Corregidor Marathon and Corregidor International Half-Marathon originally scheduled for January 17 and 18, 2015, respectively, will be rescheduled due to the “No Sail Zone” imposed by the government in lieu of the Papal Visit. Here’s the official statement from the organizers:
For more information about this event, visit facebook.com/CorregidorMarathon.
A few weeks ago, this little known place in Laguna called Cavinti held its first organized trail race. Until this race, I’ve never heard of this place. And after this race, Cavinti is a place I won’t soon forget.
One of the spillways of Cavinti
The Cavinti Sports Council, under the auspices of the Cavinti Municipal Government invites you to join the 1st Cavinti Road and Trail Adventure Marathon on November 30, 2013 starting at the Municipal Hall of Cavinti, Laguna. Here are the event particulars:
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2013 is a milestone year for the island of Corregidor as far as races are concerned: it will be host to back-to-back “twin” races that is the Corregidor Marathon (CM) and the venerable Corregidor International Half Marathon (CIHM). Here are the details:
 Corregidor Marathon |
 Corregidor International Half Marathon |
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(Update: This product has been discontinued) To those running long distances (usually half marathons or longer) energy gels serve as a very convenient source of nutrition: they don’t spoil easily, comes in a minimal packaging, and provide an energy boost without needing to chew. All brands available in the local market is imported, until now, as Unilab introduced the first Philippine-made energy gel simply known as Active Health Sports Gel.
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The Philippines, particularly Metro Manila, is just a haven for races as there’s always at least one practically every weekend. But amongst all of these races, there are some that stood out, and here are five that I highly recommend.
I consider myself a “recreational runner” in the sense that I incorporate running into my lifestyle because aside from its health benefits, it’s fun! I don’t do it as a profession, for prestige or bragging rights, or anything remotely in that direction. As such, I do have a very long list of dream destination races around the world I would like to join in. But if I have to trim my list to five items, here are the ones that would come on top of my mind as of the moment (in no particular order).
