According to Desi Arana of Smart Sports Marketing (one of the race sponsors) the NB Power Run to be held on Sunday will be postponed. This is due to tropical storm “Ondoy” which is battering Metro Manila (under storm signal #1 as of press time). According to another source from Smart the new date…
Month: September 2009
A BMW inspired by Usain Bolt’s trainers?
Well, maybe. Presenting the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics: a car that’s at par with Toyota Prius 2010 in terms of emission, lowest drag coefficient of any BMW car at 0.22, and killer looks that looks a bit like a trainer: I know it has nothing to do with running but won’t you agree that this cool…
Subic International Marathon 101
1of 3 international marathons being staged in the country this last quarter of the year and the only one outside Metro Manila is the Subic International Marathon (SIM). One unique feature of this race is that the full marathon would be held on a Saturday afternoon, on October 24, 2009 at 4PM. A sunset marathon?…
Fred Uytengsu for Children’s Hour
Alaska Milk Corporation CEO Fred Uytengsu is competing in another Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii—this time not for the win but for underprivileged Filipino children via Children’s Hour Philippines. To help, please download the pledge form. If you can’t pledge, you may give a token amount thru G-Cash. Just text DONATE<space>Amount<space>4-digit PIN<space>CHILDRENSHOUR and send to…
Dilemma at 21K: My RotaRun Story
Around 4:30AM we arrived in front of Chinese International School, the vicinity of the assembly area of the race. According to the race packet the 21K would start at 5AM but according to online sources it would be at 5:30AM. The latter turned out to be closer to the actual but the confusion made us…
Back on the Road: Traversing Metro Manila
It has been a long time since I was running on the road and since I had no race or group runs for the weekend I decided to do one of the routes I’ve long wanted to do: traverse Metro Manila from East to West. Like my first road run along EDSA which followed MRT-3…
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