while we were in LA, for N+TC Tour LA, we were able to put a little secret surprise together for our Concrete Runners. we told them that there would be an early run in the morning but didn't tell them anything else. just just told them it was a secret.
we arrived at the park and they saw this:
the secret run was to run with Manny Pacquiao. this would be his last run at the pan pacific park in LA before his big fight with Mayweather.
due to some unforeseen circumstances only a few of us actually got to run with him. but here's the footage i got from that day.
The this past weekend i got to participate in Nike's N+TC Tour again in LA. i was a bit worried that they wouldn't do one this year, as last year we registered way in advance and this year they announced so much later. but they announced and of course i was juiced. not to mention i would get to experience it this time a Concrete Runner (no longer running divas) and i would have my squad with me. IF we got in... this year it was by lottery. but our OGs and team captains got in and a good amount of our members too. we came rolling in 22 deep! yee!
friday night consisted of an event they called SNKRS Courtyard event and an NRC run. The event had light refreshments and a panel of guests that are a part of Nike Women.
part of our saturday afternoon, for N+TC we spent on a little scavenger hunt trying to collect the earrings they had a various stores in Santa Monica. we get everything except one.
saturday night, it was off to N+TC. dthis year you didn't get to pick your sessions. they picked your session track for you. there were 3 tracks, like their app: get strong, get lean, and get toned. and your classes were based on the track they put you in. fortunately, for us (Concrete Runners) we all showed each other our schedules. i didn't like my schedule too much, and got to see the other classes. so, i just waited in the wait list line to see if i could get into the classes that i actually wanted. of course my sister and i HADDDD to get in to Prevail, the boxing class. And I wanted to take he Groov3 class, a dancing class with short choreography. my last class was Pound, from what it sounded it like it was a drumming class.
luckily for me, i got into all the classes i wanted. woo hoo! last year, some of the classes were almost impossible to get into if you were wait listed. like, only 2 people from the wait list would get in. it seemed like this year, a good amount of people that were in the wait list line were able to get in.
so after our warm up workout. which seemed like we were in divergent, btw. pretty weird and cool at the same time. my sister, me, and morgan rushed over to the Prevail class. my sister and i were determined to get in, wrapping our hands in the wait list line. lol hella OA (filipino term meaning over acting, basically being dramatic). but we all got in! woo hoo! they had the room split up in four with a ring in the middle and basically did it like a circuit training. we did plyo first with an ab workout, then did some footwork drills, 3rd we did some training to get your heart rate up with 2 lbs weights. and lastly...THE MITS!! YESS!! they only did one combo though. which is understandable, knowing that this would be a complete introduction to a most of the people there. jab cross, jab cross - half moon to the right - cross cross. so one mitt guy to 4 girls. he just went down the line. he went to the first girl in our line, then got to janice, he wasn't expecting the quickness. got to morgan, then me. i finished my last cross and he was like "whoa, you got a lot of power." second time around, he asked me, "do you fight?!" with my shy smile i innocently said, "well...yeah!" lol the announcer in the middle caught me in the combo and announce, "wow we got pacquiao in here!" he was talking about me. why thank you! *curtsy
second class was Groov3. janice and morgan went off to the spin class. so i was alone until some of my fellow CR crew came in. we did a cute little dance routine, a couple of easy 8 counts but definitely fun. lots of boot popping going on in there. lol
lastly, Pound. i think i was most excited about this class. i mean of course i was excited about boxing, it's a part of what i love. but pound sounded fun and i didn't know what to expect. i read the description and knew it had to do with drumming, but some reason i was imagining a workout like taiko drums. it was basically a workout to a drummer keeping beat. we would drum along on the floor, in a squat, lunge, bend over to one side drum that way. i really don't know how to describe it but it definitely was fun. and it definitely was a workout. i got some footage, but it gives it no justice to how much fum it really was. i was having too much fun myself to stop and film.
here are some pictures and footage of what i experienced.
