Run, Date and a New Challenge

Evening run and a date
Swthrt and I did our regular weekday evening run at Bonifacio High Street last night. Swthrt had a meeting at their Global City branch. We decided to do our 5k at BHS while waiting until 7pm, after the color coding ban. We started our run at around 5:30pm. We did one loop for our warm up before stretching. We then continued our run to complete our goal. We met Eric (Run-4-change) and Dr. Doray (Doralicious), who was introduced to us later, also doing their workouts. We had a short chat with them after the run. After changing clothes, we then proceeded to R.O.X. to register for the VSO run. The night ended with a pre-anniversary dinner date (we’ll be celebrating our 13th anniversary on November 4th). We initially planned to have a dinner at Claw Daddy but also being pasta lovers we were also enticed to dine at Italianni’s Restaurant (which is located across Claw Daddy). Finally, the Italian blood in us prevailed, hehehe. We have Penne Arrabiato (Penne pasta with mushrooms, tomatoes and fresh basil in a spicy peppered-vodka sauce) and Angel hair spaghetti Mediterraneo (with fresh tomatoes, artichoke hearts, black olives and oven-dried tomatoes. Seasoned with basil in a white wine sauce) and hot peppermint tea with lemon. It was a wonderful dinner date.



Time to move up
I have been contemplating on joining a 15K race for the past few weeks. I finally made up my mind last night. After our 5K run at BHS, Swthrt and I went to R.O.X. to register for the VSO Bahaginan Race. I bravely registered for the 15K event while Swthrt, who was hesitant to join, because she wanted to run with a buddy to pace her, opted for the 5K. I guess, she just can’t resist the excitement of joining a race so even with or without a pacer she registered, ha ha ha. This distance will be a new challenge for me. My longest run during my workouts was 12K. My longest race is 10K, which I did it four times with a PR of 1:05. I know it will only be a 3K more to complete it, but still it is 3K, he he he. As I have done before, I will try to run the 15K distance this weekend to simulate the race and hoping to gain confidence. There’s no turning back for me now, this will be another first for me. See you runners at the starting line.

Results of the Fort Striders’ OctoberRun Festival

The official results of the Fort Striders’ OctoberRun Festival were out. Check at http://www.thefortstriders.com/fun_run.html.

The official time of mga anak ni Bro J were:
4th OCTOBERUN FESTIVALThe Fort, Taguig CityOctober 26, 2008 * 6:00 AM By: RACE Road Race Management and Computerized Scoring Specialists

3K OVERALL RESULTS

Place No. Name Age Sex 3k Pace
35 2494 Joseph Estrella 12 M 22:30 7:30
36 2495 Josiah Estrella 7 M 22:33 7:31

Out of 81 participants

The official time of Swthrt ( Baby) and I were:


5K OVERALL RESULTS

Place No. Name Age Sex 5k Pace
249 1360 Josephine Estrella 41 F 36:18 7:16
251 1359 Joseph Estrella 43 M 36:19 7:16

Out of 559 participants

What do you think of our kids’ time? Do you think it’s time for a serious training for them, hehehe! For us we are really proud of them!.

Family Run at OctobeRun Festival

The OctobeRun Festival organized by the Fort Striders Club, Inc. held at Fort Bonifacio last Sunday, October 26 served as a family run for us. Swthrt and I joined the 5k while our two kids, JM and Josh ran the 3K. We arrived at the assembly area at around 5:30 am. We got ourselves ready and immediately proceeded to the starting box for check-in. We led JM and Josh to their area. Honestly, we were actually apprehensive in leaving them. It was the first time they will be running without our supervision. We ran together during their first race, the Mommy Milkshake Marathon. After giving them final instructions, we proceeded to our starting area. After the opening ceremonies, the gun was fired for the 10K runners. The 5k runners were released 5 minutes afterwards. Swthrt and I started quite fast. Upon reaching the Essensa area, we saw the lead pack in the 3k Kiddie event running very fast. We knew then that our children were running too. We slowed down at our usual training pace. No problem reaching the turning point. At this moment I was hoping we can catch up with the kids. Maybe I have underestimated them because we were not able to do so. Our kids reached the finish line in a conservative 30 minutes according to JM. He accompanied Josh all the way. He was really a big brother to Josh. And Josh kept on complaining that his Kuya JM kept on pushing him to run, hehehe. What a tandem!

