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Two days ago, March 18, 2012, hundreds of runners became marathoners at TBR Dream Marathon 2012 in NUVALI, Sta. Rosa, Laguna.  (Official results is being validated and will be released soon.  Photos from ActiveMoments will be available for download within one week.)

– Daves came in first –

On this day, 22-weeks of serious training paid off…

Runners learned about their own strength in the face of pain or injury…

Strong bonds were formed and strengthened…

And, lives were changed as dreams became reality.

To all those who were part of TBR Dream Marathon 2012, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.  While this was a dream that started with Jim and I, it only became reality because of so many people who worked behind the scenes to give our runners the best race possible…

Thank you to my dearest friends and members of TBR Dream Team: Jim, Neville, Lit, Jun, Macel, and Creative Juice (Gary, Janice, Micky, Diane)  who worked tirelessly with me to try to make this the perfect race. As I’ve said a million times, TBR Dream is yours as much as it is mine.

Thank you to our presenter and my partner Unilab Active Health, especially Clint, Alex, Lester, and Zeny (It was a pleasure working with such a professional yet friendly team!), our co-presenters Runrio and Sun Broadband, our major sponsors New Balance, Oakley, Gatorade, and Otterbox, and our minor sponsors, Timex, Secondwind Running Store, Proactive, Nathan, Nutribar, Chris Sports, Blacksheep Manila, Robinsons Supermarket, Neat Feat, Milo 3 in 1, Runner’s Runner, Purefoods, Starbucks, Dole, Toblerone, Cetaphil, P&G, Crystal Clear, Messy Bessy, Forward Lean Running, ROX, and BGC, our Media Partners, Multisport and Ripple 100, our hotel partners, El Cielito, Paseo Premiere, and Laguna Technopark.

Thank you to NUVALI, the home of TBR Dream Marathon. To Jun Bisnar, Jenn Chua, and the rest of the NUVALI team, who have continuously been supportive of our race.

Thank you to our Dream Chasers, especially the DC Tent leaders, Miriam, Allan, Mark and Gene, and Edward Kho who cheered their lungs out and provided all that they could to get every runner to the finish.

Thank you to our Pacers, marshals, and staff who provided support to the runners and the organizing team.

Thank you to our friends, Christine Jacob-Sandejas, Maricel and Anthony Pangilinan, Kuya Kim Atienza, Tessa Prieto-Valdes, Alex Racho, Coach Jim Saret, Dr. George Canlas, Dr. Randy Molo, Mitch and Armand Mendoza, who took time off their busy schedules to cheer for the runners or speak during the Bull Circles.

Last but not the least, thank you to the runners for entrusting 22-weeks of your lives and your first or second marathon with us. It was a journey that we were glad to take on with you and we hope to be with you as you pursue even bigger (or longer) dreams!

CONGRATULATIONS to each one of you! May you continue to “Dream Big. Run Strong.” and inspire others to do the same.

It was a full house at Fully Booked last night for our 4th Bull Circle for TBR Dream Marathon 2012.

– With exactly 2 more months to go until race day, our runners listened intently to our speakers –

– We filled the 5th floor of Fully Booked. Thanks for coming everyone! –

TBR Dream – Batch 2010 alumni Reylynne dela Paz shared her inspiring story on how she trained for TBR Dream (running around UP at 1 am!), how she finished it, and how far she’s gone since then (she’s nabbed her sub-4 marathon PR and is now training for Bataan Death March.)

Dr. George Canlas, orthopedic surgeon, head of the International Olympic Committee, and member of the Gatorade Sports Science Institute, talked about hydration for runners.

Dr. Randy Molo, orthopedic surgeon, member of Phil. Center for Sports Medicine working with RP athletes and the Azkals, consultant for New Balance, and member of Secondwind Multisport Team, spoke on biomechanics for runners.

I reminded everyone to show up for the next Bull Sessions and Bull Circles! Our next events will be exciting ones as the race draws near. The best is yet to come. Hope to see you then!

It was the perfect setting for our 3rd Bull Session this morning. Our TBR Dream Marathoners ran long for 1 hour and 45 mins. in the cool and nippy holiday air at NUVALI. I won’t say much in this post since these photos will effectively show you how much fun we had this morning.

Congratulations to our TBR Dream Marathoners for running strong today!

– Class pic: Runners during today’s 3rd Bull Session at NUVALI –

– Pace group led by TBR DM alumni Mark Terrado before we started –

– Pace group led by TBR DM alumni Miriam Valero, Angel Motomal, and “Kots Mike” Janeo –

– Bull Session’s lead coach Lit Onrubia, NUVALI GM, Jun Bisnar, and Ripple 100 and TBR DM runner Andre Yap –

– Off they go! Love these NUVALI roads! –

– TBR DM alumni and current batch run together –

– TBR DM alumni Craig Logan (far left) paces his group –

– These Snail Runners sure know how to hop and jump too –

– Here they go again. Jump! –

– TBR DM is a beginner’s marathon, but our course is challenging enough for any serious runner. Our marathoners are toughies! –

– Group led by TBR Dream Team Jun Cruz –

– What comes up must come down –

– We couldn’t help it. Here’s another class pic –

Huge thank you to our TBR DM alumni who paced our marathoners, NUVALI for the full support, GATORADE for hydration, and everyone else who always go out of their way to make each run or talk special for our TBR DM runners.

