December 03, 2011: the day before our big race, Macau Galaxy Entertainment International Marathon, and also our first full day in Macau. Our brains tell us we should rest, but our feet tell us otherwise so relatively early in the morning we were up for a tour.
Tag: Marathon
Souvenir from Macau
As a runner, nothing beats souvenirs like these [ … ]
Next Stop: Macau
Time to escape the tropics for a while and experience some mild weather without going so far and so over budget—those were some of my considerations when I accepted my friends’ invites to join them to run in Macau. Heat had always been my kryptonite when running and the opportunity to run with mild weather…
Marathon Training Videos
Are you joining this year’s Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore? SCMS with Racers’ Toolbox is releasing training videos that may help you prepare for the big day. Here’s the first of the video series: Week 1: Getting started
Travel Junkie
The love for travel must be in my blood as I suddenly realized, without much effort, that I had scheduled a travel practically every month for the second half of the year, both local and international! And of course most of these revolve around the sport I love, running.
Boston Kreme: When is a World’s Best not a World Record?
Boston, Massachusetts is thousands of miles away from Manila, but the running highs that were set during the recent Boston Marathon were so contagious I can feel it all the way here! The highlight of the event of course was the 2:03:02 time set by Kenya’s Geoffrey Mutai—the world’s fastest ever, but not the world…
Condura Skyway Marathon on NatGeo via YouTube
For those who have missed the feature on Condura Skyway Marathon 2011 on National Geographic Channel (Asia) here’s your chance to watch it over at YouTube.
Condura Skyway Marathon 2011: The Bests and the Worsts
This year’s installment of the Condura Skyway Marathon could arguably be considered as the best one yet, but there were still some things that could’ve gone better.
Condura Skyway Marathon 2011 Runner’s E-Handbook
Condura Skyway Marathon 2011 has just released an e-handbook for all runners this Sunday. To everyone, good luck! See you on Sunday. 🙂
2010 in Pictures
2010 was the year running took a backseat from my list of activities, but in between my great hiatus there were some interesting events that transpired. Here’s a look back at how 2010 was for me: January The highlight for the first month of 2010 was my return to running with a 50K test run…
Lucky 9 at Cebu Marathon
It was the ninth day of the New Year, and it was my ninth marathon. I’ve heard wonders about the previous Cebu Marathon, so this year I decided to find out for my own and do some “assessment run,” but I got much more than I had expected.
The Bests of 2010
Drumrolls please… and the award goes to… Welcome to my list of the year’s bests! This year I’ve these categories picked: Best Road Race Best Trail Run Best Marathon Best Road Ultramarathon Best Trail Ultramarathon Best Marathon Route Best Marathon Finisher’s Medal
