Piolo Pascual

For the 2009 Timex Run with Piolo Pascual heading the field, I will be gunning for a personal best in my 21K just so I can be at the finish line early for a photo-op with him

ONCE AGAIN OUR whole nation is united. All of us are cheering our boxing hero, Manny Pacquiao, as he fights for victory and makes history today.

Just about the same time that the Pacman is warming up, I will also be warming up, but for the 2009 Timex Run at The Fort.

TV heartthrob Piolo Pascual heads up the field at the Timex Run and I will be gunning for a personal best in my 21K just so I can be at the finish line early for a photo-op with him. Lots of special prizes are at stake so this will be a fun run for everyone to join.

Timex has been a generous sponsor of so many athletic events. Just a few months ago, they were so visible at the Cobra 70.3 Ironman Philippines along with Audi, the car brand of choice after doing all that running.

Next week, Timex is also sponsoring Team Philippines at the Asian Underwater Hockey Championships in Singapore. Among the supportive sponsors for the team are Cebu Pacific, Fern C vitamins and of course, Speedo, their official swim gear. The team has won the gold for two years in a row and is hoping for a “three-peat.”

Speaking of sponsors, I’ll be checking out Pacquiao’s shorts, which now resembles a Formula 1 outfit, what with all the logos. Dennis and I are at the Araneta Coliseum this morning watching the live broadcast on 30-foot giant screens—truly Pacman will be larger than life!

There are so many exciting activities happening on that side of the shopping world. Even if I am a Makati girl, I don’t mind heading to the Gateway Mall in Araneta Center to enjoy a movie premiere at the Gateway Cineplex 10.

My last foray to Gateway was for the exclusive viewing of “Coco Avant Chanel,” with a chic cocktail party hosted by TV master Boy Abunda at the pre-screening event. The Mandarin Oriental Suites was filled with celebrities and guests all having cocktails before the movie.

By Tessa Prieto-Valdes of Philippine Daily Inquirer

DateFirst Posted 01:00:00 11/15/2009

Timex, the world’s leading watch brand, joins the running bandwagon as it stages the first Timex Run, featuring the 3k, 5k, 10k, and 21k events, on November 15 at the Bonifacio High Street in Global City, Taguig.

A banner field is expected to participate in the event, organized by the country’s top running coach Rio de la Cruz and supported by TV/moviedom’s heartthrob Piolo Pascual plus other celebrity endorsers.

Registration is ongoing and will end on November 9 at Timex shops (SM Mall of Asia, SM North Edsa, Glorieta 3, SM Megamall, and SM Southmall) Robinsons Land showrooms (Amisa showroom, Robinsons Place Manila; Grand showroom, Robinsons Galleria; Trion Towers, Fort Bonifacio Global City), and Nike Park, Bonifacio High Street.

Timex sponsorship of the event comes at a time when running is enjoying tremendous popularity as a competitive sport, a fitness activity or just an alternative hobby for a healthy lifestyle.

Billed as “Time is Running: The 2009 Timex Run with coach Rio and Piolo Pascual,” the event hopes to encourage first-time runners to try the sport, test the participants’ strength and endurance, and at the same time, promote physical fitness among kids, youth, and adults.

The event’s chief backers are Robinsons Land Corp., Nature Valley Granola Bar, 100 Plus Isotonic Sports Drink, Summit Mineral Water, Nesvita Cereal Milk Drink, and Nike.

It also serves as a prelude to a first-ever “RunRio Trilogy,” a three-leg circuit firing off in December and ending in April highlighted by the 32km Afroman run in the third and final leg.

The Afroman run will give marathon hopefuls the chance to race at their full-marathon pace since a big percentage of marathon runners usually “hit the wall” during the last 10km of the 42km race.

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