What they talk about when they talk about running.
Endorphins.
I finally got what my good friend and confidante Tanja meant when endorphins are addictive. It was the first time in a long time that I felt this good out of a intense physical workout. Yes, folks, it's the first time I hit the pavement and went on my very first campus run.
It is called a campus run because I ran the outer part of the UPLB lower campus. I started in the Administration building, where I work, run-walk-run my way to Pili Drive/CEAT/Agronomy, then to the gates of Animal Husbandry, then to Baker Hall, then to Men's and Women's Dorm, to DL Umali Hall, then to CSI, and finally, around Kanluran drive to the Administration building.
Tanja taught me this path sometime ago when I was having problems with myself and some aspects of my life -- she said I should just run it all off.
I have a long way to go though. My really-slow pace of 1 minute running and 1 minute walking, rinse repeat, isn't exactly what will finally trigger my weight loss. I have to increase my pace weekly, and swim at least 10 laps every other day. If I can handle that, with proper diet, also known as carbo-watching, I think I'm set.
Well, wishful thinking that is. But it's a start, right?
Then, it all boils down to endorphins.
I finally got what my good friend and confidante Tanja meant when endorphins are addictive. It was the first time in a long time that I felt this good out of a intense physical workout. Yes, folks, it's the first time I hit the pavement and went on my very first campus run.
It is called a campus run because I ran the outer part of the UPLB lower campus. I started in the Administration building, where I work, run-walk-run my way to Pili Drive/CEAT/Agronomy, then to the gates of Animal Husbandry, then to Baker Hall, then to Men's and Women's Dorm, to DL Umali Hall, then to CSI, and finally, around Kanluran drive to the Administration building.
Tanja taught me this path sometime ago when I was having problems with myself and some aspects of my life -- she said I should just run it all off.
I have a long way to go though. My really-slow pace of 1 minute running and 1 minute walking, rinse repeat, isn't exactly what will finally trigger my weight loss. I have to increase my pace weekly, and swim at least 10 laps every other day. If I can handle that, with proper diet, also known as carbo-watching, I think I'm set.
Well, wishful thinking that is. But it's a start, right?
Then, it all boils down to endorphins.