Pinay In Action 2010 (PIA 2010)

Fresh from our first 10K run on April 9, we did not intend to participate in PIA 2010 two days later, at least  officially.  My friend and I simply went to the scene to check what's out there and maybe run a few miles with the registered runners.  So dressed in our usual jogging attires, off we go.

The IT Park in Lahug was glowing in pink.  Everywhere you turn, there's pink, literally. Shirts. Balloons. Bags. Even the sponsor drink came in pink flavor.  The color was so infectious, next thing we know, we're signing up for the race.  Blame it on pink?  Or maybe, we have already turned into marathon addicts.    

I wrote in my previous post about this event and why it's worth supporting.  And amidst all speculations that the race  is being used for Sen. Pia Cayetano's political campaign, I would still take it for what it is - a race!  A race for women's causes and health issues that afflict women such as breast and cervical cancer. As the Senator puts it, who's a triathlete herself, "You cannot separate the athlete from the mother from the health advocate."

Male runners were supposed to run the race with the women in their lives.  Since we have not prepared for this, we instead dedicated our run to our mothers, sisters, girlfriends and all our girl friends. Pwede!

And by the way, it was a perfect excuse for men to wear pink.  See you at PIA 2011!