On Running

My penchant for running started when I was twelve years old. I needed to participate in any game to improve my extracurricular grades. 

I was no good in volleyball or softball. I discovered that I  was a fast runner. Attributable perhaps to the fact that I sleep late and wake up late too. This forced me to sprint the distance from my home to my school which was approximately 100 - 300 meters everyday to avoid being  punished for not attending the flag ceremony.


I was a competitive sprinter from elementary to high school.

Sprinting became my release when I was in college. Pissed. I sprint. Worried. I sprint. No allowance. I sprint. In Love. I sprint. In pain. I sprint.  Uber stressed. I sprint while shouting invectives.

Sprinting was my way of coping with my reality. Sprinting cleared my mind, freed my spirits and made me feel that I can fly. 

As I grew up I turned to food for coping with my worries which truth be told is an ineffective way of coping with BS that life throws your way.

A few years back running came back as a craze. I was in Quezon City then. I always talked about running with my office mates but I never participated in any race.

I started to run a few weeks back. I cajoled my secretaries to join me in participating in  a race. We ran. Err we walk and sprint which is a bad idea when you are doing a 5K.5k is endurance running. It entails a combination of strategic pacing and consistent training.

Was ako both! I ended up sprinting and walking the first four kilometers and rode a sikad on the 4K mark to go home. :)

On Sunday, I will be attempting another 5K. No training again. Argh! But I want to go back to running/sprinting so bahala na si Batman! :)


Oh and did I mention that I weigh 170 pounds now. I only weigh 100 pounds when I was sprinting. Go figure. Err! Hopefully running will help me find my figure.