Comments on: Race Report: XXIV Los Angeles Marathon

By: speedsterbikster

speedsterbikster — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:28:01 +0000

congrats sir jovie! nice blow by blow recap. i hope we’ll be able to organize better races here also. slowly move our way towards world class marathon and ultramarathon races. enjoy the rest of your trip sir!

By: diyo68

diyo68 — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:53:25 +0000

Hi BR,
It is really hard to get a PR in big races but you did mighty good. Even as a lurker, I do enjoy reading your postings. The pleasure is all mine. Drop me a line when you come east. I’ll meet you at the airport & be your driver. We can go to the marathon together which btw is 40,000 runners from all over the world. I guarantee, you will love the NYCM. Keep up the good job, running and all. God bless. D-U

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Wed, 27 May 2009 15:16:14 +0000

the involvement of the whole community was very impressive. how i wish we could do that too in the philippines. it’s only now that i realized why my kids would tell me “to have fun” before the starting horn has sounded. don’t worry, i’ll be busy reading , going around, and preparing for the MILO elimination run on the first sunday of july. thanks & regards to the family

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:57:08 +0000

i tried to wait for you at the Finish Line but the heat of the sun at past noon was already unbearable and there were still a lot of people on the streets. the crowd was really unbelievable! see you soon!

By: benwah

benwah — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:40:10 +0000

Congratulations to you and your family Sir jovie. No matter how politics get into LA, Angelenos show up rain or shine to offer hospitality to the runners. This race is a showcase of different ethnic communities of LA. Sea of kids stretching their arms for a slap of high 5′s. Where else can you see that? There’s even a free “lap dance” near M17 , hehe… Beer station at M21 is provided by the LA Hashers (drinking club with a running problem). I’m a member of that group. The BW runner is John Radich. He was just injured last week and diagnosed with a herniated disc. After BW, JR will run TransAmerica. Running with Karno is a thrill no matter what critics say. True he gets those publicity stunts but when you talk to him or run side by side, he is a real nice person. I found out at Catalina Eco Mar last year. Lots of well organized races here. Only LA generates huge crowd. If the race came up short on runners’ needs, word of mouth spreads quickly. Runners then alienate the race and the race eventually die e.g. Western Hemisphere Mar (Culver City) and Twin Peaks 50M/50k. I’m still busy painting interior of our house. When done, I have a BB box of shoes ready to send.

By: reinier6666

reinier6666 — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:08:35 +0000

Dear BR – Congratulations to you, John and Jovelle! That is what a call “A Family That Runs Together” I was hoping to catch you and the kids on race day but in that sea of participants it was another “wish ko lang” thing. See you in Manila.

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:58:09 +0000

ray, thanks. next time, i’ll do better

By: gingerbreadrunning

gingerbreadrunning — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:19:24 +0000

That would have been nice sir, sayang! Thank you for your comment as well, I appreciate it Congratulations once again on the strong finish, your endurance continues to befuddle and amaze us all!

By: elkyoshi

elkyoshi — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:09:49 +0000

Nice recap and photos!!!
See you at the Milo Eliminations. After reading your comprehensive report and enviable experience, I will hopefully see you in LA next year. I think that at least one marathon in the US will be one of my goals now.
Thanks again for the comments on my blog. Recently my days have not been complete without reading your posts. Thanks always for the inspiration! Here’s to a sub-4 Milo finish!

By: kingofpots

kingofpots — Wed, 27 May 2009 06:14:36 +0000

d-u, thanks..i only realized that I slowed down and my concentration was not focused to break the 4-hour time because of the picture-taking activity. however, i am just consistent with my posts for the past major marathon races to insert pictures of myself and the other runners and i did not want to miss this for a big marathon event like the LAM. hopefully, my future plan is to be able to run the NYC Marathon in Nov 2010. thanks again for the visit.