Life in the Slow Lane

Running is reflective of life's goal, sometimes you stop, slow down & fall but the goal is to finish amidst the things that go wrong.

It's been busy past few weekends with me jumping from one event to another and don't get me wrong, I'm enjoying every minute of it.  Life has now been a big race and the frenetic pace has been making me dizzy and at times sick.  This is the reason that I have to spend some time in the slow lane and now is the best time for life in a much comfortable pace.

Bora here we come!!!  Lounging around, massage, water sports, bare foot running, swimming, party, drinks and the LIFE in the beach.  The heat is on and the hitting the beach is the logical choice. I can't wait to feel the fine white sands in a while.  Time to relax, unwind and think things over.  This is gonna be something I need.

It'll be a welcome break also from all the training after I had a bout with cramps during my last run.  You gotta expect a result like that when you have to squeeze in four straight days of training. Lessons were learned and it sucks that I have a foot structure that's so injury prone but that won't stop me.  I'm gonna persevere to strengthen the weak muscles and become the meanest, fastest and strongest I can be.  Next month's training would be a real level up and once I'm rested up, I'd be raring to conquer those longer distance at a better time and a more relax pace.

It's also been great that no matter how busy I am, I still find time to touch base with most of my friends.  After all the busy and tough times, this is a real welcome change of atmosphere and this is just the beginning.  I'll get more time with old set of friends and maybe new ones in the upcoming weeks.  I somehow have the feeling that something good is brewing and I just don't know what or when or how or why but I can sense that it's about to come.  So just bring it. I'll be ready.

And one thing I'm not ready is on what to do with my career as I am running out of reasons on why I should continue at my current path.  Some things have been intolerable and some thresh hold may have already been crossed so it'll also be time to think things through but either way, I'm ready to take some risks.  It's always better to risk everything than hold on to nothing.  So all I can say as things are getting exciting and once I'm done with my life in the slow lane, it's gonna be full speed ahead and I won't let anything stop me this time.  =>     

Catch Me If You Can

"Nature at its simplest form is purely photogenic."

As the summer heat hits this part of the world, you can't help but be tempted in booking trips in the several islands we have and the nearby countries we can visit.  This is gonna be my super summer... a chance to unwind and explore and see things in its simplest sense that life is indeed beautiful and the backdrop at its simplest form is purely photogenic.

At times, I'm stuck choosing between weekend alternatives just hoping why we can't have 5 days of weekend and just 2 days of work instead.  I guess, it's when I'm busy chasing trips, running laps and making everything work out fine is the time I feel I'm fully alive. I have rediscovered the part of myself that loves traveling and this early during the year I already had 3 stops in Taiwan, a weekend in Coron, a drive to Calatagan and I'm just heating up.

The next few months would be a game of catch me if you can... from a weekend in Tarlac and a run in Baguio (am still hoping to fit it in) to another out of town adventure with cousins to Holy Week in Bora to a week in Singapore to a weekend in HK and Macau and to Bellaroca and the weekends in between will be spent in the various runs and training I'd be having.  The kid in me has taken over in gleeful anticipation of all those escapades.  The hard times are over and the good times is now running in slow motion.

Those trips should have me back to my fiery nature as I've been numb lately.  I guess, I am more in a state of gaiety and I know at the end of the trip I should map out a new direction.  The vicious cycles that has continued to revolve are already unfathomable.  Fighting the wrong system takes so much time, energy and resources and a fresh start maybe needed and that is something I need to assess with a clear mind.

It's just good to have many diversions as it always balances things out from things beyond your control to things within your control.  Above all the material rewards, there is no price higher than peace of mind and if people don't give too much of damn in doing the right thing and it might be time to cease my silence and inaction.  Every action or inaction deserves an appropriate reaction so if I just play numb, it just means I have a grander plan brewing... and it's gonna be served hot of the platter soon.

There's another of life's simple rule to remember, you can't have it all... so might as well look forward to fun under the tropical sun. =>