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GIG RUN 09
Posted on June 2, 2009 by Running Bananas
GIG RUN 09: Green Is Good! Run for the reforestation of the Ipo Dam Watershed
The UP Mountaineers, through its Environment Committee and the Padyak Project Foundation presents: The 2009 GIG Run. A run to raise awareness on the need to protect the Ipo Dam Watershed.
Date: June 28, 2009
Race Start: 6:00 am
Venue: UP Diliman Grounds (Start/Finish at AS/Palma Hall Parking Lot)
Categories
10km men’s / women’s
5km men’s / women’s
2.2 km Costume Fun Run
Prizes
10km Male
1st: P10,000 + Columbia Sportswear Knapsack
2nd: P5,000 + Columbia Boar Butte Shirt
3rd: P3,000 + Columbia Boar Butte Shirt
10km Female
1st: P10,000 + Columbia Sportswear Knapsack
2nd: P5,000 + Columbia Peclet Blouse
3rd: P3,000 + Columbia Peclet Blouse
5km Male:
1st: P3,000 + Columbia Sportswear Knapsack
2nd: P2,000 + Columbia Boar Butte Shirt
3rd: P1,000 + Columbia Boar Butte Shirt
5km Female
1st P3,000 + Columbia Sportswear Knapsack
2nd P2,000 + Columbia Peclet Blouse
3rd P1,000 + Columbia Peclet Blouse
2.2km Fun Run
Best in the Fun Run category – Gift certificate from Columbia Sportswear
GIG Registration starts on Monday, May 18. You have four options to register
Registration Fee is P250 (includes an awesome event Singlet and other freebies).
1) Go to any Columbia Sportswear outlet to register. However, payments are only accepted in Greenbelt 5, Gateway, and at SM North EDSA. 
http://www.columbia.com/
2) On May 24 during the RUNNEX Marathon in UP Diliman, we will have a registration booth from 6am to 10am.
3) At the UP Information Office Tuesdays to Fridays at the Quezon Hall (Admin Building). Look for Bernz Varona during office hours
4) During the GIG event itself.
5) If your company will field in enough runners, we can drop by your office for your registration to make it more convenient for you. Please email is for details.
For any questions, please email ask@thegigrun.org
Or text 09159874321/09228235462
See you there!
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My Running Gears Utility
Posted on April 22, 2009 by Running Bananas
I’m fond of making programs out of Visual Basic in MS Excel. Just a simple program not much of heavy coding and power algorithms. Not like of most IT professionals’ work of art.
I just found this useful to other runners so I’m sharing this one.
This utility lets you tabulate all your running stuffs like shoes, hydration belts, singlets, caps, etc.
To download just click this link My Running Gears
If you have comments or suggestions, feel free to post.
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Meeting with the Takbong Pangarap Team
Posted on April 19, 2009 by Running Bananas
Last Saturday, a bloggers’ meet was held at Powerbooks on SM Megamall. To meet and greet with the Takbong Pangarap team Joy Rojas, Mateo Macabe and Chuck Crisanto.
At the Powerbooks
While waiting
Mr. Chuck Crisanto, Mr. Mateo Macabe, and Ms. Joy showing some stuff from SportsAde
Kristel Autencio from Vibal Foundation started the talk and presented the Takbong Pangarap Team. The team shared their thoughts of their dreams and their preparations for the said event. They also gave some short talks about their past runs and experiences. The Trans-USA will not be all about the honor and glory of the team but the pride of the Filipinos and for the benefit of the Social Division of the Philippine Heart Center and the Anti-TB Program of the Inner Wheel Club of Quezon City District 378.
Mr. Chuck Crisanto
Ms. Joy Rojas
The Takbong Pangarap Team
Pugs, ReVO, Mat, and Mel
ReVO, Mat, Joy, Mark, and Mel
Good luck to the Takbong Pangarap Team!
Have a safe trip and a safe run.
We’ll take note of the things you told us. We’ll wait for your return and listen to all the experiences you’ll have in the Trans-USA.
