was in July 6, 2014. It was at the Fit & Fun Wellness Buddy Run organized by (our then) sister company, Robinsons Supermarket. I was not supposed to run but was encouraged by officemates Keevee and Arlyn who are both into sports at that time (yoga and rowing). I partnered with my officemate Raymund who is also not a runner and not even sporty. We are just in it for fun (and the grocery pack when you finish the run). We were only suppose to join the 5K run as we planned to run alongside our officemates. But the line for registration was so long by the time I arrived at the venue and the 5K race kit were not enough. I was 3 persons away from the last person who was able to register for the 5KM. What a bummer! The hard choice had to be made. I was constantly texting Raymund to make sure that he is still a go for a 10Km distance instead. Since i was already there and spent more than an hour in the line, we went for it!
Finishing at 1:41.. not bad for first time 10K runners haha!! Thank you to Robinsons and Nestlé for the experience and our pack of grocery goodies...we had fun! ... my partner Raymund did a great job for keeping up with my pace! I thought we'll crawl to the finish line but we did not!
And so it began. My love for running. My husband waited at the finish line for me (he took that shot of me and Raymund almost at the finish line. I guess when he saw that I made it alive and in one piece after running (and walking) a 10KM route, he probably said to himself that " if she can do it, so can I"... and so he told me he wants to join me in the next fun run...
Sure! but for now, where do we eat? I'm starving! is all i can reply to him.
xoxo,
Mumshens
I did not have proper training before the run, I think I only practiced twice at 3Km each 2 weeks prior to race day so I am not confident that i can even do it.
Fast forward to race day. This is me and Raymund at the starting lane. My hubby was very supportive and accompanied me to the buddy run to meet my buddy and other officemates who also joined the fun run. They all however got to run the 5Km route.
The struggle is real. It was the first flyover that we had to pass and it was so hard to keep running uphill. Here, we started to walk until the incline was over.
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| halfway point... for the 5km runners haha! our U-turn slot is nowhere in sight. |
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| Almost half way.... when I saw the 4km marker I knew I can finish this race. |
We are all smiles when we reached the 6km mark... we are more than halfway through. Running is really a sport of agility and mind control.
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| almost at the finish line...one last push! |
Finishing at 1:41.. not bad for first time 10K runners haha!! Thank you to Robinsons and Nestlé for the experience and our pack of grocery goodies...we had fun! ... my partner Raymund did a great job for keeping up with my pace! I thought we'll crawl to the finish line but we did not!
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| certified 10km finishers |
And so it began. My love for running. My husband waited at the finish line for me (he took that shot of me and Raymund almost at the finish line. I guess when he saw that I made it alive and in one piece after running (and walking) a 10KM route, he probably said to himself that " if she can do it, so can I"... and so he told me he wants to join me in the next fun run...
Sure! but for now, where do we eat? I'm starving! is all i can reply to him.
xoxo,
Mumshens
