So I have no run for the past 6 days and there I was, finding myself standing near the starting line. I saw Beep Beep doing his usual antics of talking/joking with fellow runners, some foreigners, men/women of different sizes/ages…and a white L-300 2-3 meters away from the same road runners will pass. I don’t know if it was just me, but I was really bothered and asking myself why the driver park his L300 right near the starting line. I trusted that he will move away his van once the actual race started… As I was scanning the crowd, I noticed that the number of participants for the 21km event is a bit smaller compared to the previous race I joined, the Run United 2. I’m not really sure if Filipino runners are not into “charity run”, runners simple flocked any Rio organized race, or lack of PR/Marketing for this event. In the future, I really hope that more runners will join for-a-cause races like this. Anyway, so I heard the announced said something like “the race is about to start in 3 minutes”. But then, it didn’t really materialize as right after that announcement, she called somebody to do the usual warm-up stretch. I could sense some impatience from runners as the race is very likely to start late. After the warm-up stretch, it was followed by a prayer, then some pep-talk from Ms. Miriam Quiambao, then singing