2 major events happened this weekend. First is the Yakult 10 mile run which most non-runners doesn't really care about and second is the Dream Match between Manny Pacquiao and Oscar De La-Hoya and every Filipino knows about this.
Let me give a brief recap on my 16K run during the Yakult 10 mile race. I arrived on the scene of the race 15 minutes before the start of the race. It took me some time though to enter the chute and the reason is really a long story so I won't be mentioning about that. When the gun sounded, I wasn't actually inside the chute yet. I hurried to have my bib checked and ran. Along the way I saw Josh and Regie pacing each other. Regie my pacing partner was suppose to pace Josh for the whole course, but Josh insisted that if Regie wants to pace with me he could do so. So to Josh, thanks for letting Regie join me during the race. This was also the race where I'll be able to test my new Garmin 305 for its longest run within a week. Unfortunately, I got disoriented when the gun sounded that I forgot to press the start button, not until around kilometer 2 of the race. Anyway I had fun running this course and I'm grateful to Regie for not leaving me during the whole race. I finished with an unofficial time of 1:13 and 34 seconds. This was my first 16K race so theres a PR for 16K. After the race though, we were in a hurry to leave and have breakfast at Rockwell so that we can get to Makati Sports on time for the Manny Pacquiao bout. We weren't even able to attend the awarding. I saw the takbo.ph gathering area early before the race but its unfortunate that we didn't had enough time to drop by.
About the Manny Pacquiao bout, well, I'm sure most if not all have seen the fight so I don't have to give a recap about that. But I'd like to mention that Maywheather Sr. was not totally wrong about what he mentioned about Dream Match being a circus. He was right in saying it was a mismatch. His mistake was he voted in the wrong guy.
Congratulations to all who ran the Yakult 10 miler and of course to the pride of our country Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao.
P.S. I got the photo from Vimz. Thanks Vimz!
10 comments:
hi taki! i got a very nice shot of you while you were running to the finish at Yakult early this morning. the link to the pics can be found at my Yakult blog at http://kulitrunner.wordpress.com. see you in training next week. ;)
Taki, congratulations to you on the 16K and to Manny on the decisive win. You are both winners!
Regarding Mayweather Sr. .. I don't think he should be talking about a Dream Match being a circus. Remember, it was his son that participated in the WWFs Wrestlemania earlier this year. That was a circus if I ever heard of one.
Have a good week my friend!
Congrats Taki. Kaya pala ang bilis mo nawala, humabol ka pa kay pacman. See you again, will you be at UP Ictus?
Vimz - Ey thanks so much for the photo. :)
Wayne - Thanks Wayne. :)
Vener - I'm not yet sure yet. I didn't know na Ictus Run na pala. Tingnan ko pa.
Congrats Taki on your first 16k race and finishing it at 1:13! Awesome!
Didn't race for this one. Just accompanied my 2 children run/walk their first 3k. It was a tear-jerking experience I will never forget.
Thanks for urging me to approach the ANIMO organizers. Kung wala ka doon, wala sana akong medal, gift pack and Havaianas!
congrats taki. as usual ang bilis mo na naman. hehe
Nora - Thats nice to accompany your children. Grabe ah.. malayo din ang 3K para sa kanila. :)
Wilbert - Thanks. Congrats din for your 10 miler and for being the Takbo.ph model. Hehe :)
Hi Taki, congrats on your great run!
taki,
congrats!
join tnf thrill of the trail on jan 18 in nasugbu.
take care and see you next year. happy holiday!
the halimaw is back in action!
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