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If you think that Takbong
Pangarap—one Filipina's
attempt to run 5,000 kilometers across the United States in 120
days—is still an impossible dream, perhaps it's time to meet
the people who will put one foot in front of another and make the
ambitious idea a stunning reality.
Get up close and personal with ultrarunner Joy Rojas and her Takbong Pangarap teammates, trainer/navigator Mateo Macabe and manager Chuck Crisanto on April 18, Saturday at Power Books in SM Megamall. The meet and greet, sponsored by The Philippine Online Chronicles (POC), will be held from 4pm to 6pm.
The event will be hosted by noted bloggers Dine Racoma and Noemi Lardizabal-Dado of filipinaimages.com, a website dedicated to reshaping the Filipina image online.
Kristine Mandigma, editor-in-chief of The POC, will introduce Rojas before the latter, a freelance writer and magazine editor, takes the floor to entertain guests' questions about her historic endeavor.
The POC is also inviting blogger/runners to give short talks on the sport that has blossomed under the radar in the Philippines over the past few years.
“POC Presents Joy Rojas” is the second in a series of events sponsored by the POC that features personalities from different sectors of society who, through their uniquely inspirational stories, may serve as alternative icons for the Filipino. The POC first introduced BB Gandanghari to a pool of bloggers last March 14 at Mag:net Café in Bonifacio High Street.
Read more about Takbong
Pangarap and how
you can help the monumental project in
the POC's
special channel dedicated
to the event.
Photo courtesy of Chuck Crisanto.
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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.
