Rescue Run for Ondoy Victims

THE RESCUE RUN, a race for Ondoy victims

WHAT IS THE RESCUE RUN?
TRR is an organized run where, in lieu of registration fees, donations will be collected for the distance you will run. This is not a race so there will be no souvenir t-shirts, no swag bags, no finishers medals, and no prize money.

There will be no water stations since we believe that water must be given to those who need it most: victims of Ondoy. Needless to say, it will be KKB (kanya kanyang bote or kanya kanyang belt)

A registered participant will receive a RESCUE RUNNERS race bib, which the runner can wear during the race and in sustaining events currently being planned for the entire month of October to raise funds for rehabilitation.

WHEN:
October 10, 2009, Saturday
Assembly: 5:30 a.m.
Race start: 6:30 a.m.

DISTANCES: 3km, 5km, 10k

DONATIONS:
Individual: P200 for any distance
Corporate: P5,000 for 20 runners

VENUE: SM Mall of Asia

WHO CAN JOIN:
- open to all athletes, their families and friends
- anyone who is willing to help while getting a few minutes of exercise
- participants are encouraged to collect pledges from their family or friends who cannot make it to the event

BENEFICIARY:
All proceeds will be donated to the Philippine National Red Cross for the Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) victims. Our goal is to help provide a continuous supply of food and water to the stricken areas.

VOLUNTEERS:
We are in need of volunteers for road marshals and secretariat. If you are interested, pls. contact: RESCUE RUNNERS | 0917 -8374204 | 02-2168521 |
rescuerunners@run4change.com

REGISTRATION:
Starts October 5, 2009 at the following venues:
- The SecondWind Running Store (Maginhawa St., UP Village)
- Recreational Outdoor eXchange (ROX, Bonifacio High Street)
- All Terra Bike Shop (Club 650, Libis)
* There will be on site registration starting 5:30 a.m.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHY NOT VOLUNTEER AT RELIEF CENTERS OR DONATE MONEY?

Effort comes in many forms. Not everyone has access to go to a relief or evacuation center to help out. While everyone wants to help or pitch in, their jobs, families and other factors make it difficult for them to do so. We are organizing the run as a means to help. It’s purely voluntary.

Meager resources are poured into the effort. This run is a no-frills run. The only add-ons such as the tents, p.a. system and race bibs are contributions from volunteers that will help in organizing the run, nothing more.

Help isn’t a one-time, big-time effort. Undoubtedly, help is needed immediately. But with the extent of devastation that the floods have caused, the need for aid could be overwhelming. Instant relief won’t give people their homes back. The victims still need the means to rehabilitate damaged property and rebuild their homes. That takes time and a steady stream of resources. The Rescue Run is a means to help in that regard. We hope to be able to provide aid in other ways down the line–be it through food, rehabilitation or construction material.

Manila: Rescue Run

The official announcement and opening up for registration is on Saturday. Meanwhile, please (1) block off your calendars for this! (2) pass it to all your running friends. (3) get your company to sponsor this! It’s just a modest P 5,000 but it will go a long long way.

THE RESCUE RUN
October 10, 2009
Assembly and donation turn-over starts at 5:30 a.m.
Official run start is at 6:30 a.m.

It isn’t a race. There are no race timing chips, no souvenir t-shirts, no swag bags, no finishers medals, no prize money.

THE RESCUE RUN is open to all athletes, their families and friends. Anyone who is willing to help the typhoon victims while getting a few minutes of exercise.

Route: Seaside Blvd. from One Esplanade to Coral Way, U-turn at Bay Blvd. (closed loop) Start/Finish on Sunset Avenue -to be confirmed.
Distances: 3km, 5km, 10km
Donations: P200 for any distance
Corporate Donors: P5,000 for 20 runners
All proceeds will be donated to the Philippine National Red Cross’s feeding and rehabilitation projects for the Typhoon Ondoy victims

Logistics for the race will be purely voluntary. We need volunteers for the following on Rescue Run Day:
-Route Marshals
-Secretariat
Please email or text me directly if you wish to volunteer.

It is not a race so there will be no water or aid stations. PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN WATER, SPORTS DRINKS AND/OR RECOVERY FOOD.
We thought about getting sponsors for water stations but there are thousands of people who need drinking water more than us. We’re sure you understand.

Registration:
Pre-registration will be care of partner establishments to be announced this Saturday, Oct. 3. In order to keep track of the donations and participants, we will be issuing RESCUE RUN bibs that serve as a receipt of your donation and also as a small token for your efforts. A sample of the bib is attached below. Please wear the bib on the event day as well. It is our way of keeping track of all the runners on the course during the event.

On-site registration will be accepted as well.

