September 27, 2009(Last Longest Run)?

This day was scheduled to be our last longest run training for the marathon. The distance is set not less than 30 kilometers and we are set to start at 4:30AM. But because of unavoidable circumstances that I need to attend the night before, I slept late almost 12 midnight and need to wake up before 4AM. My gosh, I think I cant make it, puyat na ako... I texted my running friends that I'm not sure If I can go with them for the long run. Nevertheless, I still set my alarm at 4:45AM and decided to just run a half marathon. The route was Merge Pt to Pandan, Caoayan back and forth(10km) then Merge Pt. to Banaoang bridge back and forth(approximately 20.5 km). Luckily, 3 of my running friends(Mike, Galo, Carolino) will also go just for 21km and we met at exactly 5:30 AM at Merge Pt. Then after a few minutes of warm up, we started to run and decided not to wait for the runners who went to Pandan earlier coz they are faster runners than we are. Before reaching the turn around point(new Banaoang bridge) I told the group that we will have photo sessions in the new bridge. So we had our picture taking then after few minutes we ran back to Merge pt. My Polar watch registered a distance of 20.9 km in 2:19:17 hours.

September 26, 2009

Time to rest for the long run tomorrow....

September 25, 2009

One of our newbie runner (Tsong Steve) eyeing his first 21km for QCIM came early. We started to run 5:26 AM with my spouse and Tsong Steve. We proceeded to Bayubay blvd for our warm up then after 15 minutes we decided to go to Sta Catalina, then San Vicente then went to Vigan as our finish line. The run was so slow that it took us 1:30:02 hours to finish a distance of 11.9 kilometers...( I wonder if Tsong Steve can finish his 1st half marathon in 3 hours, sana di sya ma-curfew, hehehe)

September 24, 2009

I organized this morning run for our three friends who are new in running and aiming to finish their first 21km run on October 18 QCIM. Unfortunately, only one of them came. We started to run at 5:33 AM. Our newbie friend(Boying) was able to cope up with our pace from kilometer 1 to 7. Then after a while he started to slow down so we decided (me, mike and sir audie) to go slow so he could maintain his pace with us. He kept on telling that we just go ahead but I told him that we will finish the run together just to motivate him to keep on running. After reaching 10 kilometers, we decided to have walk breaks and hydrate ourselves. Then I told the group to add 3 kilometers more so we resume our run at a slower pace. We finished our run in 1:28:41 hours with a distance of 14.2 kilometers.

September 23, 2009

Distance covered 7 km in 48:17 minutes...

September 22 Easy Run

I started my daily run at 5:30AM with my running buddy(my spouse) then after few minutes, got stomach discomfort and its getting worse as i increase my pace. Then after running 2.8 km. in 21:33 minutes, I decided to call it a day and rush home to relieve the unwanted feeling....

September 21 Active Recovery Run

After our 27km run, i decided to have my active recovery run, its an easy run just to release the toxins on my legs. Woke up 5AM and went to Vigan City with my running buddy(my spouse). I started slow then after 3km my pace begun to increase at a comfortable speed. Then after 45:32 minutes i stopped running and my watch registered a distance of 7.2 kilometers. My legs felt better after the recovery run.

My Four Weeks Full Marathon Training

September 20, 2009; The Long Run! We started our run at Merge Pt. in Bantay, Ilocos Sur going Cabugao, Ilocos Sur with the hardcore runners of TARAYEM, Doc Lymuel, Julius Lagasca, Eddie Espiritu, Jess Ancheta, Mike Peredo and me took off at exactly 5:00 AM. The distance registered in my Polar watch 26.81km with a time of 2:54:34 hours with an average pace of 06:40 mins/km. The run was great especially the recovery breakfast prepared by Julius Savella. Julius is the best! Thanks God we were able to finish the course with no blisters nor injury. The best thing that happened? I was able to shed off 1800 calories during that awesome run!

September 20 Long Run

Photo taken after our 27km run last September 20, 2009 at Cabugao Public Market, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur. Special thanks to Mr. Julius Savella for hosting our breakfast.