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7 marathons sa 7 kontinente sa loob lamang ng 7 araw at sa 4 sa mga karerang niya na siya ang panalo.

Yan ang kauna-unahang pinay-finisher ng World Marathon Challenge.

Hanga sa kanya maging ang ating mga mambabatas.

Pero sino mag-aakalang sinimulan lang niyang tumakbo sa edad na 44.

Sa pagdiriwang ng International Women's Day, mas kilalanin pa natin ang Pinay Iron Lady ng Marathon, Julie Oichiat.

Abante Pinay! Ngayong International Women's Day, saluduhan natin ang lakas at galing nating mga kababaihan.

At kaugnayan niya, narito ngayon sa studio ang bagong mukha ng mga Pinay Runner,

ang World Marathon Challenge Champion na si Julie Oichiat.

Julie, magandang umaga at welcome dito sa Frontline sa Umaga.

Siyempre, congratulations!

Thank you!

Una-una, what makes you more nervous?

Is it appearing on TV, preparing for your race, or trying to speak Tagalog?

Trying to speak Tagalog?

Added pressure bilang nasa TV.

O, kasi parang mga 30 years nang hindi nakatira dito si Julie.

Pero siya ay nurse mula sa Arizona.

Plus Ilonggo.

O, Ilonggo pala.

Mas gamay niya pa.

Sa Negros, Tagasagay, Negros Occidental.

Okay, si Julie kasama ko kahapon sa Senado dahil pinarangalan ka, binigyan ka ng commendation.

Resolution 471.

How did that feel for you?

I mean, being there and receiving the honor.

Yeah, everything feels very surreal for me.

Hindi ako makapaniwala na Senator Joel Villanueva, thank you again for sponsoring the resolution.

I can't believe it na at this age, I'm gonna get something, such an honor in my life.

And I hope na my journey serves as inspiration sa mga kababayan natin.

Okay, bilang sinabi mo at your age, baka masorpresa yung mga viewers natin kapag na-reveal natin kung ilang taon ka na

at yung storya mo kung paano at kailan ka nagsimula sa pagtakbo.

Pwede ba kayo kwento sa amin?

Yeah, so, like I shared before, nag-start ako na mag-run at 44 years old.

That was my very first race.

So, I will be turning 50 next month.

So, I feel, it started with a dare lang from work na let's sign up to do this marathon.

And then I realized na pag nag-train ka pala, if you work hard, you can achieve your goal.

So, my goal sa first race ko na mag-Boston Qualify, and I worked very hard talagang may discipline and everything.

That's when I fell in love with running.

Kasi I realized na wow, if you put in the hard work, you stay disciplined in whatever you do in life, not just in running.

It applies to any areas in our life.

If we have a goal and we work hard, I feel na it will be granted to you.

And that's what happened to me in my first race.

And then that's when I realized na sigurong gift ito for me.

The running is a gift kasi later ko na na-discover wala akong running background before.

Wala no? As in wala talaga?

Zero talaga.

Zero.

Oh, i-emphasize ko lang itong naging feat ni Juli no.

Seven marathons, 42.2 kilometers in seven straight days.

Meaning lilipad ka and seven continents.

Ibang-ibang parte ng mundo.

Hindi ka ba naging jetlag?

And kamusta yung mismong karera?

How was that for you?

How did you maintain your endurance?

What was the most difficult part?

Okay, so the most difficult part.

At first when I signed up, syempre hindi ako sure kung matapos ko ito o hindi, right?

So I made the commitment na once I registered, talagang I'm gonna focus on my training.

So mentally, physically, it was a lot of hard work.

And syempre the hardest part is making sure na matapos mo yung seven, di ba?

Kasi it's not easy.

Tapos the hardest part ba, kasi we start in Antarctica, so the weather.

Super lamig.

Super lamig. Tapos you run sa snow and sa ice.

Tapos, you know, there's just a lot na talagang makes it very difficult na race.

And then, just trying to finish, staying tough mentally.

Pero sabi mo hindi ka sumayali, wanting to win.

Pero sa dulo, you won four out of the seven.

And you placed actually four seconds behind the American runner in a close fight.

Yeah.

So, yeah, like I shared before na in the beginning, very defensive ako.

Like, I just wanna run to finish the race.

I wasn't like there to, syempre there's part of me, I'm competitive din.

Syempre there's part of me like, can I win this?

Tapos parang na-insecure ako sa kanila kasi I looked at the roster.

I researched their marathon time, sabi ko mas mabilis sila kesa sa akin.

But then sa isip ko naman, but I worked harder than them.

I think I did.

So in the beginning, defensive lang ako.

I was just checking them out.

And then yun nga, yung fourth, third, second.

Tapos yung sabi ko na there was somebody sa race na kinatawa ko siyang angel ko siya.

Kasi he believed in me before na believed in myself.

Siya ang nagsabi sa akin na don't be conservative.

Sabi niya, go for it.

The minute we land in Dubai, you run to win.

And because he believed in me, parang nag-believe din ako sa sarili ko.

It gave me the confidence.

Kaya yun.

Jester, alam mo bang nag-42 kilometers siya sa parking lot?

Parking lot?

Ako nga, oh isang kilometer lang, napapagod na ako.

Pero syempre, may iba pang mas matinding motivation din si Julie for doing this.

Siguro yun, yun yung isa sa mga nag-spark sayo para ipagpatuloy itong karera mo.

So tell us more about that, kung sino yung sinusuportan?

Sinusuportan ko yung Kalipay Foundation sa Negros, Bacolod.

I fell in love with the kids kasi with the staff there.

What they do is take on mga abuse kids, mga abandoned kids in Negros.

And then they give them a chance at a new life.

Tapos when we went there, nakikita mo na yung staff talaga takes very good care of them.

The place is very clean and they provide them education and all that.

Julie, we honor you, we honor your achievement.

Thank you so much for carrying the Philippine flag in different parts of the world.

Uuwi na po si Julie sa Sagay Negros Occidental where she will be getting a hero's welcome there.

And donating about 4 million pesos for the abuse kids to build a healing center.

Congratulations and maraming maraming salamat.

More runs to come.

World Marathoner and Pinay Pride, Julie Uitsat.

Happy International Women's Day po sa lahat ng mga kababaihan.

Mabuhay po kayo.