Happy New Year! 2009 is here! It’s a great time to plan your races since the first ones don’t come until the start of the third week of January. I’m quite excited for this year, particularly this first quarter because of two special races: The North Face Thrill of the Trail (January 18, 2009)This would…
Tag: Marathon
My 2009 Running Goals or Resolutions
This was one of the topics in Takbo.ph forums and is quite timely since the New Year is just around the corner. I didn’t want to rush answering this question, and upon pondering about if for a few minutes (I didn’t hurry but I sure came up with something quick hehe) here’s what I got…
Another Marathon: Movie Marathon?!
It’s a very long weekend here in the Philippines, December 25, 2008 to January 02, 2009 being a series of legal and special holidays—that’s eight days of no work to think about! There are no more races left the year and the yuletide mood seems to direct us to parties and eating, so what activities…
Running Log: 32nd National Milo Marathon: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
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:…
Race Route: 32nd National Milo Marathon Finals
Scanned copy of the race route from a newspaper courtesy of a friend: