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 spent last Sunday morning at the UP campus. Nothing new about that, since my family and I have been frequenting the campus almost every weekend ever since I was in high school. Lately though the practice of going to Diliman during Sunday mornings has been supplanted by visits to The Fort, MOA, or wherever [...]
Tags: injury, Men's Health Miracle Run
My Very Own Miracle Run
Racing in a new “longest” distance category has never been a walk-in-the-park or drama-free for me. The first time I raced 10, it was not even planned: a bib number fiasco had me racing 10 instead of the planned 5. The first time I raced 10 miles, my Katanas’ Air soles [...]
Tags: 21K, Condura 2009: Skyway Run for the Whale Sharks, half marathon
In a Nutshell
Wonderful, wonderful race. The Condura Run lived up to the high expectations of the Filipino running community, and maybe even exceeded them. This is very nearly every runner’s dream race come true: from the route to the giveaways to the water stations, this race got nearly everything, if not everything, right. There was [...]
Tags: 21K, Condura 2009: Skyway Run for the Whale Sharks, half marathon
Running is just about one of those few sports where I got far(by my standards) without any formal instruction. I guess this is to be expected: after all, as many non-runners are bound to say, it’s just running. Running is innate to the human body; there’s a reason running human forms have been found in [...]
Tags: Mizuno Running Clinic
Talk about timely news.
I was browsing through my RSS feeds when I came across this news item from Inquirer.net.
Timely because we are just a little more than a week away from the Condura Run, which, without doubt, has been the darling of the Filipino running community of late. The race, which is in its second [...]
Tags: 21K, Condura 2009: Skyway Run for the Whale Sharks, half marathon, upcoming races
My past two races had been relatively small events with category participants never exceeding 100. Last Sunday I returned to the “big stage” with the Takbo para sa Kalikasan. I consider Takbo para sa Kalikasan as a must-run event since it is one of those races in the country with a great history(this is the [...]
Tags: 10K, Takbo Para sa Kalikasan Year 10
There were three races to choose from this February 28-March 1 weekend. I chose to run this one because of its novelty. DocFit would be held in UP, Botak Paabilisan in The Fort. Runrio races are always nice, and I’ve never ran in a Botak sponsored or organized run before(and I want a Botak singlet). [...]
Tags: 10K, Coffee Run
I like running because it’s a challenge. If you run hard, there’s the pain - and you’ve got to work your way through the pain. You know, lately it seems all you hear is “Don’t overdo it” and “Don’t push yourself”. Well, I think that’s a lot of bull. If you push the human body, it will respond.
— Bob Clarke
