MOMMY MILKSHAKE YEAR 3

This is my first time to join the Mommy Milkshake Marathon. Master Mon of Happy Feet informed me during one of the practice runs that you can register online through The Bull Runner website so I registered. The organizers were so efficient that I soon received a confirmation e-mail. Since I  was not able to find a pink singlet, I decided (together with Master Mon) to wear the ‘famous’ Takbo Bayani singlet with the blue and pink MMDA colors.

I was wondering if the race would push through because of the moonsoon rains caused by Typhoon Labuyo. I also have  coughs and colds so I was not sure if I can run. I received another e-mail from the organizers that participants will receive an sms message at 3:00 a.m. Saturday if the race will be canceled.

It was raining hard in the morning and I thought that the race will be cancelled. When I received no sms message that the race will be canceled, I started preparing to leave the house. I arrived at the site very early and saw the organizers setting up the booths. I walked around BHS and after sometime, I saw fellow Happy Feet runners and Takbo.ph runners. We decided to have a warm-up run and saw other runners doing their warm-up also.

I was a well-organized race, with generous freebies, snacks, and its free! I had fun, a good 5 K run, and a hearty post-race breakfast with some of the Happy Feet and Takbo.ph runners.

I did a little research on the past Mommy Milkshake Marathons by browsing TBRs website. The first edition in August 2007 had over 100 participants.  The second edition in August 2008 had more that 300 participants. And MMM 3 had about 800 participants.

And as I  looked at the pictures in the website, I noticed that through all editions, there were a lot of familiar Happy Feet runners!