My Running Blog

I created another blog a few weeks ago. Its gonna be my running blog. I just felt like my ventures in running doesn't fit this blog anymore so I decided to create a new one. It is called Into The Finish Line. Its gonna be my journal about running. I'll write something here about my easy and hard runs, the running events I get into, my learnings and everything. I hope that you come by and visit it too. I haven't created a badge for it yet but I already have a few posts. So you have a little something to read on.



The sporty in me is coming out. I was never into any varsity team before and I found this one physical activity that I have been addicted to. I am planning to indulge my kids into this sports in the future. I hope to bring Emily with me in a run where there are Kids Category and her age is acceptable. Being fit isn't bad anyways specially if you started it early. Specially now where kids don't do much physical activities and just sit in front of the TV or the computer all the free time they have.

Well so much for this introduction, I hope you visit and subscribe to my other blog to. You can find it at http://intothefinishline.blogspot.com/

Thankies!

My Run United 2 Certificate

Hah! I just got my certificate to day! I didn't know this! I wasn't able to make  review about this race because my time is not really the best after all. I am so shocked when a courier is walking towards our store holding a big envelope with  very familiar logo! So I was like, is that for me? The lady messenger said, "Lorinda De Guzman?" So I shouted, Thats Me!!! What is this?!! She said "Ma'am Certificate nyo po nung Unilab Run, may picture din dito saka baller." (Ma'am this is your certificate from your Unilab run, it also have a picture and a baller inside.) She also told me to open it first before she leave so that she'll know if the package is complete.

So I immediately opened it and see this wonderful wonderful things inside. It Includes my certificate, my picture, and a lavender baller with a 15K label on it. I am so happy to see the certificate with my name and the the "15K Finisher" under it. Though I actually messed up with this race because I really did not prepare for this one (not even a kilometer run before the race day) I am still satisfied that I was able to finish it. Its just that I promised myself that I am really gonna do some preparations whenever I joined a run again.

I am so happy about the baller aside from its violet, one of my favorite color, it has a 15K print on it. So I am wearing it now as I write this article.

The picture. Oh God! The picture! I look terrible! hahah! But my husband loved it! Though he did not say it really. haha! I know he do! lol! This is not one of my best picture from photovendo but I'm fine with it.

This is really a surprise for me. I never thought there was a certificate because I am already satisfied with the finishers kit that I got. And now with this, I will definitely gonna run again on the next Unilabs Run United and all the Runrio Trilogy. Good Job to all the organizers and staffs and all the people behind thi wonderful wonderful event!!!

42.195Km = MARATHON!

As a newbie in running, there are terms that are so new to me and are misused if I had not been into running. I have heard words like "fun run" and "marathon" and thought that they were actually the same. However, after joining several runs and a few research online, I have learned that these running events have different categories and different terms. If you are really not into running, you probably have abused the true meaning of every word you say about it.

So here are the common mistakes I have learned so far in the world of running:



Marathon = 42.195Kms in distance. We cannot call a 3Kms a marathon nor a 10Kms. If you say "marathon" its a 42.195Kms nothing more nothing less...

Half Marathon = 21Kms. Also called "half Mary" Again do not call any distance a half marathon if its not 21Kms.

15Kms and below are "fun runs". So you cannot say "I ran a 10K marathon" Thats so wrong because 10K is not considered as a marathon.

There are also some people who run 55Km and this one I think is called "ultramarathon"

Well, I don't know the other terms yet but I am sure runners will not get offended by me when I use "marathon", "half-marathon" and a "fun run" because now I definitely know what I am talking about!

ABOUT ME - LORINDADEGUZMAN

Got this cool website from my mentor Jomar Hilario. You're gonna make your own profile. Put anything about you and the web address is like http://about.me/YOURNAME. coolness huh! you can also customize backgrounds, fonts, and stuff. Here is mine:

http://about.me/lorindadeguzman

You can visit my profile at http://about.me/lorindadeguzman and find fun facts about ME! 

If you have already done your profile please do leave your URL at the comment box. I'd love to know more about you.

PSE Megaworld Bull Run - Takbo para sa Ekonomiya

I ran 10K today at the Philippine Stock Exchange Bull Run. This is my first running event for the year 2011.

I woke up at about 3:30AM prepared everything and reached Bonifacio Global City by 5:00AM.

This is the first time that I ran without any friend with me. My running mate Mich is busy with work lately so she won't be able to run with me until next month. So its me, myself and I running and enjoying this event. I got no camera :( so I just depended on the official photographers of the event.



When I got there, I first looked for the baggage area where I can leave my things. I noticed that there is only 2 tents for all the categories. 2 category for each tent. So I prepared my running accessories and lined up at the baggage area for 10K runners. After that, I felt like I need to pee so I searched for the portalets and waited for my turn. I went out there at around 5:40. Just enough time for me to go and get ready for the race. 16K started 5:45AM then 10K runners by 5:50AM.

Its my second time to run at the Bonifacio Global City but first time to run at the Kalayaan Flyover. I just steadied on my relaxing pace. Not too fast, not too slow without hurting my legs and feet. I think I nailed the first 3Km before I started to walk and then did a lot of walking after that hahah!

Since I had more walks than run (like what I usually do) I noticed some good points and bad points in this event. You know since I started this running blog of mine, I thought of being more observant with the happenings in this event. And knowing that I am alone in this event, I say I super noticed flaws on some part and here is my first ever race review...

On the route map:
Like I said, It is my first time to run at the Kalayaan Flyover so for me this is really awesome. So two thumbs up for this route.