There are plans to make this more than just a one-day effort so please stick around after the run for announcements. We would like to enlist everyone’s support in this in order to gather even more aid from runners or athletes who can’t make it on October 10 but still wish to contribute. We’ve received positive responses from other companies who are willing to help so we’re just working out the details.

We are hoping for a thousand runners to show up on October 10th. If we meet that target, that’s P200,000 right there! It’s a modest sum but it’ll feed up to 2,000 people or help repair the homes of many. That beats any personal best any day!

A big thank you to all the running friends, squads, tri teams, companies and individuals who have gotten in touch with us to ask about the race and how they could help out.

See you on Rescue Run Day, October 10th!

Sincerely,
Raoul Floresca
email rfloresca@mac.com

Twitterin’ to Clock’in

Twitter Trainer Phil!

I still am in touch with few high school friends and one of them is Phil, much often on twitter although we used to exchange notes on Photography back in Multiply but the rage kept on to our running physical poision.

He’s now training under the US Army and clocking in a 6 miler. I shouldn’t be surprised since that’s all that they have to do, having their own Bob Harper and Jillian Michael on base only harder. Hence, he offered to give me this Army Physical Fitness Test which was horrifying.

I recharged my Nike band and caught myself on a 2 miler but this time I pushed a little bit more harder since there’s a result coming from twitter trainer Phil after. I have felt the sore on both of my calves and my heart sure did took a race.

APFT

Heart racing to Phil's order

Twittering a 2 miler report

Good part is, I PASSED but I still suck since he clocks in 13 minutes for a 2miler and he’s been doing 6 miles everyday now. I still have to work harder on my time together with my mileage. I aim to hit back to what I have achieved then ( perhaps even better ).

Let’s go running!

Clockin’ different routes

Run through places

I haven’t blogged for sometime but I’m glad to log in that I have been loggin’ sticks on my organizer whenever I get to run. It’s such an achievement too that I have gone running in other domestic places around the Philippines such as Cebu when I attended a wedding for a friends wedding and all the girls were there to celebrate (literally!) after having to eat goat food (vegetables and 2 liters of water) for two weeks in preparation for all the meat that was about to be consumed and having to scare myself on my dress that might not fit by wedding day.

I too was able to run at Legazpi, Bicol’s Hotel Venezia and at Cagraray Island where the luxurious playground Misibis Bay Raintree is at just recently. I’m having tons of fun running through different places.

Davao, you’re next!

Sure, those were short runs of 3k – 5k but the fact that my feet has gone running around different routes is making me feel more ecstatic. I aim to let these feet feel the jet setters life and log in as much runs wherever possible.

Now, When Will I ever get to join fun runs? I have been flaking on tons of opportunities already. If by any chance any of you SOUTHERN MEN & WOMEN of Manila get to read my blog, please drag me together with you!

Tips for Controlling Your Appetite

Tips for Controlling Your Appetite by Jillian Michaels
If you suffer from constant food cravings, there are some steps you can take to remedy the situation. The first step is to make sure you’re eating correctly for your metabolic type. (You can find out how by taking the “What to Eat” quiz on my site!) This will help a lot. If you’re certain that you are eating as you should for your metabolic type and you still feel hungry all the time, consider these tips to curb your appetite:

Don’t skip meals. You should be eating three square meals a day, plus one snack, and spacing your meals throughout the day so that you don’t go longer than four hours without eating. This will keep your blood sugar levels and hunger hormones stable.

Drink tons of water. When you feel as if you’re starving, pour yourself a huge glass of water or grab a bottle of seltzer — it will help quell the urge to snack.

Sleep! Two hormones, leptin and ghrelin, regulate our appetite, and both are directly affected by how much sleep we get. These hormones work in a kind of “checks and balances” system to control feelings of hunger and fullness. Getting eight hours of shut-eye each night helps the hormones work properly, which in turn will help curb your appetite.

Examine your hunger. The next time you feel hungry between meals, consider the last time you ate. If it was less than three to four hours earlier, your stomach isn’t growling, and you’re not weak or tired, you’re probably emotionally unsatisfied in some way rather than genuinely physically hungry.

Think about what, besides eating, soothes you. Steer yourself toward positive feelings of self-worth and you’ll choose activities and behaviors that inherently contradict self-loathing and self-destructiveness.

Don’t panic. You can and will lose weight. Even if you’re eating a little more than the meal plan calorie allowance, you can still lose — it just might take a little longer. Exercise is also crucial. Working out harder and more often will help burn the extra calories you might take in if you have a bad day.

Do not beat yourself up! Sometimes we slip up, and that’s okay — healthy living is not an all-or-nothing proposition. I’m here for you, and I know you can do this. Believe in yourself and try to incorporate my suggestions into your life, and let’s see how you do.

