Hello everyone! I'm back! Allow me to express my overwhelming happiness here. (⊙ꇴ⊙) I've just finished my first ever dead serious 21-km marathon!! Hurray! I've never been so motivated to finish something and the feeling of having such feat is just beyond words. It's true what they say, mind over matter. I fess up to this. Halfway through, my legs and back felt like they were literally going to break but I, along with a thousand and three hundred more, had to keep going...with a few short pit stops, that is. The muscle pain was almost unbearable. I didn't work so hard to just give up (plus the P1,500 would go to waste!) I timed in at 2:29:40. Ten seconds earlier than what I aimed for.
The alarm clamorously rang before the lazy sunrise. I hurriedly showered and readied myself as Lawrence was going to pick me up in a few minutes and we would head to South Bus Terminal to catch the first ride to Lilo-an, Santander (South of Cebu). This trip we planned for so long and finally we were heading to Siquijor. The arcane place was said to inhabit witches that would cast spells on you if you ever irked them. Really? Well, that was a common notion. We had yet to see with our own eyes if this was true. The bus ride from Cebu to Liloan took almost three hours and that was ample time for us to recharge ourselves for the rousing day ahead. It was around six thirty in the morning when we reached Liloan. A short pee break before we rode on a fastcraft to Sibulan, Dumaguete City. Dumaguete is a province of Negros Oriental. To get there it takes around 30 minutes to about an hour depending on what boat you are on. The sun shone bright w...
Staying in shape has always been a huge part of my life. My earliest memory of working out was when I was in elementary. My mother, who was a flight attendant then, would bust a sweat to Jane Fonda's cardio and toning routine. In high school, I skipped the exercise and literally starved myself skinny. Sad to say but social media was one of the major reasons why I did that and it was just plain ridiculous. It made me look "nice" for a while (I thought) and my hair started falling off easily and I didn't have enough energy to study even and my grades went downhill. Good thing I managed to get back on my feet and made a complete diet overhaul. In the last year of college I was already doing weights. It gave me the lift I needed after a long stretch of unhealthy lifestyle. I continued to do the same thing for a year and eventually, like any routine, got bored with it. I got into running and yo...
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