Nike Lunar Racer 2 review after 757miles (1,211kms) on Sep 12, 2010 in 1 - Products Nike Lunar Racer 2 Review OK, this review is right after using the shoes for 757miles. Most runners would recommend shoes to only last 400 to 500miles, but I was stubborn (and maybe cheap) enough to push extra 257miles out of them. I think 2 years ago I read a runner’s...
1st Marathon Training Run – 3:56:46 on Sep 5, 2010 in 2 - Training Marathon Training Before I begin this blog entry, I would like to thank Wayne Plymale for featuring me in his blog. I don’t think I’m deserving to be “featured” in his article, but I am humbly honored to be there. Wayne has been my friend in Da...
Training for the Wall on Aug 22, 2010 in 2 - Training Sorry again for not posting new materials on this blog lately not because I haven’t been running, on the contrary, I’ve been logging the longest runs of my running life. I haven’t been joining races lately because I hate joining the...
“Failure is an Event, Never a Person” on Jul 5, 2010 in 3 - Races Milo Marathon 2010 (thanks to Vener, Argo, Irene, and Gail for the nice pictures) “Failure is an Event, Never a Person”. These are the most encouraging words I’ve received today from my Milo Marathon idol, Vener Roldan, after my heartbreaking failure...
Milo vs Boston vs Jack Daniels on Jun 27, 2010 in 3 - Races Boston Marathon Milo Marathon A lot of Milo Qualifier wannabe’s like me, especially the young runners below 35 were probably a little disappointed when Milo tightened the qualifying times to 3:45, which is 15minutes faster from last year’s 4hours. Personally, I accept...
Treadmill Marathon Training on Jun 27, 2010 in 2 - Training Marathon Training treadmill About 3months ago, when I was about to finish a 20mile long run, I had to stop at 18miles feeling exhausted. Really exhausted. When I removed my sunglasses, I realized it was really hot at 9AM, and I could no longer run any faster than my planned 9mi...
1st ONSEMI Fun Run on Jun 14, 2010 in 3 - Races (Thanks to Bhong Bernal and Marnelli Pecayo for the great photos and Reymund Pantisma for the video) Last week my company, ON Semiconductor, held its first Fun Run. As a relatively veteran runner (of 2.5years) in the company, I was quite happy that...
61 days of Summer Running HELL on May 5, 2010 in 2 - Training summer summer running The past 3weeks when I tried to run my 20milers, I fell short by a couple of miles. OK, it was more like 4miles. Right after 10miles, running felt harder and no longer enjoyable. It felt different from hitting the wall like I did last year. I couldn&...
Once A Blogger on May 4, 2010 in 9 - Motivation blogger runner blogging I apologize for not posting a new entry lately. Frankly, I’ve been seriously considering pulling the plug of this blog. I had some weird hate comments that were discouraging, and I thought the time it took to blog a long post weren’t real...
miCoach adidas treadmill 10minute challenge on Mar 23, 2010 in 1 - Products 3 - Races Adidas miCoach treadmill (Pictures thanks to Iris Camille Mejia-Acosta and Queenie Gavan) Last Saturday I was invited by Dincee Caluag of Green Bulb PR to join the adidas’ miCoach treadmill challenge, where we would run for 10minutes on the treadmill, and then the top...
