Milk is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals
before they are able to digest other types of food.
It is quite fitting then
that the run where I was able to be nourished again by the running mojo is the
Alaska World Milk Day Run last June 9 at the Bonifacio Global City.
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| Got my mojo back |
As promised earlier, I was an early bird at the venue come
the early Sunday morning. It gave me
time to look at the various booths which included a photo booth similar to what
one usually encounters at wedding receptions. I took the opportunity to have my photo taken. Other booths and facilities included Got Milk
booth as well as some tarpaulin contraptions. All these spelled fun.
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| Photo Booth |
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| Picture from photo booth |
And fun I did have with the actual run. Ten Km runners, including myself, were
unleashed on the race route promptly at 5am. As usual, I was at the back end of the pack and this gave me a chance to
target a few runners that I would gauge my progress in the race. I saw a fellow blogger by the name of Little
Running Teacher and she was the one I tagged as the “rabbit.” In previous races
I had joined and seen her, I had not actually overtaken her. This time, at the Alaska World Milk Day Run,
I said to myself, things would be different.
An hour or so later,
these words proved augural as I crossed the finish line ahead of my
target rabbit. I was in 122nd place out
of 346 finishers in the 10km race (http://www.strider.ph/races/67/4). Finish time of 1 hour & 7 mins is the
fastest 10km time for me this year. Prior to the Alaska World Milk Day Run, my time for the 10 kms this year bounced between 1 hour 12 mins and 1 hour 18 mins.
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| Last km to go, all muscles on deck |
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| At the finish line |
Finish line vivacity for me included picture taking with the
Little Running Teacher as well as the Running Shield. I went back still to the activity area where
I had my Got Milk photo as well as got some bread from the merienda booth. The
distribution of the loot bags was very much organized with muscle-bound
bouncers marshaling the runners. Two
loot bags were given with one generously containing Alaska products.
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| With Little Running Teacher |
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| With Running Shield |
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| Got Milk photo |
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| Food Booth |
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| Bouncer at the loot bag claim area |
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| Loot bag no. 1 |
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| Loot bag no. 2 |
Truly, the Alaska World Milk Day Run gave me back the fun in
the run.
P.S.
Thanks a ton to
photo.ops
(https://www.facebook.com/photo.ops.com.ph) for the action photos.
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