7.25.2010
It's Sunday that day. I woke from a deep slumber in my cozy bed, went to bathroom, prepared myself and went to kitchen and grabbed something to fill my hungry belly with fuel for the race. Left home and took a cab to the Fort. Left the bag in baggage deposit. Went to the starting line. Jog, run, run, run, run, walk, drink, run, walk, run....Reached finish line within 58 mins and 51 secs!
Wow 58 mins and 51 secs! Sub-60! What happened? Its an achievement, nope a milestone. I really didn't expect that I made a minute less than the previous 10K run. All did is to run and apply what I learned from the training. The training paid off. Thanks aNR Ortigas people and to Kowtz Abby and Luis!
Fast Forward
Legs are now recovery from race, post race fatigue as what they say. I could now run. I'd loss almost 7lbs after a month. As reward to myself, a week off from running and spend time with a special friend but my legs is itching to run.
Exactly twelve weeks to prepare. It's now time for 21K for Adidas King of the Road 2010 (KOTR). Training time again. Time to build up endurance for longer run, train for speed and energy conservation for the body. Time to buy new running stuff. For KOTR 2010, goal set PR with a time 2 hours and 30 mins. This is a challenge for myself. The ultimate competitor on this is myself not the Kenyan runners, elite runners or running buddies. It's only myself.
See you in KOTR 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
21K LSD in the City
Running is more challenging where running in the middle of the fast paced vehicles, dogs running after you, inhaling the smoke from the vehicles and lastly running for your life. Last Wednesday on our aNR Ortigas Session 16 - 21K LSD, we braced ourselves to the most craziest running routes in the Metro that any runner would challenge themselves.
It all started with a kilometer of jog for warm up and we hit the road along Escriva and Pearl Drive. Things got crazy when were off to the main roads, we ran In Julia Vargas Ave, Pasig Boulevard, the deadly C-5 up to QC area and to the peaceful Green meadows Ave. So, had navigated two cities in the metro that night, Pasig and Quezon City.
Running to those roads is a bit challenging. The route has GBM's training ground and for me as well since I'm just near in the vicinity. That was a bit different compare to my Sunday runs. First, I wasn't able to run for a week and my legs were stressed out due to Les Mills' RPM 47. Then, I wasn't able to rest that much, I slept only three hours since I did some errands that day as well. So, powered up by a couple bars of granola crunch, bananas and Pocari sweat and Gatorade, I ran with my supportive group and coaches.
During the first few kilometers, energy was strong and I'm a bit worried how can I sustain the energy up to KM 21. A sudden law flash to mind, it's the elementary science law; the law of conservation of energy which states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed. Since it's a bit nosebleed to us all, I came to a conclusion that the more energy that I give out, the more that I give in as well. So I run freely and I made sure that I maximize my energy for that night.
Upon reaching KM 11, I felt my knee throbbing, runner's knee as they say. I still ran I made sure not to run fast but rather run slowly but surely. I listened to my body and I felt the pain and I said to myself that I need to be in pain for I am learning. As the old saying no pain no gain. During latter part, I'm a lot of intervals, run then walk the run and walk again. It's recovery. In recovery, my muscles needs to rest and recover and it's like a reward for myself.
On the end of day, I felt differently. I proved to myself that I can make it! Career high! I learned a lot of things on crazy night. Enjoy running and listen to myself more, when we need rest, recover, breathe in and out. Be cautious to the road, C5 is deadly, so be careful. Hydrate. Thanks GBM, Kowtz Abby and the gang. See you in the Takbo.ph Runfest.
 |
| aNR Ortigas Team photo credit from Luis Arcangel |
It all started with a kilometer of jog for warm up and we hit the road along Escriva and Pearl Drive. Things got crazy when were off to the main roads, we ran In Julia Vargas Ave, Pasig Boulevard, the deadly C-5 up to QC area and to the peaceful Green meadows Ave. So, had navigated two cities in the metro that night, Pasig and Quezon City.
Running to those roads is a bit challenging. The route has GBM's training ground and for me as well since I'm just near in the vicinity. That was a bit different compare to my Sunday runs. First, I wasn't able to run for a week and my legs were stressed out due to Les Mills' RPM 47. Then, I wasn't able to rest that much, I slept only three hours since I did some errands that day as well. So, powered up by a couple bars of granola crunch, bananas and Pocari sweat and Gatorade, I ran with my supportive group and coaches.
During the first few kilometers, energy was strong and I'm a bit worried how can I sustain the energy up to KM 21. A sudden law flash to mind, it's the elementary science law; the law of conservation of energy which states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed. Since it's a bit nosebleed to us all, I came to a conclusion that the more energy that I give out, the more that I give in as well. So I run freely and I made sure that I maximize my energy for that night.
