At around 2:30 A.M., I found myself sitting on a bus full of strangers, headed to Viejo San Juan, asking myself, why am I doing this? Why did I sign up for this? It’s too early! I was on my way to the third and last race of the LOLA Challenge Weekend in San Juan, … Continue reading My First Half Marathon!
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We are one week away from my first half marathon so my coach gave me the longest long run I’ve had so far, ten miles. I was kinda hoping for eight miles but I really should be thankful it wasn’t 12. Because I didn’t want to do that under the burning sun, I decided to join … Continue reading Last Long Run Before the Half Marathon
Last week, I had the chance to go on vacation, spend the week with my family and go to my cousin’s wedding. At first I was a little skeptic about making the trip with everything that has been going on with ICE and the whole Latino community. I know my rights and being Puerto Rican … Continue reading Congratulations to the Bride and Groom
After resting for a day, I returned to the track on Thursday night. This time, I wanted to do things right and not have any problems with my ankle so I stretched, like the therapist taught me to, before getting to the track. I felt very confident I could walk for two miles again, without … Continue reading Slowly starting tagain
I had been looking forward to this weekend, specifically Saturday night, for months. For a while I didn’t know who I was going with and I only learned where I would be sitting two days before, but I was going to Bad Bunny’s three month Residency in Puerto Rico. I knew people who had gone, … Continue reading “No Me Quiero Ir De Aquí” Residency
We were told last week in sewing class that most of us would finish our bags this week; I was sure some people would but I didn’t think I would be one of them. It just seemed like I still had so much to do that three hours wouldn’t be enough. I felt really far … Continue reading Finished My First Sewing Project!
I didn’t have any special plans for Labor Day weekend, just my sewing class on Saturday morning and I had to complete my weekend long run on Sunday. Almost done! Titi Margo’s bag (left), my bag (right) Paseo Lineal de Bayamón I was a little surprised when my running coach sent a message to the … Continue reading Labor Day Weekend Surprise Run
I didn’t think I would be able to do both, run and go to sewing class on Saturday morning, but I tried yesterday. After training during the week, on weekends I usually do a long run or a race. This weekend, my long run increased to 7 miles. That’s too long of a run to … Continue reading Running and Sewing in the Morning
The week after my 10 mile race, I was on vacation with my family. I had planned to run a little during my vacation, maybe running at the beach, which I love. This time, however, it wasn’t so much fun. Turns out, it’s not fun to run at every beach. As beautiful as that beach … Continue reading Family Vacation and Preparing for the Next Big Race
This morning, I attended my first sewing class. I had only sewn a few times, about eight years ago under the careful watch of my aunt, who is an expert. This course Sewing for Beginners, is very appropriate for me, but I still felt a little intimidated at first. I thought everyone would have more … Continue reading Sewing for Beginners
Yesterday I completed my July 5k, called the 5k extrAVAganza. This race was done to raise funds for Los Amigos de AVA(The friends of AVA). This is a foundation with the aim to create consciousness about TANC2 and other uncommon genetic neurological conditions. Some common symptoms of TANC-2 are autism, epilepsy, intellectual disability, delayed language … Continue reading 5k ExtrAVAganza
Today I got the chance to participate in the San Juan Bautista 10k in San Juan. This race is hosted by the town of San Juan, to commemorate the day of San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist) who the town capital town is named after. I really wanted to participate in this race for … Continue reading San Juan Bautista 10k
I wasn’t able to run or exercise for a week, which was a little frustrating, especially since I had already signed up for a 5k race this Saturday. I considered giving my bib number away, but this race seemed interesting because the last mile would be in a racecourse. I wanted to see what that … Continue reading 5k Hipódromo (Racecourse)
I finished Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, the first class towards the IBM Generative AI Engineering Professional Certificate. It’s a lot of fun learning about something that I use everyday and so many things I didn’t think were AI. It is a lot of information and a little difficult to keep track of, but the great … Continue reading Continuing my education and celebrating No Kings Day
Last week, I decided it was time to start another adventure. I’m not giving up on running, still working hard on improving that, but I thought it was about time to start learning about AI. That’s the future and I can’t stand by and just watch, especially since what I do is work as a … Continue reading Learning about Artificial Intelligence
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