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@victoria_eja

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I go by V— just one letter. for me, less is more; i’m happiest when in motion.
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Jun- dude I met on a hike years ago and haven’t talked to since—messaged me out of nowhere and asked if I wanted to do doubles with him

@offyougo thought doubles meant lighter weights. It did not!

So here’s what I brought to race day after 2 trainings with my doubles partner

• A few grams of curiosity
• An ounce of training in different gyms
• A pinch of outfit selection drama
• 3 gels, as prescribed by Jian
• A few drops of “it’s all in the head” before Jun starts cramping
• And the salt that held everything together: the belief that I can do hard things

Fun fun fun race!somewhere between the runs, the sleds, and the freakin wall balls, in a world where you’re expected to be proficient at our craft know what you’re doing, and have everything figured out, being a beginner is still pretty fun.

You get to be bad at things
You get to be surprised by what your body can do
You get to find out you’re capable of more than you thought!

got to be reminded that growth happens when you’re willing to be uncomfortable. Sometimes that means running 8 kilometers between workout stations, saying yes to a random message and ending up in Incheon carrying men’s weights with your partner whos practically a generation apart from you 🤪

Maybe that’s why we’re called the human race, not because we’re racing after titles, money, or material things.

Maybe it’s because we just really like running around. And of course, do hard things

PS: forever grateful to prince and bea for having a race of their own, trying to find the best spot to take videos of us and scream!!! by @victoria_eja

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4 months ago

one mental mile 💀

@tempohybrid organized the burpee mile, the goal: raise funds and awareness for Mental Health in partnership with @mindyoumhs

hats of for @princejheramy for being game! we are MILES away from manila, but we burpeed our way into supporting the cause (and regretting midway)

Sometimes you don’t need a crew — just discipline, courage, and a reason to start.

Anyway… if anyone needs me, I’ll be horizontal with the floor till further notice.

#hybridtraining #burpees #traintempo by @victoria_eja

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7 months ago

It’s September, meaning it’s Season! 🎄

Ok no not holiday season. Training season!!! 💪🏋️‍♂️👟🤸‍♀️🥊 You thought I was just existing? (Partly yes because half of the time I was contemplating life as im nearing quarter life)

I am grateful for the strength my body gives, her ability to want to listen to move despite the music being jazz is unmatched. So this is me in my non competitive race in Malaysia after not consistently training for 6 months. Did I feel like im not on profecient? Yes! Did I have relatively longer race time? Yes! But did i enjoy the race? Aaaah yes is an understatement! i never imagined i’ll be able to experience all races, to be running the super and sweeping the sprint course at the same day while flying the small bird!

I love time on the race. The time to think, to be so much more aware of what have been doing the whole training season and observing your body.

But most of the time, I don’t think during obstacle races, I just do

Time to enjoy but also time to get my shit together, you know? We made many great stops for training and lazying along the way, but September is now here, and with it I am feeling a big energy to step it up, dive right in, and carry out some of big hopes! For me they are creative, and so I am reminded of a great short but sweet conversation I had with a friend of mine who’s in the PMA a couple years ago, where I left encouraged with the words, “Don’t think, just DO.”

Find joy in your pursuits, but don’t let competitiveness steal the fun. And while this “don’t think, just do” mantra works for races, it’s not necessarily how I live my life.

But at the end of the day, or season, even with just having oddly phrased life quotes as a pushing force — we need not to to be nowhere near perfect
 I have a lot of things in the works, so in the coming weeks I welcome freedom and ease. (And grind lol just kidding)

What do you want your next season to feel like? by @victoria_eja

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2 years ago

Learned how to use my wings, 17th of May! 🥳🛬 by @victoria_eja

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2 years ago

Ever year, i always have a “at this age i tick this off my list” trying to do things i love.

I got this from a friend who planted 160 mangrove trees on their 16th birthday. Crazy years, had a tree planting on my 20th, donated 21 inch of my hair on my 21st, did a 21k spartan race on my 22nd and i kept wondering, how do i welcome my 23rd wisely? What can i do to make a little difference? What’s a good 23-year-thing-to-do? Dedicate my year to Lebron?

And i guess, this year it was for me live far from home, not a bus or a drive away, and, to learn how to use my wings! What a gift of having my first solo two days before i say HI WORLD 23 years ago. It’s a big surprise how you age but you don’t feel your age (not that im old i am YOUNG YOUNG). You don’t get old doing the things you love, you get old because you stop doing the things you love.

