On the Road to Victory

Early this morning I was really frustrated over myself being late for the Fund Run our organization is participating in to garner points for block selection this coming June 2008. I woke up minutes before 6:00 in the morning and we were expected to arrive at the Arts and Sciences Building (Palma Hall) at exactly 6:00 AM and add the fact that I am coming from Bulacan. And so I arrived at the starting position for the run at exactly 8:10AM and was worried that my friends have finished their runs already. I was lucky that at my first 2.2 kilometers all of them accompanied me. And to motivate ourselves to finish early, Dax suggested that we run in a single file and then the person at the rear shall overtake the line and place himself in front of the first person in line, and then the next one to be at the rear will do the same.. Fortunately I was able to keep up with the team. I finished the whole academic oval without stopping.

And then I was very lucky that Pao offered to accompany me in my second round. We actually walked on most parts of the oval and just jogged when we were 3/4's on our way. And then I had to speed up (leave Pao behind-come to think of it, I should not have done that) and be welcomed by my orgmates at the finish line. The whole team completed 84 laps I guess, 4 of which was mine. That was insignificant but hey, it's still help. We had plans of eating lunch out and drinking (yes with the sun so up in the sky at noon) but it was wierd it got cancelled out.

What made me sad was when I realized I was really very unmindful of other people's time. I was supposed to be at Vinzons at 6:00AM to meet Pao and start the run early but I was 2 hours late. Well, no one actually stalled and waited for me, but I hoped I could have helped more.

It was really funny that while I was jogging, a phrase kept on appearing in my mind, telling me that I am on my road to victory. Haha! I don't know what it means but it was really recurring. And true enough, the road started there, and the need to acquire a better fitness scheme became rampant. I hope I get there in time. =p