Comments on: “Know The Enemy” (Bulldog Trail)

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:16:27 +0000

loony, this guy was DNF in his first western states 100-mile run & while waiting to be qualifed again for the race, he trained hard in the mountain trails for almost 4 years. ultimately, he was one of the few who finished the “grand slam of ultramarathons” (4 100-mile races in 4 months).

wayne, from where i am right now, the earthquake was strong but we are safe. actually, we have stronger earthquakes in the philippines. we’ll see you this sunday!

By: sfrunner

sfrunner — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:31:53 +0000

Hey BR, hope you and the family’s ok. Did you feel the quake? Hope to see you on Sunday!

By: loonyrunner

loonyrunner — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:09:40 +0000

wow! 4 years! must be a lydiard runner, trained that long so he’d peak when he finally decided to run. Will be waiting for the trail runs

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:14:37 +0000

highaltitude, i just e-mailed you and i am waiting for your reply.

loony, at least, we’ll give you 6 months to one year to prepare for our trail running events. i just read a story of an ultra runner here who prepared for almost 4 years to finish the western states 100-mile endurance run. good luck & happy running!

By: loonyrunner

loonyrunner — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:43:46 +0000

great pics, great run! wow! that’ll be nice… so we don’t have to wait for TNF to have trail runs. Hopefully they’ll be scheduled early so we can prepare for them

By: highaltitude

highaltitude — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:37:41 +0000

yeah, the heat makes different. It is therefore a different experience.
hmmm, i sent an email to your gmail however it bounced back to me i actually need your favor on something, do you mind if i have your email address? if so, please email me in this address: Kar_Jr at yahoo dot com. Thanks a lot.

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:26:38 +0000

levy, i was running on trails whenever i am in laoag to make my legs stronger and more responsive. but my finish times in the road races became slower as i did not maintain my speed runs at the track. so, i guess, i still have to balance my trail runs and speed runs at the tracks or my tempo runs.

aldz, i fielded that team to make the runners know or aware that the incoming baldrunner’s events will be more on ultra trail running in the moutains in the north and in the sierra madre mountains. so, you still have time to practice before we initially launch our projects. thanks!

cecil, even without lighting a match, the heat here could start a fire! hahaha! the entrance of the malibu creek state park had been burned few days ago. hopefully, the weather will be cooler during race day.

eric, thanks for that recap and nice pics on your bulldog trail 25k run last year. i’ll try to run the course again on the saturday morning after the san francisco marathon. i hope to meet you and ben gaetos there.

highaltitude, it’s summer here and the altitude & heat are the “killers” here. running trails here is entirely different from the running i had experienced during my mountain runs in baguio city in the past.

rayabe, what is good about trail running is that you can have a practice run on the trails way ahead of the scheduled race day because there is no vehicular traffic as compared in preparing for a marathon race on the streets. thanks!

By: rayabe

rayabe — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 05:04:08 +0000

Hi BR! Great photos of the trail, scenery! Very apt title for your entry, too! I wish we could’ve done that to prepare for the TNF100 (which went well; so did your team). Good luck on your races!

By: highaltitude

highaltitude — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:29:45 +0000

hmm,
hey north face runner =) the trail is challenging. perhaps it will be more challenging if muddy and slippery like the trail of TNF run yesterday in Nasugbu…

i sent you an email to your gmail. please check it out…

By: e-rod

e-rod — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:03:58 +0000

i gotta warn you, br, sounds like you’re about to catch the trail running bug.

good for you for familiarizing yourself with the bulldog trail and its conditions. hopefully it will be cool on race day. here’s my 2007 bulldog recap and photos which you might find familiar: http://tackbow.blogspot.com/2007/08/bulldogin.html

btw i emailed you at your yahoo address if you’d like to get to get together for a trail run after sf. cheers!