15K + Futsal Fiesta = Injury timeout 30seconds

It's all worth it. After running my first 15K in last Sunday's Kapamilya Run, I played Futsal at City Sports with fellow football enthusiasts of Accenture Cebu.

With only 2hours of sleep under my belt, I trotted to the venue to play with my team Batibot. And after about 9 hours of playing and cheering, our team emerged as 1st Runner up in the Accenture Futsal Fiesta 2010. Each team member got a medal. Not only that, I was adjudged the 2nd Top Scorer of the Tournament... with 11 goals! Whoa.... didnt expect that... that's another medal for me. :-)

After 15K plus 11 goals after that, I was injured... shins badly swollen... left ankle as well.... swelling... painful... 

But it's all worth it!

Check out some pics after the tourney...

with teammate VinzCorz...

Random scenes while running my first 15K race

Just like what I said, I am a Kapuso. But I must agree with Doc Ling in her comment in my previous post that "Wala kay Kapamilya kung wala kay Kapuso". So I did ran donning the Kapamilya singlet while at the back of my mind I wanted to wear a Nike singlet which I bought at my fave mall for a cheap price... but well, I was prepared for this race. For this is my first official 15K race. 


Here are some random scenes and thoughts that happened before, during and after the race:

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•  I was working last night. I was on half-day CTO (compensatory time off). Had to leave the office at 4am to meet some fellow runners of the ARC (Accenture Running Club).
•  finally met with fellow dailymiler -- Popoy and Tine, Richard, Sir Jerry Chua, and others nga nakalimot ko. :-)
• was able to pace, ran and greeted Atty. Haide Acuna of ABS-CBN (she's a star! - nahulog intawn iya water bottle)
• first taste of Hammer Gel Apple Cinnamon flavor.... didn't quite like it. mas maayo pa ang saging namo and Cloud 9 chocolate :-)
• clocked 1:48:36 in my first 15K race
• route was OK... did Chi Running in some uphill roads like Escario, Banawa, Jones, Gorordo 
• the ice-cold 100 Plus drink at the Jones water station was thirst-quenching (Jerry Ano had to pour some on his head and he said that his sweat tasted sweet. haha!) 
• saw a CRRC veteran runner who made a shortcut. funny guy!
• Jerry,  Leo Ironman Mitch Jala and I were laughing our ass off when Jerry uttered these words, "oi katorse minutes nalang 1 hour 30mins nata.". that time we were pacing... but we had to stop and walk because we were all laughing at each other....
• I saw fellow Ungo Runners running 15K too... too bad I still don't have my Ungo shirt (calling Max Limpag!!! 
• had a photo op with Leo Lastimosa of TV Patrol Central Visayas
• took some shots of ACT (Association of Concerned Texters Inc). and guess what, most of the members are actually older than me... I'd say they're text addicts but helped in organizing as well.... they were specially mentioned by the hosts. great job!
• ABS-CBN made a good decision to get RunCheck to organize this event. RunCheck did an organized run again! Congrats RunCheck.

I am proud to share this day to my fellow ARC members who endured their first 15K... Xyrus Ba-ad and Jaymarl Padreganda... the 3 of us clocked less than 2hours. Also, Jack Morilla, Jerry Ano, Franz Dakoykoy and Weng Asis also finished their 15K.

Of course, Nikia did a great job this morning. She never failed to amaze me with her performance on the road. It's just sad that Aijeigh wasn't there to celebrate this feat with me and Nikia. :-(

Next stop? HALF-MARY!!!

A Kapuso to be a Kapamilya Runner

Yeah. You read it right! I am a Kapuso. Having been trained in 1998 at GMA-7 Cebu as a Masscom Intern. Maybe I am biased. But it's ok. Tomorrow, I will participate an ABS-CBN - the 10th DYAB Kapamilya Run.

The news says this run is for their classroom project. That made me decide to ran. And aside from that, this will be the  first 15K run for me and Nikia. So we're  pretty excited. I'll post some pics after the event.

All I know is this: it doesn't matter if you are a Kapuso or a Kapamilya... as long as you have the heart and mind and the soul to reach for those who need. We will be all runners... together in this goal.

See you tomorrow!