Another Fun Run

After a long time, I finally joined another fun run, courtesy of my mother who paid all of our registration fees. If it's free, why not diba?

Again, it was a rainy morning. By the time we arrived in ADDU Jacinto Campus, people were bunched up in front of the Roxas gate like sardines (the same people promptly ran despite the light drizzle thirty minutes after). As for the run, it was organized by the college community for the benefit of the Sendong calamity victims.

Just my comments about the event:

- There was no warm-up drill, which was quite ironic because the run was organized in part by the PE department.

- Beneficiaries were, as mentioned, the Sendong victims. Well, better late than never, right?

- According to Mama, who ran the 3K circuit, the turnaround point was way nearer than usual. Papa estimated they simply jogged a kilometer worth of pavement. Comparing the 3K run to the Red Cross fun run we also joined last year, the Red Cross fun run had the turnaround point near Victoria Plaza while the Ateneo fun run had the point in Gaisano Mall instead. That's a big difference right there.

- The organizers were definitely first-timers. The people at the baggage counter were seriously panicking because of the influx of people. Girls were shouting out orders, screaming where the hell the tape was, matching the noise of the rain with the volume of their voices.

- Ateneans were everywhere, obviously. Perhaps, most of them had academic incentives to run. Sorry, can't stop being cynical.

- It's time I run the 10K already. 5K is getting lame.

- Aha! Finished the race at 29 minutes 52 seconds, according to the race timer. Not fast but definitely not bad, either.

- Amazing. They had Sunkist oranges for snacks. That's a first for me.