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D-6 Day: 2008 Clark Freeport 10K Run

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07 January 2008 (5:25 AM-7:00 AM)

I was able to run a distance of 10 miles or 16 kilometers at The Fort; Market! Market Extension Road; and to the HPA Grandstand’s 2-mile course. I finished the run at 1:31:56 hours. This was an easy run.

The following data were taken from the Zone Trainer Digital Heart Monitor:

Elapsed Time—1:31:56 hours

Time In Zone (135-165 HR)—1:30:32 hours

Average HR—150

Maximum HR—163

Minimum HR—101

Total Calories—1,222

07 January 2008 (6:15 PM-7:05 PM)

After spending the whole day in an official function at Camp Aguinaldo, I made my early evening run from my quarters to the Fort Bonifacio Grandstand & Parade Ground along the extended 2-mile route, making at least four rounds and running along Bayani Road and Lawton Avenue towards Gate 1 of Fort Bonifacio and back to my quarters. My run lasted for 46:34 minutes covering a distance of 5 miles or 8 kilometers. This run was a modified speed play with “fartleks” along the route.

The following were the data taken from the Zone Trainer Digital Heart Monitor:

Elapsed Time—46:34 minutes

Time In Zone (135-165 HR)—44:02 minutes

Average HR—145

Maximum HR—155

Minimum HR—96

Total Calories—583

This is my second time to run twice-a-day. I was able to run a total of 15 miles or 24 kilometers for today. It was a nice run. I am starting to feel comfortable and adjusted running twice-a-day.

Training Journal (31 Dec 2007-06 Jan 2008)

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31 Dec 2007—10 miles or 16 kilometers

02 Jan 2008—12.5 miles or 20.16 kilometers

04 Jan 2008—23.5 miles or 37.6 kilometers (AM & PM Runs)

05 Jan 2008—8.5 miles or 13.6 kilometers

06 Jan 2008—Rest/No Runs

Total Distance For The Week—54.5 miles or 87.36 kilometers

Pictures: Running With My Son

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These are pictures taken during my running workout with my son, John Paul, at the Ilocos Norte Sports Oval Track in Laoag City after running for almost one and half hours from Barangay Dibua to the crossing Gabu Road and Suba Road and back to the Poblacion of Laoag City.

It appears that my son has the runner’s form, body-built for a runner and has the speed for a marathoner. I must admit that he is faster, stronger, better in running form, better trained and more efficient in running than I am when I was at his age.

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I told him to have ourselves registered to run the 2008 San Francisco City Marathon and apply for our names to be raffled or be part of the lottery to participate in the 2008 New York City Marathon as early this part of the year.

D-8 Day: 2008 Clark Freeport 10K Run

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05 January 2008 (PM Run)

I was scheduled to attend a dinner/”get together” party hosted by a former Commanding General of the Philippine Army who designated me then as the Chief of Training and Education for the whole Philippine Army. Other Philippine Army Generals who served under him in other positions were also invited.

Before going to the dinner party, I had a running workout at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, taking the 2-mile course. It was an easy run and I was able to run 4 times along the course and cool-down run for almost a kilometer. I finished 8.5 miles or 13.6 kilometers. I finished the run at 6:15 PM.

The following were the data taken from the Zone Trainer Digital Heart Rate Monitor:

Total Time—1:16:56 hours

In Zone (135-165 HR) Time—1:14:48 hours

Maximum HR—159

Minimum HR—112

Average HR—147

Total Calories—988

In the said dinner party, I was able to eat a lot for the replenishment of the energy I lost during the running practice. The rest of my companion in the party was surprised to see me drinking a lot of beer, knowing me then as somebody who does not drink any liquor. I told them that I am training for a Marathon next month and I just had a 1 1/2 hour run before joining the party. I finished at least five cans of San Miguel Light Beer while the rest finished at least two bottles of Martell’s Cordon Blue. The party served me as my carbo-loading station for my whole week’s running workout!

TIMEX Watch Data

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The following were the data taken from my TIMEX Watch Zone Trainer Digital Heart Monitor in yesterday’s “twice-a-day” run:

AM Run:

Total Time—-1:44:14 hours

In Zone (145-165) Time—-1:42:22 hours

Maximum HR—-166

Minimum HR—-104

Average HR—-147

Total Calories—-1,299

PM Run:

Total Time—-1:40:26 hours

In Zone Time—-1:33:18 hours

Maximum HR—-158

Minimum HR—-98

Average HR—-143

Total Calories—-1,225

Jokes For The Day!

