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This blog is all about ✨ From Sunrise to City Hall: An 8.4KM Jog with Friends ✨
Me, AJ, and Jam
It's the three of us again. I love our friendship so much. From eating outside to exercising together. The type of exercise that we did is jogging. As someone who hasn't tried jogging for a long time, I was hesitating to join them. But, as soon as I saw my friend's Instagram Story, I was intrigued. I asked them about their experience and they said that the feeling is so good. They went jogging for several days already and I said to myself that if they can do it, I can do it too! So I texted AJ and Jam and started our plan.
The Plan
We planned our jogging ahead of time. But we were still unsure of what route are we going to jog. We were planning to jog to one of our friend's house, but the problem is, their house is very far away from ours.
Days later we still don't have a route but we are all so sure that we will jog on Saturday, April 12, 2024, two days before our recognition.
We almost didn’t continue our jogging because we were waiting for Jam’s injured foot to heal. But when he said his foot is already healed, we immediately planned a route, from our house to Bogo City Hall.
The Day
I set many alarms from around 3:00 AM to 4:00 AM because I know it takes me a long time to get ready in the morning. As soon as my 3:00 AM alarm sounded, I literally snoozed it because I was still sleepy. I woke up when my third alarm sounded which is 3:30, I immediately opened my eyes and texted AJ and Jam if they are already awake. Jam was already ready and AJ was still getting ready so I still had time to do my morning routines.
Since AJ lives the farthest and Jam lives the closest, AJ came to our house first, then we went together to Jam’s place.
This is the picture that I took while waiting for AJ.
My decision of wearing pimple patches while jogging was the worse decision ever. I forgot that I sweat a lot, so by the time we were halfway through jogging, my pimple patch had already fallen off.
It was still dark when we arrived at Jam's house.
AJ and I were hesitating to knock at their doors because we were afraid that we will wake Jam's whole family and they will scold us. So, we just waited for Jam to come out. When Jam came out from his house we immediately started our jogging.
We planned to stop at 7/11 to buy some drinks. But, we had a problem, we needed to through the cemetery, and I was really scared so I ended up running as fast as I could.
These are the drinks that we bought at the 7/11.
After buying our drinks, we decided to continue our jog.
We weren't even halfway in yet, we were still at the market, when I already started feeling tired, my knees were trembling and my stomach hurts so bad. I forgot how weak I am when it comes to exercise. I literally just sleep at home and do the chores. But I said to myself that it is still my first time and if I would continue our jog for days I would not feel tired anymore.
2 km in
My legs are already so tired.
While jogging, we saw a tree that looks like a sakura tree. It also has pink flowers.
I was so amazed while admiring the tree.
4 km in
Halfway in, I wanted to quit so bad.
When we got out of our province and saw the ‘Thank You, Please Come Again’ sign, it felt like a big achievement for me. I honestly didn’t expect I could make it that far.
5 km in
We witnessed the sun rise and it was already getting hot but it was still bearable since it was still 5:40 AM and we've already been jogging/walking for about an hour.
7 km in
8 km in
Finally, we are almost at our destination. There was still a long straight road to jog going to the City Hall, but we stopped to take a photo at the ‘I Love Bogo’ sign.
While walking, we saw lots of snails. Like lots of them.
I was shocked because there were so many snails, some were even in the trash cans, on the road, and in the grass.
I was shocked when I found out that the buildings and cafés I always see on my friends' Instagram stories are actually located near City Hall, just like Lima Badminton Court and Café Alto.
We finally reached our destination!
I’m really proud for the three of us.
But most of all, I’m proud of myself!
We went to the bus terminal to buy water. We were so dehydrated.
AJ and I immediately finished our water in less than a minute. That's how thirsty we were.
Instead of going back the same way, we took a different road that was still connected to the main street.
While jogging, we saw some flowers that looked like daisies. So cute and beautiful.
Province Vibes
Since we were really tired, we took a tricycle on the way home. but we stopped at 7/11 first to buy something to eat.
We wanted to sit outside the 7/11 because there are tables and chairs there but it was so sunny and hot and we decided to eat our hotdogs at the beach.
After eating, we immediately went home because we were all so tired.
I hope that this will not be our first and last jogging together. I enjoyed jogging with them so much. Until next time my favorite boy(?) friends. Love you both.
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