TBR DREAM MARATHON 2012 is co-presented by SUN BROADBAND and RUNRIO. EVENT PARTNER – NUVALI. MAJOR SPONSORS – Gatorade, New Balance, Oakley, and Otterbox. MINOR SPONSORS – Timex, Nutribar, Secondwind, Nathan, Chris Sports, ROX, BGC. DONORS: Neat Feat. MEDIA PARTNERS – Multisport, Ripple 100.  LOGISTICS PARTNER: Creative Juice.

Our TBR Dream Marathoners were treated to an evening of new learnings and fresh inspiration from our special guests last night at ROX, Bonifacio High Street.  No less than RP-Smart Gilas team and The Biggest Loser Coach, Jim Saret, and super athlete, mother, and Senator, Sen. Pia Cayetano, graced our 3rd Bull Session for TBR Dream Marathon 2012.

– Full house at ROX! –

Our talk started with TBR Dream Alumni Miriam Valero sharing her personal experience and practical tips on running TBR Dream Marathon.

– Miriam Valero shares her TBR Dream Marathon experience –

Coach Jim Saret’s informative and engaging talk focus on strength conditioning, core, and balance for our runners preparing for their 42k.

– Coach Jim addresses our runners –

He emphasized the importance of strengthening specifically the hamstrings, the source of power for a runner in each and every single step he takes.  (Nope, it’s not the quads like we all thought.)

Coach Jim asked our runners to perform simple tests to evaluate the imbalances in their bodies (oh boy!) and taught them specific exercises they could do at home to correct these imbalances and strengthen the muscles in both legs.

– There was a lot of wobbling, shaking, and nervous laughter in the house! –

– By partners! –

– Night of learning…and fun –

– The Biggest Loser’s Allan Choachuy was there too! Here he is partnering with my Big Brother! Yes, the guy on the left is my cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking Kuya who signed up for TBR Dream 2012 –

Sen. Pia Cayetano then shared a side of her that we don’t often see in the news nor read in the newspapers.  She candidly spoke about her own journey as an athlete dating back to the days as a varsity volleyball player leading up to her numerous marathons and triathlons in the present.

– Sen. Pia addresses our runners –

– Runners listening intently –

She spoke about how running changed her and helped her face many challenges in her life.  She also gave our future marathoners detailed tips on how to run their race, dealing with injury, and training.

Before leaving, Sen. Pia talked about her new memoir: My Daily Race and signed books of our runners.

– Sen. Pia signing her books –

I got myself a copy and I’ve read a couple of the stories in her collection.  It’s a great read that’s entertaining, thought-provoking, and completely inspiring.  Highly recommend this book! I purchased a couple as Christmas gifts already.

We capped the night with a whole lot of pictures with Sen. Pia and Coach Jim Saret gamely hanging out with our runners.

– GM of NUVALI, our event partner for TBR DM, Jun Bisnar, me, Sen. Pia Cayetano, Coach Jim’s lovely wife, Toni, and Coach Jim –

– with The Biggest Loser’s Allan Choachuy, TBR DM runners, and friends –

– with Jun, Coach Jim, and Miriam –

Hey TBR Dream Marathoners (and friends), it’s a busy week for us on top of all our Christmas parties.  But, make sure you drop by for these two important events. You’ll be missing half of your marathon experience if you don’t show up. I’m not kidding!

By the way, for both events, our partner, Ripple 100, will be there to draw out your thoughts and feelings about running and your upcoming marathon.  Feel free to share your own stories with them or to blog/FB/twitter.  You know that your own journey can inspire others to do the same. Click HERE to visit moveformove.org.

Dec 14, Wed: BULL CIRCLE 3 – A Marathon Ready Body

• Register: 6:30 PM. Start: 7:00 PM
• 3/F ROX Bonifacio High Street
• Speakers:
• Coach Jim Saret. Highly recommended talk! Try not to miss this since it’s a very informative and interesting talk on how runners should strengthen and condition our bodies, especially our core and legs, and how we can improve balance and coordination to improve our performance.
• TBR Dream Alumni Miriam Valero. Guest speaker for her TBR Dream Marathon experience
• Sen. Pia Cayetano. To be confirmed today if she can make it after her session!

Dec 17, Sat: BULL SESSION 3 – Long run 1 hr 45 mins
– NUVALI, Sta. Rosa Laguna
– Assembly: 5:00 AM. Start: 5:30 AM
– We want to train you for hills so we thought that there’s no better place to do this than in our actual race venue! This will be a fun run throughout the safe and scenic roads of NUVALI. Gatorade will be available but please bring your own hydration as well.
– Feel free to bring friends and family along.
– NUVALI is offering a free shuttle for only 24 people. Bus to leave ROX for NUVALI: 430 am. Bus to leave NUVALI for ROX: 8 am. Click on the link below to sign up. First come, first served. Strictly for TBR Dream Runners only  >>> UPDATE: SLOTS FOR NUVALI SHUTTLE ARE FULL

REMINDERS FOR NEXT WEEK:

• Mitch and Armand’s TBRDM Weight Management Program: Dec 19, Monday, 7 PM at ROX in Bonifacio High Street. This is only for those who signed up and received a confirmation of acceptance.