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Yong, Donna Cruz top Valentine’s Day couples run
Dr. Potenciano “Yong” Larrazabal III and Donna Cruz-Larrazabal won this morning’s couple’s run edition of the Run With a Smile at The Terraces in Ayala Center Cebu.
Yong and Donna finished the 10K race together in 54 minutes and 11 seconds to top a field of about a dozen couples who joined the run. The Escasinas couple finished second with a time of 57:28. Noy and Amale Jopson were third with a time of 58:06.
Yong said it was the “best birthday gift” for Donna, who celebrates her birthday today, Valentine’s Day.
Those who joined the couples run were required to be no more than 5 meters of each other throughout the race and finish it holding hands.
There were no surprises in the other categories of the race.
Kenyan Simon Losiaboi finished his 10K run in 32:23 to claim first place. Elmer Bartolo finished second with a time of 33:41 while Ian Bernido was third with a time of 33:56.
In the women’s division, top runner Mary Grace delos Santos did not let a medical layoff get in the way by topping her division with a 10K run of 39:59. Mary Joy Tabal finished second with a time of 40:43 while Marlyn Alin finished third with a time of 40:43.
In the 5K race, Roland Batiancila topped the men’s division with a time of 17:30; Jobert Carolino was second with his time of 17:34, while Rolan Onrada finished third at 17:48. Rose Angele Amores topped the women’s division with her time of 22:92; Lennie Caduada was second at 26:47; while Diodel Moralla was third with her time of 27:23.
Ramon Carsido topped the 3K men’s division with a time of 13:49. Rafael Tan finished in second place with his time of 17:39 while Euegene Esteban was third with a time of 17:40. Mizraim Capangpangan, meanwhile, topped the women’s 3K division with her time of 19:16; Camille Flor and Cecilia May Uy were listed as being second and third, respectively, with identical times of 19:52.
Although relatively well-run, yesterday’s race had some complaints of lack of water in some stations and a shorter than advertised 10K distance. My GPS reading indicated the route distance to be 9.87KM.
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Max Limpag is an editor of Sun.Star Cebu, a blogger and a newbie runner. His technology blog Leon Kilat: The Cybercafe Experiments was awarded the best technology blog in the first Philippine Blog Awards.
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hi max!
thanks for this blog post!
we actually finished the race in 53 minutes and 43 seconds. sila mr. and mrs. escasinas 54 minutes + and mr. and mrs. jopson 55 minutes +. i think nagkamali lang sa pag time medyo malaki kasi ang difference. i-big deal ba? hahaha!
sabi ko nga sa feb 13 sunstar article, every second counts and means a lot to a runner lalo pa kaya kung minutes yung mali kasi pinaghirapan mo hehe 
sige tc! – Donna
p.s.
buti na lang kailangan together, holding hands ang couple mag cross sa finish line kasi kung hindi, lagot kami kay Noy! haha!
about 6 months ago
Hi, Donna,
It’s great to hear from you. I just copied the result submitted to me by race organizer Joel Baring. It was the same result he submitted to all the media organizations. But I will contact him and I’ll change the times in the story as soon as I talk to him. Thanks!
about 6 months ago
hi max! he sent it to yong also tapos ako yung mas nag react hehe. uy no need na to change the times here na. busy rin si manong joel kaya hindi ko na pinagpilitan yung time kasi baka isipin over naman na (over talaga ako no?! hehe
) i really think nagkamali lang sila sa pag time or hindi agad na check yung time when we crossed the finish line. mentioned it here lang para kahit dito na lang mas gumanda pakiramdam ko haha! naku grabe mag big deal no?
about 6 months ago
Hi, Donna, I talked to Joel a few days ago and he confirmed the error. He said one of his finish line judges made a mistake. He said you and Yong finished in 54:11 (official time). I’ve edited the story to reflect the correct official time.
Thanks for alerting me. Correct times are very important to runners.
about 6 months ago
hi donna kumusta ka na hindi na kita nakikita sa tv palagi kong pini play yong movie isang tanong isang sagot.