Rock and Rain

 

Rock and Run is a running event and rock concert combined. It really sounds cool, so I invited my friends to join the event. I registered in Toby's Trinoma last June 13, 2010. The cashier told me that they do not have the race kit and It can be claim on June 16, 3 days before the event.


Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:00 PM.  I went to Runnr's Booth  in BHS just to claim our race kit. It took me 3 hours standing in the long line of angry race kit claimants. I am very fortunate that day because I  brought my umbrella. It was a very hot afternoon and many of us was suffering the heat of sun.



The distribution of race kit was a disaster. Many registered runners are missing in their list. I wonder why it happened. We already submitted the registration form
3 days before and yet our names are not listed. Well, they resolved that problem by getting the names of the unlisted runner again and ask for their receipts as a proof.  of course it waste a lot of time.
After I receive the race kit, I immediately look at the singlet. The design was great and it fits me well.

Saturday, June 19,2010  The race day.

My friend Ryzzla texted me  that we will meet up in podium at 3:30 PM.  She was very excited because it was her first official timed run. Eden was the first one to arrive in the meeting place. I ask her to
have some coffee while waiting for the JP and Ryzzla. Bonding time : )

We arrived at BHS around 5PM.  We saw a lot of runners already warming up. After we park the car in Serendra. The rains starts to fall. shocks!!!!!!!!!!!

That moment, one crazy idea came into my mind. What if I do the John Lloyd sun dance?









We cant help but to wait for the rain to stop. 30 minutes passes by and still the rain was going stronger.
Ryzzla decided  not to run anymore because she might got sick. When Eden told me she wanted to run,
I immediately remove my 5k race bib and  borrow Ryzzla's race bib. I ran 3k with Eden.

                                                              Ryzzla, Myself, and Eden

It was Eden's first official run and also my first run in 3k Category. It feels great to ran in the rain, a new experience for me. I had to run with Eden's pace. I told her that we can walk if she was already tired.
So we walk for 2 minutes  and run for 2 minutes. She had a hard time in running because she was wearing contact lenses and the wind direction was against us.

Along the way, we stop at the water station to have a drink. We grab a glass of red bull energy drink that i think contains approx. 2 bottles.

I feel a little bit warmer and jittery after a few minutes of drinking red bull. I already know the hyper feeling of Jim Carry in the movie YESMAN.


After crossing the finish line, the rain just stop. We just took some pictures and decided to get the giveaways.

Rock and Run event is big mess. A very disorganized event. The concert was canceled and the security of the runners were compromised.

On the brighter side, It was a fun experience running in the rain.
That night, I don't care about PR anymore, I don't care if the rain doesn't stop. I just  enjoy the moment.

I saw Running Atom in the claiming area, searching for our runner friends wearing a flashlight in his head.

Lagnat Laki

Day after our company outing in Club Balai Isabel, I got sick.I feel weak that morning that is why i decided to take a sick leave for that day. I was thinking that having a break will make feel better.

The next day, I find myself lying in my bed and chilling. I have a fever on my birthday. Because of my unstable body temperature (My fevers goes up and down), I cant help but to celebrate my birthday in Fatima  Hospital.

They gave me some medicine in the ER and get a blood sample (Ouch!!) from me for laboratory Testing. The diagnostics of the doctor is that i have an acute tonsillitis and my CVC is 13 which means I have a high infection. Doc recommend me to take a strong antibiotic (625 MG) 3x a day for 7 days.  I also went home afternoon that day.


Because my mom and I have the same birthday, my siblings visited us in the house. Ate Mona brought a bucket of KFC chicken and kuya brought a black forrest cake. As usual, my mom cooked Spaghetti and Caldereta.

Its was funny and annoying that I was not able to eat those foods on my birthday. I cannot swallow solid foods. I cant help but to eat lucky me supreme during my birthday. I remember what my father called that scenario "Lagnat Laki".

