Thirteen years ago, I went to a mission in Aurora province together with a bunch of churchmates. We did distribute Bibles and gave free dental checkups and foods as well. Thirteen years have passed but the colors are still very vivid, the warmth of the people as they invited us to come to their homes were encouraging, kids playing with us and the camaderie between our teams. However, there was one particular incident that I will never forget. I met a kid, I believe she was only 4 yrs old that time and she had a cleft lip. As her friends were playing with us, there she was, alone,lonely staring at us. I asked her whats wrong with her, and she was telling me something, but I couldn’t understand her at all. That time we only had 2 dentist and I knew they don’t have the expertise nor the necessary tools to treat her. We left the place after a week but the thought of her continued to linger on my mind. I wish I could do something, but heck I was just in college and I don’t have the means to help her, but I promise myself that someday I hope to help kids like her.

Fast forward 13 years later, Blas invited me to join 500 Smile Run blogger press and all the memories of that little girl came back.

So runners, I won’t continue my drama anymore. Make use of your money wisely. Instead of being a willing marketing agent of companies/race organizers, why not make use of your money to help somebody smile. Your money will be used to treat kids with cleft lip, cleft palate and other childhood facial deformities. We were told during the presscon that it takes php15,000 to treat a child with cleft lip. I really hope this race could race a lot of money to treat more kids. So there you go, smile and run!

I’m going to give a 10km race kit to anyone who can first reply here. Unahan na!

Cute singlet. I'm so passionate about this run for a cause event that I'm wearing this singlet on Sunday's Manila International Marathon (42km) event

Registration Sites

Chris Sports (Registration Period: September 23 – November 3, 2011):
SM Fairview
SM Manila
Robinsons Place Ermita

Puma Stores (Registration Period: October 7- November 3, 2011)
Bonifacio High Steet
Trinoma
Greenbelt 5
Cash N’ Carry (Buendia)

Smart Business Centers (Registration Period: October 7- November 3, 2011)
Ayala Avenue Head Office
Megamall

Race Categories & Fees (Manila)
500meter dash for children Php 300
3 kilometer run    Php 500
5 kilometer run    Php 500
10 kilometer run   Php 650
16 kilometer run   Php 800

Race Categories & Fees (Davao)
3KM, 5KM and 10KM  PhP 350.00
16 KM    PhP 650.00

Race Organizer: Ian Alacar

For more info about Operation Smile, visit their site. http://www.operationsmile.org/

August 22, MANILA – Beginning today, you may now avail of the KOTR Prepaid Reservation Form giving you the chance to pre-register for the adidas King of the Road (KOTR) slated on October 23 at the Bonifacio Global City. KOTR Prepaid Reservation Forms gives you the chance to reserve a slot by paying in cash at selected KOTR doors.

Visit registration booths in participating stores namely: adidas in
1) Alabang Town Center
2) Gateway Mall
3) Glorietta 3
4) Greenbelt 3
5) Greenhills
6) Newport Mall
7) Powerplant Mall
Robinsons Place Ermita
9) SM MOA
10) SM North Edsa
11) Shangri-La 12) TriNoma, and
13) RUNNR Bonifacio Global City and
14) RUNNR TriNoma.

Choose the category you want to join, ranging from 5k, 16.8k, and 21k. Pay the race fee in cash—P1,050—for both 5k and 21k, and P1,300 for 16.8k, then receive your KOTR Prepaid Reservation Form, which indicates your Reservation Code. Only cash payments are accepted. The Reservation Code is a unique code that corresponds to a race slot. Read the rest of this entry »

SMS conversation between Blas and Me:

Blas: hoy Sam umattend ka nman ng bloggers night ng Reebok!
Sam:  I usually ignore blogger invites, but because its you, I will.
Blas:  Ok kitakits
Sam: Cge

My dear friend Blas have been bugging me to update this blog every time we meet. I honestly feel he’s the only runner blogger that still anticipates updates on this blog (hahahahaha!)  So when he invited me for this Reebok race where he’s one of the running ambassadors, I made a promise to him not to miss it. So I went to Paul Calvins hours ago where this bloggers night took place and I was…in shock and awe. I didnt know anyone. There were probably less than 10 runners-bloggers that I personally knew. Running Diva was there, the Bull Runner was there and so was Kulit Runner, Jet Paiso (gained weight),Rod Runner (gained weight),Titanium dude (gwapo pa din), Vicky(it gets very hot every time I’m near her..i dont know) , Bro running and wife and the rest, I have no idea who they are. Either way, it looks like the number of runner-bloggers are just increasing and I see this as a positive thing. Read the rest of this entry »

I will run this race on August 15. For details, please visit their website at http://run4change.com/runtoread/

This one will be organized by Mr. Eric Pasion. I’ve never ran any of his races before. This should be interesting. I hope this will be a good one, because I’m going to race this one. Yup, target sub 50 minutes. Abangan….

I was really surprised when Jinoe invited me for “friends con” for VSO Bahaginan’s 2010 Kabahagi Run over at Paul Calvins. Why should I? Well, he also invited me a month ago for Green Miles Run. What did I do in return? I didn’t blog about the event and worst, I attended the other race (Globe Run 2010). Same day Green Miles Run was held. My real reason why I skipped it was to run a 21km with intention of adding 9 more km (to celebrate my 30 yrs of age, ayan nabisto na!!), I just thought that running 3 loops around MOA area is boring. And so Karma hit me real hard, I experienced my very first DNF that day and received some harsh words from a fellow runner. So I promised myself I will behave well this time. Hehehehe.

VSO Bahaginan is a development organisation committed to fighting global poverty and disadvantage through a wide range of volunteering development programmes, including international and national volunteering. Visit http://www.vsobahaginan.org.ph/ for more information about their programmes.

VSO-PNA Kabahagi Run 2010 on April 21 at Mc Kinley Hill, Taguig

VSO Bahaginan, in its efforts to raise funds for its programs in the areas of disability work, secure livelihoods, peace building, youth volunteering and community exchange, and in partnership with the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA), will be holding the VSO-PNA Kabahagi Run 2010 at McKinley Hill, Taguig on April 25, Sunday.  The fun run will have 3k, 5k, and 10k distances.  This is the 2nd time that VSO is conducting a fun run as part of its fund raising activities, the first one being the Kabahagi Run in November 2008 at The Fort. Read the rest of this entry »