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 19th, 2010 by wilson
As part of my preparations for the HKSCM, I have been doing a lot of training in UP lately. One thing that I noticed is the sudden increase of people training in the Academic Oval, in particular, the sudden influx of newbies going around around the 2.2-kilometer track. Well, I say “newbies” because, first, some [...]
Tags: Century Superbods Run 2010, newbies
Posted February 17th, 2010 by wilson
I was reading the news yesterday when I came across this article.
Rumors of poor health have also hounded Aquino who is a smoker. “I have some physical activities like breeze walking. I’m just worried about the adrenaline surge I get when I see the crowds and warmth of their support in the rallies because I [...]
Tags: politics
Posted February 10th, 2010 by wilson
Long time readers of this blog(and those who did some backreading) would know that in all of my local marathons, my brother always “paced” me for the last 10 kilometers or so. Thus when it came for his turn to debut in the said distance, it was just natural that I would return the favor [...]
Tags: Condura 2010: Run for the Dolphins, pacer
Posted February 8th, 2010 by wilson
The Condura 2009 was my first half marathon race ever. I got my first medal there, and it was while training for that event that I got introduced to shinsplints. It was, at that time, also a pretty expensive race, the first one that I had to shell out 500 bucks for. So yeah, it [...]
Tags: 21K, Condura 2009: Skyway Run for the Whale Sharks, Condura 2010: Run for the Dolphins, half marathon
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
