2009 was a good running year for me … I have joined a lot of races and have completed 2 full marathons before my 1st year running anniversary – a feat that I thought wasn’t possible due to the corporate-sponsored stress which was given to me for free. .. and what better way to end it than to run two half marathons (NB and Philstar), an unplanned trail run and the Rizal day 32km run. Happy new...

A long run every week I am currently in the office right now performing tasks that would make my mediocre job seem well, just that -mediocre. Anyway, as I was browsing takbo.ph , I have noticed that there is another 10k run on July 12. I was just thinking that maybe due to the popularity of the sport, organizers should organize a long run every week – say 21k (21k is long for me) so that we won’t have to “run” again after we cross the finish line. You see, my weekend runs are the only source of endorphins that I get because of the sudden additional work (read:stress) that I have to do in the office. I can’t train anymore on weekdays like I used to. As they say, the longer the run … the more endorphins you get. Now tell me, has my running addiciton affected my mind...