It is so fortunate that I am located in Davao where the city is modern enough to be recognized as a metropolitan area while still keeping a few rural areas (or should I say rurban?) at the outskirts of its jurisdiction. Nevertheless, the life in the city is just like any bustling metropolitan: fast. People are on the go at all times, beating the rush hour traffic, awake until the wee hours of the morning, and always doing things in a hurried pace. Leisure and exercise are generally spent in malls, parks, and gyms.Recently I took interest in combining both cardiovascular workout and leisure of getting to observe the city from a slower (than automobile) pace. This fusion two activities maximizes time and energy, and you get to appreciate the city at a much better vantage point. You may even bring along your digicam and take photos or videos of places you visited.
This would go definitely well with the weight loss challenge sponsored by Herbalife. I get to lose weight (lost four kilos in the first week! no kidding!) and I get to see a lot of places I have never seen from up close before. Since urban trekking involves relatively fast paced walking for that cardio effect and is not limited to highways, I can pass through subdivisions and smaller roads that are shortcuts through main thoroughfares.
Thanks to Googlemaps, I am able to plot different routes going to and back, making it more convenient and knowing how far and where I am trekking.
More updates on urban trekking tonight...as for now, I will be doing my usual Juna Subdivision to Guadalupe Subdivision trek. See y'all this evening! :D
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