Bye Bye Blisters!

As you all know (oops! you don't know because I haven't been writing), I have been trying my very best to bring my running regimen to a whole new level. 

No, I have no plans of joining a full marathon, not even half. It is just that our physical fitness test for promotion is coming. Failure in PFT means no promotion and could even be grounds for separation from service. Horror story. 

I don't know the date yet but I feel that I really have to exert more effort.

With that, i have been having ugly blisters marks on my feet. I know it's not a sight to behold especially when I wear low cut sneakers, flats, and slippers. 

check out my toned legs:)

It really is not that of a big deal but I just don't like how it looks like. So to solve that, I am back to using petroleum jelly at night again. The husband bought me a new jar.

It is actually for babies but I love how it smells. Of course it smells baby-ish because it's for babies. Duh?! I love babies and I love their smell...when their clean.haha I apply the jelly on my feet and wear socks and let my skin absorb the moisture over night. I feel so young! Why? Because I did the same thing when I was younger and had all the time to pamper myself. Makes me think how free I was back then. Sigh.

I need to have a foot spa soon

To top that, I put on a plaster of anti blister tape to areas which are usually prone to chafing to avoid getting new blisters. Again, it is the husband who bought the tape. Thanks, love!

Let's go PFT!

Shoe Shopping

My husband loves me but sometimes he shows it unconventional ways. 

A normal husband would give girly stuffs such as jewelries, shoes, bags, wallets (hopefully with cash!) to his wife.

Gian, the husband does things differently. For the holidaze, he bought me a new pair of running shoes. I appreciate the thought that he wants me to stay fit and healthy and i've been dying to buy a new par too! But the idea that he wants me to keep on running makes me laugh. 

Gusto mo talaga akong pagpawisan and hingalin parati? 

Oh well, I know naman the husband wants the best for me so sige na nga.

We went to Toby's Sports at SM MOA last January 5 to buy ourselves new pairs of running shoes.

The husband and I have planning to buy new pairs of rubber shoes. We want to buy running shoes that are really designed to support our feet. They do not have to be good looking basta it will give our feet and knees the support they need.

Kung dati kasi, when we decide to buy a pair of shoes, we thought any model will do. For as long as it's soft it's okay. Yun pala, that's not how things should be. We should only buy training shoes which are really designed for our feet to prevent accident. 

Now that we are more passionate (daw) with running, we are more conscious of what we wear. We want to improve and beat our Personal Record (PR). If we don't get the right shoes for us, it might lead to having knee injuries. O di ba, horror story ang peg. 

After taking the tests to determine our foot type, we found out that I have neutral pronation. That means I need stability shoes. According to the running shoes guru, stability footwear combines cushioning and support features. 

I was directed to the stability column then I saw these pretty babies. 

ahlavem!

I got the blue cascadia. aren't they the cutest?

I was so happy with my new shoes that i forgot about the husband. No pictures pero this is what he got.

source

Gian needs motion control shoes which gives emphasis on medial support by having dual density mid soles  roll bars or foot bridges. Kung anu man effect nun, let's ask the husband na lang.hahaha

the not so great wall of running shoes at Toby's

That's it for our shoe shopping experience. Humayo tayo't tumakbo!

August Gone Cold

Rain, rain go away!

It's been raining for three weeks here in Mindoro. It's cold and the weather has really affected my daily routine.

I used to run outside camp during the late afternoon but that stopped due to the rain. We have this though:

I still prefer to run in the open.

My body clock is also disturbed. Because I am not too tired in the evening due to lack of physical exercise, I end up sleeping late playing computer games and tinkering on everything I could find. I'm having a hard time balancing sleep and video games. I'm blaming it all to the bad weather.

If I was not employed, I would just compensate sleeping late with waking up late. However, I do have a job and I have to be awake by 7am at the latest. Due to lack of sleep, I feel lethargic and less productive.  My puffy eyes do no good as they spill embarrassment.

Young adults may not feel susceptible to lack of sleep. The working class usually have to remedy their lack of sleep with food supplements and multivitamins. People shouldn't forget that  sleep is serious. Sleep is the time when our body and mind can recharge, and if we don't have enough sleep, we might find ourselves too drained to do anything.

Bad, bad weather. Bad bad me. Must. Try. Better. Next. Time.

How about you, how is rainy season treating you?

Tatakbo ba Talaga Kami?

I have mentioned here that i have some things to look forward to for July. Krystel's wedding (no picture, sorry!) and second is the MBC run. Well, this is the point where I am torn kung tatakbo ba bukas or hindi. I am successfully done with the carbo loading phase (super easy!) but I am not yet sure  if I am prepared for my 10k run tomorrow. errrrr 

According to the husband, we will run. Ok, fine we will run! I am half convinced. 

