Trece

 

Just how beautiful is 13?

Well, the good thing about 13 is that it’s closer to 15 than 10 is.

The test run today gave me a 60:40 disposition (from a previous 50:50 feel) about pushing for the 15.

I’m almost sure I can finish it,

but I’m just not sure about not finishing last.

Then again, the TRESE today was simply fantastic. 

(Status as of 8 Feb:   Still checking if my heart can take it to be the last finisher in the category.  Aww. )

I did run last night.

 Tell me,  what can break the spirit of a running addict?  

You guessed right, none.

I was the odd-man-out in the Lantern Parade festivity in UP last night.  Amid much merry-making of the huge crowd of spectators, I was there running (and semi-limping) as though I could not afford another tomorrow to run.

Alas!, I thought that by the time I’d get home from work the lantern parade would have been over and I could carry out my long overdue plan to run without hassle.  Wow, the crowd last night was humongous the Academic oval started to look like a carnival.

The setup threw me out of the oval and had me running instead on the outer streets within the confine of the campus alongside heavy traffic of cars, as the academic oval had been closed to vehicles. 

At that time I was thinking to just get over with it, get myself a quick run just to act as follow through from the past Sunday’s 10K race, and do a quick stop at the dorm to see a good friend who’s spending a white Christmas for the holidays.

Haaay…  tough run I got!  But that’s just me trying to make-up for having had too many lazy mornings lately, missing the Nike clinic for a team party, and for running so slow a 10K the 74-min PR seems to take forever to beat!