7 11 Run 1000

As a celebration for its 1000th store 7 11 will be having its 2nd Cavitex Run this coming January 19, 2014 at Aseana, Paranaque City. Category for the race are 3K, 5K, 10k, 16K and 21K. See you in the one of the awaited run of 7 11 where runners gets a lot of freebies from the different booths in the venue. 

Event:       7 11 Run 1000

Date:        January 19, 2014

Venue:     Aseana Avenue, Paranaque City

I will be running 21k. Race kit include: Singlet, Bib with Timing Chip, stub for Drink, Bag, and Finisher’s Shirt (found on the Race Bib). I receive my race kit this January 7.

7 11 Run 1000 is my 1st run for the year 2014. I've been waiting for this run because of the freebies that i receive last 7 11 run 800. This time 7 11 is celebrating its 1000th store in the Philippines. I registered for 21k category. Gun start of half marathon is 4:30am. I reach the venue around 3:30am, 1 hour early from the gun start. Lots of runners already at the venue doing some picture taking in the different areas and booths. Also, some booths are already giving freebies to runners as early as 4am. When we hear the gunstart, we start running along the Cavitex.

7 11 Run 1000 became a hit to runners because after the run runners will be enjoying the freebies given to runners. Free flowing of drinks like Gatorade, Pocari sweat, Soya milk, Slurpee, Nestea, San Miguel Drink to name a few. Food like ice cream, san marino corned tuna, fitbar, diary milk and etc. Not only food and drinks, there are other freebies given to runners. Runners enjoyed the run as well as the booths prepared by 7 11. The only problem is the long lines before you get your free food or item. Kudo's to 7 11 Run 1000 see you next year for another 7 11 run.

7 11 Run 1000 21k Medal

Congratulation to all the Finishers. Til the next run.

Ilocos 160 and Ilocos 102

Ilocos 160K (Vigan to Pagudpod) - January 25, 2014

Ilocos 102K (Currimao to Pagudpod) - January 25, 2014

This coming January 25, BRC Events organize its Ilocos 160 and Ilocos 102.

160K Ultramarathon from Vigan City, Ilocos Sur to Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte.

102K Ultramarathon from Currimao, Ilocos Norte to Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte

Cutoff:    160K - 36 Hours
              102K - 21 Hours

Gunstart: 160K - 3AM Provincial Capitol, Vigan City, Ilocos, Sur
              102K - 4PM INEC Office, Lang-ayan, Currimao, Ilocos Norte

 

Support Vehicle/Crew: Recommended but not required. There are many 24-hour Convenience Stores along the route.

Water/Food Station: Besides the mobile hydration, there will only be one water/food station - it will be located in Laoag City.

Pacers and Walking Sticks: Pacers and Walking Sticks will only be allowed from Laoag City onwards.

NO CASH PRIZE! NO LOOT BAGS! JUST PURE PAIN AND FUN! 

Color Manila Run 2

Color Manila Run 2

The most colorful fun run of the year. Its great to start the year with wonderful run at Colors Manila Run 2. The event was composed of 3k, 5k and 10k category. Different ages and nationalities join the most epic run of the year as they was splash with powdered color as they run in the road. Thousand of runners participated in this epic run. Runners start their run with white colored shirt and run in the road and must pass by some color booths. Different colors that runners must pass by are pink, blue, yellow, green, orange and violet.

Each color booth has different theme, they have castled themed booth, festival booth, superheroes booth etc. to add up the excitement in the run.  This is one epic run of the year since runners are not contented by the powder that the booth marshal throw, they get some and throw it on their friends, some roll at the road to gain colors, some lay down in the colored road.

Runners lay down on the colored powder

5K U-turn slot

I was assigned as a marshal in the yellow booth, I arrive at the football field around 2am since it was the said calltime and we must wear yellow shirt and must bring a mask (i don't have a mask) but our leader told me that it is ok if i don't have mask, just wear yellow shirt. When we arrive the area, we waiting some time waiting for the signal of the coordinator to bring us to our booth location. Around 4:30am, we arrive at our booth location, our location is at the u turn slot in the 5k category.

Yellow Flag at the yellow booth

 

Only the 5k and 10k category pass our booth, you can see the happiness of the runners while running at the road. You see their shirt with different splash of colors. Even if we are returning to the venue using a truck, runners are willing to be splashed by our yellow powder. Runners want to get their shirt colorful as they could, combining different colors and leaving no trace of white in their respective shirt. Runners don't care about the ranking, all they care about is being dirty with colors with fun and excitement.

Runners after the run assemble in the field, as the host count from 1, 2 and 3 runners throw there colored packet and VIOLA! Cool colored powder painting the air.

Photo from Running Photographers Facebook page; photographer:RJ Knight Runner

It's a nice experience to join and participated in this one of a kind epic run of the year. Kudos Proactive for organizing this run. Til the next Color Run (Night Run at Alabang, this February 2014).

Affinitea Run

December 14, 2013
My Last run for the year

"Affinitea Run for a Cause" is for the benefit of Tahanan ng Pagmamahal Children's Home Inc., organized by Affinitea, one of leading milk tea store in the country. This was held at CCP complex, Pasay City.

This run has 6 category, 3k, 3k barefoot, 5k, 5k barefoot, 10k and 10k barefoot. 

For this Fun Run, I registered for 10k, I do the barefoot way, yup, I run 10k barefoot category. Excited to do barefoot again, at the start of the race, I feel something stuck into my foot. Something aching my sole and I'm trying to feel it and remove it but I can't, I continue the race and finish the run. When I returned home and try to figure out what thing stuck my foot, I saw a fragment of staple wire that stuck into my foot, luckily I was able to remove it to avoid complications. But I say to myself that I will not be a hindrance being a barefoot runner. ^^ Til the next barefoot run ^^

Congratulations to all the Finishers of the run. Also, I would like to congratulate Affinitea for the successful run this year. Til the next run for a cause. 

Meet the winners of Affinitea Run for a Cause