Coffee Banana Cake

My very good friend Laurie sent me her recipe for the Coffee Banana Cake. ... and it's lip-smacking yummy delicious!!!!

I've baked so many cos I can't get enough of it!!! haha.

OK, my folks don't really like the frosting (too sweet for them) so I bake 2 - one with frosting for myself and another without for my folks haha. Take a look.....







I even baked one for Ann's birthday :)

Gold Coast Marathon - stage #3

Argh!!! Down with cold and sore throat!!! Pray pray pray I recover in time for the marathon!!! 6 days and counting.....

Checked the extended weather forecast for Gold Coast... and its forecast for showers!!! Argh!!! run in the rain AND cold??? Alamak... good (new) experience :)

Gold Coast Marathon - stage #2

OK, this morning met up with some of the runners going for the Gold Coast Marathon - Steven and Ronnie. The informal gathering was organised by Tourism Queensland. They gave away a special "welcome kit" to the runners, a very pleasant surprise indeed :).

Got more info on the race and some logistics like how to get from the airport to hotel on the 'cheap' haha. Azhar, a frequent Gold Coast runner gave some tips and told me about HabourTown - the factory outlet there. Can't wait to go check it out and get all my SKINS stuff haha.

4 days to go before I fly off.... now to just quickly recover from this silly sore throat and pray it doesn't get worse.

more fluids and sleep!!!

Gold Coast Marathon

OK, I FINALLY got down to booking my flight and hotel to Gold Coast for the marathon on 4 July. Haha.... ya, I know, very last minute.... but Thank GOD!!! The hotel was still available and the flight was cheaper than when Pete and I first looked at it in March.

So, I'm all set!!! Australia, here I come for a nice, leisurely run. Have been clocking only about 30 -40 km per week but hey, this is gonna be an easy run. No pressure to clock fast times BUT it WOULD be a bonus if I do a PB :) heheh.

Had a nice run in the rain this evening with the club runners - Belina, Sam, Amelia and Zul. ....

Tired, off to bed.