Dream Run #2 – La Carlota City 22K

Quennie and I went home to Bacolod last week to finalize some arrangements for the wedding.  One thing I was excited about was a runabout. At first, I was planning to do a 42K from Pontevedra to Bacolod City.  But while we were travelling from the city to my hometown, I found the route a bit boring.  So I decided to run a 22K from Pontevedra to La Carlota and back to Pontevedra.

Partial Map of Negros

My route was to run from Pontevedra to San Enrique.  From there I’d go straight to La Carlota City.  I returned to Pontevedra using a different route bypassing San Enrique.

I’ll let the pictures do the talking.  The 22K run took me close to 4 hours to complete.  That’s because I would stop often to take pictures and did some sightseeing around La Carlota for an hour.  See the complete list of pictures here.
Runabout – La Carlota City

Early Start. Streets lights were off. The sun still behind Mt Kanloan.

Views: Rice Fields

Views: Sugarcane Plantation

Views: Bahay Kubo in the middle of the field

Views: Very calm roads. Few cars. Mostly slow moving vehicles. Great for running.

City Scene: The Iron Dinosaur. Trains used in the early 90s for sugarcanes.

City Scene: La Carlota City Plaza and City Hall

City Scene: La Carlota Church. Built in 1876.

Mango Plantation owned by the Cojuangcos.

Banana Plantation owned by the Cojuangcos.

Pili Nut Plantation owned by the Cojuangcos.

Beatiful array of acacia trees. Must be spooky at night.

No taho along the way but found sorbetes to cool me down with 5 kms more to go.

Pit Stop. Mama's idea of a complete meal after the run. There's fish sinugba, beef nilaga, chicken inasal and a bowl of rice. Of course there's the two banana. Not in picture are two leche flans. No wonder that despite the long run, I gained 2 kilos when I got back to Manila.