Horsies, 10km baby, i’m inspired.

What has been a quiet but eventful weekend. I ran my heart out these past two days. I took my restless legs for a jog around Jerudong Park instead of my normal Stadium route..which was getting a little bit tooo routine..and oh how i love it!!

I never realised how beautiful Jerudong Park was. To this end, (ever since YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN 1997), my idea of the place was where horses from the golden fence have been known to go missing, poorly maintained marble floors, smelly toilets and abandoned theme park rides.. in essence , if it wasn’t for the underaged kids who occasionally shuffle to fengtau music blasting from their cars on the weekends, the stall vendors who fill the air with the smell of grilled chicken(butt)..the place was a ghost town.

However, running changed my perception. Running from the huge white mansion all the way to Bridex i came to terms with how really beautiful the place was. It does look like a rundown rich man’s playground, but it’s STILL a rich man’s playground nonetheless. Driving through the park by car, you tend to take things for granted but RUNNING through the park, pass the diamond monument, the bridge and the stables.. it really gives you a totally different experience.

You know the bridge between JP and the road leading up to the highway/JPMC? My Jog-buddy and I strolled under it and we felt like we weren’t in Brunei. lol. and it was only a bridge!!!! lol.

Perhaps, i might have just discovered what running is really all about. It’s really about utilizing your senses. By being able to feel,hear and see everything around you it makes way for a different perspective of things.

Maybe this is what i should aim for in the future. Run through beautiful scenic places like Rio! Rome! Spain! Greece! China! Labuan! Limbang…Serasa beach …..Damuan. lol. you know. to not just limit my runs to Brunei.

It’s not just about losing weight anymore, it’s about expanding my horizons. in every true sense of the word. From now on, it’ll just be me, my running shoes, my nike plus and my iphone/nano 😀

running has so far been the sweetest escape. I started sometime in March last year on and off, and it took me this long to get to 10km..atu pun im still at the 1hr 10 min mark. This month’s aim is to shave off the 10minutes and try and do 10km within an hour. For a girl who have always loathed running, i’m not doing too bad 🙂 yes. i’m tooting my own horn only because IT TOOK ME OVER 10 MONTHS.

anyway that was awesome eh! though im gonna have to go back to the stadium tomorrow cause i doubt peak hour traffic would allow me to drive all the way to Jerudong just in time for my run. 😀

here are the shots i managed to take with my iphone during my run this arvo..