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Takbong Pangarap
Posted on April 19, 2009 by Running Bananas
Every individual has their own dreams. A child as little as 4 years old already has dreams in their mind. You may hear them say “I want to be a superhero!”; “I want to be rich!”; “I want to be an astronaut and go to the moon!” to name a few.
It changes somehow as the person faces and sees the reality. The path they’re taking, and how their life being shaped. Fulfillment after fulfillment the dreams are getting bigger, higher and deeper meaning. Dreaming for one’s self sake to the dreaming for the benefit of the others’. Dreaming for one’s self achievement to the dreaming for the pride, glory and honor for the others.
Takbong Pangarap/Trans-USA Run 2009, the 5,000 kilometer cross-country run across the United States of America to be attempted by Joy Rojas. On her 44th birthday, May 11,2009, Rojas will begin a journey like no other. An ultramarathon from Eagle Rock, California and continue through Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey towards New York City. An attempt as the only Southeast Asian woman to have ever accomplished such Trans-USA. Cesar Guarin became the first Filipino to run across America in 1987, he traversed the country from east to west. All in all, approximately 182 men and 11 women have run across the world’s fourth largest nation.
Running the 5,000 kilometers approximately in 100 days and take 20 days of rest, through 12 states. Joy Rojas will be accompanied by her trainer and running partner Mateo Macabe as well as team manager Chuck Crisanto. Mat will act as Joy’s pacer and navigator. Taking turns with Chuck in driving the Takbong Pangarap support vehicle, Mat will run and bike alongside Joy for some parts of the route.
Joy who has just finished Hakbang Pangarap, her Trans-Philippines run in 2005 which she covered 2,000 kilometers from Davao City to Pagudpod in 46 days.
When it was done, I thought, “That’s it?”. Then I realized that maybe running across the Philipines didn’t have to mean the end of a dream, but the start of many others,” Joy tells.
Aside from living her dream, Joy wishes to help others’ dreams come true by running to raise funds for two beneficiaries: the Social Division of the Philippine Heart Center and the Anti-TB Program of the Inner Wheel Club of Quezon City District 378.
The Takbong Pangarap has relied on donations, volunteer assistance and a few corporate sponsorships. The team is also hoping that Filipinos from all over the world will extend their help. This is not just Takbong Pangarap Team’s dream but the dream, pride and honor of every Filipino. This is an athletic feat as difficult as climbing Mt. Everest, running as hard as the punches received in a boxing match.
Takbong Pangarap: “No limit to the Filipino spirit!”
To know more details you may visit this site POC.net Takbong Pangarap
Or go directly to related posts shown below:
Even to Nasugbu, there’s no such thing as “been there, done that”
POC launches Takbong Pangarap channel
Takbong Pangarap FAQs
Joy Rojas joins World Tuberculosis Day Fun Run
Crossing countries, carrying dreams
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Update: SUNFEST ’09 FUN RUN
Posted on April 15, 2009 by Running Bananas
Ma’am Cherry of Rayomar Outreach Foundation, Inc. e-mailed us for the updates of this events.
Sunfest 2009 will accept payments for the Fun Run from April 16 to April 24 at the Ground Floor, The Bellevue Hotel, North Bridgeway, Northgate Cyberzone, Filinvest Corporate City. Look for Jema Suan of Swire Travel. Schedule as follows: Mondays to Fridays – 9:30 am to 5:30 pm and Saturdays – 9:30 am to 12 noon. We will release the race bib and Offical Receipt of the Foundation upon your payment.
Runners map to follow.
Details for registration
Duration: April 16 to 24
Where: Ground Floor, The Bellevue Hotel, North Bridgeway, Northgate Cyberzone, Filinvest Corporate City
Person to look for: Jema Suan of Swire Travel
Schedule: Mondays to Fridays (9:30 am to 5:30 pm)
Saturdays (9:30 am to 12 noon)
You may download the registration form here.
Sunfest Fun Run Registration Form
Details of Race Event
Distance: 3K/5K/10K
Date: April 25, 2009 (Saturday)
Time: 6AM
Location: Ayala Alabang Village
Registration Fee: P250
Deadline of Registration: April 24 (Friday)
Contacts: Cherry Bautista
Tel: 5685777 to 80 or 7721020
CP: 09178804200
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