A lone violinist started the affair by
playing the Star-Spangled Banner (which no one sang), followed up by
the Philippine National Anthem which was sung heartily by the
audience at the Central Lobby of the Eagle Rock Plaza in Los Angeles,
California, underneath a perky canopy of black and yellow balloons
provided by the main presentor, Western Union.
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The dream begins
A lone violinist started the affair by
playing the Star-Spangled Banner (which no one sang), followed up by
the Philippine National Anthem which was sung heartily by the
audience at the Central Lobby of the Eagle Rock Plaza in Los Angeles,
California, underneath a perky canopy of black and yellow balloons
provided by the main presentor, Western Union.
read more...
Takbong Pangarap kicks off in LA
The 100-day run of Joy Rojas across the United States of America officially starts on May 11 (U.S. time).
The journey from California to New York-over 5,000 kilometers of foreign terrain, crossing boundaries of 12 states and switching within four different time zones- is propelled by a strong beli... read more...
To run, perchance to dream
"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...
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Takbong Pangarap arrives in America
Last April 21, 2009, Joy Rojas
finally arrived at Los Angeles Airport with Mat Macabe and I (Chuck
Crisanto) aboard an Asiana flight. It was Joy's first time in the
U.S. and she expected to see a sea of tall and white people with
blonde hair. Instead the immigration line was filled with what loo...
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We need your help. The Takbong-Pangarap team will be on the road for 120 days as Joy Rojas, the Philippine's best female ultrarunner, runs 5,000 kilometers from California to New York. It is an athletic feat as difficult as climbin... read more...
POC presents Joy Rojas' Takbong Pangarap
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.
read more...Help make Takbong Pangarap a reality
Sheer strength of will and a spirit for adventure will indeed get ultrarunner Joy Rojas far as she embarks on Takbong Pangarap , her endeavor to run 5,000 kilometers in 120 days across the United States while carrying her dreams—and perhaps yours.
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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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