On our way back, Swthrt was already having a problem with the heat of the sun. That’s really her weakness. Swthrt was able to endure it with the help of sufficient water stations along the route. After crossing the intersection of Mckinley Road, the lead runners of the 10K caught up with us. We picked up our pace and reached the finish line with an unofficial time of 36:00 min. We immediately looked for our children and were happy to know that they finished the race and already got their loot bags.



The race was well organized even with the distribution of the certificates and give-aways. We have some photos taken for souvenirs. I was also able to take photos of some bloggers/ runners I knew at the final stretch to the finish. We were able to meet some of the bloggers.

with Jinoe and Que, Wilbert, Philip and other runners

with Coach Rio

After the race, Josh already wanted to go and eat breakfast which led us to Mc Donalds Market Market. Hope other runners out there will also be joined by their loved ones during races. It is not only family bonding, but a healthy way to spend weekends.

What a great way to end the race. Afterwards, we went home and got ready for church.

Thanksgiving Day

Last Sunday, we celebrated the anniversary of our church, Hosanna. Though it was a small church, its main desire is to glorify our Lord Jesus Christ. The message for this year’s celebration focused on thanksgiving to the spiritual blessings God has given us throughout the 15 years we have shared as one body and one church. During our simple celebration, the Sunday school children rendered two songs giving thanks and glory to God. The heads of the families, on the other hand gave short sharing and testimonies of God’s goodness and the things the families were thankful of God. In my part being the head of the family, I thanked the Lord for all the protection and provisions He gave us. But more than the material blessings, I thanked the Lord for the spiritual growth God allowed us to experience through the lessons we learned in our daily living. I thanked the Lord for blessing our marriage and teaching and guiding us in our ways. I thanked Him for the victories He gave us in the trials we have encountered in our 13 years of living a happy life together. Incidentally, Swthrt and I will be celebrating our 13th anniversary on November 4. I thanked the Lord for blessing us with wonderful children like JM and Josiah. We are also thankful how God allowed them to grow in His knowledge. Even sometimes we fail to teach our children in God’s way. We have seen the children responded to situations that really gave glory to God. He showed them the way through the Sunday school teachings and the fellow believers around them. I also thanked our brothers and sisters in Christ, in Hosanna who continue to encourage us, guide us, rebuke us (hopefully not often), and helped us to grow in our spiritual walk with Jesus. There are many things to thank for and we pray that we will continue to be sensitive to His leading. That we may abide by Him by trusting and obeying our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless us all!

Photo Talks

Fort Striders' OctobeRun Festival 2008

Runner's Finish line Photos

Bards (Banana Running)

Mesh (my iron shoes)

Jun C, Jay (Prometheus Cometh), Jaymie (The Bullrunner)

Wilbert (mind of a traveler)

Jonel (Bugobugo85)

To the runners/bloggers: Photo sizes have been reduced for easy viewing. Feel free to grab or email me at jce_velocity@yahoo.com if you want your pictures in original size and format.

A New Kid on the Blog

Josiah, my son keep on nagging me today to set up a blog of his own. When I told him that i will do it later, Josiah asked my officemate Mae (in my own views) to help him to set up his blogsite. The header was Josh's design.

Check the new kid on the blog:

For the second time …

The Octoberun of the Fort Striders will be the second time the whole family will participate in a race. The first was the Mommy Milk Shake Marathon 2008 held this year at the Fort Bonifacio. On Sunday, I will be running with Swthrt in the 5K event. JM and Josiah will run the 3K event. Last night, I asked JM what will be his objective for the race on Sunday. Initially, he wanted to run fast to win in the 3K but upon knowing that Josiah was also registered, he decided to just accompany his younger brother throughout the race. We were really blessed with a son like him. Actually, it was Josiah who wanted to run with his kuya JM. Josiah is looking up to his kuya as his role model even though he doesn’t say it. He is confident to do anything with Kuya JM beside him.

As for me and Swthrt, we will enjoy the race and set a new PR running together as a bonus.

S.O.S.