Upon reaching KM 11, I felt my knee throbbing, runner's knee as they say. I still ran I made sure not to run fast but rather run slowly but surely. I listened to my body and I felt the pain and I said to myself that I need to be in pain for I am learning. As the old saying no pain no gain. During latter part, I'm a lot of intervals, run then walk the run and walk again. It's recovery. In recovery, my muscles needs to rest and recover and it's like a reward for myself.
On the end of day, I felt differently. I proved to myself that I can make it! Career high! I learned a lot of things on crazy night. Enjoy running and listen to myself more, when we need rest, recover, breathe in and out. Be cautious to the road, C5 is deadly, so be careful. Hydrate. Thanks GBM, Kowtz Abby and the gang. See you in the Takbo.ph Runfest.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Celebrate Running
It's almost eighteen days from now that I will for another competitive running event. It's Takbo.ph Runfest: Celebrate Running. I will run in challenging 10K race category. I was bit more excited on this event compare to other running events that I joined recently since it's an event of getting to know the people behind takbo.ph having code names only on the forum site. So it's an "eye bull" day.
In this past few days when the month started, I checked the traditional calendar on my room's wall and begin to count the days for the next run. A sudden idea came to my mind, why I am running, it's just an exhausting thing to do? What made my mind and body to run? As I tried to contemplate and meditate this mind boggling questions. I felt a sudden rush in my heartbeat, I felt that the speed of my breathe is getting faster and faster. I tried to calm myself in the middle of a chaotic mind and I began to slow down my inhalation and exhalation. After that 20 minutes, I found the answers. I began to enumerate the answers and I found the reasons why should I celebrate running.
To be fit in body and mind.
I've been running in the since I was kid as part of our day to day body actions. I ran as part of exercise a couple years in the boring thread mill and competitive running by late 2009. I was then near to 200 lbs back then and seven years ago I was 210 lbs. Now, after running, I'm pretty in shape with 170lbs and hopefully downsizing more.
During my first outdoor runs and competitive running events. I felt a sudden adrenalin rush in body. My whole body move and I felt that I have experienced my freedom from being inside a cage like an eagle that flew for the fist time in the wilderness. Running is a competitive sport and as a daily dose athletic endorphins, thus makes mentally focus on your game.There are times that I felt pain and wanted to surrender but staying focus the achieve my goal and to challenge myself to outdo makes me more energized to run.
Running is a solitary hobby. It allows you to learn and to discover yourself more in the midst of challenges. It sharpens your mind and protect you from sickness. It lengthens your life.
The love of running.
In running, I discovered love. There are lot of kinds of love. I'm not referring to mutual relationship but love in general. In running, we felt the support of our love ones and thus this brings us love. We sometimes misunderstood each other but we build a common denominator that brings us again. It's the passion in running make us in love no matter how tiring the sport is.
I really celebrate running. No matter what achieve on my every run it's a milestone already that I made. Though it's exhausting but still I can't get over you. It's my first love, running.
In this past few days when the month started, I checked the traditional calendar on my room's wall and begin to count the days for the next run. A sudden idea came to my mind, why I am running, it's just an exhausting thing to do? What made my mind and body to run? As I tried to contemplate and meditate this mind boggling questions. I felt a sudden rush in my heartbeat, I felt that the speed of my breathe is getting faster and faster. I tried to calm myself in the middle of a chaotic mind and I began to slow down my inhalation and exhalation. After that 20 minutes, I found the answers. I began to enumerate the answers and I found the reasons why should I celebrate running.
To be fit in body and mind.
I've been running in the since I was kid as part of our day to day body actions. I ran as part of exercise a couple years in the boring thread mill and competitive running by late 2009. I was then near to 200 lbs back then and seven years ago I was 210 lbs. Now, after running, I'm pretty in shape with 170lbs and hopefully downsizing more.
During my first outdoor runs and competitive running events. I felt a sudden adrenalin rush in body. My whole body move and I felt that I have experienced my freedom from being inside a cage like an eagle that flew for the fist time in the wilderness. Running is a competitive sport and as a daily dose athletic endorphins, thus makes mentally focus on your game.There are times that I felt pain and wanted to surrender but staying focus the achieve my goal and to challenge myself to outdo makes me more energized to run.
Running is a solitary hobby. It allows you to learn and to discover yourself more in the midst of challenges. It sharpens your mind and protect you from sickness. It lengthens your life.
The love of running.
In running, I discovered love. There are lot of kinds of love. I'm not referring to mutual relationship but love in general. In running, we felt the support of our love ones and thus this brings us love. We sometimes misunderstood each other but we build a common denominator that brings us again. It's the passion in running make us in love no matter how tiring the sport is.
I really celebrate running. No matter what achieve on my every run it's a milestone already that I made. Though it's exhausting but still I can't get over you. It's my first love, running.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)