I Run Faster; He Walks Faster

Wow, it has been 10 days since I blogged here. What happened?

So what has been in me lately? I had a no show at Run to Read, I thought of leaving running for a while (but obviously, I changed my mind), and I miss myself.

RUNNING AGAIN

Honestly, the laziness of waking up so early in the morning (2:30 AM) bit me. Good thing though, Tiktakbo 3: Isa, Dalawa, Takbo's venue is at UP Diliman - meaning, I can wake up as late as 3:30 AM, yey! I set my alarm at 3 AM (not 3:30 AM) so I can still press the 'Snooze' button, LOL! After a couple of snoozes, I get up, eat my breakfast, took a bath, and set myself to go.

My angel and I arrived at UP Diliman a few minutes before the gun start of the 18K category. We still got enough time to pee and deposit our things at the baggage area :).

OUR FIRST COUPLE'S RUN

To date, this is our first couple's run. And definitely, I got no plans of leaving him and just meet him at the finish line. I planned at running side-by-side with the love of my life ♥. And so we did.

This is what I can really call a fun run. I enjoyed every moment of it - together with my angel. We chat, we run, we walk, and we had a good laugh.

I RUN FASTER; HE WALKS FASTER

Didn't you find it strange? Indeed, I run faster than him. I can finish a 10K at 1:05, he can do it in 1:10. My endurance keeps me running longer, and maybe that made me run faster than him. But during the course of the race, when he stops for a walk break, I cannot pace with him by walking. I have to jog; otherwise, I have to hold his hand to signal him to slowdown, hee hee.

One funny thing that we did was to pace with the leading 18K runners as they ran past against us. I overheard a runner behind us saying, "Kuya, hintay." Then my angel and I ran with the leading 18K runner, and I fall short. I told my angel, "Mahal, sige ikaw nalang." Then he stopped. It is just impossible for us to pace with them, ha ha.

FINISHED? ALREADY?

On to the finish line, we spotted a couple with the guy carrying his partner. Then I teased him, "Mahal, tara, buhatin din kita, ha ha." Well, I expected a gimmick for the couples run category, but there's none.

See the couple in front of me? The guy's carrying his partner.

After crossing the finish line, and getting our cold Pocari Sweat, I asked my angel to have a cool down; and so we did. But, can you call it a cool down? When we had run/walk a total of 5K? Oh well, we just enjoyed UP and its trees.

Posing about 1KM away from the finish line

Pang-runner's profile :)

Love of my life ♥

The Strathletes
Ian, Madz, Zen, Jem, and Cris

Go Papa Leo :)

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Race Name: Tiktakbo 3: Isa, Dalawa, Takbo
Race Distance: 6K Couples Run
Official Rank: 30/
Official Time: 0:48:57
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