172 Days: ULTRA Tempo & Easy Runs


5:20 PM 14 October 2008

I did another tempo run at ULTRA Oval Track yesterday afternoon where I was able to cover a distance of 17.10 kilometers. After my stretching routine, I did 12 laps of warm-up run covering a distance of 5.08 kilometers with a time of 27:31 minutes. My average pace was 5:25 mins/km with an Average/Maximum Heart Rate of 142 bpm/151 bpm. I usually do my warm-up run at Lanes 7 & 8.

After drinking water, I did a 12-minute run along Lanes 3 & 4 covering a distance of 2.67 kms (5+ laps) at an average pace of 4:36 mins/km. My Average/Maximum Heart Rate were 156 bpm/161 bpm. One lap of recovery run of about 3 minutes followed and a water break. Continue reading “172 Days: ULTRA Tempo & Easy Runs”

BR’s “1,000-Km Club” T-Shirts


I am giving away Finisher’s T-shirt for those who enrolled to Bald Runner’s “1,000-KM Club” and had posted their mileage or number of kilometers in their respective blogs. I prepared the first 10 pieces of this T-shirt.

The Finisher’s T-shirt is FREE! Of course, for those who finished 1,000 Kilometers.

 

173 Days: www.bataan102.com


For those who are interested to experience and participate to the Inaugural Bataan Death March Tribute 102K Ultramarathon Race on 1:00 AM 05 April 2009, please visit our website at www.bataan102.com. This site had been posted last Friday, 10 October 2008. The Bald Runner’s Event is aware that there are things to be fine tuned and improved on this website and we need your comments. This site would not be possible without the help of Eric aka The Pasion Runner. Thanks, Eric!

Please post your comments and your desire to participate in this ultramarathon event by stating your name, age and contact number or e-mail address at the Comments page. Registration Forms “on-line” will be available soon. Continue reading “173 Days: www.bataan102.com”

174 Days: Adidas KOTR Official Results & BHS Evening Run


Thanks, RunningDatcom and The Bull Runner , for posting the results of the Adidas “King of the Road” 10K and 21K races.

My official time for the 21K race was 1:47:56 hours with an average pace of 5:09 minutes per kilometer. I was # 100 among the 717 finishers and placed # 10 among the 50+ years old runners. My GF 305 finish time was slower by one minute from the digital clock’s time at the finish. This was the reason why I was wondering why my watch was registering 1:47+ while the digital clock at the finish line was showing 1:46+ before I reached and passed the finish line. Anyway, “officially” my time was 1:47:56 hours but I would rather stick to my GF 305 finish time (1:48:55 hours) for my personal record. Continue reading “174 Days: Adidas KOTR Official Results & BHS Evening Run”

175 Days: Sunday Run & Week’s Recap


I missed the company of the other “blogger-runners” after finishing the Adidas “King of the Road” 21K Run last Saturday morning. After seeing Bards aka Banana Running with her camera taking my finish pose; having a pose with Ivan from Los Banos, Laguna and the Philippine Army runners, I tried to look for my car where I could change my running kit. Instead, I met my officers and runners from Camp Aguinaldo and they offered me a bottle of 100 Plus Orange-flavored bottled drink while we were having a brief conversation. As soon as I finished drinking the whole bottle, I felt something wrong with my stomach! The drinks made some weird reaction to my stomach that I felt I was going to have a “LBM”. I immediately located my car and went home, missing the “photo-ops”, brief chats, and race stories with the other runners, most especially to the “runner-bloggers”. Anyway, after “relieving” myself at my place, I had to re-fuel, drink a lot of water and sports drinks, and had full rest. Later, I made my race report on this blog. Continue reading “175 Days: Sunday Run & Week’s Recap”

177 Days: Adidas 21K @ 1:48:55 Hours


After running 13+K yesterday morning, I treated this 21K run this morning as one of my weekend long runs and I did not expect much to get a better time and I kept into my mind to have fun and enjoy the run. There was no massage this time two days or one day before the race as I was busy with my running workouts and meeting people for the past days.

I woke up at 3:45 AM today after going to bed before 8:00 PM last night. I did the usual ritual before the race and I was out of my place at 4:35 AM with a plan to make some warm-up and stretching near the starting area. After 10 minutes, I was already near the assembly area as the starting line was totally different place from the previous races in the past. After stretching, I entered the “corral” for the 21 K runners at least 5 minutes before the start time. While waiting for the gun to fire, I met my visitors to this blog and the officers and men from the Philippine Army. We were at least 5 meters from the front runners and busy talking with my former officers and men. Suddenly, the gun was fired and we were off for the 21K race. Based from the data I got from my GF 305, the race started 5 minutes before the scheduled start of the race and it showed a good sign for an outstanding race. Continue reading “177 Days: Adidas 21K @ 1:48:55 Hours”

178 Days: Another Wet Running Day


At 5:53 AM today, I was already on the road for a wet slow steady run until I reached the ULTRA Oval Track. At the ULTRA, I was able to run for almost 43 minutes to what they call an “active recovery run”. Well, a day before the Adidas “King of the Road” 21K Run, I was able to run a distance of 13.65K with an average pace of 6:12 minutes per kilometer.

See you tomorrow morning at The Fort! Good Luck and Have Fun! Continue reading “178 Days: Another Wet Running Day”

178 Days: Running Aid 3 @ ROX


It was a busy day for me yesterday, Thursday, as I attended two separate meetings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, with government offices in Metro Manila. I was not able to have my early morning running workout because of these meetings. Even if I decided to have my afternoon run after my meeting, I could not squeeze in enough time because I had to meet my staff and talk to some people in my office. So, I was in my long-sleeved Banana Republic polo shirt & Club Monaco pants with matching Salvatore Ferragamo belt and shoes when I attended, for the first time, the third session of Running Aid Clinic/Lectures by Neville Manaois and the Pinoy Ultra Runners. Continue reading “178 Days: Running Aid 3 @ ROX”

179 Days: Comments For PNP Runners


In reaction to the post I made last Monday entitled, “You Will Be The Judge”, I received the folowing comments from my friends/visitors of this blog:

(1) From: Kinderdorf—Lakay,

This is revolting and it sucks! Perhaps the PNP officer should go to Sam Tucay’s reform school and if he does not reform, be shipped back as cargo!

27 minutes for a 10k! No way! If they ran a 27 minute 10k then they should have qualified for the Olympics.

I know that Mr. Sabal can really run but the PNP people are virtual unknowns.

Continue reading “179 Days: Comments For PNP Runners”

180 Days: Adidas KOTR; Another “Runabout”; & Others


I got my race packet for the Adidas “King of the Road” (KOTR) 21K Race last Monday. Inside the race packet is a nice and expensive Adidas runner’s singlet, a flyer for the Adidas Shoes recommended to be used in specific road race distances, and the race bib. I think I am lucky this time to get the following race number.

Continue reading “180 Days: Adidas KOTR; Another “Runabout”; & Others”