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Hello hello hello.I am supposed to blog about my Ensure to Endure 2 experience first but Riobebe is taking his sweet time uploading the results, so, instead I will just jump ahead and talk about my Milo Marathon Iloilo leg expedition.You know what the capital rule in running a race is? Never try anything new on race day. Well. Milo Marathon Iloilo will be a lot of new things for me: first time to run in Iloilo, first time ever to step foot in the roads of Iloilo, actually first time to run a 21k road rac...
Back when I was in high school, I was president of a club called the Religious Youth in Action. Yes, trust me, I was. But since our high school was in Cotabato City, I thought we needed to show diversity, all of us were Catholics and it felt absurd.So my friend Amer set up a sister club called the Muslim Students Association and I am proud to say that the two organizations made waves together. More than we could have done alone. During our term there was a fire and war victims that needed our help. We ...
So you've received your loot bag at the end of the race and like a kid, you find yourself with juice and milk in Tetra Pak packaging inside your loot bad, together with other weird things like, say, feminine wash (and you're a guy). Everyone says Tetra Pak packaging is recyclable, but hey, you want to find out for yourself. So, here's a cool thing that you can do: Step 1: Unfold your Tetra Pak packaging. Step 2: Cut into strips and fold into triangles. Step 3: Connect the triangles with more st...
Bad publicity is bad publicity. Running events have their own share of paparazzi, some of them we love because they take photos of us while we are in action, photos we can upload on our social networks and be proud of. But some paparazzi can be critical and we have seen photos of hydration stations with no runners or marshals but with a lot of used cups on the road. These photos have even made it to the international news. The New York Marathon has it's own share of trash problems too.But this doesn't...
Guests started trickling in at around 5pm in the beautiful MegaWorld Showroom at the McKinley Hill Information Center in Taguig City. There were a mix of bloggers, running enthusiasts and members of the press. Mars Callo of Pinoyfitness.com, Jazz Runner Rene Villarta and the avid followers of HyperSports Philippines were all there to show their support and excitement for the upcoming event. The arrival of Bearwin Meily, known as Runtarantantan the running community, lit up the room with smiles and la...
I would be lying if I told you that enjoyed dragging my fat ass from Katipunan to McKinley Hill on a Friday afternoon.I left at around 3:30pm and after three jeepney rides, one train ride and plenty of walks in between (I had the stupid notion of bringing my laptop which was heavy and which I wasn't able to use anyway), I finally arrived at around 5-5:30.The event was fantastic. I got to introduce Bearwin Meily, right smack on the moment when he decided to walk in to the loo. Impeccable timing from your'...
I am friends with the best people in the world. And one of those best people is Mia and she got me a free race kit for Ensure to Endure. This is one of those races where it's free to join. Free because you buy an Ensure product and you get a race kit if you so choose. This is NOT JUST A DISCOUNT guys, this is as in really no need to add cash to register, you just present your receipt and that's that. So as you can see, here's how it goes: Easy huh? Yeah, they're great. Now I know 27 year old active fem...
With all the races going on these days, runners have to think twice which races to join, because honestly, the registration fees don't come cheap. The upside to that is that the companies who are sponsoring these events are being kept on their toes in coming up with relevant, enjoyable and meaningful events just to make sure that runners will participate. Now, although most brands are quite new to the corporate social responsibility aspect of their business, Tetra Pak has been doing it since they wer...
