While walking to my next destination, I decided to shot some pictures of the place where I frequently spend the night jogging and running. I noticed that it was a perfect day to run because of the very fine weather. No rain. No harsh sun. It was perfect. Excited as I was, reality shook me off as I remembered that I still have a class until evening.
Hence, the perfect weather may not always be the perfect time to run. I still have to wait another 3 hours before my feet gets to feel my worn out running shoes. Though it’s worn out, it is still wearable and does the trick when I run around the oval.
Though the UP Acad Oval is a great jogging place, having its own bike lane through out its length; For many, it is not just the perfect place to run. It lived long the best, worst, most fun-filled, cheesiest, and even the craziest experiences of people who pass this landmark everyday.
You cannot just only see different buildings and landscape which comes along with it. But you also get to meet and interact with a lot of new people. And, you can never miss Zorro. You still haven’t completed the Acad Oval experience if you have not yet either seen or talked with Zorro. (I’ll just write another article on him alone).
After my class ended, I immediately went to run some 2 rounds of the Oval. It was a bit darker than usual. Then short after, I realized that there was a celebration along the University Avenue celebrating the Pailaw or Lightening ceremony of UP Diliman.
It didn’t finish there. I just became aware a while ago (while jogging) of the upcoming run to be organized by Ateneo on the 6th of December. Now, I’m torn whether or not to join any race scheduled on the said date. This needs more brainstorming and decision-making for me, and some extra bucks if I decide to go then.
And oh yeah, everything turned out well almost… until the instance where I almost got injured because of a 1 year-old kid who just blocked my way. Thanks to my reflex, nothing happened to both of us. I just hope that parents or guardians always have their attention with the child or children they are taking care of. Since everything turned out okay (the child and me), I decided to just run again hastily without even looking at the child’s parent due to my dismay.
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