After three days of my wife being
in an out of the hospital, I was back in my Sucat office Friday.
I was tired and sad. I could feel the pain and anxiety of my wife
with the high cost of medical care
nowadays. But I digress.
Let us go back to the real
subject of this article.
Waiting for me on the table in my
office room was a sight that would bring joy to me. A desperate man would be extracting joy
wherever he can. There on the table was
the latest issue of the Lopez Link. And browsing thru the pages and reaching
the wellness page was an article entitled “DE LIMA CONQUERS MAYON 360”(For the
online version, please visit http://lopezlink.ph/lifelong-wellness/4863-de-lima-conquers-mayon-360.html)
with an exultant photo to boot. The more apt word in the title would be
“survives”. Nonetheless, it is a source
of pride and joy to have my ultra running story in a newsletter being read
by my friends and co-workers in the Lopez group of companies. Not many
know that the genesis of my passion for running can be traced to my earlier
involvement in the Lopez wellness programs initiated by OML and RMA,
particularly the Walk the Talk and the
occasional mountain treks. My consistent
participation in these events gave me the confidence to go for more
endurance-inducing activities. From
walking and trekking, the evolution to running was just a skip and a hop
away.
A couple of positive possibilities with the
write up and photo. Maybe the story can
get to inspire a handful of kapamilyas to take up long distance running. After all, how hard can it be when even an
overweight penguin of a runner can do ultra marathons. Maybe the story can help me expand my base of generous
colleagues come pledging time to fund
the outreach activities for school children in remote public
elementary schools in Bicol. Fund
raising is always addition, never subtraction.
I know good things will come out
of this. For this I have to thank the
hard-working editor, Ms. Rosan Cruz who
is also into an active exercise lifestyle. She knows the wisdom of wellness first hand.
Maraming salamat po. Dios mabalos.
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