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After my track run with Coach and Annie yesterday, I looked up at the red sky, changed into my red shirt, and drove home in my red car. Kissed my red husband good morning and woke up my two little red kids. I showered and saw my red self in the mirror. All I saw was red yesterday because I was the raging bull again.

Grrrrr…my injury is back…

I am not entirely sure it’s the same evil knee pain that is rearing its ugly head again. The pain is not on the knee itself but behind the right knee near my hamstrings. Coach says as long as it’s not the knee, then we are fine. I am hoping he’s right.

Trying to look at the bright side. Telling myself that all I need is more stretching (not that I’m lacking in this area because I believe I’m stretching all throughout the day) since I barely did anything while I was sick.

So, I am in full battle mode this week:

• Monday (yesterday): Morning run/ Afternoon weights
• Tuesday: Morning pilates/ Afternoon run hills
• Wednseday: Morning run/ Afternoon bikram yoga

…and let’s see how it goes from there. Hopefully, I’ll be able to run Doc Fit sans any pain. If that doesn’t happen, this raging bull will just get even more furious.

I’m guessing that half of you visiting the blog today have this question in mind: “Tuloy ba ang Pringles?!” followed by a nervous glimpse at the gray skies and strong winds hitting the metro.

The answer is: As of 11am Saturday, YES, the Pringles race is pushing through tomorrow!

Thanks to Marga of Transition Zero for forwarding this SMS from Jaime Endaya of P&G: “Our race organizers are tracking the course of the typhoon and we’re expecting the storm to be out by 3am tomorrow. Should be a short and fun race tomorrow.”

Argh, I envy you for racing Pringles. I wish I had signed up. Oh well, have a good one. I shall see you at Doc Fit instead.

Like a loyal, hardworking employee, I am distressed over this “sick leave” I had to take, anxious over the fact that—while I was away for just a few days—I may have lost my momentum at work.

It’s been four days since I was attacked by feverrhea. In TBR’s Dictionary, this is defined as “the fever that sets in after you’ve gotten dehydrated from intestinal flu, which always comes as a shocker due to the large amounts of blue Gatorade in one’s system, particularly that of TBR’s.” Oh well, I guess all the cups of coffee I drank during that seminar last week dehydrated me into pieces.

Anyway, I’m all better now. Flushed feverrhea out of my system and down the toilet. But, it doesn’t erase the fact that I lost FIVE full training days. I can’t shake the thought that I may have lost some of the fitness I worked so hard for the past few weeks. Five days is significant considering I’ve been running every single day except for Mondays for almost a month now.  Suddenly, all I did for the past five days was drink soup, watch TV, and…oh yeah…I finished seven banner designs and a flyer too.

Oh well, I’ll find out soon enough.  I will miss all three races this Sunday (as if I was planning to join all of ’em!  Just Pringles initially…until I got sick) but, if our weather permits, I’ll be running again tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that.

Good luck to all of you joining Pringles, Market Market, and Takbo Para sa Kalusugan!  I wonder which race will have the most runners.  Your guess is as good as mine!

– With Elma Muros-Posadas and Annie –

Elma Muros-Posadas, according to Pinas, “went down in Southeast Asian Games history as the only track athlete who won in different events.” She won 15 gold medals, more than any other Filipino athlete, and is hailed as one of the country’s sports heroes.

I’ve spotted her many a times at the track, coaching her youthful team with the authority that comes from her years of experience, but I was always afraid to approach her—even just for a photo op. Today, I was introduced to her by Coach Rio and, although we didn’t chat long, I learned that this legendary athlete and so called “iron woman” is actually amiable and down-to-earth.

It was a busy, busy day as we all had to literally “run along” but I hope that, in the future, I get to sit down with her and ask for some secret training tips and just some magical speed dust for my feet.

– With Coach Jo-Ar, Elma M., Annie and Coach Rio –

Coach Rio, the organizer of Runnex @ 25, releases his race results as fast as he runs.  The race was just this morning and the results are already out!

The results are even presented in a well-organized manner—male and female are categorized and age categories are noted—and these are all easily accessible on Coach Rio’s website.  If I’m not mistaken, this is the first race that got my name, gender, and age right.  Just goes to show how meticulous this organizer is.  Hats off to you, Coach Rio!

Click here to view results.

My official time was 30:41 with a pace of 6:08.  I was 14th in the women’s 5k category.  3rd in my age group.