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While taking a break after my “twice-a-day” run yesterday, I had the time to browse the Playboy Magazines my cousin brought home from California when he had his vacation last October 2007.

Runners need to take a break in order to laugh and smile and don’t be totally serious in their training. So, I am posting some of the jokes that could somehow make us laugh.

The following jokes were taken from the November 2007 issue of Playboy Magazine:

1) A man and his wife were watching a boxing match on television. The husband sighed and said, “Man, what a rip-off! It was all over in four minutes.”

The wife replied, “Now you know how I feel.”

2) Worried about her marriage, a woman visited a psychic.

     “There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just be blunt,” the seers said. “Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent and horrible death this year.”  

      Shaken, the wife gasped, “Will I be acquitted?”

3) A urologist asked a patient, “How would you describe your love life?”

     The patient responded, “Infrequently.”

     The urologist asked, “Is that one word or two?”

4)  After examining a woman, a doctor took her husband aside and said, “I really don’t like the way your wife looks.”

    “Me neither,” the husband said, “but she’s a good cook and gives great head.”

5)  Why don’t you play golf with your boss anymore?’ a woman asked her husband.

      “Would you like to golf with a guy who moved the ball behind your back?’ the husband asked.

      “Well, no,” admitted the wife.

      “Neither does my boss,” he replied

To my fellow runners, go back to work & keep on running!

1st “Twice-A-Day” Run

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04 January 2008 (AM & PM Runs)

AM Run (5:10 AM-6:50 AM)

Today, I had my “twice-a-day” run. This morning, I woke up at 4:45 AM and I was on the road at 5:10 AM. I started my morning run from my quarters at Fort Bonifacio and proceeded to Market! Market! From Market! Market, I ran through the road infront of the International School up to the road going to the former Gate 1 of Fort Bonifacio. I made my turn-around point at the road going to the former/old St. Michael Chapel and proceeded back to Market! Market!, turning right towards the street fronting the MC Home Depot. I made a left turn at Jollibee and proceeded towards McDonald’s.

Passing infront of One McKinley, I proceeded back to Lawton Avenue, left turn at Bayani Road and entered the Philippine Army Golf Course. I made a 2-mile run at the HPA Grandstand 2-mile course with a time of 16:50 minutes. I had more rounds at the 2-mile course before proceeding back to my quarters. I was able to run for 1:44:14 hours. I was able to run 12.5 miles or 20 kilometers. My average pace was 8:20 mins per mile or 5:12 minutes per kilometer.

PM Run (6:10 PM-7:50 PM)

I had an evening run from my quarters at Fort Bonifacio to the Libingan ng mga Bayani, running along the 2-mile route once, and proceeded to the Bayani Road going towards Lawton Avenue. From Lawton Avenue, I proceeded to The Fort towards Market! Market! and going all the way to the road fronting the International School. I was able to reach the road that goes to the old St. Michael Chapel and back to the crossing at Market! Market! and going right towards MC Home Depot. Upon reaching the Jollibee, I was on my way back to Lawton Avenue and eventually entering Gate 1 of Fort Bonifacio. From there, I had my cool-down run/jogging towards my quarters.

I continuously ran for 1:40:26 hours. I was running at a slower pace after running inside the Libingan ng mga Bayani. The road condition at the Bayani Road was not good and uneven, however, once I reached the portion fronting the Army Golf Course, I was running on the elevated side walk. I was able to run a distance of 11 miles or 17.6 kilometers. My pace was 9:00 minutes per mile or 5:40 minutes per kilometer.

For today, I was able to run a total distance of 23.5 miles or 37.6 kilometers with a total time of 3:24:40 hours.

So far, so good. I hope I can sustain my build-up/strengthening phase and have more long runs before the Marathon D-Day.

“Vin Diesel”: My “New” Name & Blah de Blah

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During the joint DND-AFP New Year’s Call this morning (04 January 2008) at the AFP Commissioned Officers Club, Camp Aguinaldo, I was introduced by the Secretary of National Defense, Hon Gilberto Teodoro, Jr, to his wife and to the members of the receiving line/hosts as “Vin Diesel”.

During the reception, I was again approached by the Secretary while I was talking with the members of the Defense Press Corps (Media Military beat) and introduced me again as “Vin Diesel” to them. The first time that the Secretary called me as such was after the 72nd Armed Forces of the Philippines Anniversary and Parade held at Camp Aguinaldo last 21 December 2007.

