LuntiRUN – Make every route greener!

The UP Industrial Engineering Club is organizing LuntiRUN, a fun run to be held on March 27, 2011 at Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang. If you could, in any way, help us promote this event, it would be very much appreciated. These are the details:

LuntiRUN – Make every route greener!
March 27, 2011 @ Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang

For the benefit of the Isko Cleans UP, a project to implement solid waste management in the University of the Philippines – Diliman.

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Distances: 1.5km(12yrs. & below) 3km, 6km, 12km

Registration fee:
1.5km – 300php // 3km – 350php // 6km – 400php // 12km – 450php
(RACE KIT includes: Event Singlet, Race bib and stub for 20% off on regular priced New Balance item)

Registration sites:
New Balance (Festival and Shangri-la Plaza -- every weekends, 1-6:30pm)
Secondwind Stores (Ortigas Home Depot and Teachers Village) -- daily
Bike King (Bonifacio High Street)
MJ46 Factory Outlet Center (Bicutan, Paranaque)
The Village Sports Club (BF Homes Paranaque)
You may also register online at http://Runnersrunner.com/luntirun

‘Like’ us at http://www.facebook.com/luntirun for further updates

For inquiries, contact MIMI LUCAS at 09178158227 or email us at luntirun@gmail.com .

Team JRunning CSM 2011 Recap

The Condura Run now known as the Condura Skyway Marathon has once again set the bar of standard for marathon races in the country during the recently concluded CSM 2011. There is no doubt that it will attain its vision of becoming a premiere marathon event in the Asia Pacific Region by 2012. To be part of this event is something to be proud of and will always be cherished. The best way to experience it to the max is to run the full 42.195K distance. This year Swthrt and I ran side by side, our second marathon together.

The early gun start of 3:30am must have added some pressure as we have to wake up very early. We arrived at the starting venue excited, tensed and with the hope of... just to finish the race (JFR). The place was already filled with 42k runners doing their stretching and warm-up run. Running groups were very obvious in their uniform singlet or tri-suit. We met up with friends who will also join the race and bid each other good luck. As the time hit 3:30am the runners were off to a good start. Swthrt and I tried to stick to our agreed pace and time goals per 10K. Running along Buendia corner Ayala was great with cheers from friends Bards,Vicky, Rene, and Vener plus the marshals along Buendia Avenue.

photos courtesy of Vener, Run Unlimited

We were doing well all the way to skyway ramp. The Skyway was a treat for runners as they can run free, without any motorist honking their horns held in road intersections. Even though I have run this route last year, it still excites me as I was running this time with Swthrt. The Skyway itself posed a great challenge to runners with its elevation going up and down at certain areas, like the EDSA portion and near the Sucat area. The thrill rose up as we shared the road with the 21K runners in some parts of the route. As expected, there were ample supplies of hydration. Only though, I don’t like the carbonated sports drink. As we continue our run along Skyway, there were cheers and encouragements from other runners we run side by side or met on the opposite direction. All is well until we reached KM30 on our way back to BHS wherein I started to feel cramps on my both calf. This started my agony, as we continued to run, the pain gets stronger. It’s Wall time! Walk breaks became longer than runs. Swthrt and I would jokingly say that we have to run and run to avoid being swept because there was a cut-off time given for runners along Skyway. Upon reaching down Buendia, loud cheers from Takbo.ph volunteers echoed and give the needed boost for the runners. Jinoe and other members also took photos of runners. It was a big help that I was able to apply liniment on my calf at their aid station. But the relief did not last long. I continued to drag Swthrt whom at this point can still run some more even with pain. The last challenge that we have to conquer was the Kalayaan flyover where the KM40 marker was located on top of it. It was at this point that I was contemplating of giving up. Lester and Cathy who caught up with us encouraged us to run. But even with the push I could not even run more than 2 meters. Walk was the only option. If not for Swthrt whom I knew was quite disappointed with our run (hope not so much with me) I would have opted to DNF. The phrase “don’t run alone” in the Team Hoyt film (i saw a few weeks before the race) really make some sense. We saw other runners in groups or partners encouraging one another to finish the race. As we make the right turn and having the finish line in view gave us a sigh of relief that it will only be a few minutes before it’s over. Again the cheers from more running groups as we approach the fine line gave the final boost for us. I tried to run but to no avail. The pain was unbearable. We cross the line in 6:03:+.

It was hard but rewarding to know that we have survived it. Though we may not got a PR, it was a humbling experience. We hope to gain wisdom from that experience and be a better runner next time.

Team JRunning featured in frontRUNNER

Thanks Jonel and Cons for giving us the chance to share our story! More power to frontRUNNER.

Photo Talks - all set for CSM 2011

Condura Runners e-handbook

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LOVE? WHAT'S THE POINT?*

A Jewish teacher of the law once questioned Jesus, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" We get this to mean as -- "Which is the most important commandment among all the laws that God had given man?”

A Jew would most probably presume that Jesus would pick one of the 10 commandments which God had written with His own hands on the stone tablets He gave to Moses. Surely those 10 commandments were the best known.

But let us read Jesus' answer in Mk 12:29-31.

"The most important one", Jesus answered,"is this: `Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: `Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." (NIV)

Jesus' answer was none of the 10 commandments. Jesus' answer was first, "Love God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, with all your strength", which is taken from the book of Deuteronomy. This was understood to be part of the implementing guidelines for the 10 commandments. The second part of the answer was, "Love your neighbor as yourself", taken from the book of Leviticus and which was also an implementing guideline for the 10 commandments.

In a parallel account in Matthew, Jesus added, "On these two commands hang the whole law and all the prophets". Actually, these two commands would summarize all of the ten commandments. The first four commandments could be summarized as, "Love God with all your heart .…….." The rest of the commandments could be summarized as, "Love your neighbor as you would yourself".

Now how do we apply these two commands into our lives?

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*from Hosanna!, an outreach publication of Hosanna. It is a compilation of teachings delivered during one of the Sunday Services of Hosanna.

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