The Social Media Runner

LOL! This is so true in todays social-media connected world.

Well I say whichever mind-tricks that gets you motivated with your running is fine with me. It doesn't really matters if your online friends are interested or not as long as it gets you out the door and running, that's all that's matters.

Featured Running Spot - Taman Metropolitan Kepong

Taman Metropolitan Kepong is one of my favourite places to run in Kuala Lumpur. It features a 3.5km rubberised running track going around a scenic lake and wooded area. The park is very well maintained with clean surroundings and toiled facilities. Opening hours is between 6am to 8pm daily. It can be a bit crowded on the weekends and very much deserted on weekdays afternoon.

 Location 

Videos

This is a video of a run around the lake.




Here's another video beautifully done by a YouTube user called Yazid Munchy. I just love his stunning areal shots of the park.

Photos

The blue track is the rubberised running track which goes around the lake.
Below is a view from the jetty next to a boathouse.


There are a few observation towers around the park and this is taken atop one of them near a wooded area.

This is what the observation tower looks like.

Here's a view from another observation tower showing a wider view of the running track.

Resting Heartrate

Initial VO2 Max

Welcome to My Running Blog

Hi there,

I'm a runner based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. An average guy with average to below average athletic abilities.

I've started running nearly two years ago as a way of losing weight and becoming fit.

Since then I've entered about 20+ races around Malaysia mostly in 10km.

I'm curious to find out how far an average person can progress in running performance with regular training and this blog will be a platform to document this progress.

So hopefully the things that I've learned in this journey can be of help to someone else.

:)