Actually, running is not new to me. As much as time would permit, I would always run in the afternoon. But work has been so demanding lately and the farthest that I've run in the last couple of months is only 8k-ish so tomorrow still gives me the nerves! Prepare the ambulance, please!

Anyway, here is a picture of our kit. I will run 10k while the husband will run 15k.

the husband blocking the wind to keep the bibs from flying

While the husband has been preparing for the run since forever, the only preparation that I ever did was to clean my running shoes. K.

this pair has been with me since 2009

P.S.

Follow up story on the MBC Fun Run to follow.

Follow Up on my Milk Tea Craze

I have mentioned earlier that i'll be switching from coffee-chocolate to a healthier milk tea morning drink. To jumstart, I went to Calapan City (the only city here in Oriental Mindoro) early this morning to buy a couple of boxes. But to my dismay....

good grief! Lipton milk tea hasn't reached Mindoro!huhuhuhuhuhuhu Poor me! I bought a big box of the classic lipton tea though but it's grassy taste is giving me the nerves, as expected. Darn.

I guess this is the perfect time to turn to the husband in my "buymeeeee" mode.:)

Joining the Milk Tea Craze

Milk tea craze has reached Philippines for so long yet I haven't caught the craze no matter how nice and creative it has been advertised by media. They say coffee is out and tea has replaced it since people have been conscious about health nowadays.

Just about yesterday, I talked to my mom about her current health condition and she said that she has to undergo a surgery. She could have gone through it right there and then but the doctor told her that she has to be cleared by her other doctors since she has history of having high blood sugar level.

At first, it didn't come to me that since she's my mom, i might have the same issues in the future until ze husband told me that i might be taking too much sugar (blame it to my turon cravings eeeeeerrrrrr). I love turon and maruja (banana fritters) and since they're so cheap for snacks, they have become my favorite afternoon delight. Aside from that, I have coffee-chocolate drink every morning so that would mean another source of tons and tons of sugar.nomnom

From there, I have decided that I have to got through another milestone (k?) in my life. I would replace my morning drink with tea. I am definitely not a fan of tea ever since but i'm thinking of living a healthier lifestyle so there goes me, ready to ride the tea bandwagon.

I have this impression that tea tastes bitter, grassy and anything weird so I'm thinking of taking milk tea first so the change wouldn't be too drastic.

The transition for sure wouldn't be that easy primarily because of the sudden change in taste but according to some articles I've read, my taste buds would eventually get used to the taste of tea and the bitterness would just turn into sweetness. Heaven!

I hope this would work out for me as it worked out for others.

P.S. im also thinking of mixing tea to my bathing water.:) 

Conventional is history, hello myo

I have been wearing conventional braces since june of 2008. I have a class III bite ever since a child so when I entered PMA, I was advised to wear one. For the first two months, I only wore braces on my upper denture but my dentist gave me an appliance that is to be worn on my lower denture. She calls it “platform” . she says that  have to bit it so that my upper teeth will be pulled out and at the same time push the lower denture in. 

Here’s how my bite looked like during the first months I started wearing braces.

My visits to the dentist weren’t regular so instead of wearing the braces for only two years, I wore my iron gates for three and a half years. i was always busy. i didn't fail in any pft. i was just busy. no reactions allowed.:)

The slow transition because of infrequent visits to my dentist

It came to a point when i considered looking for a new dentist since traveling from Mindoro to Baguio has been causing me too much hassle and a good fortune. My dentist said that if I am to transfer then I would start from scratch. Scratch to include the check up, Xray and of course, the dreaded 40k payment. I had my mind set on the expenses but it’s still a big amount and is not a joke considering how unstable our finances has become. My husband and I actually had a shopping free holidays. How bad that was for our first holiday together as a couple. In short, we were broke. 

With that my dentist offered that she could remove my conventional braces and replace it with MYOBRACES. Myobraces looks the same as what pacquiao wears in his boxing bouts.hahahahaha it’s made of silicon and I have to wear it at least two hours in the morning and then overnight. The myobraces is very convenient on my part since I don’t have to traverse the four express ways of Luzon just to have my elastics replaced.

Meet myo

Here’s what I looked like when I first wore the myobraces. Gross.

On January 4, 2012, I went to visit my dentist at Session Road. She made baklas of my braces and at first, I felt like my teeth would fall off my gums. Having titanium brackets for quite some time have already made me feel used to having something to keep my gums and bones from their natural growth.

 Weeeee! I feel so free! To all my friends and cousins who are not so vain, if you are interested on wearinjg braces, feel free to contact me so I can give you my brackets. Each bracket costs php500.00 and I have twenty pieces so using mine would really cut your budget short. :)