Swthrt and I had a good run last night at UP. We did an easy 5K run with an average pace of 6:45/km. After the workout, we went home and had sumptuous dinner of vegetable bulanglang and shrimps. This morning, I woke up at around 3:00 am with a dried throat and later on developed into a soar throat. I’m pretty sure that this sore throat will lead to a cough and colds. My voice is also husky. This is what I don’t like during cold season. I easily got a cough and usually it took a longer time to heal. I will be running on Sunday during the OctobeRun and I hope to run in perfect shape. This is an anticipated run for us since I am going to pace sweetheart in the 5K and JM and Josiah running the 3K Kiddie event. Can anyone give me a quick remedy? You runners, how do you handle this?

Our run details: Distance: 5.01Km Time: 33:56 Pace: 6:45min/km

Photo Talks

10K Paa-Bilisan Road Race Series 2008

10K Paa-Bilisan Road Race Series

Friday night run
Swthrt had a meeting at their Global City branch last Friday. She was excited because she was able to go home early in time for our Friday evening run. We dropped-off Josiah at home and proceeded to UP, our regular training ground. On our way to UP, Swthrt remembered that we needed to fetch JM at school because he had a practice in Tree-atro class for their recital this first semester. We were quite disappointed as we have to cancel our scheduled run for the night. When we arrived at JM’s school at around 6:30 pm, we learned that their practice will be up to 7:30 pm in the evening. We immediately went back to UP since the school is near. We had enough time to do short 3K tempo run.

Run details: Distance: 3.01K Time:21:21 Pace: 7:03min/k

After the run, we went back to JM’s school and fetch him. At least we had a good run for the night.

Saturday runs
This time I knew that Swhrt had already re-invented herself into a runner. Swthrt knew that I will be tapering on Saturday because I’m joining the 10K Paa-Bilisan Race on Sunday morning. I felt that she wanted to run on Saturday morning, so I asked her if she wanted to go to UP to run. She gladly said yes and get herself ready to go. Swthrt did 2 rounds at the academic oval (total of 4.4K). I timed her run and got a split time of 15:00 min for the first round and 16:00 min on the second. As if Swthrt was not contented with her morning run, she then again joined our friends in the evening to run another 4.4K easy run. This time she did an almost equal split time of 17:00 min. Hooray for swthrt!

10K Paa-Bilisan Race
We arrived at BHS at around 5:15 am. Upon entering the parking lot near the starting area, we saw my cousins Kuya Hector and Alwyn getting ready for the race. There were quite a big number of runners who showed up for the race. It was unexpected since there was a race Saturday morning at Alabang and another race at Roxas Boulevard. I also noticed that the race organizers have set-up a smaller assembly area which is half of the usual starting boxes in the previous races that I have joined.

This made all the runners squeeze into the starting area. My cousins and I positioned in the middle of the starting area. After the opening ceremony, the gun was fired. The 10K and 5K runners were released at the same time. Honestly, I’m hoping to finish strong in this race and break the 60min time. I’m quite familiar with the route and confident that I can do it. I started at a faster pace hoping to sustain it till the end. I don’t have any problem doing the first round except for the lack of drinking water at the water stations. The sun was up and the heat was really draining the runners. As I took the right turn to Serendra, I saw Bards, aka Banana running. We had a few chat. She even asked about Swthrt, who was with me to give support but did not run. Bards went on as she was keeping pace with another runner. I was able to grab a bottle of water at the 5K mark across the starting line and brought it till the end. I also took notice of my time which was 30:00 min at first loop. As I approached the turning point near the Essensa I saw Bugobugo who waved at me. I again saw Bards who cheered on. These gestures really give encouragement to runners to go on strong. After the turn around point near Essensa I got my second wind which I would normally knew if I had that big burp, hahaha what a sign. When I reached Serendra on my second loop I looked at my watch and saw that I was already running over 60:00min.

I gave the final push and finished with an unofficial time of 1:06:00, almost same time with my Adidas KOTR 10K where I PRed. I was quite disappointed with my finishing time, since the KOTR’s route had more uphills as compared to this race. What could be the culprit? Do I need more speedworks during my trainings or am I just burned out doing back-to-back weekend races? Any suggestions?

After the race I got the chance to meet Vener (rununltd), Taki (techspech), and Dennis (runningfatboy).

IceOne (Overdrive), Vener (rununltd), Bro J (J Running), Taki (Techspech), Tolits, Dennis (runningfatboy)

with Christine (Vener's wife, i hope i got the name right), Mae (in my own views),and Swthrt (Baby)

We had a few chat and some photo ops. Swthrt and I had to leave early because we have to go to church. I will be leading the congregational worship. I thank the Lord for a great race and the wonderful people (bloggers) I have met. God bless and see you at the next race.

