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 July 4th, 2010 by wilson
First off, I’d like to extend my congratulations to the Milo people for an excellently handled race. I expected the 3 loops to bore and confuse people. Well the former did happen, but Milo has to be given credit for proving me wrong in the latter. The route still sucks big time though.
This race certainly [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, full marathon, Manila Eliminations
Posted June 25th, 2010 by wilson
Oh man.
Just when the entire running blogosphere is singing praises to Milo for “modernizing” the well-loved series(even letting them “get away” with a hundred percent increase in registration fee), they unleash this upon us
Three loops, Milo, seriously?
Personally it feels like Milo took 3 steps forward, and 2 steps back. I mean, forget about the timing [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, full marathon, Manila Eliminations
Posted June 16th, 2010 by wilson
I have always associated breaking the four-hour barrier with qualifying of the Milo Finals. It was a pretty good pair. The Milo Finals is the most prestigious and exclusive of all the local races. Four hours is the time-standard for the full, the very same way 2 hours is for the half, 1 hour is [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, Boston Marathon, full marathon, Manila Eliminations, National Finals
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 June 4th, 2010 by wilson
Today marks the beginning of the month-long countdown before the Milo Manila Eliminations.
Whenever I tell friends - runners and non-runners - that I am preparing for a race abroad, I usually get enthusiastic reactions.
Since March however, whenever people would ask, I would always answer that I am preparing for the Milo Eliminations. To be honest, [...]
Tags: 34th National Milo Marathon, Manila Eliminations
Posted November 4th, 2009 by wilson
Tough races don’t last…
I will run in the Philippine International Marathon this coming weekend.
At the risk of sounding like Manny Pacquiao’s promoter(who touts each and every upcoming fight of Manny to be his toughest ever), I’d say that the PIM is the toughest of the QCIM-SIM-PIM trio.
There is, of course, the issue of the five-hour [...]
Tags: 33rd National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, full marathon, Manila Eliminations, Philippine International Marathon, Quezon City International Marathon, Subic International Marathon
Posted October 23rd, 2009 by wilson
Tomorrow is the Subic International Marathon or SIM. It is going to be my fourth marathon, and my second one this full marathon season. Anyway, as I am wont to do whenever I have too many thoughts buzzing around my head and I am too lazy to make one single coherent post, quick thoughts:
i. This [...]
Tags: 33rd National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, full marathon, Manila Eliminations, Paa-Tibayan, Philippine International Marathon, Quezon City International Marathon, Subic International Marathon
Posted October 19th, 2009 by wilson
Last 10
The marathon is all about remaining in contention in the last ten kilometers. I hardly did that in my first two. I cramped really badly before kilometer 30 in Botak, while my legs gave out at around kilometer 32 in the Milo elims. My 4:28 finish was primarily because of how fast I handled [...]
Tags: 33rd National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, full marathon, Manila Eliminations, Paa-Tibayan, Quezon City International Marathon
Posted October 16th, 2009 by wilson
It’s funny that after two finishes, I still get the pre-marathon blues and jitters. The blues probably come from the lower than usual endorphin dosage: no getting around that, I have to taper. As for the jitters, it feels like I am approaching a moment of truth, an impending revelation. And I must admit, it [...]
Tags: 33rd National Milo Marathon, 42.195K, blues, full marathon, jitters, Manila Eliminations, Paa-Tibayan, Quezon City International Marathon
