Adidas KOTR 2010

This was Adidas' 3rd King of the Road run and we were excited to join. Paying Php850 was a bit high but when we read that there would be a buffet breakfast, we thought that the registration fee would be ok. The race packet contained an adidas singlet, race bib, timing band/RFID, route map, and rules.

It's Oct 24, 2010 and we woke up at 330am, slipped into our running attire, sip a cup of milo and grabbed our food and frozen fruit juice. We were excited and would like to arrive as early as possible to get a good parking space.

When we arrived at the Fort, we parked at our favorite spot near Honda Showroom; took some souvenir photos even if it's still dark.




Some booths were already opened and distributing some freebies. While waiting for gun time, i queued to get some give aways--women's health magazine, colgate plax, headband, samples from Body Shop. My kids didnt want to get some stuff so they just waited for me.








What is this!!! was this the buffet breakfast we're waiting for? Summing it up, this just cost less than P50 .






Since this is the 3rd KOTR, i am expecting more from the organizer. Also this was my 10th run and i pretty know what factors make a running event successful. I rate this event 5 , 10 being the highest. (still on top of my list--Neutrogena and Unilab1)

Here are my observations:
1) Insufficient staff at the baggage counter--the queue was soooo long that the 21k/10k race had started and yet many runners were still in line to deposit their bags/backpacks.
2) insufficient hydration -- while it is the responsibility of a runner to prepare for his hydration especially for the 21k, organizer should have provided enough water stations. while there were sponsors for the hydration, the organizer seemed not mindful whether hydration was enough.
3) not enough marshalls to guide the runners.Some runners were out of path, making short cuts; a lot of 5k runners were running head on with 10k runners because of crowded pathways
4) buffet breakfast--where? huh --gosh the breakfast in styropore consisted of one big hotdog, 2 pandesal, a butter and jam--so this is it? we were expecting at least tapa or ham and egg.

Good thing the weather cooperated; good thing there was UST pep squad; good thing it was an adidas singlet.

will i ever join 2011 KOTR? at Php600 max , yes; but at Php850 never...