Six hours was a pretty long time to run, and to run it at a consistent pace makes it more difficult. This would be one of the longest races I’d have done, surpassed only by ultramarathons. The good thing about running on major roads was that as long as there’s electricity there’s light so even…
With so many events happening I am having a difficult time catching up on my post. For this week I hope to share with you the events that happened over the weekends: Friday: The Dare to be Fit ‘n Right Fun Run Launch It was an event for all types of bloggers in general but…
A pacer is someone who sets the pace of a runner, or runners, to help them achieve their goal time. His main responsibility is to finish as close as possible to his designated time so that those who avail of his services would achieve their target. Having pacers are optional both for runners and races…
When adidas decided to release the race kit during its running expo it was a “make or break” situation—it was the first time that a race event held a running expo (similar to races abroad) giving a chance to the company to “make” a good impression, but at the same time being a first there…
First and foremost I would like to congratulate everyone who participated in one of the best races in the country thus far, the QCIM. The first Quezon City International Marathon would surely go down in history as one of the most exciting races in the country in recent history by having the presence of international…
Last night at the activity area of the Quezon Memorial Circle the carbo-loading party of the first Quezon City International Marathon was staged featuring special guest runners from Kenya. With their presence the race surely would be at par with world-class standards and there may even be a possibility of breaking the Philippine marathon record…
The Philippine International Marathon (PIM), the last international marathon for the year to be staged on November 08, 2009 for the improvement of the Pasig River, has released the route for the full marathon albeit in text form: I don’t know about you but I don’t understand text routes so with the aid of Google…
It had been a crazy last two weeks for the running community and the country as a whole so a lot of plans made during the period were either deferred or simply scrapped. Before we knew it, we’re counting down the days to the major international marathons like the QCIM (next Sunday) and SIM (the…
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…
Typhoon Ketsana, also known as “Ondoy” in the Philippines, was one of the most devastating typhoons in recent history particularly in Metro Manila where all-time-high rainfall was recorded. Places that never experienced flooding saw unimaginable levels of water, and elsewhere were just nothing short of a disaster. As for running, the extremely bad weather unsurprisingly…
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…
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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