Saturday, July 10, 2010

Grand Eyeball (sort of) at the Energizer Nite Race






It was a night full of excitement as around 2,500 runners converged last night to participate in the Energizer Nite Race Cebu. Everyone were amazed by the free headlamps (which actually cost more than the registration free) and were also starstruck (kuno!) with the Kapuso stars. But the real score actually was the runners were already impatient to run -- the race started a little late.


Anyway, last night's experience was more of a "gathering" -- a get-to-know-each-other meeting -- an "oh finally!  we've met!" thingy -- a Grand Eyeball of Runners!

Ungo Runners led by Max Limpag and wifey Marlen to ARC led by Jack Morilla and Weng Asis and BRC led by El Presidente Mujacko... Yes! I've met this people already but I had blast knowing I will finally meet other dailymilers.

First stop: Doc Kingking Perez and her S.O. Adrian. Then at the holding area, I saw some familiar faces... my own pack -- Accenture Runners Club led by Jerry, Jack, Leo Ironman Mitch, Marathon Man turned coach KirkBoying, Victor (Robin Padilla's long lost brother), Richell Comabig, fellow Sillimanian Adam, Kuya Jay and lady runners Sheena, Weng and Aijeigh. Richell's S.O. Irish was the  instant photographer after running -- thanx for taking our group photo. Aijeigh's Rafa took the shot below. Sorry I know there are other ARC members but I wasn't able to get all their names. 


The crazy dudes (BRC) were there too:  Ken, Richelieu and Richard. I also met Doc Israel and I instantly envied his Garmin 405. Cool!

I saw other familiar faces at the holding area and I know most of them are Ungo Runners.  Some new friends were their too -- Manny Camacho who paced with me on the first 2K and Doc Ling Abella who paced with me on the second lap till the finish line.  After the race, Doc Kingking introduced me to fellow dailymiler Agatha and I also got to see again the running lovers Popoy and Tine.  Sayang wa jud ta naka-photo ops.

The experiences that I won’t forget include running + talking about other things than running (Doc Ling was practically preaching about World Cup + Oranje!), Victor’s first 10K, Nikia's first nite race, meeting fellow DMs, seeing running celebs Doc Yong and Donna Cruz (again!), seeing Simon Losiaboi kissing Katrina Halili on the cheek which I think was funny (haha!), seeing Kapuso celebs and finally running as a Kapuso (haha!), the Grand Eyeball (sort of!) among others.


The race was well-organized except for some bloopers but the overall experience was great!

I will post some photos soon…

5 comments:

  1. Congrats to Nikia's first night race! I hope Mikaela does not get jealous, hehehe! t'was a good run. See you in the next race. :-)

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  2. @Katol V really nice and great grand eyeball!...

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  3. it's obvious!i am a fan-girl! hahahahaha!

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  4. @doc ling - sorry daug man si paul. daug and espanya! grrrr.....

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  5. @manny and doc israel - see u again sa mga dagan!

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