Settle the Score
New Balance Power Run on Nov. 7
Just got final confirmation from Bing Buenaventura that New Balance Power Run will be in Clark, Pampanga.
NEW BALANCE POWER RUN
Date: Sunday, November 7, 2010
Venue: Clark, Pampanga
Distances: 5k/ 10k/ 15k/ 25k
Race organizer: Extribe
Allow me to shed a few tears on this one. On November 7, I’ll be in New York for my ultimate dream race, but I’ll still feel awful about missing New Balance Power Run.
– New Balance Power Run 25km in Clark November 2008 with friends Mark and Renz of Happy Feet –
The NB Power Run two years ago, held in Clark as well, will be one of my most memorable race experiences. It was a well-organized race colored by wonderful friends along the route. Read all about it HERE.
For now, that’s the only info provided. I’ll release more info as they come. Highly recommend you join this race.
Mommy Milkshake Marathon Year 4 on 8 August 2010
I’m a runner. I’m a hands on mommy who breastfed both kids. Here’s an event that I can completely relate to and fully support: Mommy Milkshake Marathon, a fun run celebrating the joys of motherhood and breastfeeding.
My sister, Janice, an advocate of breastfeeding and co-owner of Mommy Matters Nursingwear, organizes this annual event. It’s not your typical competitive race. In fact, it’s the opposite. It starts later than usual. A quarter of the participants have bulging bellies, not due to obesity, but due to pregnancy. And, there are games, chatting, and a whole lot of laughter going on before, during, and after the race.
Our entire family is signing up. I hope you can too!
DATE: August 8, 2010ASSEMBLY AREA: Behind NBC TENT (26th Street)ASSEMBLY TIME: 5:45 amRACE START: 7:00 amWEBSITE: mommymundo.com/events/milkshakeFOR INQUIRIES: Call 408.8070/ 0908.8657246
REGISTRATION DETAILS:
- REG FEE: Adults – Php200, Php 100 – kids 3-15 years old, FREE – kids below 3
- RACE KIT PICK UP: Pick up starting JULY 30, 2010
- OPTION 1 (July 30- August 7): Pick up at the Creative Juice office located at 2/L Fun Ranch Frontera Verde, Ortigas, Pasig City. Office hours is 9am-5pm.
- OPTION 2 (July 30 to August 6 only): Pick up at Big & Small Co Bonifacio HIgh Street. From 4pm- 10pm.
- For more information, you may call 408.8070
MORE INFO:
- ATTIRE: Come in your Mommy Milkshake race shirt. Apply sunblock. Bring your shades/visors, caps. If you are running with your baby or very young children, you may opt to bring an umbrella in case of rain and extreme heat.
- AWARDS: Mommy Milkshake is not a race. Time-based winners are not recognized but special awards will be given for the following: Most pregnant runner, Breastfeeding runner, Pink family, Youngest runner, Eldest runner, Most energetic child, among others.
- PARKING: You may park you cars at the parking area near 28th Street, (Bonifacio High Street). Flat Rates on weekends.
Robinsons Fit & Fun Wellness Run Here We Come!
If there’s one race hubby and I never fail to join together, it would be the Robinsons Supermarket Fit & Fun Wellness Buddy Run. It’s the only race that’s consistently been staged for the past three years that allows us to partner together and run the race as one. It’s always been relatively small and very well-organized, just the kind of race hubby and I love to attend.
Hubby and I have yet to decide what mode we’ll be in this weekend: “easy” or “race” mode. While we want to enjoy every minute of the race, we also want to beat our time from last year (58.29 for 10k). By definition, here’s what “easy” and “race” will mean for us on Sunday’s Buddy Run:
“EASY RUNNING MODE”: holding hands, chatting, wiping each others’ sweat, smiling at each other longingly with occasional motivational words, such as “Your form is perfect honey and I love you for it!”
“RACE MODE”: No talking. No smiling. Stop only to hydrate. Hold hands only to drag the slower partner into a faster pace.
Hmmm…hubby and I will huddle over this tonight. How about you? What mode will you be in?
Click HERE for more info about the race.
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To read our old posts about Robinsons Supermarket Fit & Fun Buddy Run, click below:
Milo Marathon: Getting Ready for July 4
Less than 10 days to go until the 34th Milo Marathon!
I attended the Milo Marathon press briefing this afternoon at Bayview Hotel, a sea of green press people and guests filled the entire room, a preview of the runners clad in green on July 4, 2010 at Roxas Boulevard.
– Good thing they gave me this so I can blend in with the crowd next time –
As I’ve said, this 34th Milo Marathon is unlike any other marathon Milo has staged in the past. The way I see it, they managed to maintain their image as the premier race in the country (Milo Marathon is almost an institution, really), while proving that they can compete with the newer, world-class urban races.
As they plan to provide runners with all the perks of a contemporary race—bananas, portalets, timing chips, Gatorade, bands, and even gels—they were careful to remind us that their focus is still their new advocacy: to give shoes to public school children in every city where a Milo race is held.
We learned that the 4,000 school children who will benefit from Milo Marathon will actually be running 3k on race day with their brand new shoes! How cool is that?
After the presscon, I had the pleasure of chatting with Nestle executives Afnan Ahsan, Andrew Neri, and Lester Castillo. We discussed the new route along Macapagal-Roxas Blvd. and the feedback from most runners concerned about the convergence of the various race distances. It was nice to know that the 3k and 5k will be in an entirely separate route from the other distances. I do hope they can do their best to keep the 10k, half marathon, and marathon runners’ course free from traffic upon the inevitable merging on the road. Having to weave through a crowd of runners during a road race can be exasperating (flashback: my Singapore Half Marathon 2008)
– with Nestle execs Afnan Ashan, Pat Goc-Ong, myself, Bald Runner, Andrew Neri, and Lester Castillo –
– with Mr. Ashan and Cris Sabal, defending champion of Milo Marathon with a time of 2:32:56 last year –
Mr. Ahsan also shared with me his dream of making Milo Marathon as big as Boston Marathon some day. “If we do that,” he said, “we’ll make our mark.” Well, nothing is impossible, really. As they say, “great things start from small beginnings.”
See you at Milo on July 4, 2010.
For more info, click HERE to visit the Milo website.
