It Should Get Better After Today

I planned on waking up early today. I had set the alarm at 6 and as sure as the sun shining bright and strong after a storm, my phone rang its alarm at 6 am. Instead of waking up and changing in to running clothes, I kept on pressing the snooze button. After about 4 snoozes, I managed to pull myself out of bed to change.

I ran for a good 30 minutes and ended in a good huffing, puffing and dripping wet mess. It was a great run. I missed this feeling of being able to release some much needed endorphins early in the morning. I cleaned myself up and as routine as the wheel turning over to move forward, I inched myself to work. They day went by pretty fast with the thought of a good swim to end the day. 

The pool wasn’t meant for me today. I wasn’t able to head off to the pool because of some other obligations in the house. I managed to complete everything fast and quick so I can just spin and do a light run afterwards. 

I wanted to end the day with a good quality workout. As I was moving my stuff into the other house, the unexpected happened. I was carrying so much stuff that I hadn’t noticed that my grip on my watch wasn’t too secure. It dropped to the concrete. It sliced through the air like a hot knife through butter. I wasn’t able to check the damage as I picked it up because of the other items I had with me though, 

As soon as I got to my room, I checked the watch and was mortified to see the the LCD was broken. My heart dropped as hard as how my Garmin dropped on the concrete. I was devastated. It was a gift from Tricia and I was so guilty to have ruined it. 

I proceed to do my spin workout but was too bummed to even care about it. I ran but only reached a little over two kilometers. 

Yes. I am the most unlucky person on the earth. 

Things should start picking up after today’s set of unfortunate events.

Dimsum and Siomai 30 Days of Sweat Challenge Update:
Day 1: 80 Minute Spin at 80 RPM
Day 2: 30 Minute Run in the Morning. 45 Minute Spin and 15 Minute run in the evening.

Down And Out

In the spirit of running and being a runner, I willed myself to love what I loved doing over the past 3 years. As much as I hate to admit it, but I haven’t been enjoying running lately. Swimming and spinning has taken up most of my time lately which is good. I have been feeling a little guilty because I haven’t worn my running kicks for the longest time.

I made time for myself to run last Sunday and Monday. I did 11 and 15 kilometers respectively and they weren’t easy. I could blame the weather or my new shoes but the real reason I had a hard time was because of my zero mileage. I wish I ran more.

In other news: I am cooking and dieting again. Today’s food was Two Mushroom and Bacon in light soy. I would have been the perfect light snack but the bacon jinxed it.

It looks a lot more appetizing and it certainly tastes a lot better than what it looks like in the photo. I am also back on my camote diet. I hope I can sustain this up until Camsur which is in August.

Endure BlackBerry Aquathlon in Photos

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A big shout out to the volunteers from ANR! You have our utmost eternal thanks!

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All photo credits by my good friend and excellent photographer Marvin Opulencia. Check out his stuff here:zmarvin.multiply.com/​

Cebu City Marathon: What to Expect

Time check: It’s barely two months to go before the year ends and that with the advent of the new year comes the Cebu City Marathon.  I ran last January at the first installment of the Marathon and I had a lot of fun. I was a little unprepared but I ran it for the distance and for the experience. The thought of running on pedestrian forbidden roads excite me and that was what was offered to us in the last Cebu City Marathon. The route along the coastal road of SRP literally took my breath away.

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Team Endure and the Immuvit Race Against Time Run

Endure spent the last Sunday doing an easy 5k at the recently concluded Immuvit Race Against Time Run. It was a fun free event where anybody was free to join. It was part of Immuvit’s campaign to raise awareness about feeling young and not thinking about your age.

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I had fun running my 5k with Erick. I paced with him and it was fast. I think we managed to do a 25 minute 5k. Had trouble keeping up with him and I think he had trouble holding himself back so I can keep up. I was good training for me.

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