ARM Pensions "Run For The Future" event with Truppr

It's Monday morning, and my thighs still hurt like crazy. I'd not run in ages, and every year, I harbour those plans of eating healthy, living better, hitting the gym...I even walk sometimes, but running, NEVER!

So I signed up for a Truppr 9.2km walk happening in the middle of the month, and just to warm up for it, I also signed up for a 5km event with ARM Pensions staff. My near-fatal error here, being the failure to notice this was a 5km run from the start of Bourdillon Road, Ikoyi, across the Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge, and back! Thank you Truppr, thank you ARM, lessons learnt.

 You may be wondering "How bad could it be?", "Pension Workers for God sake", and so was I, till I found out there were gifts for the fastest runners. I heard mentions of a car, and flat screen TVs. To cut a long blog post very very short, people ran like they were escaping from Mubi.

Esta Morenikeji leading the warm-up

I hardly ever warm up before exercising, therefore Esta Morenikeji had to make me do it, and I didn't resist, knowing the perile of recklessly embarking on a routine I hadn't tried in more than a decade.

Coordinator of the ARM team, giving some final instructions & directions

A few familiar faces from Team Truppr did show up. Oge Odilibe, always at our service; Esta Morenikeji of Zone Fitness, who's the trainer of trainers; Bosun Tijani and the guys whose names I've never bothered to ask.

Esta Morenikeji & Oge Odilibe

The ARM Pensions personnel themselves came out en masses,  and got lots of their customers to participate in the run. Very impressive attendance, and orderly conduct. I want to know their event planner.

The entire run itself was 2 hours, however, a majority of us walked most of the way, and I even spied some asking the LASTMA traffic escorts for a bike ride. Had fun, met a lot of nice people, another bridge on my journey to fitness crossed, but my body still hurts. Truppr should have a massage service or something.

By the way, I must add that yours truly won a medal... just like everyone else.