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Archive for August, 2009
Preparing for the DEAN’s CUP
Everyone at the College of Law is excited with the upcoming Dean’s Cup. All offices in the UP Law Complex are gearing up either as participants or volunteers. Check out out the pictures below.
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OFFICE OF THE COLLEGE SECRETARY
OFFICE OF THE DEAN
and with the long list of sponsors, everyone can expect to get load of freebies! Among which are the following:
- Men’s Health Magazine for the first 600 finishers (first 100 walk, first 200 5k, first 200 10k, and first 100 triathlon participants).
- Hershey’s Special Dark Sugar Free
- Eaji Bread Stix
- Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Drink
- Hershey’s Choooocolate (Cookies and Cream)
and the much coveted DEAN’S CUP!
REGISTRATION IS UNTIL 5:30AM SUNDAY, AUGUST 30
REGISTRATION AT SATTELITE CENTERS (ROX, ROC, ALL TERRA, SECONDWIND) IS UNTIL AUGUST 28
REGISTRATION AT UP COLLEGE OF LAW IS WHOLE DAY SATURDAY.
For more details, contact Rona/Jo at 9270518.
Enough is enough [PART I]
The cycle had to stop and I was the only one who could put an end to it…
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A few months back, Jinoe asked me to send in my “before and after” pics, coupled with a story of how running changed my life. I mentioned in that short write-up that I have what I call a “weight cycle.” It’s a cycle where I start off with normal weight then I balloon, followed by a period where I shed all the excess weight again… Only to be followed by another period where I gain everything back again. It’s really an awful cycle.
NOTE: photo courtesy of TAKBO.PH (2008 Running Yearbook)
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Before I started running, I was at my peak of being overweight in 2006. It was the most unhealthy period in my life. I found myself at 215lbs with a waistline of 38″. Looking back, I attribute that period to all those late nights studying, being inactive due to very tight schedule in law school, and a poor or improper diet. Living in a condominium for almost 2 years, I didn’t have the luxury of having a full length mirror to realize I was increasing in size, up until I found myself with one pair of jeans left to wear. When that lone pair couldn’t fit anymore I decided it was enough.
NOTE: Photo courtesy of Ralph Doval-Santos. Taken at Room 200, Malcolm Hall, UP College of Law
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My first real race was the ADIDAS-GK RUN FOR LOVE in October 2007. I ran-walked-ran-walked-walked the 5k. It was probably the first time I had joined a real race. Little did I know that it was going to be the start of my “running story.”
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Come November, I was already really desperate to lose weight. I’d jog around the Ateneo Campus after class and kept myself active. I even went on a vegan diet for a period of almost 3 months starting with the month of December. To most people, it would’ve been the hardest time to diet – Christmas! BUT I was really determined to lose weight. I had also quit smoking (and have maintained it too!) so that I could breathe better when I ran. Come January I had amazingly lost 25 lbs. I had broken the 200 lb barrier.
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Feeling good about myself, I started the year by joining the ICTUS Century Run (Jan. 13, 2008). It was my first race for the year and I did 5k. It was my “pre-Subic” run which was held the Sunday after.
The Subic International Marathon was my “running turning point”. It was also my first 10k run. My offical time was 1:15.26. Not bad for my first 10k… or so I thought. It was at this juncture that I decided to take running seriously. Never did I have the discipline to wake up really early for something (not even school), nor travel hundreds of kilometers just to attend an event that would last for less than an hour. There was just something fascinating about the effort that I put in, the preparations, the crowd that I was with, the thrill of being part of something big. It was a feeling that I wanted to experience over and over again.
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TO BE CONTINUED…
BOTAK: Street Mile Race Challenge
Date and Time: Aug 23, 2009, 10 AM
Venue: AS Parking Lot, UP Diliman
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The event will be co-presented by Quezon City Ladies Foundation and shall support its cause, “Violence against Woman”. The Street Mile Challenge is the first Mile Race in the country, with its categories divided it aims to become a family affair. Such categories are; Kids Male and Female, Masters Men and Women, Open Men and Women, Corporate/ Celebrity Men and Women. The different categories will be run by heats to allow efficient tallying of time and results. As well as to give enough time for parents to pace their kids during their race or photo ops of their kids when they finish their respective race heats.
