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Run to Read – Run for a cause
August 15, 2010
Fort Bonifacio Global City

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ABOUT

There is not enough public libraries to serve millions of students, currently there are 688 public libraries of all types and there should be more. The lack of facilities is even compounded by the fact that a significant number of these libraries are under-funded, understaffed, poorly equipped, or in bad physical condition forcing it to stop functioning.

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There should be a total of 1,851 libraries in all, one for each of the country’s 220 congressional districts, 136 cities, and 1,495 municipalities. To date, the country has 1,163 libraries less than required. This affects 40% of the population or nearly 40 million Filipinos as it unacceptably deprives our children of a resource that could spell a difference for their future.

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Realizing the need for children to be aptly exposed to reading materials not readily available for them, the Run To Read Fun Run was designed to raise funds to build and restore libraries for less fortunate communities in various parts of the Philippines. The run will be composed of 4 major distance events; 3KM, 5KM, 10KM, 15KM and a 500-meter dash for kids and their moms or dads

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EVENTS

3k | 5k |10k |15k | 500m for kids

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REGULAR REGISTRATION

July 1 – August 8, 2010

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ONLINE REGISTRATION

www.runnersrunner.com

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REGISTRATION FEE

PHP 500 for 500m for kids (tandem with 1 parent)
PHP 300 for 3k
PHP 350 for 5k
PHP 400 for 10k
PHP 450 for 15k

(Inclusive of singlet, race number and certificate)

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REGISTRATION AREAS

BrandWorX Inc Head Office
Penthouse, Eurovilla Bldg. 2, VA Rufino St., Legaspi Village Makati City

Runnr Store
Bldg. B3 Bonifacio High Street, Taguig City, Philippines

SecondWind Running Store
Maginhawa St., Teacher’s Village | Ortigas Home Depot

All Terra Cyclery
Club 650 Libis, Quezon City

Reebok
Trinoma | Megamall | Festival Mall

Royal Sporting House
Glorietta 4 | Robinson’s Place Manila

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Choose from 5 different singlet colors!

(singlets claiming will be available starting August 1)

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WHAT          Takbo PAA! – St. Luke’s Pediatric Alumni Association Fun Run
.                        3K, 5K and 10K

WHEN:        Sunday, May 23
.                        5:30am, Assembly
.                        6:00am, 10K | 6:05am, 5K | 6:10am, 3K

WHERE:      The Venice Piazza, McKinley Hill, Taguig City

REG FEE:     P400 (inclusive of singlet, race bib, loot bag, P100 donation)

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We would like to invite you to join us “TAKBO PAA!”, a benefit fun run by the St. Luke’s Pediatric Alumni Association. The proceeds of this event will go to the following projects:

1) Reach Out & Read Project
2) Vaccination Program of selected students at the General Roxas Elementary School, Quezon City
3) Annual Christmas Gift giving and Medical Mission for the children of the Camillian Sisters at Cainta, Rizal

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It will be an intimate event with a maximum of 1,000 participants. This fun run is recommended for those who are relatively new to the running community. There will be a 3k and 5k run for beginners inside McKinley Hill and a more challenging 10k route that goes through Lawton Ave and Bayani Road that brings you to Heritage Park.

You can expect more than enough drinks at our hydration stations, compliments of Wilkin’s Mineral Water and Powerade. Keep yourself safe from harmful UV-rays with giveaways from Coppertone! After the race, enjoy treats from Kellogs cereals or grab a breakfast meal from Jollibee.

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This event is for those who wish to enjoy a family-oriented running event. There will be special loot bags for children, as well as a children’s activity area with a giant inflatable castle and slide. A photo booth will also be made available for all participants. A motorized bike and 2 underwater cameras are also up for grabs in the children’s raffle. Adults on the other hand have a chance to win a one of six pairs of Reebok shoes.

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The registration fee of P400 is inclusive of a race singlet (first 800 participants only), race number, loot bags from our sponsors and a P100 donation to our designated beneficiaries.

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Hurry now and register at the following outlets:
Rm 110, Medical Arts Building, St. Luke’s Medical Center, E. Rodriguez Sr. St., Quezon City

SecondWind Running Store – Maginhawa St., Teacher’s Village | Ortigas Home Depot

All Terra Cyclery, Club 650 Libis, Quezon City

Royal Sporting House, Glorietta
See our video for more details

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We hope you can support another charity event brought to you by RUN4CHANGE INC., the same group that brought you The Rescue Run, Midnight Run and Takbo Para sa PGH.