On my first meeting with the Secretary Teodoro, in person, on the third week of November last year in Iloilo City, he was a jolly, friendly and informal/casual in his conversation with me and to the rest of the commanders in my area of operations. He remembered me well as I was the one who introduced and accompanied him during his “courtesy call” to Bishop Angel Lagdameo in Jaro, Iloilo City plus the fact that I was the Host Commander during his brief visit in my Area of Operations.

I really did not know his first impression on me as I was trying to “adjust” to his “casual/informal” style of conversation. But I can see in him seriousness whenever we talk about our mission and concerns in the area. Sometimes, I became emphatic and aggressive on my statements (telling the group on the “realities” and “opportunities/challenges” the military had to take to solve the insurgency problem in the area/region) during our briefing/conference where he was as one of our guests with the Chief of Staff, AFP.

It seems my aggressiveness and being a “risk-taker” made the Secretary think of recalling the name of “Vin Diesel”.  Vin Diesel was first known as one of the lead actors of the movie “Fast and Furious” and later became the lead actor of the action-movie “XXX” and now the producer of the movie “Hitman”. I am glad the Secretary did not call me the “Hitman” or “Agent Number 47”.

It is a complement to be called as such from the incumbent Secretary of National Defense and I really like it. It is better than being called then by a former Secretary of National Defense as “Kojak”.

“Vin Diesel” or “Bald Runner”, both are great names for me!

Day Trip to Manila & Blah..Blah

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I left Laoag City at 5:00 AM today on board a car to Manila. It was a slow ride due to heavy traffic in almost all the towns and cities we had to pass through along the way. My son enjoyed the scenery of the rice fields and mountains on the east and the sea shore on the west and most of all, the food we had to eat along the way. In a few days, my son will be going back to Los Angeles.

The trip took us almost 13 hours to reach Manila. We were delayed by a “flat tire” which was brought about by a 4-inch nail that punctured one of the car’s rear tires. We were fortunate to bring the car with air to spare up to Tarlac City. The one who fixed/vulcanized the tire said that the nail came from one of the temporary wooden bridges somewhere between San Fernando, La Union and Tarlac City.

On my way to Manila, I was planning to have an evening run at The Fort but the long trip from Laoag City made me tired and undecided. However, after arriving in my quarters, I noticed that I have more things to do to prepare for my “official” duties and activities for tomorrow. So, I finally decided not to run this evening and I have to go to bed early and prepare for longer runs tomorrow.

D-52 Day: 2008 Pasig River Heritage Marathon

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02 January 2008 (AM Run)

I had an early morning run with my son, John Paul, in Laoag City. We covered a distance of 12.5 miles or 20.16 kilometers.

From Barangay Dibua South, we went to Laoag City/Padsan Bridge and was able to reach the crossing going to the Gabu/Laoag Airport and Suba Road, infront of the Northwestern College. From there, which was our turn-around point, we went back to Laoag City Poblacion and ran along Bacarra Road. And before reaching Divine Word College, we turned left towards the MMSU and ultimately reached the Laoag City Sports Complex where we had “speed runs” along the oval track. We completed at least eight rounds around the oval and additional two rounds for our  cool-down run.

We had an elapsed running time of  1:48:15 hours (excluding the cool-down run). We ran at an average pace of 8:39.6 minutes per mile or 5:22 minutes per kilometer.

We were met by my driver and security detail at the Oval Track where we had our “Gatorade” break after running almost one hour and thirty minutes. It was my longest run where I was able to deprive my body from water/fluid intake.

On our way to the Gabu Road, we were running at an average pace of 9:00-9:15 minutes per mile. But from the turn-around point on our way back to the Poblacion and to the Oval Track, my son and I were already racing with one another where he dropped me by almost fifty meters. I was running at an average pace of 8:20-8:30 mins per mile while my son was running at an average pace of 7:45-8:15 mins per mile.

At one time at the Oval Track, we tried to do a Yasso 800 once. My son was timed at 3:45 minutes while I did a poor 4:20 minutes! Well, that was after we were both ran on the road for about 10 miles already.

After the run, we had stretching for 15 minutes and drank Gatorade and lots of water. From the Oval Track, we boarded our car on our way back to our house at Barangay Dibua.

The following data were taken from my Zone Trainer Digital Heart Monitor:

Time “In Zone” (135-165HR)—1:24:24 hours

Maximum HR—167 

Average HR—144

Minimum HR—88

Total Calories—1,294

It was a nice run with my son and I am really impressed on his endurance and speed. He told me that he had already started preparing for the next Los Angeles Marathon which will be held on the first Sunday of March 2008.