Posted July 17th, 2010 by wilson
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
Posted June 6th, 2010 by wilson
The past few days had been relatively cool, and on top of that, there had been scattered rains. I certainly hope this trend continues. I have had enough of this summer, the hottest and most humid of all the summers in my memory(I have around two decades’ worth). It certainly made training and racing tough. [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, Manila Eliminations, summer
Posted May 25th, 2010 by wilson
Like many others who have been racing for more than a year, the rise in registration fees changed my racing and training routines:
1. On Overracing.
Even Dr George Sheehan in his book, “Dr. Sheehan On Running” identified overracing as something that athletes must be constantly on the lookout for. Overracing brings either injury or even [...]
Tags: Dr. Sheehan on Running, George Sheehan, injury, registration fees, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon
Posted March 26th, 2010 by wilson
It seems to me that for many people(especially nowadays), the start of their running journey consists of going to a running specialty store - and gearing up. Thus we see young beginners in compression tights and people who had never tried “instinctive running” their entire lives “practicing” “scientific” running techniques.
Of course this is not true [...]
Tags: newbies
Posted March 23rd, 2010 by wilson
One of the things I did differently in the SCHKM was that I “got rid of the music”. I usually do not listen to music while racing, except with the full marathon distance - now, even that is “music-free”.
Don’t get me wrong, listening to music while racing gave me some memorable moments in the past. [...]
Tags: music
Posted March 16th, 2010 by wilson
Or more accurately, two pairs dapat. Or not really.
I must admit, I really didn’t believe in the sense of doing shopping abroad - I doubted that the savings would be that much, if any at all. In many of the countries that I had been to, the prices are usually even higher than here. I [...]
Tags: New Balance 905, shoes, Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon
Posted March 9th, 2010 by wilson
One of the few TV shows that I currently follow is the Biggest Loser Asia(Tuesdays, 9pm, Hallmark Channel). It certainly is different from the usual reality shows like PBB or Amazing Race where the contestants are all artistahin and most would probably get showbiz careers after the contest. It is certainly worlds away from the [...]
Tags: 21K, 42.195K, Biggest Loser Asia, full marathon, half marathon
Posted February 25th, 2010 by wilson
Perspective
Hong Kong and Singapore are home to the two oldest Standard Chartered Marathons in the region, although there are fledgling events in Bangkok(Thailand) and Kuala Lumpur(Malaysia) - yeah, it is kinda sad that Manila has been left out. Anyway, as such, it can’t be helped for the two events to be compared. There is quite [...]
Tags: Philippine International Marathon, Quezon City International Marathon, Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, Subic International Marathon
Posted February 24th, 2010 by wilson
One cost that racers - and even ordinary runners - usually fail to take into account is the lifespan or mileage of footwear or shoes. We all have an idea of how much is the acceptable registration fee for specific distances(though it keeps rising) - we know that the cost per kilometer actually decreases as [...]
Tags: New Balance 904, New Balance 905, shoes
Posted February 3rd, 2010 by wilson
Condura, obviously, is February’s main racing event.
Among the distances in the Condura Race, the full is obviously the flagship distance. What the heck, most of the runner-bloggers in my RSS folder(which just about includes the who’s who of the local running world) would be doing the full this February 7.
For March, the main event is [...]
Tags: Bataan Death March 2010, Cebu Marathon, Condura 2010: Run for the Dolphins, Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon, TNF 100, upcoming races