Despite of my sickness, I had fun reading birthday greetings of my friends and relatives. Thanks to Snaptu! I was able to check my facebook and twitter account in my phone. By the way, my
desktop and my digital camera also malfunctioned that day...
wuaaaahhhhh......


Thursday, April 23, 2009. I was supposed to get back to the office because I feel better that day. But my mom told me to process all the documents of my acquired property. My sister accompany me in Valenzuela Municipal Office.

Afternoon that day, when we are busy chatting in our house, we noticed that our neighbors were shouting in the street calling my sister "Mona, may sunod sa may lugar ninyo!".

We ran as fast as we can to their house and gather all important things like documents and other valuable things. I immediately shutoff the master switch and take out the LPG.

When the fire goes near to my sister's house, I went up to the roof and I open the water tank. There are a few neighbors who helped me, I look like jack ( a macho version) who fetch a pale of water so that we can stop the fire from spreading.


I accidentally stepped in plastic yero and it crash down. I did not noticed my wounds yet that time. After an an hour, The fire was done. The fireman saw my chicken legs and immediately called the pretty nurse. That was the time i noticed that my legs was WAKWAK.

Saturday that week, the running addicts (Myself, Runnning atom, progrunner, and minnierunner) were scheduled to run for Greenfield sunset run.

I had a great day that day. though i was not able to run. I just walk 8K and take pictures to the field. The sunset was very dramatic and the route was great. My adination family were there and we enjoyed the photo ops in the bus.



Lesson learned:

1. I got my tonsillitis due to excessive shouting during the

cheering contest in our company outing.

2. If only  I choose to  join  Running Atom and MinnieRunner in Natgeo  Run, I will never got sick.. hahahaha they told me that a lot of times.


3. I learned to process property documents. I am already paid!
yipeee!!! just waiting for my land title.

4. Many of my friends and relatives never forgot my birthday.

5. Celebrating my birthday in ER is a good experience.. a cool
change! :)

6. Eating together with your family will make make enjoy your

food even if it is lucky me supreme.

7. Lucky me supreme in every meal for 4 days will make you loose

 4 lbs. (Believe me it sucks! but effective :)


8. All material things are temporary. It will vanished in just a few moment. Life is more important than things. We can  replace properties and things but we cannot replace lives. During  that fire incident stay calm and have a presence of mind. Do not forget your cellphone so that you can get the contact number in case there was a cute nurse.

9. In spite of all the misfortune, if you choose to be happy.

you will be happy! Be grateful of everything you have and God will bless you more. :)

My accidental First 15K Run (Globe Run for Home 2010)

I already blogged on how am I able to get a free registration of Globe run in my first post . Three days after I submitted my registration form. Nikki of Sybase texted me saying that Ernie and I were already registered. I am very excited that time and I replied to her immediately. She texted me again saying there was a slight problem, there were no available slots for 5K and 10K anymore that's why they registered us in 15K  category. I feel a mixed emotion, I am shocked but i feel a little bit of excitement.


Early morning of the race day, Running Atom and I met in GMA Kamuning Ministop at around 4:30 am.
We are expecting that the 15K category will start at 5:10am. but, it didn't start that early. It started at 5:30am.
It was blessing in disguise, We have enough time to check in our bags in the baggage counter and do our warm-up and stretching.

For my first 3 kilometers, I started slow. I was running for about 9Min./KM. a very comfortable face for me.
After passing the 5K marker, I feel a little bit disappointed because I saw a lot of 10K runners passing me.

But then, I still ran with my comfortable pace, reserving my energy for the second half of the race.
There are a lot of water stations during the race that's why hydration was never been a problem that time.
 
Sponge is also available and it gives me a very good refreshment.  I saw my friend Ernie walking near Libingan ng mga Bayani. After the U-turn, I saw a few 15k runners walking. By that time, I feel like
I have enough energy to finish the race at my target time(2hrs).

