Run Rio Leg 2 Registration

Registration details are finally here, and its opening soon! April 15 2010

DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM HERE

First it was Papa Piolo, then it was Papa Derek - now guys dont have to complain anymore that girls are the only ones who gets their share of eye candy, coz the celebrity partner for runrio leg 2 is Donna Cruz. (Shadam dadam..) Yes, and i wouldn't have guessed it! I thought it was going to be Maricar Reyes or Iza Calzado hehehe

EVENT DETAILS

• Event: NATURE VALLEY RUN 2010 (RUNRIO TRILOGY LEG 2)
• Race Day: May 30, 2010
• Race Venue: 28th Street (beside NBC Tent), Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
• Distance Categories: 3K, 5K, 10K, 21K

REGISTRATION VENUES

Early Registration Period: April 15 to May 12, 2010

• SM TIMEX Shops – North EDSA, South Mall, San Lazaro, Glorietta
• Watch Republic – Robinson’s Galleria
• R.O.X. – Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig

Late Registration: May 13 to May 20, 2010

• R.O.X. – Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig ONLY

Online Registration: April 15 to May 12, 2010

• www.runrio.com

REGISTRATION FEES

Race Category	Registration Fee	Race Features
3K	Php400	Race No., Singlet, Timing Chip, Nature Valley loot bag, Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bar, PhotoVendo, Race Analysis
5K	Php600	Race No., Singlet, Timing Chip, Nature Valley loot bag, Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bar, PhotoVendo, Race Analysis
10K	Php600	Race No., Singlet, Timing Chip, Nature Valley loot bag, Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bar, PhotoVendo, Race Analysis
21K	Php750	Race No., Singlet, Timing Chip, Nature Valley loot bag, Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bar, PhotoVendo, Race Analysis, Finisher’s Medal, Finisher’s Shirt

ASSEMBLY AND GUN START TIMES

Race Category	Assembly Time	Gun Start
3K	5:30am	5:50am
5K	5:20am	5:40am
10K	5:00am	5:25am
21K	4:45am	5:10am

IMPORTANT REMINDERS

• Registration may end earlier than announced deadline. (Registration kits may run out before May 20.)
• Singlets will be given to the first 7000 registrants. There will be no guaranteed size of singlets for late registrants
• Disposable timing chips will be used by all participants during the race.
• Medals and RunRio shirts will be given to all 21km finishers.
• Nature Valley loot bags and bars will be given upon finishing the race.
• For questions, contact the secretariat at (02) 703 1736.
• For further details, visit www.naturevalleyrun2010.com

Takbo.ph Run - Registration

If there's any upcoming race im really excited about - this one would definitely top the charts.

The reason: customized singlets

click on the image for more info or visit takbo.ph

and for that reason i did a mad rush to the New Balance outlet in Glorietta to register Pao and myself. :) We will both be running 5km.

Registration is still open for both 10km and 5km but only 3 thousand slots are available for the entire race. Im not sure how many are still available to date because there were already 200+ who registered on the first day (march 29th) in glorietta alone. So if you're interested in running HURRY and register. :)

Register at the following New Balance and Planet Sports Outlets
- Planet Sports Trinoma
- New Balance Shangrila
- New Balance Festival Mall
- New Balance Glorietta

Registration fee is 450 Php. This includes the customized singlet and race bib, race kit, accident insurance and delivery charges. Plus the sponsors will be providing freebies to the participants.
- Powerade and Viva Water
- 20% discount coupon for New Balance Shoes and Apparels
- Nature Valley products

So hurry up! Register and i hope to see you there :)

The Green Miles Run

March 21 - just few days after my birthday was the date for the green miles run.

I was particularly excited about this run for a number of reason.

1. Its being organized by my co-alumni USTHS batch 88
2. It served as my birthday treat to my running mates as we'll be having breakfast after the race 3. Piolo Pascual is going to be there
4. Its my first time to run round mall of asia
5. Id like to run in my new shoes
6. Its my first 5k race

and for this number of reason i advertised and advertised this race, until finally it came.

Gun start for the 5km and i ran my heart out, i was targeting a sub-40 time for the records but i was thinking i could finish it sub-35. Well i did, i finished the 5km @ 31:58, the only problem is the race didn't stop at 5k. It went on for yet another km and another and another until we finally reached a distance close to 8.6km. Needless to say, I got lost. Myself, along with the many others that was ahead and behind of me ran a total distance of not less than 8km for the 5km run.

Regardless of that, i considered it to be a good run, the air was cool and the race wasnt as congested as the previous races. I was fortunate to bring along my sunglasses and visor coz the sun was already up when i reached the finish line. I finished at around 50 mins for the 8.6km. As i was already sprinting in between the 4-5km, i was already very tired in the succeeding ones.

After the race we went out to eat breakfast. All was good.

Few days later, we were waiting for the result of the race but none of them seems to be posted online. I believe it took a good week for the race results to be released, aside from being inaccurate due to the fact that many were lost, there were also a lot of missing names from the list - myself included. My number cannot be found even when i did surrendered my tag at the finish line. Majority of the runners were also tagged as "unknown finisher" which was a bit disappointing.

here are some pictures after the race:













and heres my review for the race:

PROS:
- very nice route
- water station ever 2km
- non crowded race

CONS:
- no timing chip
- no photovendo and runpix
- very few marshals
- race results were late
- few signs and directions
- not all runners are accounted
- few giveaways
- no food after the race


my rating: 3 paws - it could really use some improvement

Nike LunaRacer+ 2

yey! another item review! :)

Because I like to spoil myself, you will often see gadget or item reviews in my blog. This time I'm going to review the new racing flats released by Nike - the lunarlite racer 2.

