On Saturday, January 23, 2010, the second running of Bataan Death March (BDM) 102 Kilometer Ultramarathon will be having its “test run” for participants to familiarize themselves with the first half of the infamous route which will be faced on D-Day in darkness. The route will be from Km 0 in Mariveles, Bataan to…
Category: Long Runs
2009 Favorite Running Moments: In Pictures
Running has taken me to places I never imagined I’ll go to and for my first full year of running the year broke all previous records not only in terms of distance covered, and pictures taken! 2009 toll: about 20 gigabytes worth of pictures and videos, around 11,500 files. Among these, here are some of…
Quasi Course of an International Marathon (QCIM)
Despite the threat that Parma (“Pepeng”) imposes upon the Metro several days of ruined runs made runners more enthusiastic about completing a long run that partially simulates the race route of the forthcoming Quezon City International Marathon (QCIM). This long run (LSD for some) started 4:30AM within the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman Campus…
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…
A Year Into Running: The Secret to an Ultramarathon
When it comes to running, the last thing on my mind was an ultramarathon—I had an idea how far a marathon is by looking at the route taken by the Milo Marathon which is “just” about 42K, but an ultra, especially 100K, was unimaginable. In fact the first time I’ve heard of the term “ultramarathon”…
Yet Another 56K Ultra Weekend: Manila To Tagaytay Sequel (Continued)
Special thanks to Dr. Christopher “Ultra Doc T” Montaos, for the pictures Part 2: Dasmariñas to TagayTay from a Different Perspective Around 6:00AM somewhere between KM 31 and 32 the KM 0 group was joined by “fresh legs” for the journey to Tagaytay. This was the real challenge to the runabout as the elevation and…
Yet Another 56K Ultra Weekend: Manila To Tagaytay Sequel
It was a race-less weekend last Sunday so what else does a runner do but to find an interesting run. An ultramarathon distance route isn’t exactly a prerequisite but in order to share that ultramarathon experience I decided to join my friends at their first attempt at an ultra—where else but in the same route…
Yet Another Round of Road Trip: Ortigas – BHS via EDSA
Last night was supposedly my speed run session at Ultra, but the urge to meet my running buddies got the best of me and just decided to do an easy run. I was also a bit concerned with my calves aching a little (most likely due to the cramps I got from swimming last Sunday)…
Ruined by the Rain, Saved by the Rain: My Wet Weekend
As mentioned in me previous post I was very bored and agitated last Sunday because I wasn’t able to do my early morning long run due to the rain. It was raining at 4:30AM and until 5:30AM there was no sign of it stopping so I had to cancel it. It would be very difficult…
runningpinoy’s 2009 Midyear Report
2009 is my first full year of running and with the first half completed its time to have a look back at some of my highlights for the first six months of the year. January The year started with “bi-polar” races: one was well praised and the other went in infamy. Of course I’m referring…
Night Run with an Instant EB
Runners could sometimes be too predictable—you’d have some idea where you may find them. Sometimes too predictable that you need not send each other messages to meet—just go where your feet takes you and chances are they are also there. That’s exactly what happened last night at BHS after my usual night run. The Night…
Extreme Weekend Adventure at Mt. Maculot
Friday, straight from the office, I, together with eight of my friends, met up in Buendia for our weekend getaway. It was our first trekking adventure together so we were naturally excited. Unbeknownst to us that this getaway would be more than just a typical climb—it would be an extreme adventure! I’ll admit that…
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