Morning Runs – Achieved!

I have never thought I’ll survive it but I did. I was able to take a miler run for the straight 4 days last week as early as 5. I have tried early runs before but I always end up groggy, exhausted and genuinely spent towards the middle of the day but having to asses it, I tried to finish an entire 5k and slept at around 11pm. For your body to adjust, there are small changes that you need to get into; flushing out a drastic move won’t let your body adjust to it overtime nor overnight.

So, I did it. I was able to have straight 4 days of early morning runs but there were changes in my lifestyle which I had to take consideration and strictly do.

1. Soon as I get home from work, Sleep as early as 9 and nothing later than 11.
2. Have my running gear and running suit laid out on my sofa where I can see it soon as I open my eyes
3. Alarm clocks: my phone which was near me and another far away just so I’d be forced to get up

Now that I have finally found a system that actually worked in order for me to squeeze in routes, the habit is just hard to expedite – a self challenge that I encourage myself to conquer.  I’ll be having my marine corps back on my ipod, inject on updated power songs to lift me up during the sunrise and hit the grocery for the right foods for me to munch after for breakfast.

Interesting enough over the  4-days course of early morning runs I have experienced..

• almost had a race with a dog who tried to run after me ( I swear, that was.. Classic!)
• cried reminiscing days when I used to jog around the butte of Jackson Hole, Wyoming
• meeting up with the sunrise, sudden thoughts of New York City – the hell, that route is far from central park however it must have been the trees and the circle.
• felt proud and realized the difference of my energy having to run without breakfast which was so much better than my runs wherein I had few food munched on before I did
• mind clarity, meditation on each stride.
• Made me remember I have always wanted to run for self-fulfillment, pat on my shoulder, self-achievement and the reason to travel more to get to know more streets and places along each kilometer.
• Was able to hear mass, stared at this family who went to mass together and held each other’s hands tight, hugging each other once in a while. I prayed at the adoration chapel. I miss my family, the family I grew up with and not the kind we’re currently having. I miss the life we used to have, how we were.

What is your story? I swear, most among all which I have gone through; having that short race away from the dog gave me an instant interval training; add nervous breakdown and sprinting! DAMN DOG.

Goodmorning!

Just right, stretch that spine and wake up with a smile!

Thanks to Sarah for the video above. Woman You’re achieving the hard rockin’ abs already – almost there! getting there! c”,

Jillian Michaels: Lessons

The life that you lead has brought you to this point, there’s no such thing as regrets. Use those years as a point of learning. There’s no room for regret, move forward. Take responsibility, the power is yours. you have to let go of the victim mentality, you have the ability to improve your life at any point, at any time. You acknowledge things, see how it has hurt you before, be aware of it and step out of the comfort zone and be a little uncomfortable.

You’re not doing any favor by living small. You are brought to this world right now, in this physical reality for a reasons – to be unique. Be yourself, be a best YOU you can be and that’s the only obligation you have for yourself.

– *

POSTURE : Making it right, why it is important

Good posture can give a huge difference in so many things.

The benefit :

1. better digestion. It can tone your core muscles and digestive organs.
2. fewer headaches. You can reduce it up to 40% it enhances your ability to detox, it dictates how your lymphatic fluid flow. It can flush toxins more effectively and help for stronger bones especially if your bone is properly aligned.

Deep Breathing:

you won’t get winded easily and you get to last longer on your workout. It gives a huge difference, it protects your back especially on weights and your lower abdomen, decreases the stress. It can also enhance your performance especially on strengthening your back.

Listen to the entire podcast for much more information HERE

Week 1, Day 1

I’m back training together with Russ Hurley’s Couch to 5k. Week 1 day 1 happened today and while I was running I was talking to myself on the frustration, disappointments and the downfall of not having to run as much as I used to. I remember conquering 15 miles a week but soon as I have been battling over insomnia and adjustments at home, beating my runs has beaten me up back to square one.

On the positive note interval training is a great training strategy to burn fat percentage although my right calf tend to feel pain, I just see to it not to push too hard since it may cause injury.

I’ll be struggling on the next few days, I hope I get to run 3x this week in order to push forward to the next podcast for week 2 accordingly.

Also, a short session of HATHA YOGA was a perfect combo for a good stretch and having to end the it with few moves from Jillian Michael’s 30 Days Shred.

FIGHT.

Greens and Sweat

1000ml water
Sweet and Sour Fish and a cup of rice for lunch
A can of Pineapple Orange for snack
Ceasar Salad for Dinner
22 minutes of JM’s shred

Good sweat! Shall blog about it next time coz as of this moment, it’s already bed time.