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UPDATES FROM THE AMAZING KIDNEY RACE ORGANIZER:

Online registration reservation facility is up now. Pls visit www.thewanderboy.net. The organizers apologize for the delay as minor technical glitches have to be corrected.

Incidentally, we are making an advisory to all registered participants and would-be-participants that the intended kidney-shaped 15k Finishers’ Medal would have to be replaced by a more conventional yet equally well-crafted round medal design. The amount saved from this modification will definitely be a major supplement to the funds to be raised for the cause of this charity race.

We hope to see you on March 7.

– Cool, creative kindey singlet! –

– New design for Finisher’s Medal 15k –

– New design for Winners’ Medals –

To the 200 runners who RESERVED a slot for TBR Dream Marathon and subsequently received a confirmation email from us, along with Coach Jim Lafferty’s 16-week Marathon Training Program: REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
RACE FEE: P950
WHERE: Nike Park, Bonifacio High Street
TIME: Mon-Thu 11am to 11pm, Fri-Sun 12nn to 12midnight
LOOK FOR: Raymond or Julius (running specialists)

NOTE:

1. Your reserved slot will be held from now until SATURDAY, 13 FEBRUARY 2010, 12 MIDNIGHT.  After this, your slot will be open to other interested participants.
2. You will receive the following:
   • Registration Form – fill in completely and clearly
   • Waiver – fill in completely
   • Rules and Regulations – take this home with you
3. After payment, you are already a CONFIRMED PARTICIPANT unless you fail to pass the qualifications stated in our rules and regulations anytime prior to race day.
4. Please bring a 2×2 Photo for the registration form. You may submit this later on if you wish.  (This is for our Souvenir Program/Yearbook after the race!)
5. As a CONFIRMED PARTICIPANT, you will receive the following perks:
   • 15% discount at Nike Park, Bonifacio High Street from now until May 22, 2010.  Please show your ID so they can verify your name with our master list for the race.
   • automatic inclusion in our e-group.  This will be our primary means of communicating with you, so please check email regularly
   • Priority seating for BULL CIRCLE: talks from running experts from now until race day.  Our tentative date for our 1st talk will be February 17, 2010, Wednesday at ROX.  Topic: Marathon 101 with a panel of marathoners who will inspire and motivate you.  Super exciting! More details soon. This is free and open to the public.
6. You may download the form, print and submit at Nike Park BHS.  Click HERE to download.

SOME EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS WITH TBR DREAM MARATHON:

• We will have the timing chip to track your time!
• Each runner will receive 3 Hammer Gels and 1 Recoverite (recovery drink) on race day.  (I’m telling you we know how to spoil our runners!)
• Gatorade is our official sports drink during all our BULL SESSIONS (clinics) and on race day
• Each runner will receive a box of Cecon 100 caps worth over P600
• More to come!

Carboloading all day yesterday (yum!)…CHECK!
Drank tons of water and juice yesterday…CHECK!
Scheduled conditioning massage for tonight…CHECK!
Slept a full 8 hours last night vs only 5-6 hours the past two weeks…CHECK!
Am I ready for tomorrow’s Condura Marathon?…Uhm. I hope so!

Just for a few reminders for the race tomorrow:

• Today is the last day for race packet redemption.  Go to the empty lot in front of R.O.X. at Bonifacio High Street.
• Ton Concepcion said that it will be HOT at Bonifacio Global City tomorrow. No shade. Apply sunblock. Wear shades and bring your hydration belt.  (Some shaded areas in Buendia, 3nd Street and University Park at Fort)
• Check out the Philstar supplement on Condura Run included in your race packet.  Useful info there for race day preparations.

WOW.  We didn’t expect such a huge response from all of you.

Soon after we launched The Bull Runner Dream Marathon HERE last Monday, my inbox was inundated with reservation emails from a wide variety of runners—doctors, moms, lawyers, a couple from Cebu, and a U.S. Navy officer currently on a ship in the Persian Gulf (!)—eager to take part in their very first marathon.

By Thursday evening, we hit our desired number of participants: 200 runners.  And, on the same day, this blog shut down due to the high number of visits and downloads of TBR Magazine.  Amazing.  It was a headache, but hey it was mind-blowing.

To make a long story short, registration for TBR Dream Marathon is officially CLOSED.  We are not accepting anymore applicants.

To the 200 reserved runners: we will announce opening of registration by next week!  You should’ve all received via email the 16-week training program by Coach Jim Lafferty.  If you haven’t, please email me at thebullrunner(at)gmail.com with the subject FOLLOW UP.  We hope you’ve been using it already!

LETTER FROM CONDURA ORGANIZERS:

Dear Condura 21km and 42km runners,

Greetings. Unfortunately, there was an error committed in printing out the race bibs. Some race bibs have a bar code and some do not have one.

Do not worry as you will still be able to run your event and you will still be timed accurately.

We have corrected this situation already with race bibs that have not yet been issued out.

For the race bib that have been issued out such as yours, may we kindly request you to do the following:

1. Write down your bib number on the perforated stub located at the lower left side portion of your bib.
The portion that says: “Give to finish official at the end of the race”. “Do not pin spindle hole”.

For example. If your bib number is 123, please write the number 123 on the perforated stub. Please see attached sample.

2. Please write clearly, legibly and accurately.

3. Please use a PERMANENT MARKER. Color BLACK. Be sure that it does not smear when wet as this will be exposed to water and sweat.  Do not use a pencil, ball pen, or white board marker. Only use a BLACK PERMANENT marker. (water proof if possible)

We are very sorry for this basic error. We are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you. We are hoping for your kind understanding.

Upon receipt of this email and upon making the necessary changes kindly email us at secretariat@condura.com or text us at (0908) 880-8354.

The Condura Run Organizing Committee