Another day at the park

Running is a great way to burn energy. And I totally love it when my kids are able to play in the outdoors. At least in the park, they can just run and run in the field without me having to worry about them bumping into something or breaking anything. =)

wait for us Daddy! 

training them young

hey what's that?

ba-bye!

War Runner

Congratulations to Vins for finishing his first ever full marathon last Sunday at the Condura Skyway run! He ran the 42k course at around 5+ hours. According to him, that was the hardest thing he ever did (hmmm, try niya kaya manganak? joke!). I wanted to come and see him at the finish line just like what we did last year, but the race this year started at 12 midnight (exag!). I couldn't sleep the entire time though. I woke up at around 5am and waited for Vins to call and update me about his run. Anyway, we just took pics when  he got home hehe!

GOOD JOB!!!

HUGE MEDAL! Vins will wear this daw for 1 year (sige lang ha!)

Sabe, the future triathlete. He'll start training when he turns 3 daw... good luck!

patay gutom Sabe! He really will eat ANYTHING!

We just spent the whole day at home with Vins sleeping and recuperating. As a treat, we ordered Papa John's pizza in the afternoon while watching War Horse (which I LOVED!). The movie was very fitting to what Vins endured during the marathon, haha! ;p

Anyway, I'm so proud of Vins for finally doing this. He's been training so hard despite his busy schedule and I'm glad it paid off. He has a couple of triathlon races lined up this year, but the next biggest one is the Ironman 70.3 in Cebu this August. So good luck and more training for him!

Run, Mommy, Run!

Vins is so athletic. He’s a triathlete, he plays basketball and he has overall discipline when it comes to working out. Me? Well, let’s just say I signed up for a gym membership a couple of years ago but I just used the treadmill and spent more time in the bathroom blow drying my hair.

After we got married, Vins convinced me to finally go running with him. It really means a lot to him since he says he wants us to do an activity as a couple together (hmmm… isn’t shopping an activity?). To be honest, what really motivated me was the whole new running wardrobe I was getting. Vins bought me shoes, shorts, dri-fit shirts, and sports bras (he was generous since he said it was an investment anyway). And then I got pregnant and that was the end of my running career before it even started (Vins then said that was the worst investment he had ever made).

I promised Vins that once I gave birth, I would get back to running. Sayang naman all my running outfits dba? But then, I got pregnant again(!) so that was that.

Now, it’s been 7 months after giving birth to Sabe and I have no more excuses. 2 days ago, Vins dragged me to the park to join him in his afternoon jog. I was all confident, even telling Vins that if I ran 3k, he should treat me to Papa John’s pizza (siyempre start pa lang ng workout, food na agad ang iniisip!).

So we ran… and after a couple of minutes, my sides were starting to ache, my knees were beginning to get wobbly, I was breaking out into a sweat… I asked Vins how many kilometers we had ran so far…

Vins:  “0.3km…”

Huwaaaaaat???!!! I’d be dead before we even reach 1k!

But I wasn’t going to give up (I could already smell the pizza). After I had ran all I could, the final distance I did was 1.25k! But that was just running! Vins didn’t count the parts we walked in between. If he did, I’d have totaled more than 3k for sure! 

If I keep this up, hopefully I can join a running event sometime early next year (Condura Marathon in February?). Wish me luck!