RUN for FINISH LINE

Visioning while running….Almost every day I went on road run or biking inside the perimeter of our place. It’s been part of my daily routine to tour around our place with my rubber shoes or my road bike alternately. I usually do these activities after my office time to relax and plan for my future activities and commitments.

One afternoon while I was running I happen to look back at my childhood years and traced on when and how did my interest in sports started.

When I was still a farm boy in Ilocos, my father used to ask me pulling a 100-yard of hose from point to point in our farm land. I used to run in doing so until I became tired then walk all thru out. It has been the most part of my childhood activities rather than playing for I spent more time in helping my father in farming. During my grade school, I was given a chance to play with baseball team competing within our municipality but I was requested join in the track and field game as well because the designated runner was disqualified to run. My high school years was not much involved with sports because I studied in a private school which doesn’t  participate in inter-school sport activities but we had inter- section sports fest every year. From my grade to high school years I remember only using my bicycle in going to school with an 8 kilometers distance from our house to downtown where my school is.

In the Academy, I was forced to join the Track & Field Corps Squad, the peers of no sports except running. I always bear in my mind that running is the basic of all sports. Our team leader was very supportive to us; he always looks for every running opportunity for the team in Baguio or Manila. My running routine started when I was still a cadet, I love to run every after major exam, when facing emotional difficulties, having a plan or project to think about, or just wanted to smell the cool & fresh air of Baguio.

Aside from my recreation in the field, I also love to spend my leisure time in a beach, or in a river. By then, I found out that I’m not good in swimming. I tried all my best to cope up with my friends who are a good swimmer and train by myself but sometimes with the help of some of my friends coaching me in the swimming pool. At start, I learned how to swim using the breast stroke and side stroke. Then, I improved and learned free style (American Crawl) as well in preparation to join a triathlon. I also started to balance my lifestyle, my diet or even my sleeping habits. I bought a Mountain Bike as my start in biking phase but I learned that mountain bike is not allowed to be use in some of the triathlon competitions especially in international level or even in Ironman competition or International Triathlon Union.

My Tri- buddies, my friend, and my Upper Class

A fellow public servant and fellow triathlete

Kaya hindi ako nag artista!

As I recall the first time I joined triathlon competition was in Academy during the 15^th PMA Triathlon Challenge last Feb 2009, and then Subic International Triathlon the following year and 70.3 Ironman last 2010 at 2011. During my personal fitness time I used to practice triathlon but most of the time the duathlon (bike and run).

@ CWC, Camarines Sur, Philippines 2010

Dash to the finish line

My first International Triathlon