Globe Run for Home 2011 - Run it Your Way

And they're back...

One of the most innovative, if not the most innovative, race event in the Philippines is back. From the Champion Chip in 2009, to the 100% PET bottle-made singlets in 2010 (plus being the first to stage a race event in the Makati business district), Globe now offers the participating runners to choose which foundation or institution will benefit from their own wallets.

The beneficiaries:

1. Gawad Kalinga - building communities with a culture of caring and sharing. They aim to end poverty for 5 million families by 2024.
2. Habitat for Humanity - the recipient of the last two Globe runs, Habitat for Humanity will spend your money to build houses for our public school teachers.
3. Haribon Foundation - dedicated to the conservation of our natural resources.
4. Virlanie Foundation - they aim to bring the smile back to our street children by providing home, education and the opportunity to become responsible and self-sufficient contributors to the society.

P50.00 of your registration fee, regardless of distance category, will be donated to your chosen beneficiary.

D-Tag will be used to track your time throughout the race. D-Tag is an electroic tag attached to your shoe (instructions on how to use it is included in the race kit) that records the time at which you cross the start line, the finish line and several split times in between.

Let your friends and family track your whereabouts on the race

Another good feature of this Globe race is that you can have your family and friends know where exactly in the race you are right on your Facebook Wall. Right! You just install an application to help the tracking system display and post your whereabouts on your Facebook Wall. Once this is done, it will update your race status and finish times on real time while you are out there running.

Run through Makati CBD!

Participating runners on the 15 and 21 kilometer races will also get their chance to run through the central business district of Makati. From the Bonifacio Global City which starts from the 7th Avenue, runners will run over the Buendia flyover to Makati.

There they will run across the popular streets of Paseo de Roxas, Makati Avenue and Ayala Avenue. 21Km runners will go all the way to Gil Puyat Avenue towards Pasong Tamo and the train railway before they make a U-turn back to The Fort.

Ease of Registration

To my delight, registration on a race event has never been this easy. I went to Greenbelt 3 Cinema Lobby last Wednesday night to register for the 10Km race. Manned with several competent and friendly crews, the registration was smooth and highly organized.

I get to a computer portal to type and provide my personal details and race category, print it on a printer nearby, pay on the cashier station, get my receipt and present it to the fitting area for my singlet.

All I have to do now is train for my race. (Now it becomes a little more complicated. Haha.)

Categories, Fees and Discounts

• 3 Km, P650, Race starts at 6:00 am
• 5 Km, P750, Race starts at 5:45 am
• 10 Km, P850, Race starts at 5:30 am
• 15 Km, P950, Race starts at 5:15 am
• 21 Km, P1050, Race starts at 5:00 am

For running friends and families, a group registration of 5 people for the same race distance category, the 5th runner gets to register for FREE! Registration has already started and ends on March 20, exactly one week before the actual race event starts on March 27.

More Info

Visit the Globe Run for Home 2011 website.

Training Log: Goals for the Month of March

Farewell February. Meet March.

Sa loob ng unang dalawang buwan ng 2011, masaya akong nakatapos sa unang walong linggo ng aking training. Nde ko pa den masabi na nakabalik na ko sa dating pagtakbo ko. Unang-una dahil hirap at mabigat pa den ang aking katawan. Pangalawa dahil mabagal at nde pa den ganun kalayuan ang aking kayang takbuhin.

Pero kumpara sa kung saan ako nagsimula ngayong taon, marami nang positibong nagbago at kung kaya ko pang ituloy-tuloy ang aking mga nasimulan ay mas mapapalapit pa ako sa mga target goals ko sa buong taon.

Mula sa panimulang 6 na kilometrong pagtakbo, Nakatapos ako ng 16 na kilometro sa buwan ng Pebrero. Mula sa 171 pounds, bumaba na ang aking timbang sa 164.0 pounds. Naitala den ng aking running watch ang pinakamabilis na kilometrong tinakbo ko sa 4:32 minutes. Mas mabilis kesa sa 6 minute per kilometer na pagtakbo nung mga unang araw ng taon.

Time to look forward and set new goals. Mas maayos at magiging mas madali siguro kung merong mga monthly goals. Monthly goals na naka-align den sa mid-year marathon goal ko - ang Milo marathon.

Ngayong Marso, goals ko ang mga sumusunod:

• Run 21-Kilometers on a Sunday Long Run (Mas mahaba sa 16Km this Feb)
• Weight down to 160 pounds (Mas mababa pa sa 164.0 this Feb)
• Log a 4:00 kilometer on a Park Training Run (4:32 minutes fastest this Feb)

Diba? Mas madaling sundin kung nakatala ang mga gusto kong magawa ngayong buwan? Unti-unti lang den at hopefully pagdating ng April, mas magiging madali na ang magtraining para sa marathon.

Bago ko tuluyang magpaalam sa Pebrero, masaya ko munang ise-celebrate ang aking 2000 kilometers na natakbo simula pa noong November 2008. Yehey!

Nitong huling Linggo, in celebration na den ng history ng aking Sunday long runs. Ibinalik ko yung Pandesal Run. Hehe. Tumakbo ako ng tatlong kilometro papuntang bayan ng Silang, bumili ng mainit at bagong lutong pandesal, tumakbo ulit ng apat pang kilometro papuntang bahay nila Nerissa para i-deliver yung pandesal at tumakbo ng 7 kilometro pauwi ng bahay.

Nakalimutan kong bilhan ng palaman yung pandesal. Hehe. Next pandesal run siguro.