After nine months finally I get to travel outside the Philippines and for my first ASEAN destination, Singapore! It would be my first time to be a “sports tourist” and was very excited to have my first marathon outside the country. Of course I am not alone with this “addiction” as I have my close…
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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”…
56.6K Weekend: Manila to Tagaytay
It was a very tiring and grueling weekend for me as I faced my first ultramarathon—56.6K. The run started at Km 0 marker across Rizal Monument and ended at the Tagaytay Junction, a little over the Km 56 marker. It was also my first midnight run. I together with my running buddy Sean William started…
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