On April 9, 1942, at the final stage of the Battle of Bataan, approximately 76,000 Filipino and American troops, commanded by Major General Edward “Ned” P. King, Jr., were formally surrendered to a Japanese army of 54,000 men under Lt. General Masaharu Homma. This was the single largest surrender of a military force in American…
One of the races that I really hope to join one day is the Bataan 102 Ultramarathon, simply because it allows us to look back at our history and somewhat relive some of the sacrifices our war veterans encountered. The race is by no means easy—it’s 102 kilometers (about 63.38 miles, or roughly 2½ marathons)…
Believe it or not, the Nike Run Clinic is still ongoing and is extended indefinitely. By this time the first batch should’ve finished but by popular demand the clinic is here to stay, so if you just got the running fever and want to join a clinic you may still do so by going to…
It was like yesterday when we celebrated New Year’s and now we’re entering the second quarter of the year. It had been a very fast three months for me and surprisingly most of my goals for the year are already achieved; add to that a lot of firsts. 2009 Goals Get a Garmin. This was…
The Men’s Health Miracle Run would always be a special race for me and many of my friends as this was our first race ever when it started last year, just a couple of months ago. Now on its second time around it’s only natural for me to return to the race that started my…
As promised by Condura, the results of the Condura Run 2009 were published in today’s circulation of The Philippine Star, Sunday Lifestyle section, K-1. Note that this list includes all finishers in 21K, 10K, 5K, and 3K. Congratulations to all finishers! Be proud of being on this list!
The Condura Run last Sunday was easily one of the best races of the year not only for its historic SkyWay route but also in terms of how well it was organized. To the organizers, especially to the running brothers Patrick and Ton Concepcion, thank you for making this great race possible and congratulations for…
Newspaper that is. As Condura Run’s 21K SkyWay feat wasn’t great enough, now you get to brag about being part of this historic run. I got news from takbo.ph that the race result will be published on The Philippine Star courtesy of Vitwater. This also adds pressure, I mean, motivation, to have “decent” finish times…
It’s quite funny actually, I’m giving advice to other people to taper-off for the Condura Run but last night I’m the first one to break my advice. As I was writing my previous blog yesterday night I was having a dilemma if I was to continue running or not. Although it seemed like I was…
With the Condura Race right around the corner I’m faced with a dilemma: to taper off or to continue running (with ease). Just last Sunday I did my longest run distance-wise, 22K LSD along Commonwealth Ave. What complicates my situation was that before this LSD was a lack-luster 3 weeks that only garnered a total…
It has been a while since my last LSD and this time around I got to run one of my most anticipated locations: Commonwealth Ave. It was a long overdue run that was held back because of a lot of events and this time I got to finally execute the plan into action. That LSD…
February was a great month, but in terms of races it’s not as fulfilling as I had expected. Major races during the month were scheduled on the second half, which was the time I left for US, resulting in a raceless month for me—a first since I started running regularly. Being raceless doesn’t really mean…
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