What: All-Star KAPUSO FUN RUN para sa Kalikasan
When: April 10, 2011
Where: Mall of Asia Grounds
Rise Up! its time to stretch our legs... As early as 3am we already prepared ourselves for the event. We stayed at Sharon's place so that it would be easier for us to be at the events location. It so funny that we all wear same outfit..black shirt and leggings!..We just ate light breakfast and ready we go..
At 5am we are already the MOA grounds. We sat near the fountain and took some pictures. Good thing the fountain was opened early to entertain us while waiting and looks nice as background for our pics. We are really expecting a big crowd...and it is..all sorts of kind of people are present at the event. Oldies, kids, families, friends, officemates, and some even brought their pets with them.
Organizers instructed runners to stay at the corresponding area around 5:40 , first on line would be the 10k participants followed by 5k and 3k respectively. Richard Gutierrez and Iza Calzado greeted the crowd to boost up the energy-and its effective ..they also mentioned celebrities who are also present and participated the event that got us screaming... Elma Muroz have the runners warmed up with some stretching. The race starts at the coordinators signal. It was hard for us to move at first but later on as the we occupy the street it gives us enough space to run. We are not there to compete just to have fun so mostly we just walk fast and run a little and took some pictures at the guide set for runners. We make sure that 3 of us would stay together coz we don't have our cellphones with us. Its pass 1k already we haven't seen any water station yet but its kinda relief that we are that far already. In just few minutes we already have a quick break to drink water. And in our way Richard Gutierrez pass by with his body guards and fans following behind him. Thet go crazy on that event but we are exhausted already to follow him running so we just followed him by sight. As we go near to the finish line we decide to run, my legs felt numb during that time but I still want to run. Our official time 40:17 minutes for 3k run. Not bad for newbies.
The whole event is a success. Around 5,000 people participated and enjoyed the race including three of us. We received a waist bag and a certification in return and of course our shirt. We watched the awarding and took some pictures of the celebrities on stage. Most of them are survivor participants. Its really tiring but fun. A good way to bond with friends or family for a charitable cause.
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