Wake Up, Sleepyhead

I set my alarm for 5:00 this morning with the intention of running for 45 minutes on my treadmill for the scheduled V-Run today. I was to run a bit earlier than my virtual friends hoping to run my last kilometer with them as they started at 6:00 a.m. Manila time. (Mommy duties beckon for me at the strike of 6.)

So, the alarm did ring. And, I swear I heard E-rod drop his martini on the white sands of the Bahamas just to free his hands and holler out to me “Get up, sleepy bull-headed runneeeeer!”

Unfortunately, it didn’t work. I got up only to turn off the alarm and get back to bed to get my much-needed shut eye.

I should be excused. I was a bit tired from last night. I ran a total of 8km at Bonifacio High Street, my farthest since recovering from my shin splints. Woohooo! First, I ran 4.5k with Happy Feet peeps Ben, Aljo, and Tin (welcome to HF, Tin!) then another 3.5k with Ben and Marga. I also bumped into ultimate race organizer Coach Rio, Unang Hirit’s Drew A., Active Achiever Vince, and Eds Ochoa of OneSport. Phew, a full night of running and chatting with running friends, plus an hour of traffic on the way home, made The Bull Runner sleep like a log.

But, I know…there is no excuse. Sorry to disappoint you fellow V-runners. I promise to make it up to you in our next V-Run. I’ll provide everyone’s virtual water or preferred sports drink, hand out virtual bananas and peanut butter after the run, and even give virtual foot massages for your tired feet. Until the next V-Run!

Read about fellow V-Runners’ experiences here:

DATC - Philippines
Caloy - Davao, Philippines
E-rod – Freeport, USA
Stephanie – NY, USA
Hitme – QC, Philippines
Nora – England
Jinoe – Makati, Philippines
Chefsy – Philippines
Chaia – Australia

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19 Responses to “Wake Up, Sleepyhead”

Grabe I felt like such a lozar last night. Ambagal na, ansakit pa ng shins! Laki pala ng setback once you stop running, kahit 2 weeks lang!

marga said on Jul 30 08 at 2:13 PM Reply
Shucks I wasn’t able to make it either. I had track tonight. I took off all of last week after my last big race. Ran yesterday and was saving my energy for the track today. I don’t think I could have handled two runs today. Nope not today.

rick said on Jul 30 08 at 2:23 PM Reply
there’s always another time, bullrunner. always another v-run.

caloy said on Jul 30 08 at 2:44 PM Reply
I was in BHS last night 8-9 pm. Sayang didin’t see you and Marga. What time did you run?

runmd said on Jul 30 08 at 4:28 PM Reply
HAhah.. Sleepyheads needs a cup of Virtual Latte.

lonerunner said on Jul 30 08 at 9:05 PM Reply
alright, you should be excused – I want that virtual foot massage!

stephanie said on Jul 30 08 at 11:32 PM Reply
excuses, excuses! sheesh!

ok, ok, my v-run was not ground breaking either, but i thought it was just me moving to the island riddim,

e-rod said on Jul 31 08 at 4:23 AM Reply
Good day BR! there will always be another great day to have a great run. God bless! Can i add your site to my blogroll? Tnx.

Bro J said on Jul 31 08 at 10:27 AM Reply
Hi tbr, apology accepted hehe…Btw, was able to do the VR with some friends (2 HF newbies). It was actually a scheduled run so no worries We met at the village oval park at 5:30am and after a few stretches/warm-up, westarted the run at around 5:45am. as the sun was about to rise, we headed out the village towards Ortigas Avenue ext. on the way to Valley Golf & Country Club.

We agreed to run at a slow pace of about 7-7:30/km (as if i could run faster hehehe…). This stretch is relatively flat until the you reach the 2nd km approaching the second gate (.5km uphill). This is where it becomes fun, with less traffic, lots of trees and fresh air, it makes running really enjoyable. This stretch was again relatively flat with a slight downhill and you could already see lots of golfers doing their thing (golfing that is hehehe…). At km 4, this is where the challenge comes. It’s the start of 4 hill stretches capped by a steep/gruelling incline at the Sumulong hi-way gate which is our turning point (km7). At this stage, we were really trying to catch our breath, and a sip of gatorade would trully be refreshing. Thanks to our hydration packs, if not for them, we would be begging the security guards to give us a few sips of water.

This gate is infront of Grilla and The Old Spaghetti House and here, you could see lots of cyclists pedalling their guts out on their way to Antipolo church. After a few minutes of stretching, we started to head back. During this downhill part, we just walked ’til we reach the part where the it is more manageable to run. And after 3 hills (again! aaaaargghh…), we are finally on our way out Ortigas Ave. Ended the run at our village’s oval park where we met fellow h@ppy feet runner Del who wasn’t able to join us for this run. We ended up doing 14k (approx. 1:40mins).

For the next VR, we are planning to do the Hinulugang Taktak route. Will try to take some pix of the route (with us as the foreground, & wearing the HF uniforms of course hehehe…)and post it in our site just like what Doknoy did a few weeks back. Hope you’ll be able to make it next time, just let us know if you need a wake up call…;-)

bobby said on Jul 31 08 at 2:55 PM Reply
had my recap postd as well

chefsy said on Jul 31 08 at 11:29 PM Reply
tsk tsk…i didn’t get that banana at the end of my run either…

if you’re one person afflicted with early wake-up syndrome, 4AM is peanuts…altho’ the whole day i can’t help falling into one-to-two hour comas…

in fact, i feel zzzzzz right now

there’s always a next time, tbr, there’s always a next time *rambling on and on and on*

hitme64 said on Aug 01 08 at 8:20 AM Reply
awwee.. i joined you! lol but on a different time

witchkitty said on Aug 01 08 at 11:14 AM Reply
Eh, who needs excuses? Sleep’s important! Catch ya on the next one!

Nora said on Aug 01 08 at 3:49 PM Reply
thanx TBR for the warm welcome i’m glad being a happy feet newbie

KQ the funrunner said on Aug 01 08 at 6:54 PM Reply
sus! kaya pla feeling ko magisa ako tumatakbo rather konti lng kme tumatakbo. ala mga amiga ko!

ill post later my VR. alam mo na, my office will fall in shambles if i dont work double time! booo!

banggigay said on Aug 02 08 at 7:59 AM Reply
i really like to join the virtual training run but it’s a weekday. I have work plus i have to bring our youngest sun to school before 6:20 am. But i ran 10K last saturday. My longest since i started to run last May. And i want to share my experienced. Thanks.

Bro J said on Aug 05 08 at 2:07 PM Reply