Victorious Day

November 15, 2009 marked another milestone in Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao's career... and so do I.

I barely had my sleep the night before. But I had to get up at 2:30AM to catch up with our 2009 Timex Run. Gladly, my breakfast was sinigang na baboy, my favorite, I had eaten a full meal. Then, I set myself to go after all my preparations. I happen to see a runner of the same event riding the same bus as I am. I arrived at our meeting place on time, 5:00AM.

Christian, Aiza, and Madz

Our co-runners had their breakfast while waiting for the others. Good thing there is Mini Stop nearby. After a while, we are all set to go and proceed to the venue, Bonifacio Global City. My colleague ran for the 10K category. I see him worry when I mentioned that his gun start was 5:30AM. The result, he ran 16 minutes late after the gun start for their category. Fortunately for the rest of the group, we were able to position ourselves before the gun start.

I said to myself and to my angel that I will strive not to walk all the way to the first water station. Even though I am already feeling the firmness of my limbs, I dare not to stop running. I was successful. But, I felt like I can no longer finish the remaining of 5K stretch, and so I stop and walk for a while. Until such time that I already felt the energy to run again. This time, whenever I stop to walk for a drink or to gasp for air, my feet kinda felt pain. So, I got no resort but to run all the way to the finish line. Unbelievably, we crossed the FINISH line at 39 minutes 35 seconds.

Crossed the FINISH line at 39 minutes 35 seconds

However, this time is not accurate for I forgot to start my timer in the first minute or so. But, I got no worries in mind for The 2009 Timex Run used the Champion Chip (Thanks to RFID!); hence, my race result would be 99.9% accurate and reliable, unlike that of the 2009 Adidas KOTR Race Result. I ranked 875th among the 1218 runners.

Timex Run 5K Race Result

Our name was not reflected. Good thing the pictures reflected our bib numbers, he he.


It was a milestone for me. I felt I can run another 5K stretch after crossing the finish line. As we waited for our group, we wander around for the freebies, taking full advantage of the PhP600 registration fee. We got loot bag, ballpen, drinks, nesvita, and pictures (the event uses Photo Vendo).

Scanned Copy of our Group Picture from Photo Vendo
Pedz, Cris, Jem, Leo, Madz, Christian, Aiza, and Paulo

On top of those giveaways, Piolo Pascual and Coach Rio Dela Cruz were also around. But we were unfortunate to have a picture with them. But we do got picture with other celebrities like Jan Marini, Ricky Davao, and Tessa Prieto.

Jem, Madz, and Jan Marini

Leo, Jem, Cris, Pedz, Ricky Davao, Madz, and Paulo

Aiza, Christian, Tessa Prieto, and Madz

The best of it all, we were able to have picture with the winner of the event, a BulaKenyan. Ü

Leo, Jem, Kenyan Winner, Cris, Madz, Kenyan, (?)
Christian, Aiza, and Paulo

After the awarding ceremony, a free PayPerView of the Pacquiao-Cotto Fire Power, which, we all know who is THE LAST MAN STANDING, was shown in the BIG SCREEN, for FREE.

It was a VICTORIOUS DAY for me as a RUNNER. Pacquiao had been greatly VICTORIOUS against Cotto. And to complete the list, Purefoods TJ Giants (PF) had been VICTORIOUS against the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters (ROS) courtesy of Rico Maierhofer. *wink*