Adobo Run at Nuvali, Sta. Rosa, Laguna

SOLEUS LSD Run + Birthday Celebration of our Diva

We arrived at 5 am at Nuvali. It was a good time to stretch and warm up since you can feel the fresh and cool wind while waiting for the other soleus runner.

6am, when we started to run in a slow pace. There were other runners on their way back already and few cars along the road.

Bilson Serbito, Flordeliza Galve, Siu Ping Chan

Ernest Carual, Ch E Caponpon, Mam Judith Staples, Inja Fajatin, Jano Nd

The Birthday Celebrant Vicente Blue Zapanta Jr., Moja Moja

Jhune Ligtas, Kerwin Ng

Francis Chua

Ces Yuson, Slim Lhabs, and my brother :)

Ces Yuson, Peter Ng, Slim Lhabs

Ces Yuson, Byahero Runner, Roselle Abajo

Dazzling Charmer

Stephen Ian Cuenca

Around 8am, we can really feel the heat which slows us down. Well the good thing was, most of us are used to heat training. :) So they don't really mind so much about the heat, it makes them sweat though. lol

They called this run "Adobo Run", because of the enticing, luscious, mouthwatering, savory, and scrumptious Adobo with Gata of Mam Judith waiting at the finish line! ^_^

Reaching the 10 kilometer mark, all of us are talking about the Adobo. Basically, it became our motivation to keep going and to run fast!

But wait, whether you came first in the finish line, you cannot taste yet the Adobo sa Gata simply because everyone should wait for the last runner to reach the finish line.

At 9:30am, everyone was able to eat their most awaited Adobo with Gata. :) It was the best finish line because after the run there were too many foods; ice creams, eggs, hotdogs, sodas, tuna sandwiches, slurpees, and especially the cake for the birthday celebrant (Blue)!

And of course, blowing of the candle of our Diva! :)

Thank you to our Support; Sir Mike and Kuya Boyet, the best!

See you next time again Nuvali :)

Laguna to Quezon 50K Ultramarathon

(U.P. Los Banos) to (Kamay ni Hesus) [August 24, 2014]

My First EVER Ultra-marathon.
And I never really thought that I would be running an ultra-marathon earlier than I wished to be. Everything happens so fast, then the night came I was riding in our support group car at around 9pm and driving to Laguna; my mind is still not in the condition that I would be running a 50 kilometer. It was around 1am when we arrived at U.P. Los Banos and many runners were preparing already; warming up, hydrating, eating, praying, and all those stuffs runner usually do before the run. Race briefing happened 30minutes before the gun-start, I was trying to condition my mind already but none of it worked. My mind seriously thinks that I will be just running my normal 21 kilometer run.

It was 3am the race started! I want to run slow, telling myself that this is an ultra-marathon; it worked!-- for 5minutes. grr! After that, I felt the adrenaline I usually feel whenever I run a half marathon. And my feet starts to run with their normal pace, and I saw myself running together with the two Mamaw of the team. 10 kilometer mark came and our support group was waiting for us, we stopped to get something to drink and eat and we run again. 22 kilometer mark came and we saw our support group car, we stopped again but this time it was quite longer that I manage to take a sit for a minute and I can see my skin was steaming. Hehe

At 35 kilometer mark, that was the time when my mind manage to sink the thought that I am running an almost 55 kilometer distance run. My body started to run slower, needed to drink frequently, and done several powerwalk.

It was 47 kilometer mark; we had run through most of the uphells and downhells. I felt my body was running out of strength. I felt dizzy already due to heat, signs that I am about to experience cramps, side stitch for a couple of times, my feet were sore already since it was the longest distance ever that I reached, and my waist was in pain that I was walking from time to time. With all these, I decided to tell to my buddy that he should go on because I know and I can see that he was still in the condition; and I explained that he would end up walking with me most of the time until we reach the finish line. Hehe

After a series of walking and running, and I even manage to take a nap alongside the road at around 50 Kilometer mark -- I reached the 54.66 Kilometer FINISH LINE at nearly 1pm.
I finished my first ultra-marathon.

Thank you so much to my Kuya and Best Buddy who first encouraged me to run and never left me; Kuya Edmond Cuenca [Dazzling Charmer]

Thank you so much Sir Glenn Dhale Atmosfera, Byahero Runner, Peter Ng, Kerwin Ng, Victhor Tuazon, Norvs Rubi-cruz, Lito Ortiz Mallari. Thank you Ate Mirjam Gutierrez, Roselle Abadia Abajo, Slim Lhabs!

Thank you so much to our best support group Sir Paolo Lomotan Japson, Ace Mallari. Thank you Ate Gatuz Pamela, Ces Yuson, Vicente Blue Zapanta Jr.!

Congratulations to all of us!

Thank you Team Soleus Philippines!

Congratulations and thank you to Run Mania, Run Mania Philippines Promotionsand Sir Pat Maranan for the challenging and successful running event!

Thank you to all the photographers also! Hehe

Thank you so much to all of you guys for being a part of my first ultra marathon.



Here's the picture of the back side of the trophy:

...you can see the front side of this trophy on the first picture above including the medal.

And my brother managed to take a picture with the view of beautiful Kamay ni Hesus:

...we wanted to climb there but -- you know. Hehe. It was just too hard at that moment. lol. Next time we will!

P.S.

Before you leave from Quezon, don't forget to buy these stuffs: