This year’s installment of the National MILO® Marathon (Manila Eliminations) takes the race on an entirely new level. Personally I’ve never had any local race come close to what MILO® had achieved with this year’s Manila Eliminations, and despite so many new developments it still had plenty of room for improvements. The Runners I consider…
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34th National MILO® Marathon: “I did it for the Shirt!”
This statement basically sums up the reason I signed up for the marathon. The new routes, timing chips, donate a shoe program, potential new PR, and even the medal were not enough to entice me to join—only the 42K finisher’s shirt. On the other hand I had many reasons why I wasn’t jumping for excitement…
34th National MILO® Marathon: Signs and Strange Encounters (Prequel)
I gave up all hopes of joining this year’s MILO® Marathon because of one HUGE reason—no training! Coming off TNF100 my body was built primarily for endurance, not speed. I was seriously aiming to qualify for the Finals but there wasn’t enough time to train for it, so reluctantly I let that dream go (for…
34th National MILO® Marathon: Acknowledgments
First, I would like to thank our Almighty Father for allowing me to join and finish this race despite my physical handicaps with a “decent” time to boast and negligible injuries. Second, I would like to personally thank my takbo.ph family for extending their support not just to me and the members of the family…
Signs of things to come…
Uh oh, I think I’m gonna do a crazy stint this weekend… Good luck everyone! (If I were you I’d still place that timing chip on your shoe laces as usual :))
34th National MILO® Marathon
It was like yesterday when I had my first marathon with the 33rd National MILO® Marathon last year as I remember vividly all the trials and lessons I learned with that wonderful experience of a lifetime. I remember that it was one of the best races in the country that year outdone only by the…
Runner’s World Philippines, Page 36
Have you seen this month’s issue of Runner’s World (Philippines) magazine? I missed the first issue (I’m not really much into reading, much less into magazines) and this one is my first copy of the magazine. A friend of mine told me what’s inside that’s why I got myself a copy (included with this month’s…
More than a Name Change: Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore (SCMS) 2010
Last year was my first ever marathon outside the Philippines during what was then called Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM). This year, Standard Chartered, the event’s title sponsor, decided to give it some makeover by having a name change. But the changes with this year’s event is more than superficial—new sponsors, Race Director, routes, and…
Experience the World through Sports: Sports Tourism
Given a chance, who wouldn’t want to travel? But travelling for sports? That’s a different story altogether. We typically travel either for business or leisure, and if it’s the latter we usually have relaxation in mind. And relaxation doesn’t usually involve moving too much! Sports Tourism is a niche of the travel industry with sports…
You’ve Got Mail!
An unexpected surprise came into my mail today that made my already awesome day even better: I actually forgot all about it, and I’m glad I did because now it came as a surprise. And good thing that it still holds my marathon best time. And yes, it’s laminated and it even comes with a…
Condura Run 2010: Déjà vu
Condura Run 2010 realized the vision of the Concepcion brothers of having their own marathon race. For many runners out there it was also the realization of their dreams of running their first marathon. For me I just realized that I want to run this race—no pressure, no commitment, and no target—just enjoy the ride. …
The Natural Joy of Running: Barefoot?
Barefoot running? It can’t get any natural than that—before civilization was invented, or any form of it, that was how our ancestors moved and survived eons ago. Today in the 21st century running had become very technical—pronation, supination, compression, hydration, fartlek, Global Positioning System, etc.—isn’t it nice to not think of any of these terms…
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