Archive for April, 2011

What: Brooks Run Happy
When: May 22, 2011
Where: Bonifacio Global City
Distances: 3K, 5K, 10K, 15K

Registration Sites: (Registrations start APRIL 19 except for RUNNR which is on-going)

• RUNNR- BHS – Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun- 1:00pm until closing
• TOBY’S- SM Mall of Asia & SM The Block – Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun- 1:00 pm until closing
• A RUNNER’S CIRCLE – Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun- 1pm until closing
• OLYMPIC WORLD- Alabang Town Center

Registration Fee:

• Php 500.00 for 3K and 5K
• Php 600.00 for 10K and 15K
• With Brooks original singlet & finisher’s medal for all categories.

Here’s the little surprise we’ve prepared for The Bull Runner Dream Marathoners Batch 2011: a special way to remember how you chased after your dream…and achieved it.

For those dreaming of doing their first marathon, this is a must watch!

Presenting: CHASING DREAMS: a video of The Bull Runner Dream Marathon at NUVALI, Sta. Rosa Laguna on March 20, 2011.

Special thank you to Jake de Guzman, TBR DM Alumnus, and Peejo Pilar of Tripleshot Media for the video.

It’s been a little quiet here lately, don’t you think? Mainly because, while TBR Dream Marathon is over, we are still working round the clock to prepare your Certificates, Souvenir Program, and perhaps even a Get Together soon.  Cool eh? (Uhm, I’ve been quite busy training too and preparing for a Boracay trip tomorrow thanks to Women’s Health)

Some good friends have been working as well to prepare a special something for TBR Dream Marathoners Batch 2011.  I just saw it now and, oh boy, I got butterflies in my tummy, goosebumps on my arms, and a little teary eyed, too.

To my dearest TBR Dream Marathoners Batch 2011, we cannot wait to show it to you.  Visit this blog tomorrow starting 6:00 AM to check out our little surprise.  We hope you like it!

I’m back from the 3-day Next Step Triathlon Camp in Subic!  I survived!  No jellyfish stings, Mom!

– I couldn’t have asked for a better group to hang out with at tri camp: my teammates at Team Hammer Bic (2nd) and Mike (Right) with Dr. Adel who guided me all through my 2nd bike ride –

Tri camp was a grueling experience: swim, run, brick on the first day and the same thing all over again the following day.  Others participated in a race simulation on the last day.

It was a weekend of many firsts for me:  first time to swim in open water, first time to hit 30k on a bike (twice that weekend!), and first time to bike in Subic. It was one of the most exhausting experiences of my life (I now have an even greater respect for triathletes) but it was also the most fun and exhilarating weekends ever.

I’ll tell you more about it in the next few days.  For now, allow me to rest this overworked body and get my much needed (and may I say, well deserved) massage.

Can you guess where I’ll be over the weekend?  I’ll be at camp.  The Next Step Tri Camp with Dan Brown and Ani de Leon in Subic to be exact! I’ve been fortunate enough to have been invited to join as media partner.

How do I feel about it?  It brings back memories of my first 5km run.  I’m a bit excited but more nervous and anxious.  There a number of questions floating around in this clueless runners’ mind of mine: Do I really need a kickboard, pullbuoy, and paddle because I don’t have any and I’m not willing to spend on them just yet? How will I drink during the bike workout if I can’t let go of the handlebars?  Will I be the most pathetic swimmer in the lot?  And, last but not the least, why the hell did they ask us to bring anti-jellyfish cream?!   Okay, I know the answer to the last one, but please DO NOT tell me!

Anyway, I’ve tried to calm my nerves by 1) talking to my Team Hammer friend Bic, 2) tiring myself out with a 15km run @ 5:45 plus a hard strength training session at the gym today, and 3) a Cake Pop from Starbucks, but to no avail. Looks like I’m just going to have to dig deep and find that same gutsy, trying hard triathlete within me that appears once every year when I find the courage to join Animo Triathlons. Phooey, here we go.  Wish me luck tomorrow!

To learn more about The Next Step Tri Camp, please click HERE.  By next week, I’ll be posting photos (hopefully not embarassing ones) of my experience.