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I am a Bicolano by birth and choice. By any standards, I am a slow runner but I like it that way. I look at running as a healthy and exciting way to make a difference. Together with my fellow runners from our family, school, office, and the community, we use running to give back.

RUN FOR JOJIE: Coming Together for a Comrade in Sole


"No one fights alone!  Together we ran for Jojie."

These are words printed on the main tarpaulin in the SM Naga front yard as the fun run called "Run For Jojie" was underway on that breezy Sunday morning of June 30.  Truly, at that point in time, Jojie was not alone as there were more than a hundred runners present and raring to start in a fun run named after him.  Maybe even a canine or 2. Certainly, a ton of runners came out to show their solidarity for a fellow addict of running. A comrade in sole, so to speak.

TP50: Tarlac my 17th Province


There were more than a handful of marathons and ultras held in late April and early May.  But it was the Tarlac to Pampanga 50K Ultramarathon (TP50) that the Bicolano Penguin joined.  The appeal of TP50 was two-fold.

PWD FUN RUN: PWeDe Pala


The PWD Fun Run this Sunday morning in UP Diliman is the shortest (at 2 kms) and the slowest (at an ave pace of 16 minutes per km) official run for the Bicolano Penguin.  But it is also the most fulfilling ever for me.