, everything in your room will shut down automatically. Check-in was quick for us, just need to hand in the print out of the reservation and ID for verification. We need to pay RM 10 as refundable deposit for 2 rooms.
The room was rather small but cozy. No windows, just a large mirror to give the illusion of a bigger room. Seriously, the bed is superb. It didn’t give me neck pain the next day. Because I had a bad experience in Bali, the bed giving me neck and body pain after a night stayed. This Penang trip also marked my first experience stay with Tune Hotel.

After checked in, we were heading to Gerai Padang Brown also known as Dato Keramat Stalls. We ordered Seafood Popiah, the only popiah stall that includes real crab meant as one of the ingredients. Two pieces are the minimum order priced at RM2.80. The special about the popiah is done in a wet way, the filling of the popiah includes shredded omelette, fried shallots and Hoisin and Chili sauce on the paper thin crepe. Personally, the popiah taste fishy. We also ordered the famous Pasembur (Indian Rojak) and ice kacang. The ice kacang priced RM2 was not bad.

Our next destination is Kek Lok Si Temple. I have not been up there 5 years. Surprisingly, the traffic was pretty smooth. The parking cost RM4. We need to pay RM entrance fees (2 ways) to view the Guan Yin Statue. The bronze Guan Yin statue was built to replace the previous white Guan Yin statue. The actual bronze was actually completed quite some time. If you refer to my photos, the ornate shelter just completed, and some other constructions work still carry out.

New Lane Street is truly a street food center in Penang and the place is jam packed with many hawker food stalls and food hunters (we are the food hunters too). You can almost all of the Penang famous food there.

KF recommended us to try the Chu Chap Cheok (Pork innards porridge) and the Char Keow teow.  The street signature is the Chu Chap Cheok with all the pig spare parts hanging in the stalls. This Penang Char Koay Teow using charcoal fire. This is a very popular stall in New Lane, we waited more than 30 minutes just for a plate for Char Keow teow. There are fried oyster stall here, the taste is average. However, the oyster is quite big and fresh though. We also ordered Ikan Bakar, Curry Mee and Apom Manis. I just like the Curry Mee compare to the one in Genting Café. We also tried the Belacan Fried Chicken. Special Chicken.

After that we proceed to Kimberly Street for our food again. It famous with the dessert, Loh Chicken Feet and Koay Chap.KF shared with us the Almond Tea here is the best. But unfortunately none of us like Almond. This uncle dessert sells almond paste with crunchy yau char kuay, gingko, lotus see, red beans and dried longan soup only. His soup is tastier and smells very fragrant. The chicken feet are fantastic!! YUMMY…

Location:
Genting Cafe (Kopitiam) (near SMK Hamid Khan)
Islang Glades Business Centre,
Lorong Delima 6, Greenlane,
Penang, Malaysia

Padang Brown Seafood Popiah
Stall 17, Gerai Gerai Padang Brown (Dato Keramat Stalls)
Open between 1 to 2pm until 7pm (Closed on Thursdays)

New Lane, Penang (next to Sunway Hotel)

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