On hydrating stations:
Thumbs down with this one. On the second half of the race, stations already ran out of water and Gatorade. Thank God I decided to bring my little container of Gatorade so I am a little hydrated on my way back. I have a rule not to skip any hydrating stations when running, but what will happen if there is no more water on water stations? The last water station on my route ran out of disposable cups so I just decided to drink water using my hands. This is actually my first time to bring Gatorade with me because I always rely on water stations and I am super thankful I did or I might have collapsed at the Kalayaan Flyover on my way back.

On Event Photographers:
One thumb up, the other one down. All the photographers were really friendly and approachable. I see them taking pictures everywhere in the activity site. But only a few on the running area (except for the Finish Line). I'm sorry, but I kinda expected them at the Flyover. I expected them to be capturing photos using tripods to have more still photos rather than wearing cameras on their neck. I saw one photographer at the flyover though, on my way back at the BGC. Another good point with the photographers is the fast upload of the pictures. I already saw albums uploaded last night and tons of it this morning. Unlike the other event photographers where you're gonna wait for like a week or two before you see your pictures. I can also see that they are having fun taking photos. Actually you can see it in their shots, lots of jump shots, group pictures and the smiles on every runners faces. So good job for runnersrunner.com for the overall coverage of this event. I'm gonna familiarize myself with your group of photographers so I'm gonna know whom I'm gonna strike a pose next time hahaha!!! Oh btw, Maria is the name of the one I saw at the flyover and KB is the one who took my pic with Ms. Tessa Prieto - Valdez. Love this KB! I also found my running in action picture in your album. Thanks a lot!

On the singlet:
Two thumbs up with the singlet. The armhole is not too big for me unlike other singlet where I have to wear an inner shirt because my bra is showing up. The design of the bull is also cool! I feel like I am running like a Bull! lol!

The Finishers Kit:
Thumbs up with my Century Chilli Corned Tuna!!! The bag is cute and the banana is yummy. I already expected a bottle of Gatorade inside so... :)


The Race Timing 

All thumbs up together with the toes! I was amazed with the fast result and I got my result with picture already haha! Very good itemhound for the fast update of your time. The itemhound tent is so damn cool!!! Well, I am so overwhelmed by this because you know I am not a professional runner and I am just relying on to my wrist watch with my time but this itemhound experience is so different. The lady who is assisting us with our time is very nice also.


The Baggage Area:
Two thumbs down. :( What is the use of segregating bags per category when they found my bag at the 3K category? I thought my bag is lost already because I kept on looking and asking them to scatter the bags so I can see those that are underneath the other bags. I got worried when I realized that I am already there staring at those bags for 30minutes already. I just heard someone shouting my race bib number and that he got my bag on the 3k categorys floor. So when they gave me my bag I told them "Bakit nasa 3K yung bag ko?"(why is my bag on the 3k?) and then left.

There you go. These are my "few" noticed somethings in this event. Since I dont have a camera, I just super relied on the friendly photographers and hoped that I have some pretty good shots in this event.

Oh by the way my official time in this race is 1:27:06. I beat my previous PR for 10K by 38 seconds! hahaha! I know right, its like a joke or something! Fun fun fun!

Official Website of the PSE Bull Run: http://psebullrun.com/

Official Photographers:  http://www.facebook.com/RunnersRunner / http://www.runnersrunner.com/blog/

Race Timing : http://www.itemhound.com/

Event Organizer: http://www.adevents.com.ph/

MY RUNNING PARTNERS

Just wanna show my running gears. My partners in running.


Here is my Knee support which I started loving since I used it and ran a pretty long distance and didn't feel any sore. I already blogged about it Here.

This is one is my running shoes. I got it for like two years ago. It looks like this one needs to be replaced now. But I don't have enough you know, money yet to buy a new good pair for running so I need to stick up with this one for some more time. This is Fila, I got it at the mall on SALE. I don't know what model this is exactly.

And here is my visor, I got it as a Christmas present from my husband. This is actually my second one. I lost the first one at the Star City when we went there last Christmas. Its actually the same though just in different color. My first one is like brownish - grey in color. The one that I wore here in this post. This time I chose white, for a change. Bought it at Toby's in SM San Lazaro.

I don't have a hydrating belt yet but currently I am using this belt bag that I got at the Ladies Bag Department in SM San Lazaro also. I can't remember the brand anymore but its pretty cheap. Small enough to put my cellphone and my camera inside. Waterproof. Stylish. I just can't run as much as I can with a hydrating belt but this one will do for me. Like I said I am not the super athletic type of runner. I just run because of that addictive finish line! hahaha!




So there, I dont use sun glasses but maybe in the future I will. I dont have my signature singlet, I dont have that supper support get up because all of them costs too much for me. Right now I am having problems with my running shoes because I dont think it can run with me on Skyway for a whooping 21K anymore. So I just need to do something to get a new pair.

I ran approximately 6 - 7 Kilometers yesterday

Yesterday, I had the chance to wake up as early as 5AM. Since Ashly and hubby is still asleep, I decided to wear my running shoes and hit the road. I just took a jeepney to Luneta and started from there.

I started running at around 5:45AM and decided to run straight to the MAll of Asia. I reached MOA around 6:30AM. I ran along the Roxas Blvd, then turned right to CCP complex to Macapagal then MOA. I wore a knee and thigh support on my right leg thinking that it is more weaker than my right then I noticed while I was passing in front of the World Trade Center, I feel a little tired and a little sore on my left leg.

Having some support for your leg really does something good when your running. The pressure is so nice to feel nothing after that long run. I just got this support at the Isetan - Recto. I think I just got it at around PHP100 to PHP100 only.

Will definitely gonna wear these supports on both of my legs on Sunday where I am gonna be running 10K on the PSE Bull Run event at the Bonifacio Global City.

See you there!