Race #2: Human Fireflies Powered by Energizer

Race #2

Energizer Night Race

April 16, 2011

3K

SM Davao Parking Area

Davao City

“What kind of insane idiot would run a race in the midst of traffic in the dead of night?”, I thought to myself as I saw some runners running in a night race on my drive back home. Running a fun run in the darkness of night? That is absurd. Little did I know that a few weeks later I, somehow, would join these lunatics by running the GMA Energizer Night Race. I took up my cousin’s invitation to join the Night Race but begged off on running the 5K (just a 3K for this one please…) as I am still a rookie at running and am coming off from work after all. (Ok, maybe there is also a part of me that is lazy running at night J).

When I got to the parking lot of SM at 7 pm, the place was already packed with people. You see aside from the run, there was going to be a concert after with the GMA Kapuso stars. Most of the people weren’t there to run, they were there to watch the TV stars, yet they also contributed to the festive atmosphere of the night race.

There were also booths with mini-games. I got a T-shirt from winning one of their games! Well, that made up for the expensive race fee. ^_^

After the warm-ups, the race finally started. My nephew Joshua really loves to run. At a young age, he took off like a light! What a sight on the road we must be as dozens and dozens of lights blurred the area known as Ecoland. Why was that? Our race kits included a “literal” head light designed for us to navigate through the darkness (actually it wasn’t even that dark, but who cares?). So basically, we were all like oversized fireflies running through the road.

I finished in about 27 minutes. The event was exhausting and although I might not run a night race again in the foreseeable future, I am glad I did this one. 


>>> Race Time: 3K (27 min)