Run for a CAUSE: Run for HOME

What better way to do in a Sunday than run with our friends and loved ones and where each step we all take changes the lives of others? Doing that thing we love to do and at the same time helping our needy fellowmen to have a decent home to live in? We will run for a cause, we will run for home.

Win or lose, a new personal running record or not, the real winners would be these poor Filipinos who could not afford a decent home. Let's do this. Let's run for home.

The Race Venue

Coach Rio of www.runrio.com led us through the race routes of the 3k, 5k, 10k, 15k and 21k running distance categories. Participants would be running under the shades of the towering buildings at the heart of Makati. 

All race categories will run through Makati's Ayala Triangle. The starting line will be located in the Paseo de Roxas side of the Ayala Triangle going to Makati Avenue and then to Ayala Avenue. 5K runners will go as far as the Buendia Avenue and the 10K, 15K and 21K runners get to cross the Kalayaan flyover all the way to the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and back.

This will be my home court except for the Kalayaan flyover. I have been training here in Makati since the Milo Marathon last year. So let's see how the Makati runners respond to this unique experience to run mostly in the comforts of our running grounds.

Unique Technology: First from Globe

Champion chips will again be used. This is one of the first races in the country to use such advance timing technology. And continuing with the Globe's commitment to serving us with the latest technology, participating runners get to have their Facebook Walls automatically updated with their race times. Facebook mania. For this auto update feature, Facebook users should download and install a Facebook application  (Facebook Live Updates via Champion Chip).

Not yet convinced? Well, here's something to spice up your imagination. What if your facebook friends, your family, your network of friends and everyone who have an access to the internet can see your streaming video at the finish line? Wouldn't that be something truly awesome? Yeah. Globe will offer a free streaming video of the runners crossing the Finish Line. Yehey. Your facebook account gets to updated every time you cross a reading / sensor station. As you get nearer and nearer to the Finish Line, your family and network of friends then get to check out your Finish Line moments right in front of their computer screens.

Globe Run for Home and the Champion chip reminds me so much of the oh-so-sweet Christine Reyes. Can we run now, Globe? Please do invite her again. Please. Please. Please.

 The Earth-Friendly Singlet
 

Check out Globe's Run for Home 2010 Singlets. Every singlet is actually made from 3 recycled PET bottles. This race is not only technologically advanced, it's earth friendly as well.


So what are you waiting for?

Go register at globe.com.ph/run/. Discounts and Promos available. Race Day is on March 21, 5AM. Registration ends on March 5, 8:00 PM.

Globe is donating a portion of the proceeds to Habitat for Humanity Philippines, with the common goal of building communities through volunteerism. Habitat for Humanity is a global organization dedicated to uplifting people’s lives by providing them affordable and durable housing.   In partnership with Habitat for Humanity Philippines, Globe will support the construction of new housing units to address the need for resettlement of the informal settlers from the Pasig riverbanks, a project initiated by Kapit Bisig Para sa Ilog Pasig (KBIP).  Run for Home 2010 will help fund the construction of houses in Bayanijuan sa Calauan, a 100-hectare resettlement community in Barangay Dayap, Calauan, Laguna. This initiative is part of the Ayala Group of Companies’ commitment to build communities for those in need.

My Personal Goal

Globe is actually the race I have been waiting for to set my 10Km race bench mark. Starting January 2, 2010, I have set my eyes and dreams on conquering this race before I get to prepare and train for my marathon dreams. It would be real tough to race a sub-40 minutes 10Km with a route going through the Kalayaan flyover. But as the saying goes.. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going. So let's go do this.