Botak Paa-Bilisan Route Map

Nike + ipod calibrated

Last night I had the chance to calibrate my nike+ipod sports kit by running at Bonifacio High Street. I calibrated both the walk and run settings. Hopefully, this will give me more accurate readings for my future runs. After a while, I went to R.O.X. with our younger son Josiah and have a look on the items available for runners. Since I am beginning to increase my long runs, I am planning to buy a hydration belt. Hope the readers can give me feedbacks on which brand to buy. We did it while waiting for Swthrt because we scheduled to have a short run around BHS. Upon receiving her call, we immediately went to Honda and left Josiah there to watch TV while Swthrt and I went out for our run. We did a 5K easy run around BHS. It was a good run even though the place is quite humid as compared to UPD Academic Oval where we regularly have our evening runs.

Our run details: Distance: 5.0 Km Time: 35:17 Ave. Pace: 7:01 min/Km

Photo Talks

ADIDAS KING OF THE ROAD 2008

Kuya Hector, Bro J, Swthrt, Alwyn, JM

Swthrt( Baby) and I

JM and Swthrt

UNICEF - Walk on the Child's Side

Register now at R.O.X., Bonifacio High Street, Taguig

Back to back Race

I registered at Paa-Bilisan Race sponsored by Botak last Sunday after our run at UP. This is going to be my first back-to-back weekend 10K race. I just hope I can duplicate or improve my performance in the last KOTR race. See you on the road, runners!

Recovery or what?

It was a wonderful experience to run with such a big race like the KOTR 2008. It’s unfortunate that we have to go home early because JM still had a theater class at 9:30am. We just looked around for a few minutes and have some pictures taken then we went home. In the evening, Swthrt and I decided to ran with friends at UP. There were only few runners around when we arrived there. Probably most of the regular runners at UP are taking their rest after the KOTR race in the morning. For our recovery run, we did 2 rounds (total of 4.4K) easy run of the academic oval. As though it was not enough, we ran again the following day, Sunday. We ran 3 rounds (total of 6.6K) easy run at UP with our friend, Chiqui. We also had an extra round of walking after a taho break. Call it a recovery or whatever, we really had a great time running!

Swthrt and Chiqui during their cooldown

My first KOTR

Much have been told about the recently-concluded “ Adidas King of the Road Race”. Let me share my experiences too! This was my first KOTR race and I was as excited as the thousands of registered runners. We went home last Friday from a prayer meeting at around 12 midnight. Our churchmates knew we had a race on Saturday morning so we started the meeting earlier than usual. We woke up the following day at 4:00 am, prepared ourselves, check our race bibs and off we went to BHS. While in the car I was looking for my ipod which I planned to use for the race. I thought I placed it on my bag but unfortunately I left it at home. All we got was JM’s ipod which I can’t use because the receiver for the nike sports kit was on my ipod. Besides, he is also going to use it. We also got the sports watch which I wanted swthrt to use to track her time during the race. Anyway, I didn’t want to disappoint myself so I told Swthrt that God might want to tell us something. I got back on my excitement mode with the hope that I will not miss God’s message for us during the race. We arrived at BHS at around 5:15am. 10K runners will take off at exactly 6am. You could feel the excitement in the faces of multitudes of runners. I saw familiar faces of bloggers/runners and met with my officemates and cousins who’ll also be joining the race. Swthrt, JM and I did some warm-ups. We also studied the race route posted for the 10K as well as 5K. Swthrt and I was able to do simulation run last Thursday night to most part of the 5K route. We just missed the portion from DOE going to the road leading to University Ave all the way to Market Market. This helped Swthrt gained some confidence in running her first 5K.

