"on a shoestring"

Come Back Race

It was a rainy run for my “come back” race after months of traveling. I was gunning for a sub-50 but finished at 50:35, more than 3 minutes slower than my 10K personal best. But I am already contended because I don’t have the proper training for this. Right now my leg muscles are still painful, like it was shot.

At the last 400 meters of the run

28th over-all, 15th male finisher, 8th on my age group

Here are some of my thoughts on the race:

Positive Notes

• On-time gunstart
• Organized claiming of race packet even for the on-site registrants
• New 10K route
• Nice singlet material
• Knowledgeable marshals
• Long tables for the water stations and Gatorade being given to runners along the way
• Orderly claiming of finisher’s kit/loot bag
• Lotsa Gatorade at the finish line
• Got a BK, Energen drink, Alaska milk sampling and H&S shampoo
• Fast results, I got my time and ranking the day itself
• Bonus: the cold weather and some rain showers were helpful for my body temp.

Things to improve

• Gatorade booth was a disaster especially when other runners get more than 1 bottle. I even saw some non-runners hoard 3-4 bottles of Gatorade.
• I noticed that nearing the finish line the surface is uneven, it’s like rubbles. I wasn’t able to do my finishing kick

Over-all it was a great and organized race. Kudos to the Runrio Team, Air 21 and NBA Fit. Until the next year!

Race Results can be viewed now: BAZUMedia NBA Fit Run Results

Photos can be viewed: http://www.nba.com/philippines/

Nice to see the JazzRunner at the finish line, Letsky Runner and the Barefooter.

with jazzrunner and lestsky runner

Amanda, Michelle, Arnel, Lestsky, Sir Rene & me

with barefoot runner erwin and lestsky

Until the next race- Run United 2011 Manila Leg on August 21, let’s do some half-mary.

Thanks Lestsky Runner for the 3 photos!