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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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
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
Yesterday, whenI got up at 4:30 am for a Saturday morning run, I didn’t bother to check the weather. It seemed perfect to run as early as possible and we were running by the ocean so it’s always very breezy. To me, the weather was perfect for running, until it started to rain, quickly after … Continue reading Weekend long run in the rain
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
It took me a little longer than anticipated, but I finished the Apple Fitness Collection, Get Your legs in Great Shape Collection on Friday night. I wasn’t sure whether I should do this last workout on Friday night or not because I knew I had to wake up on Saturday for what sounded like a … Continue reading First Saturday morning run with Freddy’s Runners
As I said a few days ago, after jogging for two miles, I wanted to see if I could do the same for 3 miles at a 5k. I got a chance to try it this morning at the Kilómetros de Cambio (Kilometers of Change) 5k this morning. I was very interested in getting a … Continue reading What I learned at Kilómetros de Cambio 5k
A couple of months ago I signed up to help in one of the oasis at the Puerto Rico IronMan 70.3, with a few of my fellow members of Freddy’s Runners. I had done this type of thing when I was in high school, at 5k races, which have a lot less people and don’t … Continue reading 2025 Ironman 70.3 Puerto Rico
March 8, is International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women’s achievements, raise awareness of discrimination, and take action towards gender equality. To celebrate, I joined friends and fellow runners in the first Women RUN Wynwood 5k in San Juan. This way we also celebrate my friend Ana’s birthday. Today I realized two things, first, … Continue reading Women RUN Wynwood, San Juan 5k
For my February 5k, I decided to run a race I had already done four times and the first race I did after my brain injury. The first time I did this, I was still beginning to walk again; I did part of the race on a wheelchair, a walker, so I walked across the … Continue reading February 5k: Córrelo, Camínalo o Ruédalo
Today I decided to go on a walking tour around Old San Juan. It was a sort of last minute decision on Friday to book the tour for today and I didn’t know anyone else taking the tour with me but, the tour guide happens to be my brother so I knew I was in … Continue reading A tour around Old San Juan
As the month of May came to an end, I finished the challenge I started at the beginning of the month, the 12 day Bring Out Your Inner Champion with Kickboxing Challenge on Apple Fitness. Despite it being only 12 days, I took days in between each video and some rest days as well so … Continue reading Kickboxing Challenge and Paddle boarding
As our vacation started to come to an end, we still had a few things to see, so on our last day started walking again. First on the list was a place called Little Island. I had no idea what it was, except that is was small island, but it’s the cutest park with a … Continue reading New York City Day 10: Little Island, High Line, Chelsea Market, The Vessel, Little Spain, Hudson Yards
This weekend two of my friends from college came to visit for a few days. Even though we kept in touch and I saw one of them four months ago in December, we had not spent so much time together in eleven years. However, this didn’t stop us from having great time and reconnecting like … Continue reading Got to show a little bit of Puerto Rico to my friends
With only few days left in my Christmas vacation, I want to make the best of the last morning walks. It feels like it’s coming to an end too soon, just when I was getting used to it. Today we went to old San Juan again, but we didn’t take our usual route, we went … Continue reading I’m going to miss these walks
Unstoppable María 