The Race.
The 21K runners were released at exactly 5:30am. 10K runners were then called to the starting line. Swthrt and JM were positioned behind the 10K runners since they will be running the 5K. I was joined by Gemini0522 who will also be running the 10K with knee injury. We positioned ourselves in the middle part of the assembly area. I had a goal and a plan in mind. Plan A was to finish the race within 1 hour. Plan B is to at least set a new PR in 10K. My plan was to start faster than my usual pace and try to sustain it to most part of the race. The starting gun was fired and the runners of the 10K are on the road. I heard gemini0522 shouting at me “see you at the finish line Bro J”. I felt good at the start of the race and was still coming strong as I approached the intimidating Kalayaan Flyover. I knew this will be a tough portion because some of my friends have already run this course in previous races. I was able to make it through the flyover. The site of the water station at the foot of the flyover makes me run even faster plus it was downhill. I was able to keep pace even for short time with Erlito, my high school classmate. I ran at a steady pace all the way to the half point for 10K. On my way back, my cousin Alwyn caught up with me. We had a few chat and then I told him to just go with his stronger pace and went ahead. I also ran with my officemates, Norman who gladly offered me his water to freshen me up. The return route at the flyover was harder than I thought. I had to slow down and took shorter strides and try to avoid walking. As I near The Fort, I knew it will only be a few more kilometers to the finish. I tried to push more, hoping to hit my goal of 60 min. As I approach the finish line, I looked at the clock but I’m having a problem with my sight because I did not use my eyeglasses. I think I hit 1:06 for this race, 9 minutes faster than my previous PR. I may not achieved my goal but I have set a new PR and I felt great about my run. I thank the Lord that He protected me on this race. I was welcome by Swthrt and JM at the finish line.

Swthrt and JM also have a good run of the 5K route. They just told me that there was no water station along the way and that it was really hot because the sun was already up by the time they started. Swthrt finishes the race in 34 min while JM clocked 32 min. Hooray for Swthrt and JM!

JM and Swthrt

One thing I was excited about is the insights that God allows me to see in the different experiences I have in every race. This time God has spoken to me again. Nowadays, runners are given a chance to take advantage of the technology. More gadgets are available to runners either to improve their time or to aid them track their pace, distance and more. I don’t think this is wrong. I also took advantage of it. I had a nike+ sports kit given to me by my brother, Relly. This time though, I was not able to use it. I unintentionally left it at home. I knew I had to run this race and finish it even without any gadget, and that’s what God made me realize. I can finish this race by focusing on my goal and not depending on anything else. Just like in our spiritual run towards the goal of being with God in the finish. Now, there are more than one ways offered to everybody to be assured of salvation. Others offer memberships, philosophy, or even items for possession to obtain salvation. God allowed me to know that I don’t have to depend on any of these. What he wants is for us to focus on the goal of finishing the race by faith, that is trust and obedience to God. The people whom I had ran with along the race somehow encourage me to go on. It may be likened to the believers we encountered in our daily living, who encouraged us, give support, guide us and cheer for us. They make the race easier for us. They are God’s language of giving help and sustaining us to finish the race. In the end, what matters most is how we focus on the Author and Finisher of our faith, our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless us all!

Just in time …

Many instances in my life I have experienced God’s hands working just right on time. This is one message He had showed me, He has the perfect timing. These have been proven many times in different occasions in my life. His guidance, blessings, provisions, protections will always be there whenever His child needed them. We have a major project in the family which involves finances. This month, God touches the hearts of the people whom He used to help us financially. Just in time before we needed it most. God also thought us to continue to trust and obey Him, to seek His kingdom and His righteousness and all things will be added unto us. There were leadings from God which we have to respond to for God to be able to work in our lives. We’re glad we responded accordingly. To trust God and see things in different perspective was even more difficult. It was not easy especially during this time of financial crisis not only here in our country but even around the world. But one thing is clear that God will always be more powerful and greater than any crisis around us. In all these, we want to bring the glory and honor to our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless us all!





God’s way...
God’s language of telling us his ways sometimes come even in simplest events in our lives. I guess all runners were as excited as us over the much awaited “Adidas King of the Road Race” on Saturday, October 11. Swthrt will be running her first official 5k race and God made a big exclamation point on this event. Yesterday, we received the pair of Asics running shoes which her sister Joy and brother-in-law Den bought for her. As you can see we were beneficiaries of the blessings which God has given to our loving and gracious brothers and sisters. Hopefully we can break-in swthrt’s shoes tonight. We are planning to run at BHS and afterwards attend the Running Aid 3 at R.O.X..

