Comments on: Statement From SIM’s Race Event Manager http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/ Plan, Practice, Finish, and Learn In Every Road Race..Consider Life as a Marathon Race Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:57:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: GrandPiano http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4791 GrandPiano Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:02:32 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4791 <strong>GrandPiano...</strong> Hello ;) Thanks heaps for this indeed!... if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Piano Links http://www.en.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!... GrandPiano…

Hello ;) Thanks heaps for this indeed!… if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Piano Links http://www.en.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!…

]]> By: wawewee http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4678 wawewee Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:41:50 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4678 there are just so many things about the sim that galls me. and one of these would be this letter. about the only thing that should be coming out from this organizer is 'we are very sorry--there was not enough water, not enough food, not enough lights--no excuses! we endangered your lives, we disrespected the amount of time and effort you took in training for this run. sorry for the overly long letter that used the long-winded tactic to try to bullshit our way out of this royal mess we created. sorry for the disingenous tale about the kenyan woman who was rescued by their ambulance and yet raced the following day. see, nothing serious? sorry for the OTHER disingenous tale about the New Yorker who thought the whole thing was wild---ang cute, dba? sorry for insulting you yet again with that beer thing---as if you were too dim, too stupid to know we were trying to be chummy with us in the hopes we would forget the horrid mess you created for us. sorry for insulting your intelligence by talking about that tucay guy like he did running a favor with his hakot mentality that made this race a logistical nightmare among other things. color coded bibs that meant nothing as everyone could turn around anytime, anywhere! no marshals to call them on it. *unfuckingbelievable* for the half marathon, we were running 20 min late (surprise surprise!) and tucay goes onstage and says 'will the (one million) runners go to the other side of the finish line. ' thus, making sure we would be 20 more minutes late. ang galing. eat bulaga. and you had the gall to call this an international marathon?! standards were so low, they really didn't exist. like i said, *unfuckingbelievable* it's been 2 weeks now there are just so many things about the sim that galls me. and one of these would be this letter.

about the only thing that should be coming out from this organizer is ‘we are very sorry–there was not enough water, not enough food, not enough lights–no excuses! we endangered your lives, we disrespected the amount of time and effort you took in training for this run. sorry for the overly long letter that used the long-winded tactic to try to bullshit our way out of this royal mess we created. sorry for the disingenous tale about the kenyan woman who was rescued by their ambulance and yet raced the following day. see, nothing serious? sorry for the OTHER disingenous tale about the New Yorker who thought the whole thing was wild—ang cute, dba? sorry for insulting you yet again with that beer thing—as if you were too dim, too stupid to know we were trying to be chummy with us in the hopes we would forget the horrid mess you created for us.

sorry for insulting your intelligence by talking about that tucay guy like he did running a favor with his hakot mentality that made this race a logistical nightmare among other things. color coded bibs that meant nothing as everyone could turn around anytime, anywhere! no marshals to call them on it. *unfuckingbelievable* for the half marathon, we were running 20 min late (surprise surprise!) and tucay goes onstage and says ‘will the (one million) runners go to the other side of the finish line. ‘ thus, making sure we would be 20 more minutes late. ang galing. eat bulaga.

and you had the gall to call this an international marathon?! standards were so low, they really didn’t exist. like i said, *unfuckingbelievable*

it’s been 2 weeks now

]]> By: bards http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4614 bards Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:44:19 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4614 one thing i observed about the SIM personnel was that they didnt seem to have someone monitoring what was happening otherwise they would have made an immediate solution to get the van with the water at km28 to back track to Dinalupihan and not just wait for runners who can reach them. when/if i get invited to a runners/bloggers launch one of the things I will ask now is WHO WE GONNA CALL IF WE HAVE A REPEAT OF THE SMART-SUBIC FIASCO? one thing i observed about the SIM personnel was that they didnt seem to have someone monitoring what was happening otherwise they would have made an immediate solution to get the van with the water at km28 to back track to Dinalupihan and not just wait for runners who can reach them.

when/if i get invited to a runners/bloggers launch one of the things I will ask now is WHO WE GONNA CALL IF WE HAVE A REPEAT OF THE SMART-SUBIC FIASCO?

]]> By: argonautquest http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4613 argonautquest Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:53:33 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4613 I pity the organizers for their irresponsibility... Shame on them... I pity the organizers for their irresponsibility… Shame on them…

]]> By: runma777 http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4612 runma777 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:52:18 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4612 @##$%^$%&$%@#$%#$%&^%$&*$%# organizer ! i would suggest we right a letter to all the sponsor of this event all our grievance and recommend to them the not to support the this kind of organizer (panay porma lang).... attached are all the complaints from threads, blogs and written love letter of the participants. this is unacceptable "the runners came unprepared" what the @#$%^%$#@#$ talaga? @##$%^$%&$%@#$%#$%&^%$&*$%# organizer !

i would suggest we right a letter to all the sponsor of this event all our grievance and recommend to them the not to support the this kind of organizer (panay porma lang)…. attached are all the complaints from threads, blogs and written love letter of the participants.

this is unacceptable “the runners came unprepared” what the @#$%^%$#@#$ talaga?

