It’s been a while since my last post. As you can see, the last entry I had was soon after Camsur Ironman last year and had no entries up to now. I literally went on hibernation, and just like Punxsutawni Phil, I emerged from my shadow last Sunday for the Condura Run 21K. Unfortunately, my emergence seemed to forecast more winter as I promptly got sick after the run, forcing me to cancel all training for the week.
In any case, I wasn’t entirely inactive during my months-long break. I was working on several things: trying to incorporate mid-foot strike running (I have my wornout soles to prove it), improving my swimming glide (or rather, adding a glide to my swim that didn’t seem to have one), and otherwise having fun going biking up the steep hills of Sierra Madre.
In the process I have learned new things and met new people. This is what makes triathlon so exciting; there is always room for improvement and growth, and this triathlon season promises to be as eventful as the previous one. I hope to write more things in the coming days and weeks, and so my to my faithful three readers, stay tuned 
Joms, have you seen Pia’s TVad campaign? Kunwari baguio pero sierra madre. the one we saw while eating hopia at a roadside sari sari store.
Jerome
your 4th reader