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More Time

Moms complain about it all the time. Entrepreneurs rant about it. Runners often do, too.  Since I am all of the above, I have even more reason to ask for it: MORE TIME, please!  I need extra hours—just 4 or 5 more—to tick off all the tasks I have to accomplish in a day.

The past week, we’ve been busy preparing for TBR Dream Marathon 2011. So, I would like to sincerely apologize for the lack of meaningful updates here lately. I’ve had little time to stop and ponder much less come up with any interesting running posts due to intense preparations for TBR Dream, which is—can you hear 400 nervous and excited hearts thumping simultaneously?—less than two weeks away.  We’re pulling out all the stops to make this a better one. Hang on to your seats, TBR Dream runners!

I also haven’t had the time to sit down and write a Run United 1 Race Report.  In a word, it was fantastic!  As for my run, it was completely exhausting yet exhilarating.  Paced by my forever dependable and indefatigable running buddy, Alvin, I pushed my body as hard as I could in training and during the race to break my 21k PR by a whopping—drumroll please—10 seconds!  I covered 21k at 5:28/km vs 5:32/km in my best 21k last year.  For some reason, I find this hilarious but, at the same time, it’s annoyed me enough to commit to more training come summer time. (You hear that, Alvin?!)

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– Alvin and I after crossing the finish at 1:55. I could hardly breathe. That was one tough yet memorable run. Photo courtesy of Chatey Retuerto -

With the lack of time, I’ve also let go of my plan to do Subit in May.  With my crazy sched, I’ve managed to squeeze in 4x a week runs, 2x a week strength training, and 2x a week cycling/spinning.  But, the swim?…pfffttt.  None.  I can only start swimming after TBR Dream which is too close to Subit.  In order to avoid possible drowning or potentially embarrassing situations in a triathlon, I shall target another race instead.  Triathlon, will you please wait for this busy running mom to get her act together?

In the meantime, I’ll pray that God grants me more hours today to get a massage. I got one last Saturday, had another one last night, but c’mon one can never have enough massages right?

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13 Responses to “More Time”

  1. Congrats on RUN United!

    I join the nervous and excited thumping hearts.

    TBR, I suppose most people plan their races upward, meaning, join a 5K, then a 10K, etc up to 42K. But what do you think of the counter-intuitive option, planning downward, meaning running a 42, then 21, then 16 , 15, all the way down to a 5k? Have you tried this before? Anyone? What do you think? There’s the National Geographic run on April 10 … too soon after March 20?

    Gej said on Mar 09 11 at 2:31 PM Reply

  2. Do the sprint!

    Paolo Manuel said on Mar 09 11 at 4:19 PM Reply

  3. Don’t you wish you had that magical remote control in the movie “Click”….just as TBR marathon nears work suddenly piles up and an upcoming weekend work…arrrgghh!!!
    Thanks Jaymie and the TBR team for making our marathon experience memorable so far adn I’m sure when race day comes it will blow us all away!!!

    Haste said on Mar 09 11 at 8:35 PM Reply

  4. congrats on your new pr jaymie!

    and thanks for taking time to have a snapshot taken with me & my friends at run united. you were probably on your way to claim your lootbag when we caught you…

    anyway, here’s a link- http://www.dailymile.com/people/kdr/entries/5797692

    ken8 said on Mar 09 11 at 9:13 PM Reply

  5. I saw you at Edsa Run and also at Run United. You are so slim
    you look great! Idol talaga!

    Edna M said on Mar 10 11 at 11:45 AM Reply

    • The Edsa Run shirt was so big it effectively hid the bulges :) Thanks Edna :)

      thebullrunner said on Mar 10 11 at 12:49 PM Reply

      • Inggit! How did you lose 8 lbs and more? Its a dilemna on how to diet and at the same time fuel my runs. Help! :)

        Edna M said on Mar 10 11 at 2:06 PM

      • I watched my diet strictly for two weeks. I think it helped that I started biking on the road more regularly; it was a different workout from the regular runs.

        thebullrunner said on Mar 11 11 at 7:34 AM

  6. hey jaymie, i hope u realize too that you’re getting leaner? im not sure if its just the picture or the black attire….but perhaps u are back to perfect form? happy for ur new pr!

    abet ocampo said on Mar 10 11 at 12:46 PM Reply

  7. hi….yup…u are so impressive….ur schedule is so intense…. good luck Jaymie..still waiting fot he kswiss shoes….huhuhu

    aquagirl said on Mar 10 11 at 4:16 PM Reply

  8. hello jaymie! i second the motion about more hours! work has been taking up most of my time…hehehe… can’t wait for the TBR Marathon since it will also mean a start of me being a full time mommy Ü can’t wait for that and to start following my dreams just what you did Ü

    Macel said on Mar 10 11 at 5:05 PM Reply

  9. Hi Jaymie, try to swim the day before subit race. that would be ok.jack

    jackdl said on Mar 11 11 at 1:05 PM Reply

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