The weekend wasn’t that good if I talk about my knee, but otherwise it was great! I was able to complete my goal for the year of reaching the 100K mark (yay!), and I get to meet the guys at takbo.ph. Meet my new friend: anti-inflammatory painkillersBefore the race started walking was something I didn’t…
Finally, after almost four months I was able to achieve my first 100K of cumulative race distance. Goal achieved! This was during the UP ICTUS Centennial Run yesterday, one of the most difficult races I had to take, not because of the course, but because on my injury (still). Yesterday’s run was just three days…
Believe it or not, I only started running, in races of course, last August, and roughly four (4) months since I started, my first 100K (race-only cumulative distance) is almost here. Before December I had set a goal of reaching my first 100K this year but back then it was mathematically impossible because of the…
Browsing on the Internet I stumbled upon what my injury is called: a runner’s knee. According to Wikipedia, a runner’s knee, also called Chondromalacia patellae (CMP) or Patello-femoral Pain Syndrome, is a term for a large and disparate group of medical conditions that can cause pain in the front of the knee. It is common…
It was like yesterday when I was still dreaming of putting up a blog site for my newly-found love, running. Now, I am celebrating my blog site runningpinoy’s first month! I originally targeted to launch this site on my birthday last November 07 but due to some “technical difficulties” I was formally able to launch…
This weekend had been a great one. Two races, two PRs, two finisher’s shirt, and Manny Pacquiao won! (Woohoo! And Manny did it via TKO!) My first race of the weekend, Nokia Recycle You Phone and Run, allowed me to set a new PR for 5K (the longest distance of the fun run) and was…
The Yakult 10-Miler was my longest run so far and my first attempt beyond 10K so it was venturing into unchartered territories. It was a personal test of endurance for me since I’ve never run for more than an hour. Everything was well days before this event which I was looking forward to until about…
The first race of the weekend and one of the most star-studded runs I’ve joined, this event was one of those nice fun runs because it was for a very good cause: the environment. I can’t see how joining this race could be wrong: you can dispose your hazardous wastes (broken cellphones, chargers, batteries, accessories,…
Three runs in three days—that’s the plan. The first of three would be tomorrow night at the Nike Run Clinic (Session 06) at Bonifacio High Street, a distance of at least 9K. This would be followed on Saturday by a 5K run at Nokia Recycle Your Phone and Run, also at Bonifacio Global City, and…
An injury, regardless of its severity, and as long as it prevents you from running—is a runner’s nightmare. For the first time I got injured in a race, and it’s not even because of exerting too much effort nor problems with the way I ran: it’s primarily because of “evasive running,” that is running while…
November has been a very good month for running, there were quite a lot of good races, even back-to-back ones, and on various locations. This was my birth month so it’s very special for me. My highlights for this month: Best race finish: 22nd out of 271, current standing PR (as of press time) for…
This was actually my first “marathon” and even though I didn’t run the full 42.192K this was the first event I joined with a full marathon distance. This was the largest running event I’ve joined thus far, and I have quite some reactions: good, bad, and ugly. The Good The race route couldn’t be better:…
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