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WHO CAN JOIN
3KM, 5KM AND 10KM FUN RUN

1. The Fun Run is open to all individuals.
2. The Fun Run is divided into the following categories:
   • PAA Member
   • MD (non alumni)
   • Allied Medical Professionals
   • Pharma
   • Open category
3. Participating minors should have their parent or guardian sign the waiver form in this registration form.

HOW TO JOIN

1. To join the fun run, a participant should register prior to the event by filling up an entry form that can be obtained through the following centers/outlets:
   • SLMC MAB 110, 118 and 136 from 10am to 4pm
   • All Terra Club 650, C-5 Road, Libis (next to Shopwise)
   • SecondWind Running Store, Maginhawa St., Teacher’s Village
   • Registration may also be downloaded from
     • http://run4change.com
     • http://www.takbo.ph

For online registration, deposit payment to SLMC Pediatric Alumni Association BPI CA# 3895800219. Fax the deposit slip w/ your name and contact number together with your registration form at (02) 7219400

Participants shall pay a registration fee of

• 8 years old and above – P400 (P100 will go directly to the beneficiaries of PAA)
• Below 8 years – P150 (P100 will go directly to the beneficiaries of PAA)

Race kits will be released starting upon payment. The race kits include the following:

• Race number
• Race map
• Safety pins

RACE PROPER

1. Assembly / check-in shall be at 5:15am at The Venice Piazza, McKinley Hill, Taguig City
2. The race will fire off promptly at:
   • 10KM – 6:00AM
   • 5KM – 6:05 AM
   • 3KM – 6:10 AM
3. Premium loot bags for participants 8 years and above and kiddie loot bags for participants below 8 years old can be claimed at the PAA booth.

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Hello everyone!

Here are the revised results. Please email us at info@run4change.com if there are still corrections. Please take note that all those who registered on-site (ie. Sunday morning) will not have their names on the official list but their race numbers will be reflected.

Overall Winners

3K | 5K | 10K

Male Category

3K | 5K | 10K

Female Category

3K | 5K | 10K

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THE RACE:

I was under the water when the gun went off. It took me a moment before I realized that the race had started and that I should start swimming. I start off my watch already in chronograph mode and paddle away.

The swim leg was an out-and-back course: 1.9km out 1.9km back. Buoys with distance markers were placed at 200-meter intervals throughout the course. I check my watch at the first 200-meter marker: I’m progressing much slower than my regular pace, though I’m sure I’m swimming with just as much effort as I normally do. I dismiss the mental alarm and thought it was just due to the fact that I don’t swim straight. I did stray quite a bit on the first part of the swim, paddling closer to the boats to my left than the buoys on my right.

But even when I was able to manage swimming at a more or less straight line from buoy to buoy, I still progressed very slowly. Something has got to be wrong. I can cover 200 meters in as fast as 4 minutes, not more than 6 minutes even if I were tired. But at that time, it was taking me 7 to 8 minutes to cover it. I do the math: I was not going to make the cut-off at that pace. I started to use my legs more than I wanted to.

I got to the swim turnaround at past 1 hour 10 min, raising my doubts of making the 2:20 swim cut-off even further. Luckily, the current was in our favor on the way back and I’m done 44 minutes after.

I take my time in the transition area, catching my breath and drying off my feet before I put on my socks and shoes. I exchange a few words with the Japanese fellow seated beside me, talking about how tough the swim was – thinking back, I don’t think he really understood me. I buckle-up my helmet, put on my shades and race belt, gels already loaded and I’m out of the change tent.

The bike course consisted of one big loop and 3 small ones. All fours loops would take you past rolling hills towards the end of each lap but it’s the climb at the start of each small loop that really takes a lot away from you – many cyclists opted to walk their bikes up this particular incline. I thought that if I’d do as they did, I might end up tiring my running legs and lose precious time on the bike leg, so I decided to just ride it up, standing on my bike whenever it proved difficult to stay seated. On my second lap on the small loop, I was beginning to doubt whether I could still ride that one final lap that was yet to come. The heat and terrain had taken its toll on me and I’d been absent-mindedly riding in an upright recovery position instead of a more efficient aero position. I was already in zombie mode. I was no longer paying attention to my speed, all my body wanted to do was feel comfortable amidst the sweltering heat and hills.

A slight panic set in when I’d realized how slow I was going. I wasn’t going to make my target time at the rate I was going. And so I hammered down on the crank with all that I had, taking advantage of the down hills so that I had enough momentum to make the inclines less difficult. Just one more lap.

I had targeted a 6-hour bike finish and had brought food just enough for that target time. When I saw that I wasn’t going to make my 6-hour target, I took one gel I had reserved for the run. This choice would take its toll in the marathon.

I rode past the 170-km sign, which marked the end of the third loop and the last 10 kilometers to the transition area. All I could think of by them was to get off the bike and take the burning shoes off. I finished the bike course 48 minutes past my target time.

