My First Marathon

I wake up at around 4:30 in the dawn of July 6th and my baby was starting to make his ritual by sucking on his feeding bottle. It is also my time to get up and prepare for my first marathon ever. As in, this will be my first run in this running event: the 32nd Milo Marathon sponsored by Milo-Nestle Philippines.

And my category, 5K or 5 Kilometers. The assembling place or the starting line will be in the Freedom Grandstand in downtown Iloilo City and the time for us to be inside of the fence is 6:00 in the morning. There are almost 7,000 runners that being registered and I feel so lucky to be one of them. This is history in the making for myself. Hahaha...

I have my first run as to compare with my father's dozen of running events. That is too far really but I guess I can match him with that. I guess.

My first time isn't that bad at all. Having finished the event with a time of 42 minutes is an accomplishment in my part...Ha, I beat my "papa" he has his time of 45 minutes....I am ahead of him....in the same event of 5K.

I need some re-conditioning and training in preparation for this events. I made this as a habit for myself to enter and join again this fantastic event. This is a experience to be noted in the books of my life.

By the way, I am running together with local public officials such as the Congressman of the lone district of Iloilo Raul Gonzalez Jr., Councilor Nielex Tupas, and the Vice-Mayor of the Municipality of Oton Niel Olivares to name a few.

I am hoping that there will be a next marathon, and I am surely be part of it again.