Just weeks ago, i got asked why im afraid to die. I responded with “i got a life to live”. And i will live the most out of it!!! 💙

Cake’s a little extra special cause its from my sisters @victoria_antonette and @ia.angeles who lives thousand miles away, in different timezones but still thinks of me, despite being busy with their own growth and success. a part of who i am is because of you ♥️

#i love the cake but, i just ate a slice today 😆 i am too small for the whole bunch

🫧 by @victoria_eja

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2 years ago

FOMO with last weekend’s montclair race so here’s the Montclair shots!

if you know me on a personal level know how sweaty my hands can get so wetting my gloves on my competitive AG was my BIGGEST obstacle, how am i supposed to do the hanging obs without the 3Ms?

realizing i dont have my gears to help me anymore, i took up a lot of time trying to figure out what to do. Stuck, bamboozled, lost, name it-

But, she trained so she came out top 5 of her AG

I was instantly happy after seeing how training improved me. 6 months ago and i couldnt remember how it felt anymore, how i wish i could revamp the feeling by training again. Yet life is really crazy. the what we plan doesnt always happen the way we want them to. Now, im training for something else far more important than my PB and PRs, requiring me to he stronger in all aspects.

there are things beyond my control, and the universe puts you in places and situations that will test your grit

Keep showing up! by @victoria_eja

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2 years ago

Experienced riding the waves on my first Surf break last November. I even had it marked on my skin, the phrase “ride the waves” seem to mean a lot than just surfing and walking on water. To me it meant more of enjoying where im at, taking my time to savour every moment and living the memory as i am walking a period of finding out who i would be outside of the walls, taking my break

And as amazing as the waves were the sunsets. Elyu amazingly gave taste of sunset. Saw one of prettiest sunset (with me so its gotten prettier) got to explore more than what we aimed to! We were just here to surf but i got more than the sun swarmed skin tone and the high jumps from the hot sand, and im the darkest I’ve ever been! (Except when i was 8 and loved playing by the mountains of gravel stacked in front of my parents hardware)loved that our friends quio and annika brought us to their home for water-walking ☀️

Meanwhile i love how the girl watched the whole sunset in quietness and solemnity 💛

The tans i have now are from running, weirdly enough, tans from beaches are a different type of tans by @victoria_eja

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3 years ago

I dread peak season and beach filled with people so as much as i can, i avoid travelling on seasons with long weekends or during the height of summer where everyone just wants to get crusty toes and sun-burnt skins

I was lucky enough to get invited by friends who are wave riders by heart that they are like locals visiting back home (less poetic: surfers) so for the first time in my life, i went to la union — they call it elyu in which i found out that Tuesdays are typically their Sundays.

To think that elyu is just a few hours from manila and most of the people i met have been here, it didnt really cross my mind to go visit cause along with dreading peak season trips, are land trips further than Batangas where i dive. I just came off a Laoag and Vigan trip a week before, imaging the pain of sitting in a bus for 8 long hours. I havent even fully recovered yet but elyu trip has been set even before the far north trip, and i was excited ti go! climbed up to Baguio after 5 days to stay for another two. Imagine the terror of my ass doing all these land trips

This was day three and i promised to take pictures as i have none from the first two days. I was having so much fun riding the waves that after the long sun burning day was a picture from the past night in my camera roll. Not a single picture from that day was taken. That went around for two days until i said: were gonna take pictures before we dip, so heres me post breakfast off to the sea

For the love of exploring as we won’t always have the luxury of time and energy to do so. Rediscovering who i am outside the walls of my field— i feel more home by @victoria_eja

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3 years ago

Post vacation, i always get “umitim ka” to which i respond “it’s a happy adventure skin tone” as long as i have zero to less sunburns, i am lucky to be enjoying the sun and the sand (plus a bit of rain)

What are you on to now? For me i get asked the same questions. But i’d like to take the few months of this year gradually and mindfully, going easy as i get back into groove

Always, find what feels good by @victoria_eja

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3 years ago

No you wont get a quote from me, im out of words 🤪

Maybe the reason why i end up not posting milestones is because i cant seemingly find the right words that will match my feelings when a snap is taken. — but most probably im just not the type

But heres my 4 years update summed up is a 5-second walk on stage!

Talk about toping the september off!

with love and light ❤️ by @victoria_eja

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3 years ago

Probably the muddiest and dirtiest photos of me ever taken after 5 years old 🤪

Only running for fun but who wouldve thought id go 10th on my Age group with my own running pace! I would say the OCR Community is one of the best community i met ever since being loving the outdoor activities!

Id say the muddier, the better! We’re ready for our trifecta this nov 🥳 by @victoria_eja

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3 years ago

Finally got the time to share these pictures after a week, thanks to my small big sister for taking them as i have 0 decent picture after this moment going up and down Marriott

Supposedly a night with frendies but i was barely on my table, i didnt even ate well, and had an hour sleep before the day. I feel like this event was one of the last service im gonna do as my term as vp is nearning, went by so fast! I wouldnt lie there are days i wanted time to fly fast just so i can rest from back to back activities but a month left in our term feels like i wanna slow down, i want another project and i want to stay with my officers longer

And while its so easy to find the regrets and inconsistencies the past four years (+ the pandemic uh), theres still this point where we should zoom in and see that we have and gained everything we need, done everything we can and will carry them with wherever new journeys and pathways lifes gonna take us, big big warm hugs and thanks to those who were with me with the 4 years of highs and lows! Amazing amazing

my sister might have been away 2 years of my college— and now shes leaving again, it has been an amazing ride and though we barely managed to catch up with me being away from home and her being ALSO away from home, i always know that shes gonna be with me even thousands of miles away and when we see each other, its just picking up where we left of :) by @victoria_eja

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3 years ago