Pictures Tell the Story: PIM, My First Marathon

From Silang, Cavite

Cyrine and Nerissa

 

 

On a bus to Makati, City (Mama, Papa, Cyrine, Nerissa and Me)

Carbo-Loading Dinner

Jolli-Spaghetti, 2 cups of rice and a glass of pineapple juice

  Want some?

 

Cyrine and Papa

To Condo and Get Some Marathon Sleep

Papa and Mama on their way to Condo

 

Waiting for the Condo Elevator

Dressing Up for the Marathon

My beloved Mizuno Wave Ronin 2

Foot wrapped. All systems OK.

On a Taxi to Quirino Grandstand

The Starting Line

Waiting for the gun start at eactly 4:30 AM

 Bib #1028, Where are you looking at?

 

 With Bib #1028.. This is it Jayson. Your marathon dream..

 While the sun still sleeps.. Off we go!

While I was Away and Running the Marathon

 

The other runners at the break of dawn, waiting for their gun start.

And more runners still..

Cyrine and Mama while they wait for me at the Finish Line

 Former President Fidel Ramos with the runners

 More FVR..

 And more FVR..

 And more still..

 Now FVR climbs the stage with his wife, Mrs. Ming Ramos, to give some talk to the runners.

 Waiting for their gun start.. Notice the sun has already awaken.

 The ever energetic runners still waiting to start their races.

 And off they go too!

 

Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim

I have Finished My First Marathon, Wuhoooo!!

Reached the Finish Line in 3:55:36 hours. What a difficult run. 

 I cannot Stand Up now. Just dropped down in fatigue. No medals. No loot bags. Just this black bag.

 Sought Help for my heavily injured and aching right knee. Well, the whole body is in pain actually! :D

 Removed the Knee Support and compressed the knee with ICE.

 Celebration!! With Athan, a great support who helped me overcome the longest last 7 kilometers of the marathon. Thank you so much!

 

Yes! Yes! Yes! I did it! Pandesal Runner is now a MARATHONER!!!

Meet My Marathon Support Crew

We will not be joining forces to fight the evil Doctor Man and his allies. Rest assured, our team has but one goal: Lead me to the finish line and share the fun and excitement that little achievement brings.


My mom - What can I say? She has always been the one to encourage and congratulate me ever since my elementary / primary school days. She has guided me and taught me a lot to be who I am today. She cooks my breakfast before I go to work on Mondays, etc. (I'm shy to share the etc. part,  but needless to say, my mom does a lot for me.) That said, who will be more perfect to be supporting me and waiting for me on the finish line than her?

Nerissa - My loving soon-to-be lifetime partner. My marathon photographer. My number one fan. She'll also be the one to cook my special marathon food request. Hard boiled eggs. Hirap nun hon! Sure ka? Hehehe. I love to eat something on the 30th kilometer.. anything. I thought I like to eat a boiled chicken egg on the road. With a bottle of water or sports energy drink or else I might not finish the marathon due to suffocation -- a DNF caused by a deadly choke from an innocent egg.. ;)

Cyrine, Nerissa's sister - She has to make sure her Ate does not go somewhere else. Hehe.

Yeba - My Pacer from Pasong Tamo, Makati to Roxas Boulevard. Thanks bro! When it's your turn to run a marathon.. I will be more than willing to pace you from Km0 to Km42. Thanks for the support.  





Digi Running Team (Unofficial Team Name) - My running office mates. We run on Tuesdays and sometimes Thursdays at Velazquez Park, Makati City. Training with fellow runners motivates me to stay on track with my running goals. Just helping each other to be better runners. I hope to finish my marathon  for all of us guys.. Thank you all for the training days and the support.


Side Goal

Months ago, I told Nerissa that I was training for a 3:20 - 3:40 marathon debut. Back then, I was not even sure if I'd finish a full marathon run. As supportive as she is.. She promised to pay for the SM cinema tickets for the Pacquiao-Cotto bout on November 15th if.. a BIG if.. I could finish the marathon under 3:30. Otherwise, I would be the one to pay for the tickets.

Any more bettors?

5 Cities of Manila, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Taguig and Makati

9 Bridges consisting of Del Pan, Jones, McArthur, Ayala Blvd., Nagtahan, 

Lambingan, Mandaluyong, Guadalupe and E. Rodriguez
Plus the Kalayaan Flyover from EDSA to Buendia, Makati

An Urban Marathon to Help Save Ilog Pasig

With a 5-Hour Cut-Off Time for 42 Kilometers

Let's Keep Running.