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Blogs > lemonrock > peace be with u


lemonrock 68M
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7/13/2008 2:50 am

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7/13/2008 5:56 am
WET SUNDAY RUN


WET SUNDAY RUN

I was at Mc Donald’s on Gil Puyat Ave. cor. Pasong Tamo this morning, waiting for my ride to The Fort with some members of the “Road Runners 101 Club.” I met this group of veteran runners a month a ago at the CCP complex. They are veterans because they have been running in 42k marathon. Most of them are three-timers in this event that categorizes what in sports lingo is a “full marathon.”

It was a cloudy morning when we arrived at The Fort to join the “La Salle Cares One Family, One La Salle Run,” sponsored primarily by the De La Salle Alumni Association. While waiting for the run to start, I was approached by my neighbor in Marikina, Col. Oscar Lopez of the Philippine Army, who inquired why I had been “missing in action” from last month’s events. The conversation drifted to the “ 21k of DND Gintong Pangarap” run held at Camp Aguinaldo. He said it had one of the hardest courses that he had ever run in all the years of participating in marathons.

Just before the marathon began, the rain poured causing all of the runners to shout and some first-timers to look for shaded areas to temporarily shelter them from the rain. I said to myself, “Cool! A wet Sunday run. Hahaha!”

The course was a two-loop run all inside The Fort Global City Complex--from High Street, to University Parkway where the international schools are, then turning at the Japanese School back to the almost finished St. Luke’s Hospital, left to Jollibee and straight on to One-MicKinley Place, heading for Essensa Towers on the other side of the road, making a turn there back to High Street where we had started.

It rained almost an hour so we 16k runners were drenched to the bone to the amazement of the 3k runners, some of whom had given up on running and were now walking with umbrellas in hand, mind you! Not wishing to belittle their attempt to run, I just proceeded with a smile on my face at their sight.

No race is without its bloopers, including this one. At the start, the lead runners made a wrong turn so we had to go back. There were runners, however, who did not, resulting in their making a longer route. Then there was no race marshall to tell the runners which route to run. One runner was so amazed that he had run only 18 minutes for 5k, until he noticed that he was taking the 3k route. The timer’s position also was off sight. It should have been hung at the top middle of the finish line so runners could see their time as they crossed it.

All in all, itwas a good run--well sponsored, with plenty of give aways for the runners and an over supply of bottled mineral water. Credit goes to the De La Salle Alumni Association for the organization and sponsor-support.

Am looking forward to this annual event next year!


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