COLOR MANILA YEAR 5

This is my second year in Color Manila Run! My first try was January 2016 and I ran for 5 kilometers. This year, I ran for 10 kilometers! 

As expected, the event was successful! Congratulations to the organizers of this event and it's no wonder why more people are excited to be part of this colorful and extravagant fun run. I've tried to attend some fun run and it turned out that I was disappointed with long queues in the medal, hydration, and even baggage booth. With the organizers of Color Manila, it only took me 3 minutes maximum to get the medal, color packet, and water.

This event was organized. I highly encourage everyone to join this event and you'll never get disappointed.

I love this event, not because of its popularity but its impact in my perspective. When you run, you'll realize that it's the enjoyment that matters. It's about trying to connect with other people, sharing the same goal which is to finish the race. You'll also realize there's no need to compete with them, you just have to give your best and you just have to run, jog, or walk with them without the pressure of being the first to finish the race. Interestingly, all of the participants will have their medals. No pressure. 

Color Manila, like all other fun runs, taught me something:

"We finish our race at our own pace. The pain communicated by our bodies are only ephemeral but when you finish the race, the achievement and joy that you've got will be eternal. It's there in your memory bank."

This is the same with the race in our lives, right? We are bothered about how others are farther away from us not knowing that we run our lives at our own pace, style, and it's how we ended up our lives worthwhile. We meet people during our journey and it's a bonus when you celebrate your winning with the person who will be with you during the entire process of trying to finish your race.

Assembly at SM Mall of Asia Grounds, 5:30 AM

This is me for the second time!

Here's the video link on my channel:

START THE YEAR WITH A BLAST!

We left our home at exactly 3: 35 AM (we were so excited! That’s why!), our call time for 5k run was 6:20 AM. When we arrived in SM Mall of Asia Grounds at 5: 40 AM, a lot of people were already there preparing and having their short warm ups. All of us were excited and were motivated to run! It was not actually a race where there is only one winner. The awesome thing about this event is it encourages social activity, to enjoy the moment and not to compete with others. 

I joined this race to accomplish something cool this year and to start off my year right! And of course, its unique theme captivated me to join this, the Carnival Tour! *Isn't it cool to start your year wild, colorful, and unique?*

During the race, various colors were exploded to us on each station. The happiest colors that threw at us were yellow, blue, green, purple, orange. Honestly, the colors helped me a lot to not notice that I am already finished with my race. I didn't even feel tired during the event, I even got the chance to dance with my friends. lol. I just only felt that I am tired when I got home today.

I will never forget this colorful and wild moment of running with colors! The shouts and celebration of the crowd were really crazy, indeed, you will get the so called “happy-spirit fever” and it was so contagious! We released all the colors from our packets all together on mark and then we were all crazy during the rave party (blending in the crowd) with tainted colors on our faces and bodies! The party unleashed our hidden moves and it was all fun! (perhaps, it was due to mesmerizing sounds and crowd) :D

Here are some of the photos that I captured during the event:

With my friends:

With Cool peeps, Girlie and Jezebon.

With this awesome girl, Karen. 

Yes! I finished this race!

I love it!

I will definitely join this next time! It was a race slash rave party! Hahaha.

To know more about this awesome race, visit their website:

www.colormanilarun.com