The Macfit Finals : September 6 2025

Today is the Macfit finals, and honestly, I never thought I’d make it this far.I just barely secured a spot in the top 8, and now here I am in the finals, standing alongside a great opponent @merthin. Since I’ve already come this far, I want to make the most out of this opportunity and give it my best. がんばります！💪🏻

_{First thing in the morning, my master, a stray cat we named Ginger was already demanding breakfast, lol}

So it’s Saturday, and it’s also my last weekend in the Philippines before I head off on my next international trip. Can you guess where I'm headed this time? 🤔
It's a busy day ahead since I’ll be meeting friends over lunch, snacks, and dinner. With that schedule, I really had to strategize when to accumulate my steps for the day. Since my first appointment was at lunchtime (and I had to drive an hour and a half to Cebu City), I decided to wake up early and start my workouts right away.

_{My favorite part of the subdivision is where there are no houses yet. Perfect spot to jog in peace 😆}

_{Here comes the Sun!}

I knew it would be tough to add steps later on, so I went for a 20km jog inside the subdivision. I was worried it might rain, but thankfully it didn’t. I started at around 5AM while it was still a little dark, because once the sun gets too high, jogging becomes unbearable for me. I just don’t like running under the heat. Even by 7AM, it already feels so hot and uncomfortable, so the earlier the better. I ran and ran until my toes really started to hurt 😬😬😬

<sub>I had to hurry because I could already feel it was about to get hot. The sun comes out so quickly.

My favorite spot to take pictures of His Majesty.</sub>

_{But then it got cloudy, which made me happy because I could keep jogging comfortably.}

_{Phew! Wrapped up my 20km run for the morning.}

I cooked Ginataang Langka for breakfast today. I might have overbought groceries last week, so now I have to finish them all before I’ll be away from home again for a month.

_{It's been a while since I have eaten this food.}

After freshening up, I went back to sleep and rested to regain energy for the 1.5hour drive. I don’t want to feel sleepy while driving.

<sub>And so, the 1-hour drive turned into 2 hours… hayst

Ayala area. Almost there! Already starving at this point.</sub>

My first appointment of the day was a lunch date with @chillquill and another friend. While having our conversation, we mentioned Hive, and that somehow led to us trying to recruit her to join. We were like full-on insurance agents at the restaurant, giving her the whole sales pitch. At one point, @chillquill even whipped out her iPad and started showing our blogs like it was part of a presentation. 😆 All that was missing was a contract for her to sign, haha. 😆😆😆
I was supposed to join them for a Hyrox class, but I told them I had a tournament and honestly no energy left for it today. My original plan was just to hop on a treadmill at the gym, but turns out they didn’t even have one.☹️

<sub>My order. The burger is so delicious!

Huge serving for their pasta!</sub>

We also walked around the mall to add to my step count and burn off some of the calories from that heavy lunch. At 4PM, @chillquill and I met up with another friend for a much-needed catch-up before we’re gone for a month again. We had dinner at Texas Roadhouse, another Western-style restaurant, and the servings were so huge we couldn’t finish them. The day was definitely filled with good food and lots of laughter (and gossiping LOL). 😆

After dinner, I headed home since I still needed to add more steps. The drive took about an hour and a half because of traffic, and by the time I got home, I was so exhausted that I fell asleep on the couch. I only meant to nap for 5 minutes, but it turned into a full hour, lol. Thankfully, that power nap gave me back some energy, and I pushed myself to do an indoor walk to get more steps in.

Daily Activity, Walking, Running, Jogging