Day 25: Doing the McRitchie trail

We conquered McRitchie! Well, half of it.

We started with the usual route.  This is a mid-level trail in terms of difficulty and takes 11km to finish the complete route.

We were psyched for the 12km run.  We've been doing it quite often at the start of the year.  It goes all the way to the golf course, the tower, the ranger station (before the tree top walk), and back to the mushroom cafe area.  But before we could even reach the golf course, just right after the outdoor gym where they have the monkey bars, the route was blocked.  Looks like they're doing something and it's only going to be reopened in April 2017.

So we took a different route instead.  We took the entire stretch of that wooden plank/bridge by the reservoir. We circled it twice.

The run itself was ok.  I didnt feel any difficulty in terms of breathing or pain in the calf.  I had an egg and a banana before the run so I guess I had enough nutrients.  By the 6th or 7th km though, I was already thirsty.  Since there was no ranger station, I couldnt do anything but to wait until we finish the entire route.

After the run, we dropped by one of the flower shops along thomson and bought some flowers home.

Too many choices.  Too cold a room.  Must pick one fast.

Pretty flowers