Rebisco "The Gold Rush" 5K Run (On the day of the race)

If on my previous blog I've talked about the hassles of joining the Rebisco @ 50 "The Gold Rush" Fun Run which happened last 7 April 2013, then on this blog, I will share my wonderful yet hot and very painful (not the organizer's fault) experience.

I don't know if it was excitement or restlessness that I felt the night before the race but I slept at midnight after getting our gears ready, and woke up at 3 A.M. Nevertheless, I was energized and ever ready when we got to BGC at 4:45 A.M.

The gun start for the 10K race was 5:45 with 10-minute intervals for the next two categories, but we have to be at the venue an hour earlier because I got to register my Hubby for the Adidas Body Care Challenge. For the challenge, he has to wear the deo and boby spray provided by Adidas and give feedback on the performance of the products after the race.

Interview with the Adidas Staff

Since we still had plenty of time before the race begins, we wandered around and deposited our raffle stubs (yes, there was a raffle for appliances, mobile phones, and overnight stay at a hotel!), collected freebies like Rebisco crackers, Judge gums, Doowee donuts, and of course, took pictures :)

By the way, we had celebrity hosts for this event, namely: DJs Marco and Ingrid from Mellow 94.7, Bobby Yan (an alumni of Xavier), Daiana Meneses and Jasmin Curtis-Smith.

Our Hosts

And then, the race began. Off the 10K runners, my Hubby and friend, went at exactly 5:45 A.M. and after 10 minutes, my sis and I, the 5K runners, followed.

During the run around BGC, I've counted four hydration stations, two ambulances and lots of cheering marshals to push and finish. One pair was even dancing the Ryzza "Cha Cha", and as we passed by them, it really made me smile and my spirits had lifted a bit even when my leg was already killing me. I was not able to properly warm-up before the race so I got leg cramps halfway, so let this be a lesson to all.

Anyway, even though it was only 7 in the morning, the sun was already up and emitting hot rays. So to help the runners cool down a bit, the organizers had rented a fire truck and made a shower for us. It was extremely refreshing.

See the fog-like thing? That's the shower.

So, we finished the race with the following time:
10K - Hubby: 1hr4m31s and 207th of 754 runners
10K - Rod: 1hr21m15s and 562nd of 754 runners
5K- Sis: 44m7s and 501th of 1059 runners
5K- Me: 44m13s and 505th of 1059 runners

Although we didn't in the raffle which was done after the race, we got to take home lots of goodies. Like the loot bag filled with Rebisco goodies...

...and my Hubby get to take home gift packs from Adidas.

In conclusion, it was a very exhausting yet fulfilling event because I get to push myself and I succeeded, with the help of Rebisco and Xavier School.

Thanks for reading and have a good one!