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 )
Once in a hundred years
I must admit, the Baguio Centennial Run was hardly last weekend’s most economical racing option. Nevertheless, I always wanted to race in Baguio, and I realized, if I am to race in Baguio just once, I might as well run in an event that is really unique. And when it comes [...]
Tags: 21K, Baguio Centennial Run, half marathon
If the last quarter of the year is the full marathon season, September is definitely the half marathon season. As Sam pointed out in a comment, there’s a half marathon in each weekend of September: there’s the Milo Eliminations-San Pablo on September 6, the EcoDash on September 13, the RotaRun on September 20, and finally [...]
Tags: 21K, 33rd National Milo Marathon, Baguio Centennial Run, Eco Dash, half marathon, New Balance Power Race, ROTARun '09, San Pablo Eliminations, San Pedro 10K/21K Marathon, upcoming races
A few days ago, I was contemplating joining the Milo eliminations in San Pablo. When I made an inquiry at the RACE office, I was graciously given the number of their organizer in Laguna, who I called. According to the guy there though, there would be no onsite registration, and registration forms must be submitted [...]
Tags: 33rd National Milo Marathon, running tourism, San Pablo Eliminations
One of the race rules I’ve always wondered about and always been against is the commonly used rule about race protests and protest fees.
For those of you who don’t know, the rule states that runners making a protest(usually about another runner cheating) should do so in writing and submit it to the organizers with a [...]
Tags: protest fee
I went to UP earlier today not to race but to pace and support my good friend pau who joined his first ever running event(BOTAK Paa-tibayan Takbo 10 Miler, 5 Miler and Street Mile Challenge). It was actually the second time that I was on campus on raceday but I was not a participant: the [...]
Tags: 6th Falcon Run, bandit, BOTAK Paa-tibayan Takbo 10 Miler 5 Miler and Street Mile Challenge
Without doubt, running’s popularity in the country is on an all-time high right now. Just check the Takbo.ph race calendar. There is rarely a Sunday with just a single race, and Saturday races are becoming more and more common. We now have running specialty stores. There is now even a radio show dedicated to the [...]
Tags: future, popularity
Ten bucks
We actually signed up for this race weeks before. This is one race that, weirdly enough, was not advertised on Takbo.ph. Had I not chanced upon it on the RunCPI website, I wouldn’t have known about it. We actually signed up not knowing whether we would actually run it - since we knew even [...]
Tags: 10K, back-to-back, Walk-Run for Moral Force
The great thing about night races is that you practically have a whole day to prepare and get psyched up. Compare that to the usual races where you step on the starting line sleepy and a bit disoriented, most probably asking yourself, “Why am I doing this again?”. And if the race is a long [...]
Tags: 15K, back-to-back, Kenny’s Open 2009 Urbanite Run
I am not a big fan of repeating press releases or event information. Lots of runner bloggers already do that so I won’t add anymore to the redundancy circulating the Internet. In a nutshell though, yes, after being cancelled last February(later on March), the Philippine International Marathon would finally push through this November 8. Rudy [...]
Tags: Philippine International Marathon, Quezon City International Marathon, Subic International Marathon
You know that the elections are getting close when nearly everything is getting a political flavor - even running events. Just look at some of the races popping up in the calendar - Takbo Para sa Pagbabago, Hataw Pilipinas, Run for Moral Force. I’m sure we’d be seeing more of these politically flavored runs in [...]
Tags: elections, fun runs, politics
Running has gone beyond fitness. The jogging movement, which began as a pursuit of health, has become an experiential quest.
— George Sheehan
