Advocacy and Volunteerism

Mommy Milkshake Marathon, now on its third year staged another successful fun run for the family last Saturday, September 5 2009. A fun run to promote an advocacy on motherhood, race registration was free. This was our second time to join the event. Last year everyone in the family joined the race. But this time, JM, our eldest son missed it due to an intramurals at school. It was a festive mood when we arrived at the Fort despite the rain. According to the organizers, the number of runners exceeded their expectations. I have noticed that even the elite runners participated in. I even saw Hardcore Team members supporting the event. After we registered and got our race numbers, we had the time to meet friends who also joined the fun run. We registered for the 3K category with our son Josiah. We had a great time. Josiah had all his antics and stuffs. He even asked his mom, Swthrt to pour water on him during the run. It was nice to see families run together and have fun. It was a great bonding moment for families. For sure we will continue to support this fun run and the advocacy the organizers of this event are promoting.


To the organizers, Congratulations and more power!

The Masters 15K Run was another event of a different kind. It was a no frill but all thrill race as the runners put it. It was a labor of love and volunteerism all for the joy of running. Runners donated resources (money, sports drinks, bananas, etc.) and time (volunteer race officials) to be able to put up the 1st Masters 15k. The venue was ideal for runners, the place was free from vehicular traffic and less polluted air. Despite the heavy downpour in the early morning of Sunday, runners still trooped to Camp Aguinaldo for the race. The race started a bit late than the announced 5:30 starting time because of the bad weather. It was still dark at around 5:30am and to ensure the safety of the runners the gun start was moved to 6:00am. The masters (35 yrs old and up for women, 40 yrs. old and up for men) have the time of their life as they only have to compete with their age category where a medal was at stake in each division. After the race, everyone was treated with a refreshing ice cold beer, sports drinks, ice drops, bananas and more. Everyone had a great time including Swthrt and I who volunteered as race officials, water/beer station aid, and photographer. Next time, as we will qualify for the masters, we will surely be on the race as runners, hehehe!

Congratulations to Bald Runner for staging the event.