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Today is my fifth month of running

It was 2 March when I finally decided to start my couch-to-5k training program, laced up my newly bought discounted New Balance shoes and head out that dawn to the Legazpi Park in Makati City. Five months after, it’s been 311 KM total according to my dailymile.com profile. I want to get fit. That was my mantra to run and I’m achieving it. Little by little, friends have commented about me shedding those pounds off.

I have joined a total of three, yeah, just three, races since I started:

• NatGeo Run, 5K (Metro Manila)
• Fair Trade Run, 5k (Cebu), and
• Takbo.ph Runfest, 10K (Metro Manila)

and I’m actually training for my first 21K, CamSur, this 26 of September. Of course, I will be joining 10K races before the Bicol run.

I’ve also fallen into the laziness trap or skipping training runs because of some flimsy reasons but I am dead set in my first 21K and thus, I have to be more disciplined in doing my weekly routine. From three times a week, I will be doing four and set my weekly mileage at 30-40 KM.

Looking forward to do more runs, get faster and be fit.

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Estan Cabigas is a multiawarded blogger, freelance photographer and a newbie runner based in Makati City, the Philippines. A true blue Cebuano, he makes stunning images and meaningful photo stories. He has writtten for CNN Go and his photograph published in the May 2010 issue of the National Geographic Magazine.

To know more about him and his photography, visit estancabigas.com.

2 August 2010 | i run | .