Zero miles in 16 days

I can't believe, I haven't ran since I returned from Australia!!! I can already see unwanted changes in my body. It hasn't helped that I've been eating non-stop, like a pig.

All the walking and running I did in Australia, plus the long plane ride back to Manila, somehow affected my knees. My right knee was swollen for 4 days, it felt like it had some extra fluid there... But it's all better now. I'm going to have to start running again soon. Thank god my marathon training begins next week!

Some pictures from my runs in Australia...

500mi Club

Ran 500 miles in 6 months, incredible! I never thought that I'd be a runner. Here's to many more years of running.

Having both the iPod Nike+ sports kit and the Garmin, I don't know how to efficiently track my miles. Do I use the Nike+ or the Garmin? I think for now, I'll continue using the Nike+ for all runs, and the Garmin only for outdoor runs. Just so I accrue miles on both the Nike+ and Runner+ sites. AND, on top of that, log both runs in Runners World. Overkill, I know.

Morning run around Ortigas

I planned to start my early run before 6am, but I woke up at 6:05am :-( After a quick application of sunblock, attaching various gadgets on self and wolfing a banana, I was out the door by 6:20am.

ROUTE: One round around UAP, I saw about 5 joggers out there, yey, I'm not alone. Then ran through Tektite, ADB, Topaz, Ruby, Emerald (a mini food carinderia market going on), Garnet, Sapphire, then down to Julia Vargas, through Rodriguez-Lanuza, up St Martin, around Ultra, then back home.

All in all, a total of 5.51miles at a very slow pace of 11:27/mi.