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The Street Mile will be run by all its participants once, the time that will register during their heat will be their final time. The deadline for entries for the Street Mile will be on Aug. 19, 2009 so that we can still post the respective ETA per heat of every category online from Aug 20-22, 2009.
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The event shall commence after our BOTAK Paa_tibayan Takbo 10 Miler and 5 Miler which shall start at 6am.
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Each participant shall take home goody bags from Hershey’s chocolates. Hershey’s chocolate kisses and chocolate bar mascots will also grace the festivities, so don’t forget to bring in your cameras.
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The BOTAK Paa_tibayan event is presented by BOTAK and co-presented by Quezon City Ladies Foundation in cooperation with; ROX, Gatorade, HP Computers, Hershey’s Chocolates, Paul Calvin’s Deli, Crocs Prepair, Derm Plus, Salonpas, EAJI Trio Snacks, Fit n’ Right Fruit Snacks, Restaurant of Choice, Guam Visitor’s Bureau, Nissan Navara and Philstar.com. Our media partners Business World, Takbo.ph and thebullrunner.com, Men’s Health Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine, Auto Review, 92.3 XFM, 88.3 Wave and Run Radio. Our event partner, Run for Change and supported by the University of the Philippines, College of Human Kinetics.
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Race Organized by: Ian Alacar, Project Director
Edmund Mangaser, – 10 Miler and 5 Miler Race
Ben Alacar, Race Director – Street Mile Challenge
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Registration fee is at: (inclusive of Race Kit and Singlet)
300 php 10 and 5 Mile Race
250 php Street Mile Challenge
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Registration Areas:
BOTAK Kamuning Store
ROX at Bonifacio High Street
Restaurant of Choice ROC in UP Bahay ng Alumni
Paul Calvins Deli at Forbestown
Second Wind Running Store at Maginhawa St. Teachers Village
Alterra Bike Cyclery at Club 650 Libis
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We will also be giving all this products from Hershey’s during the race. And for all those who will register before Aug 15 shall get 1 pack of Hershey’s dark chocolate on selected registration areas.
We will also be giving these beautiful gift packs to our winners during the race as well as Salonpas patches to all the finishers.
A Run For Runners
BOTAK Paa_tibayan Takbo 10 Miler, 5 Miler and Street Mile Challenge.
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Get ready and lace up! After the success of our 100KM Race last June 28 were Jessie Ano has broken the 100KM National Record we bring you the Run Fest this coming August 23, 2009 which will happen at AS Parking lot in UP Diliman were we will be running for no other than ourselves. BOTAK shall give benefit to the rehabilitation of the UP Track and Field Oval into a world class tartan track, where the direct benefit will be our running community.
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More areas to train and run shall help develop our sport further and even provide better training facilities for our athletes competing here and abroad. On the other hand, runners who are living within the city won’t need to go to ULTRA or Rizal Memorial Track Oval anymore to do their training. Also with this project Metro Manila will have an almost complete training venue in its major cities.
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BOTAK Paa_tibayan Takbo is a continuation of the BOTAK Takbo 100KM Running Fest, so for those who had registered for the June 28 event we shall carry it over to Aug. 23. The events are scheduled at; 6 am gun start for the 10 and 5 Mile race and the heat races of the Street Mile Challenge shall commence at 10 am. Our running fest shall also proceed all through out the day with good food, health programs and fitness activities, and games.
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More updates to come in the following weeks!
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Race distances and registration fee at:
300 Php – 10 Mile and 5 Mile Race
250 Php – Street Mile Challenge (1 Mile race)
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Race organized by: Mr. Ian Alacar as Project Director, Mr. Edmund Mangaser – Race for the 10 Mile and 5 Mile Race and Mr. Ben Alacar, Street Mile Challenge.
Dean’s Cup Advisory
Please be advised that the DEAN’s CUP Early Bird registration of