I ran a little bit faster during the second half and after passing the 10k marker. I cant believe of what i have said. "Sa wakas! 5K Nalang!".  I looked at my watch and the time was 1 hr 23 min.I got my average 10K time.

It was 7:30am and its getting hotter. I was running along buendia flyover that time when I set my playlist to
Don Moen's Album.  I sung in my mind the word of praise while running.  I try to focus in listening to
the music to ignore the pain in my legs.

The last kilometer was very crucial. I unleashed all my energy that time. When I saw the Finnish line, I forced my legs to sprint up to the end.  I finished the 15K race at 2:00:42.

A very exhausting 15K race yet a very self fulfilling experience.

AMA-Katropa Reunion

After 7 years, Katropa were reunited again. I met this guys when I transfer in AMACU Caloocan campus.We reminisced our gimmicks, lunch out in mama leng's karinderya, and a lot of misadventures. The reunion was held at  Padis point Skygarden.

Levi,Geremy, and Jeffrey already have their own family.

They were the living proof that the "Curse of impotency"  in our brotherhood is a myth.

I remember during college days, Almost all of us had lost our cellphones. Mike Prieto says that 

it is a jinx in the group and whoever breaks that curse will be impotent.

 

Many of us were still single and enjoying bachelor life. Thank God we are so blessed and most of us 

were doing good in our career.  This summer, we are planning to have a get together outing in Pansol Laguna.

I'm so excited guys. For sure it will fun.

My Unilab "Bandit" Run

Yesterday, I woke up around 3:00 AM in the morning and went to our meeting place(GMA Kamuning Mini stop) at 4:30 am.

We are at the race venue at 5:00 AM and still have 30 minutes to warm up.
As usual, I ran as a Bandit runner. I have a lot of time to register in Unilab running
event but because I find it to expensive to register in every race event, I decided to
just bandit ran. Running became more expensive nowadays. It will cost you more or less P4,000 in a month if you will join races every week.

When the organizers were calling for the 10k runners to go in the starting line, I immediately follow Captainrunner and Minnierunner to hide in their back.You already know why. I already do bandit running for several times. You know, It takes a lot of practice and guts to master the art of bandit running.


I also met the friend of Pedo(Running Atom) named Kassy (Runaholic) and her boyfriend.


At the start of the race, I ran easy pace with the Running Couple. But suddenly, after passing 2K, we saw Senator Pia and Doc Aga running and they chased the senator to take some pictures with her.

We split up that time because my shin splint attacks again.
I started to walk until i have reached 4K. I was not able to reach the turn around point because I saw them already in the middle of 5K. so I decided to run with them again thinking that I am not required to complete the whole race. That is one of the disadvantage of bandit running. I had approximately 8K long run yesterday.A good preparation for my Globe Run For Home on March 21,2010.




The Unilab Run event is far more organized than previous races like century superbods run. There are race markers every kilometers. There were enough drinking stations and race marshals.

Coach Rio was right. The said race is worth the registrations fee of the participants. The redemption of bags in baggage counter was very organized as well as the distribution of the loot bags. I promise to register in the Unilab Run next year.

Everyday is a new day

Last night, I was very disappointed because our team entry in Stradcom's Biggest Looser Contest were dissolved. My friend Cris who also one of the contestants asked me to join their team. But because of uncertain rules set by the organizers I decided not to join the contest anymore.

Early morning,while we are having a meeting with Sybase Solutions, Nicolo Hallare asked me if I will join Globe Run for home race. Sir Ernie and I wanted to join that race but the registration fee is too expensive. There were discounted rates if you will register by group of 7 members. Nick said that they will register today and they already have 5 members that will run for 5K category. So Ernie and I decided to join 5k instead of 10k.


After the meeting, we immediately fill up forms and give it to nick. He get the form
and said "Padala ko nalang dito sa stradcom yung race kit nyo". Then they left.
We forgot to give our registration fees. So now we were wondering if nicolo will pay for our registration fee. If that happens. today is my lucky day.

Hopefully, I will run on Globe Run for free.