Pandesal Runner

This is the sequel to the "Run For Pandesal" blog.
The original run has just been upgraded from a 7-km run to a 15-km.

Then where did the pandesal go?

Let's trace it using the following maps from Kabeet.com.

Shown below is the map of Silang, Cavite. My hometown.

It's bounded by Dasmarinas on the North side and Tagaytay City on the South.

Silang covers an area of 209.4 square kilometers. If I can still do my Math, that's roughly a perimeter of 57.827 kilometers.

The DARK RED line traverse the route from my house in Brgy. Balite 1st to my girlfriend's house in Brgy. Kaong.

The original Run for Pandesal route covers 5 Barangays and are shown in a BLUE line. The extended route now covers 7 Barangays, the additional Brgy's are shown in PINK.

Run for Pandesal Revised Goals:

1. Be able to wake up and start the run by 5am.
2. Buy Hot Pandesal from Silang taking the uphill Brgy. Pasipit road.
3. Using the Iba-Sabutan shortcut road, deliver the Hot Pandesal to Brgy Kaong.
4. Eat breakfast at my girlfriend's house (about 30 minutes of rest).
5. Go back to the bakery at Silang to buy another bag of Hot Pandesal.
6. Go back home by 7am and let my family enjoy their Pandesal breakfast.

I really had a lot of fun. These are the most noteworthy.

• I'm having a stomach ache from my house up to the bakery. Probably due to lack of breakfast and coffee to warm my intestines.
• I loved the darkness of the road at the start of the run. I was afraid I might bump into a post or fall on the canals. Hehehe.
• I also enjoyed the sunrise. 5:30 am and the sun begins to shine. Everybody's mostly asleep and I'm at the road already smiling at the morning skies.
• The Iba-Sabutan shortcut road was fantastic. The trees covering the wide asphalt road with their branches and leaves.. Nature's beauty.
• I don't like dogs so much now. They just kept on barking at me and following me like I am some akyat-bahay gang member.
• I enjoyed my first ever breakfast prepared by my soon-to-be-wife. I just loved it seeing her that early in the morning and preparing our food. Truly lovely.
• The smiles pour on the street with friends, relatives and neighbors. I appreciate the love of everyone at our community more than ever.
• My dad asking me "Saan ka galing?." Hahaha. I loved the frown on his face when I said "Sa Kaong." He must have thought I'm really crazy.
• Covering Brgy. Balite 1st, Tatyao, Iba, Pasipit, Silang town proper, Sabutan and Kaong on foot is now on the books. It was not so difficult after all. And I did it twice! Back and forth.
• I have covered a total of 4 bridges (8 back and forth) and my legs definitely felt the painful uphill climbs.

That's it. I was as slow as a turtle finishing the 15Km run with a time of 1:44:16.79 (breakfast time excluded). It was a slow and fun long run. I was taking it easy because of my calf muscles. They were still tired from the Hataw 10km race last Sunday.Thankfully, they have fully recovered. The rest days paid off. Fantastic.