Comeback Run in Pinoy Fitness 21K Challenge

Hi everyone! This will just be a quick post on what I call as a “comeback run”. I say this because the last race I joined was about three months ago in Pinoy Fitness Kasama Run. And during the months I did not run, I admit that I had zero to little mileage in a week.

And even so, I still dared to join a  half marathon run to test if I can still finish it in less than two hours and thirty minutes.

Read on below for a brief summary of what transpired during Pinoy Fitness 21K Challenge held at Mall of Asia Running Grounds last November 13, 2016.

There were three waves in this event: Sub 2XU (Sub 2), Sub 2:30 and Sub 3. My friend, Rayford, and I were in the second wave which had its gun start at around 4:35am. According to the organizers, there were about 3,000 runners who joined the event and seeing as we had a bit of difficulty overtaking runners during the first few kilometers, I think what they said was true.

I tracked my run using my new Garmin Forerunner 15 which was given to me by my brother and of course through Nike+ as well. I only have a few photos from this run because I had such a bad timing with the photographers along the route. Lol.

I finished the whole run in 2:29. Whew. Though this time is far from my PR (2:21) and my slowest 21K to date, I am just happy that I was still able to earn that medal despite the lack in training and mileage.

For the full results, click here

For the list of photographers, click here

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Thank you to my friend, Rayford, for insisting that we join this run. Congratulations on your new PR!

(Photobooth photo to follow! Heh.)

Before the run started, a really friendly girl approached me claiming to know who I am and upon inquiring, I found out that she is one of my friends on Instagram! So glad to meet you, Nawie! Congratulations on your run!

And finally, I was able to see another friend, Melanie, after the run.

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I may not have hit a PR, but I was still happy that I had an injury-free run and that I was able to see some friends during the event. Because of the results of this run, I am now aiming to work on improving my time in 5K and 10K distances first before I go back to long distance runs.

But I shall keep my word of joining a full marathon by next year.

Run with me! 🙂

Thanks for reading!