After the habagat crushed the center and northern part of the country, many of the fun runs were cancelled. Pinoy Fitness organized an LSD (Long Slow Distance) run at The Fort last August 12. I joined the 20K, 7min/km pace group. This is the first time I joined a group run because I’m contented of just having my training alone. It was fun. I met a lot of runners which I only knew from the web. We shared drinks and snacks. But the most exciting part was, It was not a LSD after all because after a few kilometers, we got excited and ran as fast as 5min/km leaving our pacer behind. The target finish time which was 2 hours and 20 min became 1 hour and 40min. We called that LFD or Long Fast Distance run. And LSD became a tempo run. Fun!

The 20K runners

The supposed 20K 7min/Km group that turned out as 20K 5min/Km.

Cooling down. Stretch to the limit.

The runners and the pacers.