Comments on: Are These Guys Crazy?

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:41:24 +0000

marga, thanks for the visits. i am one of your visitors in your blog, too! sure, you will not miss me in road races. will be seeing you soon.

By: transitionzero

transitionzero — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:58:49 +0000

(wow you know my name!)

Nope, not joining any races until the Pringles Run on May 18th. Will incorporate lots of long runs and hillclimbs these upcoming weekends.

Looking forward to meeting you in one of the races!

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:11:00 +0000

marga, thanks for the comment. i am glad that the organizers of the 94K Weekend reacted positively with my post/comments about their events. i am not recommending novice runners to participate in their running events. maybe, it would be better for you to run at Global Run this Sunday. see you there!

By: transitionzero

transitionzero — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:49:10 +0000

Hi BaldRunner,

Been lurking for quite some time now. Anyway, my friend and I took this as a sign as to not running this race. For one, I called up the organizers to further inquire about the 10k FREE registration. It was too good to be true, a FREE run? Apparently, I have to print out a PDF form, scan it, and email them. It was too tedious, so I didn’t bother.

Apart from that, the mere fact that it is a free run would attract a whole lot of people. My concern would be logistics-wise, as the influx of runners participating could be quite overwhelming, I reckon.

It’s good that there are veterans like you who could give sound advice to us novice runners. We don’t want another badly-organized, heatstroke-inducing race.

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:06:42 +0000

gcmaddela, that’s right! the organizers should know these “basics” in road racing and they are supposed to be runners, too! thanks for the visit & comments.

By: gcmaddela

gcmaddela — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:11:16 +0000

water station should be in place every 2.5 kilometer (standard) but in our country and during summer it should be placed every 2kilometer.

By: markfb

markfb — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:59:21 +0000

BR,

Your post on the event produced results! Here’s the reply of Mr. Roel Chan from the Marketing Manager of ROX:

We have been discussing this with our organizer and we have decided to move to start the race 1 hour earlier. As for the waterstation, we will definitely add more waterstation, shortening their distance from each other. We are aware of what happen on the Mizuno marathon a few days ago and we will definitely take all safety pre-caution. The event is commissioned to a professional team of race organizers whom we have been working with over the years on different The North Face events in the Philippines. We have full confidence in this team and we will definitely back them up with much support and precaution needed to ensure that everyone is safe and will have a favorable experience on the race.

Thank you for the comment and rest assured we are on our feet to address all issue.

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:50:49 +0000

mark, thanks for the effort to have my apprehensions reached the organizers.

runmd, welcome to my site and thanks for the comments and visit. i suggest you join the GMA/QTV-sponsored race event. hope to see you there.

By: runmd

runmd — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:31:43 +0000

Hi BR,

There will be 2 races on April 13: the GK-sponsored 3K, 5K and 10K Bayani Run in MOA and the GMA/QTV-sponsored 5K and 10K On Your Mark Run For A Cause in The Fort.

What run is worth joining? I am not sure about these sponsors’ past activities but I don’t want to run out of water when I run, like what happened in the mizuno race. Thanks

By: markfb

markfb — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:18:19 +0000

I just sent the email to the Channel director of ROX. I hope they adjust and take the proper actions.