Yikes!

We had to wake up at around 4:30 a.am. to make the call time for the 7:30 a.m. batch run of Outbreak Manila. We needed to be there at 6:30 a.m. for registration et al. The venue is close to 50 kilometers from our house and even if there's no traffic early in the morning, the first 20 kilometers and last 6 kilometers were interior roads therefore I can't really press the gas pedal to the max.

We were able to leave the house at 5:12 a.am. It was still quite dark when we stopped by a gas station for gas. Once we reached the SLEX, I thought I could finally speed up. No. There were so many cars and buses that it was not really a breeze to switch lanes. One car kept on tailgating our van! Anyway, we finally reached our exit point. The queue to the toll gate was also long. It seemed that every car in line were heading for the fun run. After the toll, we proceeded at a speed of 20-25 kmp to the venue. We finally reached our destination with minutes to spare. But! Parking was another issue. Anyway we were able to spot a parking space and proceeded to the registration tent.

Wave 9 (that's us) started on time. The 5k run was really hysterical. See the picture.