Team JRunning @ Go Natural Run 2012

The Go Natural Run was our first race for the year. Swthrt and I were all set for this run, aiming not to beat  personal records but just to start this year’s running right. We arrived at the venue at around 4:30am with enough time to warm up before the gun start. Our goal was to run a constant pace all throughout the race. This would be around 7:00 to 7:30/km pace. When we entered the starting coral, it was nice to see Sir Rene (Jazzrunner) and Vener (Run Unlimited) who will also run in the 21K category. Swthrt and I joined Sir Rene (whom we found later that he was struggling at the start and wanted to stop early in the race). The warm up run must have help. We only stop at water stations strategically located at least every 1.5K along the course. We tried to keep our pace and not intimidated by the runners overtaking us. Our run in the early kilometers was great, until the U turn in Buendia Ave. wherein we slowed down a bit on our way back to BGC. Swthrt also had to ask for liniment for her calf muscles from a volunteer near Makati Ave intersection. Overall, we are very happy with our run. It was a good start to boost training for this running season. Hopefully, this will continue as we prepare for another full marathon this year or possibly our first ultra-marathon.

We finished 2:49:+ gun start time. It was also great to see Dennis (Runningfatboy) and Per after the race. 

Next in line is the Timex Run 2012. See you there!

Note: I used my Soleus GPS watch in this race and registered a total distance of 22.3K. We averaged 7:35 in our pace. I just wanted to know if Garmin users (you may post comments) got the same distance reading because I read in some reviews on this watch that discrepancy in the distance record is evident in longer distances. I have tested it in shorter distances and got fairly accurate results( please see my previous post).