Venue: GCM Talamban, Cebu City
Distance: 15k 2:17 with finishers medal and loot bag
5:00 am
For some reason, my body wasnt in the mood for this run. On Saturday, Oct 12, I slept most of the day. The weather was alternate rainy and sunny becoz of Storm Santi, a good time to just sleep. I got a headache after watching TMZ so I decided to take some medicine. Hooboy, now my body just felt lazier after the medicine. Anyways, since I registered there's no choice but to prepare for the run. Good thing the rain stopped. Santi didnt affect Cebu much, thank God.
Dawn came, I woke up very early at 3:15 am, so I came down and ate some snacks, hopia and water.I really felt full at that time after just one hopia. When i went out of the gate, I was thinking of padlocking the gate but I saw this old guy stopped in front of the gate and started to pee, so I decided not to padlock the gate and walked as quick as I can. I was able to get a pedicab and taxi ride right away. Two minutes after I got inside a taxi, all the lights were off..as in brown out...ohhhhh that was scary... But it came back a minute after. I arrived at GCM at 4:30, I had enough time to prepare for the run. The zumba warmup started but the instructor was too energetic. Too many jumps.. Joel Baring was there again to give instructions, again he had to look at the tarpaulin before announcing the name of the run... And then were off..Fireworks everywhere. Then I remembered that I have to turn on my 2 blinkers..grrrr..i forgot AGAIN!
Good thing I brought my blinkers becoz there was brownout in salinas drive. Some of the buildings have generator but there were no streetlights..I love my blinkers! They are a lifesaver!
The run was just like my other runs... Gorordo, Escario and Banawa is really a tiring route so I walked more than I ran. I wasnt the last runner, but there were only few runners behind me. When I was near the finish line, I heard somebody shout behind me but I ignored it and ran.Then when I looked at my water bottler, the cap was gone. I went back and a lady shouted that she has it. I asked if it was her behind me who was calling Ate..she said yes and I thanked and apologized to her. Lesson: Make sure the cap in my water bottle is tightly closed. It costs P299.00 . Going back for the cap cost me a minute. My time 2:17 minutes...hmmmm not happy with it, but not surprised..I got to stop thinking about my PR and just enjoy the run.
Good stuff: Gatorade and Banana stations at turning point for 10k and 21k. Hurray! Loot Bag has lots of great stuff I can use, mostly food but i love it and the bag. Thanks GCM and Happy Anniversary. Hope you have another run next year.
Next Run: Bradford church centennial run 21k
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