Team W.Rec.K Runners

My team in the office is also my running team, isn't that cool? =)

When Lactacyd sponsored an all-women run race, me and my officemates/friends/runningmates decided to sign up for the relay. It will be a 21k distance with the 1st runner doing the 10k stretch, the 2nd for the 5k, the 3rd and 4th runners doing 3k each. Naturally, the 10k went to Yvette, being the fastest and most healthy amongst us. Then I took the 5k, Ruby and Beth did the 3k's.

What was also "cute" for this race was that there was a Best in Costume award. The teams can dress up any way they like so long as they use the official singlets. We had a lot of ideas but we ended up donning a cheerleader costume. We were in skirts of pink and white. And we had pompoms. We ran our distances in our costumes (and that includes the pompoms!). Some other teams were really creative - they had tutus, dressed up as women in generation (i.e. woman-baby, woman-teen, woman-preggy, woman-granny), dressed up as French ladies, etc. The top prize for the relay was a whopping 70 thousand pesoses plus gift certificates. And obviously if this was the prize at stake expect seasoned runners to be joining the relay. And as for us, recreational runners, we just settled for the fun and experience we gained from the event. At least we didn't finished last. =)

Team Woman Run by Lactacyd was last June 27 at McKinley Hill. (Yeah, the uphills really killed me.)

Celebrities I spotted were Iza Calzado, Tessa Prieto, and Rovilson Fernandez. I didn't see Karylle and Robin Da Roza but they were there.

Our team finished with a time of 2:27:34. I finished my 5k in (a disappointing) 37 mins. Not an improvement from my previous time. So I am a bit sad, but then what can I expect when I didn't really practice enough. And I was afraid the "blackout" spells will happen again. On the bright side, I was happy overall as we ranked 63rd among the 84 teams that joined. As I said we weren't last! And we finished the race, with no one hurt. And most importantly, we looked so darn cute in our pink and white ensemble.

Superduper saya!!!

Go Team W.Rec.K Runners! Till the next relay.