Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want something badly enough. They are there to keep out the other people. - Randy Pausch ( 1960-2008 )
I must admit, I missed the past Runrio Trilogy Races because of the registration fees. Just the thought of what I could buy with 700 bucks keeps me away from registration centers.
For the Rexona Run, however, I decided to make an exception for two reasons.
First, there is the Camsur Marathon a month and a half [...]
Tags: 21K, half marathon, Philippine Independence Day Half Marathon, Rexona Run
Success
With or without “fight” problems, I would have joined this race because of my ties to the College. Not only was I a student there for 7 years, I am also now a part of the faculty. And years ago, I was also tangentially involved with the College’s Student Council, which is the entity behind [...]
Tags: 10K, ChampionChip, Eng'gfinity: The Engineering Centennial Run, Itemhound, Philippine Independence Day Half Marathon
Wow, it’s been a while. What can I say - life got in the way of blogging(not necessarily running). I think I’d be able to do better in the coming weeks, blogging-wise. For now though, forgive this post that’s about a race that’s already two weeks old.
As I said before, a lot of things obviously [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, Eng'gfinity: The Engineering Centennial Run, fight, Manila Eliminations, Quezon City International Marathon, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, Subic International Marathon
First off, I’d like to extend my congratulations to the Milo people for an excellently handled race. I expected the 3 loops to bore and confuse people. Well the former did happen, but Milo has to be given credit for proving me wrong in the latter. The route still sucks big time though.
This race certainly [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, full marathon, Manila Eliminations
Oh man.
Just when the entire running blogosphere is singing praises to Milo for “modernizing” the well-loved series(even letting them “get away” with a hundred percent increase in registration fee), they unleash this upon us
Three loops, Milo, seriously?
Personally it feels like Milo took 3 steps forward, and 2 steps back. I mean, forget about the timing [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, full marathon, Manila Eliminations
I have always associated breaking the four-hour barrier with qualifying of the Milo Finals. It was a pretty good pair. The Milo Finals is the most prestigious and exclusive of all the local races. Four hours is the time-standard for the full, the very same way 2 hours is for the half, 1 hour is [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, Boston Marathon, full marathon, Manila Eliminations, National Finals
Obviously, this is not me being a happy camper. But I assure you that this is way less caustic than the one I originally composed while running the race(yes, I do compose race reports while running).
Dear Mr. Organizer-of-Philippine-Independence-Day-Half-Marathon,
First, I would like to congratulate you for coming up with the idea of a race on Independence [...]
Tags: 21K, half marathon, Philippine Independence Day Half Marathon
Today marks the beginning of the month-long countdown before the Milo Manila Eliminations.
Whenever I tell friends - runners and non-runners - that I am preparing for a race abroad, I usually get enthusiastic reactions.
Since March however, whenever people would ask, I would always answer that I am preparing for the Milo Eliminations. To be honest, [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, Manila Eliminations
One word to describe my second and last race for the month: hot. In two words: very hot. Can’t we just fast-forward to June?
(Anyway, did anyone see Coach Rio running along side a Kenyan early on in the race? Would’ve made for a great photo-op: “The African and the Afroman”.)
One thing I particularly didn’t like [...]
Tags: 15K, Kenny’s Open 2009 Urbanite Run, San Mig Coffee Bay Run Dash for Health 2010
Sometimes I wonder whether it’s possible to have a true “For the People, By the People” Race. I mean, not just a cheap race, but a truly free race. A “grassroots” event.
What does a race need anyway?
With lots of people owning a GF305 or 405 - an accurate distance reading should be no problem.
As long [...]
Tags: fun runs, GF405, grassroots race
My whole feeling in terms of racing is that you have to be very bold. You sometimes have to be aggressive and gamble.
— Bill Rodgers
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