Kick start cycling in 2017 after 5 months idle
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| Seeing beautiful KL city through the eyes of HASA road bike atop Mayor Hill, Bukit Tunku |
I have been feeling guilty for not taking my HASA road bike out for a ride since 113 Triathlon Bukit Merah in September 2016. !! Poor HASA! If HASA road bike can talk, surely I will be scolded left right center for my merciless act of abandoning HASA at home for 5 months with dust and deflated tire air pressure!
Yes, 5 months idle!
22 km exhaustive discovery of Bukit Tunku Hills
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| 22 km at Bukit Tunku and 5 km at Perdana Botanical Garden KL |
Initially I wanted to ride on my usual running route from Padang Merbuk to Seri Hartamas to cover 30 km distance. But since it was a working day and there were some cars (not as many as usual due to Chinese New Year festive season) on the road, I decided to be safe and explore Bukit Tunku instead.
As you could see from the cycling route captured on my Garmin Connect through Garmin VivoActive watch, I actually took the opportunity to cycle into many roads leading to some beautiful expensive homes and condos in the secluded, exclusive neighborhood.
It was quite a wonderful discovery for me as I have never been to all these inroads into beautiful homes and condos before. So I took the opportunity to truly appreciate what Bukit Tunku has to offer to Kuala Lumpur with its serenity, peace and quiet. And all the nice houses - wow! How I wish I know someone staying in Bukit Tunku so that I can be a special guest to one of the homes there one day!! haha!
Seriously, I could never imagine by combing through almost all inroads at Bukit Tunku hills, I could actually cover 22 km! It was a pleasant surprise on a cool morning! Refreshing discovery!
Bukit Tunku highlight: Mayor Hill with breathtaking KL city view
Yeap! Kuala Lumpur is a beautiful city! And Mayor Hill is one of those high points which runners and cyclists like to come to take a good snap shot of KL city view and breath in freshest air in cool mornings!
I rode up here before couple times last year. With the kick start of my cycling in 2017, I would not have missed bringing HASA road bike to do a selfie! :)
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| Yohoo! I brought HASA road bike to have the best view of Kuala Lumpur |
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| Another KL city view from Mayor Hill Bukit Tunku , taken with my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge |
5 km ride at Perdana Botanical Garden Kuala Lumpur
I came out from our National Monument and my Garmin VivoActive only captured 22 km. Therefore, I decided to cycle into Perdana Botanical Garden going pass the museums, mosque, planetarium and then into the Lake Garden itself before heading back to Padang Merbuk.I managed to stop at the lake to take some photos for article writing purpose. :)
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| Perdana Botanical Garden Kuala Lumpur |
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| Perdana Botanical Garden Kuala Lumpur |
HASA road bike, let's see the world through cycling again!
With completion of 27 km cycling in Kuala Lumpur after 5 months idle, my joy of cycling has finally returned. And my guilt is gone and my HASA road bike is super happy! lol! Everyone is a winner! Yohoo!
Even though I don't have plans to register for any triathlon or cycling event during the first half of 2017, I will still try my best to bring HASA out for a leisure ride once a while.
I shall spend more time on cycling once I have a triathlon event to participate in mind during second half of 2017 - perhaps my second half ironman triathlon if there is one? 😊
My beloved HASA, let's see 👀 the world together through cycling once again! 😉
Written by Vincent Khor on Feb 1, 2017