Hitting the Roads

There was a school program entitled “Musical Journey” at JM’s school last Friday. It was held at Greenhills Christian Fellowship Auditorium in Ortigas Complex. Swthrt and I had a day-off from work to show support to our son. The Grade 6 class performed their first “Hands of Praise” interpretation of the song, “What a Wonderful World”. It ‘s a much awaited presentation for them since only the graduating class gets to perform in the “Hands of Praise”. It was a presentation using hands with gloves of different colors and created images to interpret the song. This was performed in a stage of total darkness with only black lights on so that only the moving colored gloves are emphasized. It was really wonderful. I hope I can share the video here soon. Anyway, the program ended at around 11:00 am. We then went to fetch Josiah. We have a great family time together with my parents who are with us to watch the show.

In the afternoon, Swthrt needed to go to the Army Wellness Center in Fort Bonifacio to watch and support her friends in the game of the Honda Women’s North vs. South basketball match. It’s an exhibition match before the Finals of the Men’s Basketball Tournament of Honda Cars Makati, Inc.. We decided to go early and take a run from the army gym to BHS and back to the gym. The distance is approximately 5K. It was a first for swthrt to practice on the city road. UPD academic oval provides lane for runners and bikers making it convenient to run and ride. This time, swthrt experienced being cautious of the vehicles on the road. Anyway, we finished the course and had a good easy run.

Saturday morning, we were back at our regular training ground, UP academic oval. We started late, the sun was already up and so we could already feel the heat. Swthrt was finding it hard to run at this time. I could hear her shouting, “why am I doing this”, hehehe. But then, she continued to run and finished our 5K planned run. I just kept paced with her. I used the nike+ipod to track the ups and downs of her run. I was surprised by sweetheart because in the evening we were back again at UP to do our regular 4.4k run (2 rounds of the academic oval). This time, it was a tempo run. The temperature was cold since it rained prior to our run.

Graphical illustration of our morning 5K run at UP

No run on Sunday. I had to bring JM to Ateneo for his entrance exam for high school. We have to be at the examination area before 8:00 am. Afterwards, the rest of the family went to church for the Sunday Service. We also have a lunch birthday celebration of one of our churchmate, Jun. After the celebration, swthrt had a women’s fellowship with the women at church. While I brought home the kids and my parents. On my way back to fetch swthrt, I drop by the UP campus since it was still 3:30 pm and they usually end the fellowship at around 5:00 pm. While I parked at our usual space near the Abelardo Hall, I can not resist the urge to run as I saw runners running around. I check on my bag at the trunk of the car and was quite disappointed to know that I already used up all the running shorts in there. I forgot to replenish my stocks. I then decided to do brisk walking. I was able to complete almost 3K before going back to fetch swthrt.

Again, it was another great weekend workout. God bless!

If there is a will, there is a way

The saying, “if there is a will, there is a way” proved to be true for us yesterday. Since yesterday was a declared regular holiday in celebration of the end of Ramadan, swthrt and I planned to squeeze in a run in our schedule. I woke up early but was quite disappointed to know that it was raining. I woke up swthrt and asked if she still wanted to run. The answer was affirmative but somewhat puzzled us where will we run. I told her we can try the Moro Lorenzo gym at Ateneo. They have a covered track oval. This will be our second time to try having a workout in that gym. The first one, we were unlucky because there was a closed practice session of the Ateneo basketball team in preparation for the UAAP Men’s Basketball Finals. As you may have known, Ateneo won in the championship.

We arrived at the gym at around 6:30am. This time, we were not lucky either. Since it was a holiday, the person in charge of the oval was not yet around when we arrived. The guard on duty did not know whether they will be open to the public or not. He just told me that all he knew was there will be a scheduled practice of two PBA teams for the day. And so, we have to think of another place to run. We were praying that it will not rain too hard because we really wanted to run and decided to do it at UP even with the drizzle. On our way to UP along Katipunan road, we thought we could do it at Greenhills. We used to pass by Greenhills shopping mall when swthrt was still assigned at their Shaw Boulevard branch. We remembered that there were lots of people doing their walking and running around the mall every morning. I took a U turn and proceeded to Greenhills right away. Upon reaching the Greenhills complex, the parking area was almost full of vehicles and many people were already walking / running at the covered path-walk of the shopping mall. We started our run at around 7:00am. Swthrt and I ran together up to 6.3K where in she decided to end her workout by walking around the mall twice. I continued my run and finished my planned 10k run. It was a good run and we were glad we did not give up in finding a place to run. We went home and had fried rice and shrimp bulanglang for breakfast.