]]> By: gailcons http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4610 gailcons Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:08:28 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4610 This is unacceptable! I had friends in that race and I know of 3 people who fainted due to dehydration...and they came "prepared" with hydration flasks! They f*cked up and they didn't have the balls to admit it! Contrary to what they mentioned above "the feedback has been mixed". Of course not! Every person I know who ran the full mary complained. Even an acquaintance who just flew from Sanfo to participate in the SIM was pissed! He tweeted "The SIM was the most dangerous race he had every participated in. I will not be coming back". I wonder who they'll blame if someone actually perished in this race... This is unacceptable! I had friends in that race and I know of 3 people who fainted due to dehydration…and they came “prepared” with hydration flasks! They f*cked up and they didn’t have the balls to admit it! Contrary to what they mentioned above “the feedback has been mixed”. Of course not! Every person I know who ran the full mary complained. Even an acquaintance who just flew from Sanfo to participate in the SIM was pissed! He tweeted “The SIM was the most dangerous race he had every participated in. I will not be coming back”. I wonder who they’ll blame if someone actually perished in this race…

]]> By: speedsterbikster http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4609 speedsterbikster Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:05:11 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4609 i hate to be rude, but honestly, i experienced and saw a lot of their shortcomings in the race and some of the explanations that the organizer gave here is just plain bull....he even mentioned having a helicopter next time??? in a night race that's pitch black in some parts of the course??? how the hell will they see the runners from above??? i think they wont even be able to tell what bib number the runner is so i think they cannot really monitor or account each runner well. i think that's useless. also, i beg to differ with the statement "nobody was exposed to the danger of being sideswiped by a vehicle..." i myself saw an oncoming vehicle who almost hit the cones and got inside the lane where we were running, we had to scramble to the side of the road in surprise. no need for helicopters or other fancy stuff...just make sure the runners are safe while running and provide the basic needs of water, some food, liniment or medicines, and a well lit course. a plain sorry from them and a promise to do better next time would have been better.... i hate to be rude, but honestly, i experienced and saw a lot of their shortcomings in the race and some of the explanations that the organizer gave here is just plain bull….he even mentioned having a helicopter next time??? in a night race that’s pitch black in some parts of the course??? how the hell will they see the runners from above??? i think they wont even be able to tell what bib number the runner is so i think they cannot really monitor or account each runner well. i think that’s useless. also, i beg to differ with the statement “nobody was exposed to the danger of being sideswiped by a vehicle…” i myself saw an oncoming vehicle who almost hit the cones and got inside the lane where we were running, we had to scramble to the side of the road in surprise. no need for helicopters or other fancy stuff…just make sure the runners are safe while running and provide the basic needs of water, some food, liniment or medicines, and a well lit course. a plain sorry from them and a promise to do better next time would have been better….

]]> By: kingofpots http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4607 kingofpots Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:07:53 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4607 when i was passing by market! market!, i saw a condo building being constructed with the following big words written infront of the construction site: DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, PLAN AHEAD. the people behind this SIM should have followed this statement, however, their plans fucked up! when i was passing by market! market!, i saw a condo building being constructed with the following big words written infront of the construction site: DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME, PLAN AHEAD. the people behind this SIM should have followed this statement, however, their plans fucked up!

]]> By: greencursor http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4606 greencursor Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:46:45 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4606 jovie, the higher they fly, the harder they fall. the organizers must have been internalizing and celebrating already the success of the SIM that they failed to see the obvious. you have given them your suggestions, and yet these were not heeded. some know-it-all guys out there must have told themselves, "nah, that ain't going to happen. we know better." but, they did! they then started looking at each other. so, the next thing they did was to find a convenient scapegoat. end of the story. nestor jovie,

the higher they fly, the harder they fall. the organizers must have been internalizing and celebrating already the success of the SIM that they failed to see the obvious.

you have given them your suggestions, and yet these were not heeded. some know-it-all guys out there must have told themselves, “nah, that ain’t going to happen. we know better.” but, they did! they then started looking at each other. so, the next thing they did was to find a convenient scapegoat. end of the story.

nestor

]]> By: dhenztm http://baldrunner.com/2009/11/06/statement-from-sims-race-event-manager/#comment-4605 dhenztm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:44:35 +0000 http://baldrunner.com/?p=6062#comment-4605 I think the letter was an explanation, not an apology. They said they had prepared but since a lot of runners didn't see any of this it's as good as none at all. So are they pointing fingers at the tollway police? I think if they had made a good understanding with all their stakeholders reasonable requests won't be denied. I totally agree with your points Sir Jovie, especially with #1 and #2. I'm sure they wouldn't run out of volunteers had they invited runners for a test run and foresaw flaws with their plan. As for the PNP Personnel I think some of them showed bad conducts during the race and are bad influences to other runners especially the first time marathon-ers. It's another one of those forgive and forget moments that organizers are invoking from runners. Let us hope that they really learned their lessons and not take runners for granted. I think the letter was an explanation, not an apology. They said they had prepared but since a lot of runners didn’t see any of this it’s as good as none at all. So are they pointing fingers at the tollway police? I think if they had made a good understanding with all their stakeholders reasonable requests won’t be denied.

I totally agree with your points Sir Jovie, especially with #1 and #2. I’m sure they wouldn’t run out of volunteers had they invited runners for a test run and foresaw flaws with their plan. As for the PNP Personnel I think some of them showed bad conducts during the race and are bad influences to other runners especially the first time marathon-ers.

It’s another one of those forgive and forget moments that organizers are invoking from runners. Let us hope that they really learned their lessons and not take runners for granted.

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