Cycling 1:00:00 [2] 20.0 km (3:00 / km)
Biking in a neighborhood park in Bangkok. This was different. Up at 6:30 a.m., drive 15 minutes to the park, parking lot is jammed. Rent bikes from the vendor for 20 baht per day (about 60 cents). They dig up the tallest bike they have and charge me 60 baht. It's still way small. The paved path has bikers in one direction, runners in the other, 2500 meters long.
I wasn't counting, but I must have done at least 8 loops. Both the bike lane and the jogging lane were packed. The challenge was to keep up a decent pace while avoiding wobbly kids and daydreaming runners, as well as speeding cyclists coming from behind. At 8:00 a.m. the loudspeakers blare and everybody comes to a screeching halt. The Thai national anthem plays. Then we get back on and ride.
