[running past] pace up fun [run] 2013

[RUNNING PAST] are stories about the running events that I have joined before I started this blog. Expect retro-post such as this to pop up every now and then. .

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Fun run number five was also connected with the University of the Philippines.  May 19 last year, Royson, Imye, Dom and I joined Pace UP 2013.  It was a project of the the UP track and field team, and was endorsed by popular personalities from UP such as Coach Rio and Ramon Bautista.  The race route, of course, was around the Diliman campus.

fun run number five

It was our first time to run 15 km. True to the description in the poster, the 15 km route took us to every "nook and cranny"of the Diliman campus. I got to see unfamiliar places and buildings in UPD.  It was like a running tour of the place. Hehe. It was a little difficult to run at the academic oval because the road was being prepared for asphalting during that time but there were areas where the roads were smooth and better paved.

running tour of UP Diliman

photo credit: Pace UP 2013 FB

I was not the designated photographer this time around.  We decided to run at our own personal pace so we didn't run as a group. Too bad I wasn't able to see souvenir pictures of us from the two official photographers (not sure if there were more) who posted their pictures :). Anyway, no pictures while running this time.

some scenes before the run

I was so tired and drenched with sweat by the time I crossed the finish line.  We finished 15km that day. Yey! We also got a finisher's medal for completing the race. Another medal form UP. Haha. According to iRace.ph here were our official time:

Dom 1 hour 48 minutes

Royson 2 hours 20 minutes

Gopher 2 hours 29 minutes

Imye 2 hours 49 minutes

My average pace was 9 minutes and 56 seconds per kilometer. That was faster than my usual average pace by 4 seconds. Haha. 

We conquered a new distance. Yey!

run 15 km, check!