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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.

This is DAY ONE of TBR’s 5 Days to 5/5 Anniversary Contest 2011. For more info, click HERE.

WHAT CAN YOU WIN?

• 1 Nathan Speed 2 Hydration Belt
• 1 case of Gatorade
• 1 Runnr Bag and Shirt

HOW MANY WINNERS? One (1) winner

HOW CAN I WIN?

• Answer this question with the funniest, silliest answer you can think of…

While running the last 5 kilometers of a 42km, Piolo Pascual or Iza Calzado (or whoever your crush is) asks for your last sip of fluids from your hydration belt.  Will you give it and why? Note: Water stations are all out.

• Submit your answer as a comment on this post.
• Please limit answers to maximum of 2 sentences only.  We’re not looking for essays! Refrain from submitting any other posts in this portion except entries to the contest.
• You may submit several posts with DIFFERENT answers.
• TBR and family will choose the funniest answer.
• Day One contest closes on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.
• Winners will be published on this blog and will be advised how to claim their prizes.

May the best runner win!

It’s Christmas here at The Bull Runner!  For the next five days, I’ll be giving away tons of prizes in celebration of thebullrunner.com’s 4th Anniversary (wow, has it been this long?!) and my 35th birthday (woah, am I that old?!) both of which fall on May 5.  Yup, cinco de mayo. Hence the contest name: 5 to 5/5!

This is the 3rd edition of this contest which started in 2009.  Every year, the prizes just get bigger and better.  Thanks to our generous friends and sponsors, we’re giving away over P50,000 worth of prizes this week! (If you are interested in donating prizes, please email thebullrunner(at)gmail.com.)

This, my friends, is the official launch of the contest which begins today.  Yup, today!

This is my way of giving back to all of you for your unwavering support of all the crazy stuff that I do for the love of running.  From this blog to the magazine to TBR Dream Marathon, you guys have been there to lurk, comment, email, post on my FB wall, send me a tweet, smile for a photo op with me, or yell “TBR” as we run past each other in a race.  It’s really what keeps me inspired and motivated to do more for running.

Thank you for visiting me in the morning even before you get started with work.  Thank you for dropping by just to read about my training or the new gear I’m pining for.  Thank you for taking the time out to share your thoughts, ask questions, cheer me on, or just letting me know there are a lot of wonderful runners I have yet to meet out there.  Thank you for allowing this blog to change my life in a way I never would have imagined.  Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of this Bull’s heart.

Now, on to CONTEST RULES:

• Everyday for the next 5 days I will post an entry on 5 to 5/5 Contest.  Only one contest entry per day with no particular schedule.
• Rules, prizes, and contest period will vary from day to day and will be explained in detail in that specific post.  (Clue: Usually the early birds have more chances of winning.)
• Contest will be announced on thebullrunner.com but may be played out on this blog, Facebook, Twitter, or all of the above.
• Winners can win as many prizes as they want. So, let’s say you win on Day 1, you can win again on Days 2, 3, 4 and 5. By May 5, you may accumulate enough prizes to retire from your day job and just focus on running! (Yeah right!)
• Day One starts TODAY.  Stay tuned!

Let the games begin!