Just Another Runner

While I was registering my son and brother-in-law for the Nike 10K race at the Nike store in Greenbelt 3, I saw on display the new LunarGlide+ 3. And it was my size - 13; it is so hard to find running shoes in my size in the Philippines. I remembered what my other brother-in-law told me, that if I find the running shoe that I like in my size - it was destiny. I even had a semi-good reason to buy new ones because I couldn't find my LunarGlide+ 2. I was about to succumb to another moment of weakness, but fortunately (or unfortunately) my wife was with me and she got me to snap out of it and I was able to regain control of my credit card. Oh well, I even loved the colorway - black with a red swoosh, and yellow sole. But, it's not meant to be. YET.

My race report on the AXN Runs Philippines held last Sunday - Sept. 18, 2011. I did the 21K distance. This was a very challenging course. I loved it! When it was first announced and I saw the race map, I thought, "Wow! A new venue!" Then, "Yikes! Three flyovers (out and back, so that's six) and a long uphill at the last kilometer! The race starts at the Ortigas Center, Pasig, goes down Julia Vargas to C-5 then traverses C-5 going to Katipunan Ave in Quezon City near Miriam College, then back to Ortigas Center, in the process, passing thru C-5/Ortigas, C-5/Libis and Katipunan/Aurora flyovers. But then, a week before the race, I found out that they changed the route because they were giving way to the Ateneo College Entrance Test being held that weekend. So instead of three flyovers, it became four! They added the Pasig flyover as a bonus. So, the 21K runners will have to run a total of eight flyovers and an uphill in the last kilometer. They really mean