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Tuesday 24 March 2009

LDP Route - cycling to avoid traffic jam

I started driving to work at 0836 hrs and found the cars jammed just as I came into the next junction. Cars were busy trying to overtake each other, crossing the double line and adding another lane to the road going out of SS25, Petaling Jaya. There were also 3 other entry points into the same road further up. I took a detour and went back home to exchange gears for cycling. Within 10 minutes I was back out on the same road taking the sides of the road (not the pavement as you might just fall off the bridge in case a motorbike takes the pavement with you) swerving pass all the traffic onto the LDP. I passed by the St Ignatious Church (see Google Map) after avoiding the cars trying to jump queue exiting toward Sunway Mas / Tropicana. Then came a slight hill all the way to the Exit 1108 (Tmn Megah (left) / Tmn Bahagia (right) exits). I took the right turn towards Tmn Bahagia at the traffic light, went straight at the next traffic light and then took a U-turn back towards my office. It took me another minute to swerve through all the traffic and arrived safely. THe whole non-scenic ride took me less than 10 minutes!

Wednesday 11 March 2009

Scenic Route from home to work

I decided to take the route away from the snarling traffic in LDP this morning. It took slightly longer due to the slight climb after the traffic light at the Exit 1109 underpass going to Taman Bahagia (just in front of Kelana Jaya Medical Centre). During such times I was glad that the old Petaling Jaya township had looked into keeping well-groomed trees along the whole route. It was only until I reached the next Intersection that I was met with some heavy traffic. Another reason to take the bike because it only took me 15 minutes of slow ride to reach my office (in comparison with 25 minutes).

I must admit, it will take me several weeks to strengthen myself as I was pushing a heart rate (HR) of 155-164 during the ride. If I overdid it, it would have been detrimental to my health. The Borgs Perceived Exertional Scale would be a good 12-16 during the whole ride.

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