Comments on: My First Ultramarathon Race: Bulldog 50K http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/ Plan, Practice, Finish, and Learn In Every Road or Trail Race..Consider Life as a Marathon or Ultra Marathon Race Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: TNF (Phil) Sucks! « Bald Runner http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-7709 Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:46:26 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-7709 [...] and I have personal reasons for it. Although I finished my first taste of an Ultra Trail Run at the Bulldog 50K in 2008 in Malibu, California in 2008, I was happy to know that the Main Sponsor for such race was [...]

]]> By: nvllanora1975 http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1481 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:02:48 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1481 Congrats Sir Jovie! It’s a very remarkable accomplishment! I know you can still do better than this.
More power.

Nolan

]]> By: kingofpots http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1470 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:11:59 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1470 eric, thanks! i thought you were going to run this? i’ve been looking for you at the park. good luck on your marathon!

]]> By: e-rod http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1467 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:51:28 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1467 congratulations on your first ever ultra, br! wow! what a great finish time! and a nice looking medal too.

]]> By: kingofpots http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1464 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:01:06 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1464 wayne, thanks! hope to see you in manila during your scheduled vacation

deldude, i hope your son will be inspired to run, too! after my run, my son & daughter is planning already to run the Bulldog 25K run next year. i am really a “bad” influence to my kids!..thanks!

witchkitty, i was smiling and relaxed after the finish line but my quads were killing me when i walked. thanks!

bgwalker, you are right, Bulldog was really a “killer” and I want to conquer it again next year. it will be nice to see you at the bataan memorial death march next year. thanks!

datc, don’t worry, someday your dream will come true. you are still young and good luck on your training!

bards, thanks! baka magalit sa iyo mga “pinoy ultra runners”..hahaha! anyway, good luck on your singapore marathon training. see you soon!

patrick, thanks. i made some additional pictures to describe some places along the trail run route. sure, i’ll be back soon!

nora, everything is possible. just be patient & consistent in your training and before you know it, the marathon will be a piece of cake for you! my friend, pompey crisologo finished his 1st marathon before he reached 55. be strong, healthy and fit always! thanks!

]]> By: norbertanora http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1463 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:28:24 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1463 I salute you, BR! Conquering the Bulldog 50k at age 56! And having the keen memory to describe the whole experience in minute detail. You’re one of a kind, BR. You never stop to inspire me and the other runners. I hope before I reach 55, I have already completed a full marathon. That’s 5 years of training. Do you think I will be ready by then, considering that I just started at age 50?

Nora, the golden girl

]]> By: runningshield http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1462 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:47:33 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1462 congratulations good job.
post some pitures pls. see you in the races soon

]]> By: bards http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1461 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:32:57 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1461 congratulations BR on your safe and very strong finish! Sir, you are at the top of my Pinoy Running Icon list!

]]> By: DATC http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1459 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:38:04 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1459 Congratulations Bald Runner! That was a long and thorough recap and a very worthwhile read. It was almost as if I was there myself. I can only dream about running an ultra someday but your blog always serves as an inspiration.

]]> By: bgwalker http://baldrunner.com/2008/08/25/my-first-ultramarathon-race-bulldog-50k/#comment-1458 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:50:25 +0000 http://baldrunner.wordpress.com/?p=1945#comment-1458 Dear BR, you described the course perfectly. Congrats on completing the 50K (I can’t imagine ever doing that), I did the 25K and it was very tough. I’m a walker so it took me a lot longer. Between mile 4 and 7 up Bulldog Trail was very tough and hot. I felt better about a mile before the 2nd waterstop then had to scramble up the sandstone rocks and down some steep terrain and then up that long hill before we finally started down again. I was beginning to doubt that I’d ever reach the 3rd water stop (it was at mile 13 not 12) but they were absolutely wonderful!

In prior weeks, we had practiced parts of the course but not the whole thing. The views at the top were great. The water stops were fantastic (love that ice, snacks and the sponges, everyone was just teriffic and very helpful, it was nice to sit and rest a few minutes in the shade). That last uphill on Spur trail was a pain (one guy collapsed screaming as he had leg cramps but after awhile managed to get up, scream some more, and finally continue and finished the race, they even sent in an ambulance for him but fortunately they didn’t have to make it up and down the single file trail to try to get him out).

I’m so happy I finished. I want to practice on various sections again so I can do better. I see you plan on doing the Bataan Death March Memorial Marathon in 2009, I did it this past march (in honor of my Dad who was on the original Death March in WWII) and hope to do it again next year as well so perhaps I’ll see you on the course. I thought that marathon was tough because of the altitude, desert, sand and wind, ha! Bulldog was tougher.

Congrats!!!

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