Mountain Run Series 1 - Sumulong Olalia Cogeo

Since we moved in to our new house in Antipolo, this is the first time I did a long run outside of the village. It's Sunday, Feb.19, 2012 sunny weather. I decided to try to run up Antipolo via Sumulong Hiway. I have biked this uphill climb several times before but never had tried to run it. After my usual oatmeal breakfast and loading up on my usual stuff - hydration belt, ipod nano, garmin 910XT (my new multisport watch with GPS), heart rate monitor and my cellphone (for pics & emergency calls) I headed out the village around 7am. There are a number of bikers already on the road going east some in groups and a few pedaling alone. The uphill head is about 3km from the start and I noticed I was the only one running the route. My heart rate gradually climb as I started the ascend and going beyond the max of 166bpm which I set for my usual tempo runs.

I was running alongside bikers inching their way up to the top of eagle's nest. I kept a steady pace at times slowing down to lower my HR. I got to the top and felt good and decided to run further down the road towards Antipolo center. If I turned around and head home it would be mostly downhill already so I decided to make a loop via Olalia Road towards Cogeo market center. I knew that there would be some uphills from Cogeo to Masinag which would be worth to try. The downhill back to Marcos hway began about 4km to the new SM City Masinag. But the jeepneys were now piling up and the air quality was getting worse. I was calculating my pace and would still have enough time to get ready for the scheduled board meeting with our client in Quezon City. It was still about 2km more to home when I got to Marcos hway. I was running beside the center island in the newly asphalted road to avoid the jeepneys.

The route was great for uphills but the air quality going back home in the Masinag area was bad. Would have to try to do the reverse route next week.



Sumulong-Olalia-Cogeo Long Run by juls9265 at Garmin Connect - Details