CRISPY PATA Run

i've had my last race at the Urbanite race, and since then, work has been piling up also. and to add insult to injury, the weather these past few weeks hasn't been that pleasant. the last physical activity that i did close to running was at the MITMC Maragondon adventure which tested our capabilities in orienteering (which was difficult for most of us as we had no background on map reading during adventure races, river crossing as most of us still wore our road running shoes, and compass usage). for more details on that adventure, click here.

as i was browsing the picture from that event, i saw and realized that i've been gaining weight as was evident with my tummy becoming bigger, and it was obvious! SO, I said to myself, i need to seriously run and start training again.

the road to recovery (of lost speed and endurance) started with the third installment of the Mizuno Run Clinic (every Thursday, 7PM Mizuno BHS). this came just in time as i was in need of something to push me again to serious training mode. serious training mode means i can eat again without having to think much as i would be burning all the calories naman as i continue with my serious training/running mode. :) for the past week, my serious training mode included a 36K Long Slow Distance (LSD) run with other takbo.ph peeps in alabang.

i had dinner with my girlfriend's family, and i am proud to say i helped with the dessert (we had minatamis na kamoteng kahoy with sago). for the main ulam, we had some left over lumpia from lunch and crabs. we also bought crispy pata from the nearby tindahan to add to our ulam (and primarily because we thought other friends would be joining us for dinner, but at the last minute backed out due to the bad weather).

i opted to feast on the sumptuous crispy pata

primarily because i don't eat crabs


so there, while i was heartily munching and devouring the sumptuous crispy pata, i kept telling myself, " it's okay, you will be running 36K tomorrow during the LSD, all these calories and fat will be burned tomorrow". I guess i was saying it too loud that event my girlfriend's mom was laughing at me. :)

soon after the wonderful dinner, i rested and watched TV with my girlfriend before i headed home to pack my stuff for the LSD and at the same time,buy the necessary food and drinks for the LSD. since this LSD was to be held in a land unknown to us northerners (well, i don't usually head south to Alabang/ATC to have an LSD), i had to wake up super early the next day to meet yup with fellow team LOST member and takbo.ph member Doc T (aka. Sen. Bong) who has willingly took us in on the way to Alabeng.

so there, we were super early sa alabang, and to think we came from the other side of the world, kami pa naunang dumating. we arrived at McDo ATC around 4am, while those who lived nearby arrived mga past 430 na.

some of the early birdies from the north (and tagaytay)

Doc T: ano ba naman yan, bakit ang tagal nyo?
Jetaime: ahihihi sorry naman, ang lamig eh :)

as soon as we had a decent number of runners with us, we proceeded with the run. jet led the prayer and we started rolling.

sobrang lakas ng ulan that morning, well more on bagyo ata sha actually.

sobrang dilim pa when we started kahit mga 5AM na ata yun, check the pic above for reference.
despite the bad weather conditions, being adiktus that we are, we continued with the LSD pa rin.

we didn't shy down from the rain,what more the baha and the puddles of water (and putik) also.


one of the pitstops we had during the LSD

time to catch up with those at the back, CR break, eat up, load up,and of course PHOTO OPS

for others, they were doing this for the mileage as they are on training mode for full marys (either QCIM or Smart SIM).
one might ask, from the 4.8k mizuno run clinic mo,
recovery run mo was the 21.5K LSD, huway??

ako? i'm doing it for the Crispy Pata.


ayot? APIR!

oh, yeah before i forget, Condura's got a FULL MARY for 2010! woot woot!

another reason to run, next to crispy pata of course :D