My daughter was not able to make it at the starting line due to lack of training/preparation. It could had been her second attendance to this race. Well, her race number was not stolen this time! Her designated race number is #2603 and it appears that her number is not significant or meaningful to be stolen.

My son, on the other hand, just sent me a SMS that he was able to join the said race. This is his first experience to run the said course. He was late for the firing gun at the starting line and he was the second to the last participant to pass through the starting line and the “electronic carpet” that activates his “running chip”. From the results taken from his “running chip”, he was late by 8:32 minutes! Anyway, I did not ask him why he arrived late at the starting line.

He finished the race in 1:54:31 with an average pace of 8:45 minutes per mile 0r 5:24 minutes per kilometer. His 10K time was 56:12 minutes with an average pace of 5:36 mins per kilometer or 9:03 mins per mile. He ran faster during the second-half of the race. He was #813 out of the 3,305 runners who finished the race.

If there was a chance that I could be with my son in this race, I could had made him run faster (for at least, 5-6 minutes) and never be late for the starting gun!

Don’t worry kids, I will be running with you on December 2008!!!