A blog for my running adventures.....and beyond: Mizuno Infinity Run 2010

It was on the Mizuno Infinity run 2010 last April 11, 2010 at The Fort that I ran my first ever 15km race. Coming from trail experiences with Mt. Batulao and Mt. Maculot within the past 2 weeks before the race, I thought of running on a race pace this time. My goal was to run at sub-1:15:00 hours. Initially though, my plan was to keep pace with Allen as he would try to beat his 1:26:00 hours finish last year for the same distance.

I usually wear my Tribal® bandana on my race pace, other than that, I would be on an easy pace mode. As soon as the race started, I ran quickly to get ahead of the pack pacing along with Beep Beep. I thought that keeping my pace within Beep Beep’s pace would give me a good finish time at this race as I had done lately in my previous races. Surprisingly enough, I found myself pacing with another runner. It was on the SBC Kaizen Wellnes Run 2010 (12k) in Calamba and Unilab Run for Wellness 2010 (21k) that I saw him ran with me in the same category. He was a Japanese runner whom I think was working for a semiconductor company somewhere in Laguna.

I just felt my legs were stronger on the race day that I was able to keep pace with Mr. Japanese runner up to the 11^th or 12^th km of the race. However, as we go back to The Fort from the Kalayaan flyover, it seemed that he had increased his pace that I could not catch up anymore. This led me to chasing a Japanese runner as my goal for the race. I felt much stronger running as fellow takbo.ph members greeted me along the route. For a satisfying finish time of 1:05:58 hours, I thought the day was over and it was time to freshen up for a race well done.

An sms message from Tin told me that I was given an award. It was Bryan Rivera who informed her about it. (Thanks Tin, Thanks Bryan) So, Allen and I had to go to the awarding ceremony to confirm the award. Surprisingly, I took the Age Category (19-29) in the 15k and I am now a Champion.

Thanks to Timmy (kenkoyrunner) for the award… hehe!

It was another big day for takbo.ph peeps because 3 bloggers (kenkoyrunner, runningninja and planet_trumania) took awards for the best blogs in different categories. Also, Carly took an award for the most improved time.
Congratulations to all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrs!