Year: 2008

174 Days: Adidas KOTR Official Results & BHS Evening Run

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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

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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.

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181 Days: Back2Back Runs

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After running 20+K last Sunday, I decided to continue my training the following day for a recovery run. The best place to have my recovery run was at the oval track because the track is more forgiving to my tired legs than the cemented/asphalted roads. Plus, for the simple reason that there are more runners at the oval tract.

I started my run at 5:50 PM yesterday and I was surprised to see a lot of runners and walkers. After a brief stretching, my run started as slow one with an Average Pace of 5:37 mins/km and I was able to finish 5 laps. I really didn’t know what made me decide to run the next 2 laps at a faster pace and finished it in 3:38 minutes ( average pace of 4:13 mins/km). Every 2 laps was followed with one lap recovery run. I ended doing another 3 sets of 800-meter runs whose times were: 3:50 mins; 4:11 mins; and 3:55 mins. After my last recovery lap, I ran another 8 1/2 laps with an average pace of 5:49 mins/km. I was able to run a total distance of 10.6 kilometers. I went to bed at 9:00 PM.

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181 Days: Last Week’s Recap

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I was able to run a distance of 81.84 kilometers for the past week (29 Sep-05 Oct 2008). I ran three times at the ULTRA Oval Track; one “runabout”; one trail run; one 10K race (“Hope In Motion #3) with additional 10K run after the race for a long run.

It was almost the same number of kilometers I had ran from the previous week (81.98 kms). I started to increase my pace during my speed runs at the oval track which resulted to a better time on last Sunday’s 10K race.

181 1/2 Days: 1st Mt Mayon Trail Run

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The North Face Philippines will be supporting the 1st Mount Mayon Trail Run on 19 October 2008. This will be an 18-Km Trail Run on the slopes of the world-famous Mayon Volcano. Details and Registration are available in every The North Face Store or visit http://www.mayontrailrun.multiply.com. Registration fee for the 18K trail run is only P 150.00. Cash prizes are at stake to the winners of this trail run event. For more particulars, call or txt Yves Yu with cellphone number—0917-558-8929.

Bald Runner’s Team will be there to participate in this inaugural trail running event in Mount Mayon.

Mount Volcano picture was posted through the courtesy of Tomas Tam @ http://www.pbase.com/tam