Ok so let's start!


I've been running for some months now, and i have been training with my trusty but heavy Nike Airmax 90 Trainers all this time. So far, the longest distance I've ran in those shoes is 5km. I am very happy with that cross trainer shoes that even when my feet hurts i still refuse to buy new ones. However while reading 'round the Internet, i stumbled upon an article that says i have greater risks of having injuries running on wrong shoes. So after a morning run at veteran's i head to the store to buy new ones.

I was suppose to buy a new balance shoes because the Unilab run offered 30% discount to all new balance items. That would mean that i could buy one for around 3k -ish, and save some for socks and other stuff i would have to buy. However by some stroke of fate, i entered the Nike store first.

What happened between lunarlite racer 2 and myself is simply magical. If there's such a thing as love at first run, then that's exactly how i would describe my racer 2 experience. The first glance at this shoe and i already knew that i wanted it. It featured the shocking pink color in the net but what i saw in the store styles the livestrong color of yellow and black. It was perfect. I fitted it and it was perfect. I was jumping around the store.. running around the store and it was perfect. I was grinning like a kid on Christmas morning. I wanted it. I just found my perfect shoes.



The following morning I took the shoes for a test run. It was very light and cool on my feet. I think its one of the lightest shoe on the market right now. I ran 3km.. my feet are still fine. 5km passed... my feet are barely aching. Now on 7km.. i dont feel tired at all. 10km.. ok i should stop now, before i hurt myself from the sudden increase in milleage. The cool thing is i actually didn't feel tired at all, my feet was cool and my heels felt no pain from the run - to think that was my first 10km run. hehehe They're weren't kidding when they said that this shoes would make you feel like you could run forever. :)

The surprising thing in this story is not the fact that i was able to finish the distance, but how fast i was able to finish it. This is the data from micoach:



being the "Snail Runner" that i am, it was quite a surprise that i was able to finish at 1:11:45 on my first 10k run. I was AMAZED!

Here's what i could say about it:

Stability - same as the previous lunarlite models, lunaracer2 featured the same high-tech foam that Nike is so proud of. I found the lunaracer 2 to be very stable and comfortable on the heel with a 5k-10k run.
Cushion - This shoes also provides great cushion and though i've only tested it on a 10k run i feel like it would also do well on high millage runs.
Comfort - because of its soft interior, my feet didn't feel like it was trapped in a crowded MRT on rush hour. It was able to breathe quite well which i think allowed my feet to not get tired as quickly.
Weight: women's 157 g/5.6 oz, men's 187 g/6.5 oz
Price: P5600

I'm sure you've guess by now what my rating is.

Its 5 Paws for this shoes. Im truly inlove with it :)

The Race to be Fit

My first race is the Century Tuna Superbods Run.

I finished the four weeks of my C25k program which would then say that i am now capable of running for 5 mins in a slow controlled pace. I thought it would be enough, i would run for 5 min walk 3 mins (or til i catch my breath again).

So there i was, in the middle of the two thousand -ish or so 3km runner's, anxiously waiting for the gunstart. Alas! we heard the signal that the race had begun and I dashed away. I was sprinting like mad to keep up with my friend's pace that i could already hear my heart pounding through my throat. It was beating so loud and so fast that before i even reached the 1km mark, i already felt like I was going to faint.

"So much for my training", i said to myself, as i chugged down half of the contents of my water bottle. My head was pounding, and the veins in my forehead felt like overstretched rubber tubes ready to explode any minute - and this was only the 1km mark.

I walked for the next 300m or so before i started running again. I was holding my bottle on the left and my towel on the right and my arms are already getting numb from all these. I ran slow.. very slow this time. til i reached the 2km mark. After reaching that, I walked again.

I was very tired at this point, and I kept asking myself why i even bothered to join. My calf was cramping and i could feel it rising up to my thighs. Suddenly i heard the marshal yelling "1KM nalang!!! PUSH!! 1KM NALANG!" and in that moment i started running again. Halfway into the curve, I walked. Everyone was passing me at this point but heck, who cares? I'm near finishing this race. I WILL FINISH THIS RACE. My eyeballs ready to pop out of its socket, i got a glimpse of the finish line... and i sprinted away.

I finished. yey! and though it was only a 3km run (a run that most people would call "dog walker's category") I was very proud of myself and i considered it a great accomplishment. :)

Official Time: 00:26:13
Chip Time: 00:25:39


My Photovendo Shot (while feeling that my eyeballs are about to drop hehe)



My Race Mistakes

- i sprinted way too soon instead of keeping the slow pace as i practiced
- i was carrying way too much
- i didn't stretch enough before running
- i wasn't breathing enough
- i kept telling myself its hard
- i was clutching my hand too tight

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RACE REVIEW
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PROS:
- There were food after the race
a hefty amount of food and drinks was provided to all runners finishing the race
- The high-tech chip timer allowed fast release of the race results
- The finishing arch allowed runners to see their official time right then and there
- There were so many giveaways
- A lot of activities after the race
- friendly marshals
- water stations are strategically placed
- photovendo and runpix

CONS:
- There were so many people that it takes a while to reach the starting line
- It takes soo long to get the freebies due to the very long line

All in all i give this race 5 paws - It was really really good. :)