Sabal Beats Buenavista…But..


Sgt Cresenciano Sabal of the Philippine Army beats Sgt Eduardo Buenavista of the Philippine Air Force in the Inaugural Clark Freeport International Marathon which was held yesterday, 13 January 2008.

But the presence of a Kenyan runner, Hillary Lagat, frustrated local runners from seeing a duel of the two best Filipino Marathoners at this time. Instead of Sabal and Buenavista racing towards the finish line, the race was between Lagat and Sabal up to the last two kilometers of the race. Lagat finished in 2:26:29 hours while Sabal placed second place with a difference of 19 seconds from Lagat at 2:26:48 hours.

My congratulations to Sgt Cresenciano Sabal!

Buenavista or Sabal?


Sgt Eduardo “Vertek” Buenavista of the Philippine Air Force or Sgt Cresenciano “Volting” Sabal of the Philippine Army?

If these two top marathoners of the country will run/compete tomorrow at the 2008 Clark Freeport International Marathon, I predict that Sgt. Cresenciano Sabal of the Philippine Army will win the race.

Race Packet: 2008 Clark Freeport 10K Run


One of my staff officers gave me my race packet for the 2008 Clark Freeport 10K Run today. The packet has my race number and route map for the said race. This officially makes me one of the runners for the 10K run this coming Sunday, 13 January 2008.

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To all the runners, see you in Clark Freeport this early Sunday morning!!!