RUNNING STREAK THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

A running streak is what I have started this holiday season. 

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS

37th NATIONAL MILO MARATHON FINALS: PB for Bob

December 8 saw the running of the 37th National Milo Marathon Finals in the national capital of our country.  

7 ELEVEN RUN 1000 : Registered Already

Last week, thanks to the help of fellow running blogger (www.wanderingjouster.com), I was able to register already for the half marathon of the 7-Eleven Run 1000 scheduled for January 19, 2014 (for more details please refer to http://www.run711.com/). 

2013 SCHAUMBURG TURKEY TROT: Francia’s 2nd Half Marathon

Another piece of good news from abroad!

MEN’S HEALTH PHILIPPINES : December 2013 Issue

Want to own and showcase them abs?  

2013 SCMS: Bitoy Bags 3rd Marathon

At the same weekend that six 83neans were tackling the Lake Bato Ultra, our classmate Jun "Bitoy" Lorico was gunning for his third full marathon.

LAKE BATO ULTRA: Matira ang Matibay, Matira ang Bato

"The flesh is willing; it is the spirit that is most often weak."

TWO STUDIES ON CHILDREN AND EXERCISE

  "Playground awaits" Artwork courtesy of Marcel

Browsing thru the BBC website one weekend this month, two articles caught my attention.

TRYING OUT GREEN

Yesterday, November 24, saw the blue-loving  83neans garbed in green tops for our  training run inside Camp Aguinaldo. 

TulongPH Shirt: Gifts for a Cause from ABS CBN

"Tabang" is the Visayan word for help.

7 MARATHONS & 7 ULTRAS

Seven. 

TYPHOON YOLANDA RELIEF: Doing Something to be of Help

My favorite blogger, the Bull Runner,  puts it succinctly – "We’ve all seen the devastation brought about by Typhoon Yolanda. It is horrifying, saddening, and painful to watch. So, instead of just watching, let’s use running to help out. One run can help thousands of lives."

GIFTS ON THE 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF THE BICOLANO PENGUIN BLOG

November 5 marks the second year of existence of our Bicolano Penguin Blog. 

1ST WEST COAST 200K SINGLE STAGE (WC200SS) ULTRA MARATHON RACE: Top 5 Finish

200 kilometers  in  48 hours or less in a single stage from Subic Freeport, Olongapo City to Alaminos, Pangasinan. This is the daunting challenge the WC200SS Ultra offered. Just thinking about the magnitude is making me thirsty. 

RIZAL TO LAGUNA ULTRA: alagang run mania

Orgullo y alegra. Pride and joy. Twin emotions our  collective core basked in as we cradled our finisher trophies at the Rizal to Laguna (R2L) ultra marathon last October 27.

A RUNNER’S CIRCLE SHIRTS FOR LAKE BATO ULTRA

Our favorite running store in Manila gifted the participants (expected at 20 runners) of the Lake Bato Ultra with  cool red running shirts. 

KINALAS RUN

"What does one must do to have a taste of this tasty treat?"

HOKA MAFATE 3 : Rugged Paradise

Trekkers entering Cirque de Mafate (Photo courtesy of Louise Southerden)

Cirque de Mafate is a volcanic caldera region on Reunion Island, a French territory in the Indian Ocean.

2ND BICOLANO PENGUIN ANNIVERSARY RUN: Lake Bato Ultra (11.02.13)

The Bicolano Penguin running blog is turning 2 years old this month of November.

LAKAW DALAGAN PARA KI INA: A Community in Action

"Ex abundancia cordis os loquitor"

The crowd gathering in front of the church

Location of Bombon

Latin words which means from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. 

TRACK AND FIELD CLUB

Mid-afternoon, a lad clad in blue cantered along Masterson Drive trailed by another in white. In front of the  Church of Gesu, like clockwork, the lads made the sign of the cross without breaking stride. Their faces showed youthful exuberance, perhaps induced by endorphins from the run or buoyed by their natural propensity for fun. 

LAKAW DALAGAN PARA KI INA: October 5, Bombon

The Church of the Nuestra Senora del Rosario is the parish church of Bombon, Camarines Sur. One of the remarkable churches in the Bicol Region, it has a leaning bell tower. It evokes  a rich history of our Diocese of Nueva Caceres.

ONE RUN ONE PHILIPPINES: October 6, 2013

One Run One Philippines is a fun run for the benefit of various environmental advocacies in the country. It is a  simultaneous eco-run in Quezon City, Cebu, Bacolod, Davao and Los Angeles that calls for the protection of various environmental advocacies in the Philippines. 

HOKA: Versatility to the Max

At our trek to the foothills (300 meters above sea level) of Mt. Makiling for our tree planting (http://bicolanopenguinswonderlog.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/tree-planting-at-mt-makiling/), I  used my Hoka Stinson Evo Tarmac. 

RUNNING 47

Yesterday was my birthday and I availed of a birthday leave from First Balfour.  

RUNNING WITH THE ORIGINAL MAESTRO

"Maestro" is a name several  running buddies call me.  

T2K: One Big Fiesta of an Ultra

645.This is the figure posted by the organizer in its website (http://runmania.ph/)  as the number of "pavement warriors" that ran in the Tagaytay to Kawit 50-km race held in the weekend of August 24-25.

QUMR 70KM Race Report: Proxy Edition

Blogger’s Note:  

Coming into August, I had the valiant idea of registering for a 70-km ultra marathon in the 1st congressional district of the big province of Quezon. It was called QUMR and was scheduled for August 18,  a day before the anniversary date of the great war-time Philippine President, Manuel L. Quezon. I did register for the QUMR70 and managed to convince another 83nean, Ernie Badong, to join me. By that time, I was already in  training mode for the Tagaytay to Kawit (T2K), a 50-km ultra happening a weekend after QUMR. Going for back-to-back ultras  added pressure to the training runs. More long slow distance runs  were needed.  Now from the valiant, this became a crazy idea as the runner was exposed to the unwelcome possibility of muscle fatigue or much worse,  injury. And the muscle fatigue set in on the weekend before the QUMR70, as I went for a 28-km and a 25-km LSD. I could not  risk aggravating it into an injury and sideline myself for the  T2K. I promised a running buddy that  I would be a pacer at the T2K, her first taste of an ultra. Thus, my decision to forego the August 18  race.  Good thing, another 83nean, Bob Castilla, agreed to take my place and teamed up with  Ernie in conquering the QUMR70. Hence, this Proxy report by Bob (with additional commentary from Ernie in italics).    

Bob in full stride amidst the rural setting of QUMR70