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Globe Run for Home 2010

TBR RACE REVIEW: GLOBE RUN FOR HOME 2010

Organizer: Finishline

Rating:
4Medals

THUMBS UP:

  • New assembly area. First time a race started in Ayala Triangle.
  • Challenging route.
  • Overflowing water and Powerade at stations. Sponges were plentiful!
  • Timing chip.
  • Great set up for post-race booths and events.

BETTER JOB NEXT TIME:

  • Inaccurate kilometer markers
  • Distance was too long for 21k
  • No medal???

The unique race start and course was the best selling point of the Globe Run for Home 2010. Sure enough, I was sold!

With the assembly area at Tower One along Ayala Ave., the race felt like a world-class urban run, much like Singapore’s Standard Chartered Marathon at Esplanade. The run through the city’s narrow roads and Greenbelt’s tunnel was a new experience for runners. Although the course was similar to the usual course for past races, the route took runners from Ayala towards Bonifacio Global City, instead of the other way around. Who knew that running the route from the other end could be so different?!

Congratulations to Globe and Finishline for a good race!

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LOST IN LIMBO LAND

I was goal-less for this race and it was awful. As I stood in the 21k race start with the hubby, I thought about my target pace and time. It was absolutely frightening that my mind was completely blank.  I didn’t know if I was going to run easy or hard, with hubby and Lit or solo, with music or not.  All I knew was that I looked forward to running long again after so much time off.

GOODBYE PR, HELLO FUN

After the first few kilometers, I pretty much knew this was not gonna be a PR run.  I just didn’t have it in me nor did my legs. Still, I didn’t run too easy either.  I had yet to burn the extra pounds from HK, remember?

I had a lot of fun running through this course. Highlights for me were the Greenbelt portion and the longer-than-usual route inside Heritage Park. It was nice bumping into friends throughout the race, especially Bataan Death March finishers, Charlie and Alvin.  While I suffered from legs that hadn’t fully recovered from HK Marathon, these two looked so strong, you wouldn’t think they had just survived a 102km ultramarathon a couple of weeks before.

HAPPY FINISH

I finished with an unofficial time of 2:11 (excluding my bathroom break at Jollibee). My Garmin recorded a distance of 22.3km, which I can’t rely on as I lost GPS signal at the race start and in the Greenbelt area.  It wasn’t the best time, but I thoroughly enjoyed the long run.

Globe
– Near the finish. (Thanks to Vima, Kulit Runner for the photo!) -

LIKE A KID AGAIN

As I waited for hubby, I bumped into highschool classmates Jennie of Bautech and Tintin. As all highschool friends are, we talked about the past.  But, we also touched a bit on the future, specifically our next goal races.  Turns out the two of them are joining SuBIT (Subic Triathlon) on May 1.  Ooooh boy, just the thought gave me goosebumps, but it got me excited about a new goal!  Should I?  Can I?  Hmmm, will I?  I’ll decide by the end of this week!  (Anyone got a bike to loan me?)

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14 Responses to “Globe Run for Home 2010”

  1. Congrats to your joyful run Ms. Jaymie :) Was wondering if it is ok to run half-mary distance a week before our Dream Marathon? :)

    RunningAtom said on Mar 24 10 at 12:18 AM Reply

  2. i saw my idol “the bull runner” at bonifacio high in starbucks this evening, greeted her a good hello and she replied back with a warm smile. i wanted to congratulate her for being part of the TV show but it seems she waiting for somebody, anyways, congrats idol!

    juan marko said on Mar 24 10 at 12:21 AM Reply

  3. SuBIT! Doodis!
    Getting a bike will be a tipping point!(One of the best things that happened to me! Sorry Chin)
    Brick galore next! See you at the starting line. Train smart!

    Paolo Manuel said on Mar 24 10 at 8:20 AM Reply

  4. yes cool, the cons you said are the ones missing and i think also a booth for the finishers , no finisher’s kit whatsoever?
    challenging route is great! hope they will have it much better with what we had paid!

    Mike said on Mar 24 10 at 12:23 PM Reply

  5. hmmm, puede ba mtbike? ;)

    vimz said on Mar 24 10 at 1:01 PM Reply

  6. Nice to have met you, Jaymie. Small world, Janice is your sister. Hope you can guest in one of our events this year. We have the Mommy Power, Love the Healthy Life, Woman Power, and Sa Ugoy ng Duyan. Will also look into a tie-up with your sister’s events. Looks exciting to me! Looking forward to see you in future runs. And yes you’re right, my phone’s GPS registered a 17k for the 15k distance. How accurate is that? Beats me! Good day to you.

    Fides said on Mar 24 10 at 2:50 PM Reply

  7. 4/5 bull medals; We really appreciate these comments from bloggers because it makes future races better.

    Salamat!

    Jay Em said on Mar 24 10 at 2:53 PM Reply

  8. looks like i wasn’t alone last sunday. my legs wasn’t cooperating either. no PR but still happy :)

    ibetlacbay said on Mar 24 10 at 2:54 PM Reply

  9. saw this incident after the finish line arch: the booth on the left after the finish line arch are only giving out bottled powerade and water to 21k runners? WHY? an irate 15k runner was asking why give only to 21k runners tumakbo rin daw siya ng mahaba – sa galit niya (at siguro pagod), he grabbed a bottle from the girl giving out to a 21k runner.

    odie said on Mar 24 10 at 6:13 PM Reply

  10. “New assembly area. First time a race started in Ayala Triangle.”

    Umm, I believe the races (mostly 5K) of Dunkin Donuts way back in the mid-80s started at almost the same spot. But then again I am not sure if the area was already called “Ayala Triangle” back then.

    Lakay said on Mar 25 10 at 11:58 AM Reply

  11. hi…i can lend you my road bike if you’re going for the subic triathlon. Nothing too fancy though…just text me!

    mary715 said on Mar 25 10 at 12:07 PM Reply

  12. I knew it! I thought I was only imagining but I really felt I ran more than 21K! Some runners swear it was 21.5k.

    The absence of medal is forgivable pero sana, may certificate man lang.

    Nora, the golden girl said on Mar 25 10 at 1:19 PM Reply

  13. …The Globe run was great, but they messed up my race kit big time despite registering early. Just received my race kit the day of the event and it was a spare, and the race results only reflected my bib number.

    Haste said on Mar 25 10 at 1:21 PM Reply

  14. I wondered what happened with the bananas!

    Paul "The Pageman" Pajo said on Mar 25 10 at 9:29 PM Reply

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