HKG165: Jogging to Victoria Harbor

this is the view at the start of the last leg of my jogging route

a couple weeks ago, i decided to become recommitted to being physically fit. exercise is something i really enjoy, but it also is something that's hard to make time for now...with two small kids and with josh's travel schedule, it is nearly impossible. i am trying very hard to just DO it no matter how tired i am in the evening.

i started out looking for a gym...too expensive. i then moved on to using the gym downstairs...cheap, but dreary and very small. i prefer to be outside, so i started the couch to 5k program...AWESOME...until the knee pain started. i tore my right ACL 4 years ago, and though my knee is largely asymptomatic, running more than once or twice a week brings on a LOT of pain, so it's back to the drawing board...at least a little.

today, i jogged down to the harbor again. man, this is just plain AWESOME. i miss texas every day...i miss jogging around the greenbelt and with friends at local tracks and 5k races, but nothing compares to this jog down to the harbor. okay, the jog down is not that great...i am assaulted by sewer gas, diesel fumes, and general city-living ick, but once i get to the harbor...i'm golden. if i was in better shape, i could spend hours just jogging around in circles with the harbor in view. i have been jogging down to the harbor, around the Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park a few times, and then along the harbor to the Western Market in sheung wan. it is glorious. i wish my knee could withstand more of this, but once or twice a week will have to do.