Races I have joined

• NatGeo Earth Run 2010 (April 18, 2010) -- clocked 33:01 in the 3K distance. This is the very first run me and my husband joined.

• Greenfield City Sunset Run 2010 (April 24, 2010) -- clocked 32:51 in 3K. Not much of an improvement from my last run but the experience is different.                                                                            

• Nature Valley Run 2010: Runrio Trilogy Leg 2 (May 30, 2010) -- clocked 28:10 for my last 3K run. Aside from my husband three other friends joined us in this event. A lot has improved specially my time since at this point I lost a total of 3kg already.

• Ace Hardware Eco-Friendly Run 2010 (June 27, 2010) -- my first 5K run... no time was recorded because I failed to bring my watch and there's no race results released by the organizers. This event is really not that organized. But its for the Save the Mangrove Project so it doesn't matter.

• 34th National Milo Marathon Manila Leg (July 4, 2010) -- clocked in 55:54 for my second 5K distance run, actually this is my first official time for my 5K record.

• Rexona Run 2010 (August 1, 2010) -- big improvement as well clocked 46:46 on my 3rd 5K run. This event was the most generous in terms of give aways.

• Miles for Smiles: Run for Cleft Care (August 22, 2010) -- clocked 45:17 on the same 5K division as before with two of my running buddies to pace with me. The route for me is very challenging with lots of uphill and downhill.

• Adidas King of the Road 2010 (October 24, 2010) -- clocked 41:47 according to my reliable watch. Can't get my official time maybe because my RFID was defective from the start. But like before I don't care I have my watch so that will be enough just for recording purposes.

Still looking forward for more runs and hopefully making it to the 10K division soon... Keep on running guys!

Why Run?

February of this year my husband was diagnosed with Diabetes. It was unacceptable for me since his family knew about their medical history, but then he failed to avoid getting the disease. One of the major reason for it was his lifestyle. Many Filipinos such as myself also have a history of Diabetes in the family but it was an advantage also for us that we know so we could avoid it. March of this year was spent on thinking how to help my husband cope with it. Aside from dieting, physical activity is needed. Then April came and we found ourselves running.

It was Holy week then so we do simple diets and then a friend suggested a site where I could find running schedules so we could join (http://www.takbo.ph/list-of-races). We registered for the first time in National Geographic's Earth Run 2010 in the 3K division. With the event happening on April 18, 2010 we were forced to train so that on the event day we are all warmed up. 

The NatGeo Earth Run opened another reason for us to run. It was to run for a cause which we find more fulfilling. We trained crucially, I even questioned myself why I'm doing this. We train every other day at Tagaytay City Oval, we even met a lot of running enthusiast. One of them is also a couple in their early 60's. Their age was difficult to tell at first because they run as if they are younger than me. As months passed by, I get the chance to talk to them. They even shared their running stories which are very inspiring. One thing I cannot forget was to offer your every run to God because non of this will be possible if it wasn't for Him. I followed her advise then one day I found myself completing for the first time five (5) laps in the oval. The couple and my husband was there to witness the result of our training giving me a cheer i will never forget. I cried to God that in spite of every hardships there is a triumph all because of Him where everything is possible.

I continue reading articles/testimonies of other runners for me to draw inspiration and I hope mine will be an addition to inspire others as well...