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To run, perchance to dream

Wednesday, 29 April 2009 09:03 PM Tinette Panogot

"One of the things I like about running is to be able to physically bring myself from one point to another," ultrarunner Joy Rojas revealed to bloggers during the Takbong Pangarap meet-and-greet last 18 April 2009. "My favorite thing to this day is crossing the archs of the towns and cities in the provinces. When it says welcome to Tagaytay, or you are now entering Camarines Sur, I really get chills... because I'm thinking to myself: kanina lang nandoon ako, ngayon nandito na ako (earlier I was there, and now I am here), and how did I get myself there? By running. Nakakapangilabot pa rin (It still gives me chills)." read more...

Even to Nasugbu, there's no such thing as “been there, done that” for Joy Rojas

Saturday, 04 April 2009 03:23 PM Sabrina Oliveros

The 100 kilometer marker in Nasugbu , Batangas , is not an unfamiliar benchmark for ultrarunner Joy Rojas .

Crossing countries, carrying dreams

Thursday, 26 March 2009 12:57 PM Sabrina Oliveros

Try running 5,000 kilometers in 120 days, through 12 states and four time zones, traversing the heart and breadth of an entire country, even an entire continent.

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The Team

Joy Rojas is the first Filipina to have run across the Philippines. A freelance writer and magazine editor who overcame tuberculosis in 2001, she will become the first Southeast Asian woman to have run across the United States once she completes Takbong Pangarap.

Mateo Macabe is a noted athlete in the local running circuit and Joy's trainer and running partner, having run across the Philippines with her in 2005. He will be her pacer and navigator during Takbong Pangarap.

Chuck Crisanto is the team manager of Takbong Pangarap. A long distance event record holder for the Ateneo, he has served in various professional capacities under four Philippine presidents.

What is Takbong Pangarap?

Takbong Pangarap/Trans-USA Run 2009 is the project title of the 5,000 kilometer cross-country run across the United States of America to be attempted by Joy Rojas. Joy is the first Filipina to have run across the Philippines . Once she finishes the course starting from California and ending in New York, she will become the first Southeast Asian woman to have crossed the U.S.

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