Comments on: Chairman’s Report: Men’s Health 10K Run

By: markfb

markfb — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:13:21 +0000

Hi Br,

I raced using my foot pod instead of using gps. I saw the sattelite signal was weak, probably due to the trees and nearby buildings. This will cause a bigger distance discrepancy on any gps device.
The registered distance on my 305 is 10.02 km and my foot pod is calibrated.

As for the late start, I read somewhere that it was supposed to start 6:30 am. As for the lacking cups, there were not enough people manning the water stations as well. 1 is not enough, obviously somebody was trying to save on overhead costs.

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By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:00:14 +0000

cecil, it was okey that the race started late as long as they had enough water cups for all the runners.

wayne, thanks for the comment. it is so sad that after a year of blogging and running, there are still race organizers who forget the basic services given to a paying/registered runner. the team BR elite is okey and keeps on training and improving. the team BR-professional group members are also registering their weekly PRs.

amado, i know that the race organizers are reading my blog but in order to make it official, i have to e-mail them or have the President of PATAFA send a letter informing them of their “lapses”. thanks!

rfb, the water cups are cheap and the water supply is cheap, too! but the race organizers always forget the basics. the paying runners deserve a better service from these race organizers.

By: runningfatboy

runningfatboy — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:13:35 +0000

hi, that’s a good review of the race. I especially liked the computations you made for the plastic cups. I was also frustrated by this and expected better from Men’s Health.

By: reinier6666

reinier6666 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:56:01 +0000

Jovie- suggest that aside from the blog itself if you could sen a hard copy either by email or snail mail to the organizers so that they will be fully aware of the Chairman’s Report.

By: runnersf

runnersf — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:32:35 +0000

Hi Jovie. My apologies for not reading your blogs of late but am catching up. It’s good to observe the different races in the Phils so that the race directors and organizers can make their races better. I agree about stretching. Too many races that I attend here in the U.S. does their group stretching exercises 15 minutes before the race. I do mine at least 30 minutes before and attempt to do several strides before a 10K like the one here on Sunday.

The Presidio 10K had three water stations. Though part of it was because of a 10 miler that was run in conjunction, it was good to have them. Though the temperatures were cool, it’s still important to have liquids. The only complaint I had was that we had to go down some stairs to run on the east side of the Golden Gate Bridge coming back. The area has a frontage road that would eliminate the stairs. I have contacted the Presidio 10 committee regarding this.

Finally, hope you and Team Bald Runner are doing okay. Please say hello to everyone for me. Take care.

By: miraclecello

miraclecello — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:09:28 +0000

If somebody dies from heat stroke due to a late start it would also be on them. Since this was a short-distance race I would assume there would have been a number of beginners. It is not unheard of for organisers to actually call off an ongoing race if the conditions become intolerable — the Chicago marathon last year was nearly halted after one runner collapsed and died during the race as temperatures soared.