Photos From the Hong Kong Marathon 2010
I would usually bring a camera and take pictures when I run in new places. But I made an exception with the Hong Kong Marathon . I didn’t bring my camera with me while running the full marathon. I can’t afford to make a stop and take pictures. I...
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon: My 2nd Full Marathon
While preparing for the Hong Kong Marathon, I read websites and blogs to get an overview of the race. One of the comments that struck me is that the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon is probably the most difficult in Asia. I should have known that before signing up...
My 2nd Full Marathon on my 4th Year Running Anniversary
February is my running anniversary month. I started running last February 26, 2006 in the 2nd Philippine International Marathon. I still have the race bib #1646, the race packet and the singlet with me. You can read a recap of my first ever run at Manokan Express. How I...
Cebu City Marathon Experience: My First of Many
I started running with the notion that a marathon is only for the very fit people. It is only for the athletes who are built for this kind of sport. It is not for everybody. But after several months, I noticed how running was a sport for everybody. But...
Cebu Marathon Experience: Cebu Ce-Boom
Maayong adlaw. After 8 years I’m back in Cebu. I was here after college to review for the ECE board exams. The last time I was here was during the oathtaking in 2002. Nindut gyud. I didn’t expect to be in the same flight with Coach Rio. We arrived...
What makes a feel good race?
How do we evaluate if a race was good or not? After every race, we read comments or blogs about how it was organized. Positive comments, negative comments, ratings of races and more. I refrained from giving my own ratings already. I’d rather talk about the race and the...
My Longest Training Run: Good vs Evil
I had my farthest distance in a training last Wednesday. Ideally, they advice to run until 32K only or 20 miles when you practice for a full marathon. They say it should be enough. But I remember Bards aka BananaRunning told me to push it as close to 42K...
Dream Run #4: Running in Singapore
During our stay in Singapore, we saw a lot of runners while we are doing some sightseeing. We see them in the morning, in the afternoon and at night. Local runners, foreign runners, topless runners, and runners with strollers for their babies. Since Quennie and I had yet to...
Singapore Experience: The Half Marathon
Quennie and I tried to sleep early the night before the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. We always sleep late before the race. I was still checking the map on how to go to the starting line. Do we take the train? the bus? the cab? Or do we just walk...
We had a blast at Singapore!!!
We just finished the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. Quennie and I crossed the finish line at 2:33 for the 21K. A bit off our target but it was still a great run. Wow. We sure learned a lot of things on how to conduct a race as good as...