Red Cross Cebu Race to Humanity

July 29,2012 8k 1: 12
Sumilon Road, CBP

This is my first  fun run located in sumilon road in cbp, sounds easy to find...ahhhh nope. I tried googling online for the  map of cebu business park couldnt I find it. So before I decided to register, I tried a little exploring first. For those who doesnt know where it is, its behind CIC. If you are exploring in CBP, just look for the pioneer building. There's a construction going on after the pioneer building, that would be a future landmark. If your going thru gorordo, look for JCA pizza, cardinal rosales avenue cor gorordo, straight ahead lang. One of my usual problems in going to fun runs is the  constant threat of rain and this is no exception. According to the weather news, “may namumuong low pressure area na posibleng maging bagyo”..na naman..hoboyyy. Rains started on fridays, I was getting nervous. Unfortunately, saturday was a full day for me. First swimming, then  voting for the plebiscite (division of banawa-englis from guadalupe), then went back to office to drop my stuff, then tour the sumilon road again, then grocery shopping...my feet was working overtime and I was already feeling pain.
D day
As usual,I couldn sleep to I went down at 3:00 am to eat some peanuts and drink water. Then      I started preparing na by 3:30 am, did some stretching and waited. Then my worst fear happened, it began showering rain again. So I prepared my short-sleeve windbreaker and other stuff stuffed in my new and cheap backback (with a red ribbon tied). I went out at 4:45 am, and found a taxi just near narra apartment.  Now that was quick  swerte. As expected, the driver doesnt know where sumilon road is, its  a good thing I did my exploring...Taxi fare was P82.00, thats okey since I didnt ride the trisikad. When I arrived at the venue, I was so happy to see lots of people  there despite the taligsik a nd they already started the warm up. I saw a married couple with a kid preparing for the event, ahhh so sweet. There was no countdown, and no timer for the 4K. Dili pud back to back ang timer sa 8k. Since it was still showering (and its cold), I decided to wear my short sleeved windbreaker during the run for the first time.  But  when we started to run, the rain stopped..wow! Thats a relief..Thank God.
As usual, I had a hard time in the first 3k,  I felt I wanted to pee..saw dog poop ewww...but when I saw the turning point in lahug, before the skywalk in usp, suddenly everything changed.. Parang ang gaan ng feeling, maaliwalas..everything became easy for me when I returned to the finish line. Still, I was a bit disappointed by my time,  its so super duper consistent, no improvement at all .  I need to finish the 10k (for the milo marathon on oct 7) in 1:30 min or less coz its the cutoff time. I decided to go home by 7:45 am becoz it was starting to shower again, I need to rest so I can go to church at 11:00 and say may thanks. I really had a full weekend despite the weather,

Comments:
Mas okey ang pag-organize.  Distribution of food is split so less longer lines.  Late ang start ng 5 minutes but its understandable becoz of the weather. The venue is okey kaso walang chairs. After the run I badly needed to sit down, kaya next time bring plastic. One thing I hate was they already started the raffle when I arrived..what if my number was already picked.
Food: 2 small pandesal; 1 virginia hotdog, 1 bottle pocari, 1 tetra pack juice, 3-4 chips(marty's crackling). There's also free oishi juice pero I didnt get some.

Will I join the Red cross next year?: Yup! Maybe 16k or 12k or 10k. I heard they plan another fun run later  this year so  wait and see na lang..

next: Timex Run 10k (scared na me, I have 2 weeks to prepare). Plan to run sa dalan