Ramblings

I climbed Mt. Pulag for the first time through its Akiki Trail, an arduous trail that challenged my 2hrs sleep going to its summit just to witness magnificent sunrise above the clouds.

Trained hard enough to run my first half marathon in 2hrs 28mins and my second HM in 2hrs 47mins. Clocked in 1hr 53mins for 16km.

Met new people through Discord, running and other sports.

Still strengthening the friendships I have.

End of June gave me a bright news for my future travels.

I am quite happy on how things are going. I am always thankful and forever grateful for the blessings and opportunities being given to me.

My friend’s IG got banned for some unknown reason, tho he’s jokingly saying that he got banned because of the reels I sent him of people in their high state of mind.

Few of our friends, as funny as they can be, asked if I was an asset. I didn’t directly respond but only said that’s better than being a liability.

The boys learned, in their years of stay at Lispenard St., that life nurtures everyone differently. One grew up discontented, another grew up loved. Another grew up not feeling loved by his parents, and another with only struggles. They were raised differently yet they understood each other.

Is there a food from a game you would love to have in real life?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Do you have a username you always use in games?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Joined my first half marathon (HM) last Mar 22 and got a PR of 2H 28M for it. I only want to achieve sub3 but this HM made me achieve a sub2:30! TYL

Running long distance is exciting but the mental fortitude is excruciating. When I reached 5km my body shifted and adapted to the strain, remembered how it should keep itself up until the very end of a long run. I was at a cruising pace. While running, I kept telling myself that in a few hours, I’ll finish this race so I don’t need to run faster, just my normal pace. I also constantly checked myself for any fatigue. When I felt it, I slow down to my comfortable pace. Slow breathing to lower my heart rate and drank cold water to cool down my system. It became a constant work for me to regulate my body to sustain low level of fatigue all over the race. I kept on telling myself that in no time, I’ll reach the finish line and get to rest. Thinking of the rest after, the breakfast waiting for me, kept me going. It’s a tug war between stopping and declaring DNF and pushing myself to finish.