I started off the run course feeling much better than I had expected. I thought that if I could maintain a 6:00min/km pace then I’d be fine. I was only able to do so up to the first kilometer. Soon as I was out in the sunny part of the course, my pace began to slow to a jogging pace. I would stop at each aid station (there was one at about 1-km intervals) to cool myself down and re-hydrate. The heat was unbearable. By the third lap, I was down to walking. It took me 3 hours to complete the first half of the marathon. And I couldn’t force my legs to run anymore.

My heart and lungs were fine but my legs had no energy in them. Having already consumed one of my gels on the bike leg and seeing how slowly I was progressing, I was forced to take my last three gels at much longer intervals than I had planned. While there were bars and gels at the aid stations, I did not want to take any since I wasn’t used to the brand, and I didn’t want to have to have to pay an unnecessary visit to the porta-potty.

The sun had almost gone down when I was about to complete the third lap. I decided I could start skipping aid stations and start trying to jog again. Bad idea. Turns out I was already severely dehydrated. I would try to relieve myself every so often but hardly anything fluid would exit my body. I started feeling light-headed going out for my fourth run lap. I was forcing myself to drink water but still no effect. It’s as if my body wasn’t processing the fluids. Sweat was a mere glaze on the surface of my skin. The ambulance that wailed past me several times was foreboding. I pause for a few moments. A fellow Filipino participant pulled-up beside me and got me moving again and we paced for most of the final distance.

I was still de-hydrated and I had one more lap to go. I knew I had to get fluids into my system somehow so I would take a sip of Coke, water or Gatorade at each aid station so I could try to re-hydrate. Out of gels, I ate a slice of orange and a piece of cookie to somehow get a boost of energy, though even chewing seemed like a waste of energy in itself.

I’d decided to employ a run-walk strategy, which worked for a while but I would walk more than I would run. And then I thought: if I were going to walk, then I might as well walk fast. Another fellow Filipino prods me to run as I head for my last run out to the U-turn, and from there, I somehow managed to get back into a good run-walk ratio – I could again run more than walk.

On the last kilometer, I pulled-up all that I had left and made a mad dash to the finish, watching out for that single most important thing I wanted to carry to the finish line: the Philippine Flag. There it was. A member of the Philippine delegation was readying it. I slow down to grab it and unfurl it as I run down the last few meters to the finish line, the Philippine Flag trailing behind me. At 15 hours, 28 minutes and 59 seconds, I heard it: “Number 100 Tobias Miguel Bernardo from the Philippines! You are an Ironman!”

POST RACE:

Three things that greatly affected my race were the heat, race and nutrition plans (or the lack, thereof). I was told that temperature had soared up to 42 degrees Celsius. And I was in it for at least 12 hours (the sun rises in Langkawi just after 7am and sets at almost 8pm). I was too eager on the bike, despite knowing that this wasn’t my strongest discipline and knowing that the bike course was a difficult one. As for the nutrition, I was too complacent that I’d brought just enough according to my target time. I didn’t have a contingency nutrition plan. The heat and terrain I was not prepared for enough; I really just have to train more. But, perhaps, if I’d been more relaxed on the bike, giving myself more time to finish and if I had made some allowance in my nutrition plan, then maybe (just maybe) I might have raced better. By the end of the race, I’d lost 5 kilograms and I had to be re-hydrated though IV.

Triathlon is a sport wherein experience counts a lot. At first, I’d felt bad seeing how these much older participants would cycle or run past me. But having gotten to know some of them, it seems they’d been doing triathlons (and IM distances) for quite some time and they knew just how to race it. I started doing triathlons not even a year ago. My first triathlon event was a mini-sprint distance mid-April of last year, and this is only my fifth triathlon event.

I had my target times for each leg. I only made one. But still and all, I don’t feel that bad about it. I did not give up. I took a beating but I fought back. I finished the race. I AM an IRONMAN.

NOTE: This story was contributed by Tobias “Ias” Bernardo, one of the trustees of RUN4CHANGE INC. You may email him at nomad@run4change.com

A group of concerned citizens and groups will be holding a midnight run on Tuesday, March 9 (12:00am) to make a statement against the Midnight Appointments being made my PGMA. It is also to denounce her persistence in wanting to appoint the next Chief Justice. As the clock strikes 12am on March 10, it signifies the start of the Constitutional prohibition on appointments by the President.

The assembly will be at 11:00pm in front of the Malcolm Hall, UP College of Law. We aim to gather over 200 people to participate.

We’ll firm up on the details but it would be great it a lot of people can join us

Email us at info@run4change.com or call us at 02-2168521