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 May 23rd, 2010 by wilson
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
Posted May 21st, 2010 by wilson
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
Posted May 18th, 2010 by wilson
I must admit, there are times when all the running related commercialism is beginning to get to me.
Running-racing is clearly is big business nowadays, and everybody wants a piece of the pie.
I know that big businesses and the well-established brands will always be part of our life. I am not advocating that we all go [...]
Tags: commercialization
Posted May 16th, 2010 by wilson
Some might think of this as a weird choice considering my previous event was the TNF 100: so that made it two trail races in row. But I joined this race’s edition last year, so what the heck. And besides, I had never been to Nuvali, and I heard some wonderful things about the place, [...]
Tags: 16K, Men's Health All Terrain Race, Nuvali, trail
Posted May 11th, 2010 by wilson
A few posts ago, I wondered why the TNF100 which was handled by Runrio last year, was handled by Pinoy Ultra Runners last month.
As I said before, it was an interesting scenario since major events rarely change organizers: Condura and Mizuno are with RACE, Run for Home and Greenfield, with Finishline.
Anyway, for whatever reason that [...]
Tags: Men's Health All Terrain Race, RACE, Runrio, singlets, TNF 100
Posted May 7th, 2010 by wilson
A few days ago, I got curious about what the TNF100 races in other countries are like.
There are 6 countries in the TNF100 series, but as of the moment, only four are “active”: ours, Australia, China and Singapore. Japan and Thailand are in the list-of-6, but I don’t think they held the event in the [...]
Tags: TNF 100, ultramarathon
Posted May 4th, 2010 by wilson
When I was reading Dr Sheehan on Running a few weeks ago, one of the first things that came to my mind was “This book won’t sell well if it was released in this decade.”
Aside from the fact that his essays could be quite long(too long for a blog post anyway), he also goes against [...]
Tags: Dr. Sheehan on Running, George Sheehan, John Bingham
