Comments on: NB Powerrace = Perfect Weather + Lots of Water + Clean/Fresh Air

By: geneordanza

geneordanza — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:52:41 +0000

Sir Jovie, congrats on another great run. galeng! It was great finally meeting you at the race, may photo-ops pa para ebidence Hope to bump into you again at the race and more power to you and your projects!

–gene

By: nvllanora1975

nvllanora1975 — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:08:26 +0000

Sir,

I am perfectly right when I said in your Aniversary Blog that you are getting stronger in every race. You just proved it again in this NB Power Race. Age doesn’t really matter – CONGRATS BR.

As for me, it seems like my record was lost. My bib # was 2138 but there was no record found as indicated in the unofficial result. I already emailed Extribe though.

Congrats again, Sir Jovie.

Nolan

By: rgcabredo

rgcabredo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:14:49 +0000

Hello sir, I first ran into your blog in June. I decided to log my runs and try the 1000K challenge. I logged around 375km since June. The NB Powerace is my longest run ever 25K. I was a truly a challenge. The course layout and support (marshalls, signs, water stations) were great. It was a great feeling to make to the finish line. My wife also finished the 10K run.

Unfortunately, I was among 5 car owners whose vehicles were broken into sometime during the race. We parked at the end of street (cul-de-sac) behind the Clark Hostel and Clark Museum. I and my wife lost many valuable and important items. I reported this to the CDC police. They seemed to point the finger at the race organizer for not providing security. Another robbery victim at the police station said that he talked to a race organizer. The race organizer said that security is a police matter. Quite sad to see people pointing fingers at each other while washing their hands of responsibility.

I work at Clark and was able to borrow money from co-workers so that I could check my family out of a hotel, feed them, buy fuel and pay for toll back to Manila. The new theme/tag-line of New Balance is very appropriate for my feelings – Love-Hate running.

Hate to rain on the parade, but I think other runners should learn from this experience. Be careful where you park your car. Push organizers to improve lighting and security. There is always a better way to do things.

By: quicksilverrunner

quicksilverrunner — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:46:36 +0000

Sounds like a great race BR! Thanks for the RR and the great photos.

By: broj

broj — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:54:21 +0000

congratulations sir jovie! What a great race for you! Nice action picture of the hardcore group, galing! Hope to see you again in future races.

By: georgepds

georgepds — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:42:56 +0000

Sir jovie “ASTIG”
ka talaga!

By: syjohnny

syjohnny — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:32:15 +0000

Hi Sir Jovie — congrats on a great run. Captured a few pics of you with a really strong finish. Idol ka talaga!! Hope to catch you again in a race in the near future. More power to you and your group!!

By: sfrunner

sfrunner — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:15:37 +0000

HI BR. Great post again with photos. Team Baldrunner did quite well as did you on what was a challenging course. We were fortunate to have the cloud cover and less humidity. Yes on the job by New Balance. The last two weekends of races are among the best that I’ve run in.

Thanks again for everything and I’ll see you in LA in March!

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:36:14 +0000

jonel, nice pictures and you look great during the race.

jay, at last, prometheus is being “exposed” through this blog.

witchkitty, thanks. it was great to be running with runners 10-20 yrs younger! hehehe!

lester, thanks. i hope you could join the speed training and be able to “fix” your back problem.

jerry, thanks. i hope to catch up with you & philip..hahaha!..i told captain espejo that drinking during the race will be a part of the speed training.

sundaywarrior, thanks. it is just a part of a training and the bigger picture is to be able to run the bataan ultra next year.

markfb, everything is hardwork and i know you are going to be faster soon!

philip, thanks. hopefully, i could make myself faster in the coming races but i have to put in more time and effort for this. slowly but surely, i’ll be able to be more competitive while we have the strength to run. see you in the next races.

By: foreignrunner

foreignrunner — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:59:41 +0000

You are proving science wrong or are you an exception to the rule? You are getting faster and better the older you get. You looked great and great run. Thanks for the tip of the dry ice around the neck, it is needed in this hot country. See you at unicef and remember, I will be bringing my old pair of running shoes with me, they are still in great condition.