…and do not take your eyes off the road to the finish line.
No matter how long the race will be – assure yourself that you are not alone in your quest.
Someone is with you. Someone who loves you is watching you.
Persevere.
Never give up.
No matter how long . . .
…it will end.
The Friends who patiently waited with the RD = PRICELESS!
The Team Supports
Finishing a Race Matters A LOT to me
Thanks to the Sanitary Napkin with Menthol
NASTY
© This Runner Will Always Finish - MAR MARILAG ©
ignored pain
See you guys at the starting and finish line. @ KM 00 Mariveles, Bataan and Capaz Shrine, Capaz, Tarlac.
January 28 to 29, 2012.
5am to Cut-Off Time (30 hours)
It just occurred to me that I have a lot of shoes and I somehow lost track of the long distance stats I have. So here I made an update.
Event/When/Time/Shoes
Fat-Ass 2012
January 7, 2012, 12-hour Category
AdiStar Salvation
3rd QCIM
42.195K 3rd Quezon City International Marathon
12.04.2011
05:14:06
adidas Supernova Glide II
MIM. Checking out how stupid this race was. WORST of 2011.
42.195KMS Manila International Marathon
09.25.2011
05:41:28
AdiStar Salvation
2nd PAU T2N
50KMS 2nd PAU T2N, 09.17.2011
07 hours 10 minutes and09 seconds
Mizuno Wave Infinity
35th MILO MARATHON Elimination. Beating the 6-hour barrier by 1 minute.
42.195K 35th Milo Marathon, 07.31.2011
05:58:39 (Chip Time)
Newton Racer
Fort Magsaysay to Dingalan, Aurora Province
60K PAU FM2D, 07.16.2011
10 hours 27 minutes and 08 seconds
adidas Supernova Glide II
LAST RUN of the Pegasus. Rush near the Finish Line.
57KMS Nuvali Trail Challenge/06.18.2011
09 hours 45 minutes and 51 seconds
Nike Pegasus +25
MAYON 360
81KMS Mayon 360 International Ultramarathon
April 2, 2011/14:25:00
adidas Supernova Glide II
Zombie Walk
The MISTAKE
161KMS BDM 160K Ultramarathon
February 26-27, 2011/34:05:54
Alternated adidas Supernova Glide II/Adizeo F50 Racer/Adistar Salvation
58KMS BDM 102-160 Test Run (Result)/January 29, 2011 5am to January 30, 2011/adidas Supernova Glide II
FAT-ASS 2011. Lull moments - resting the feet.
88K Fat-Ass 2011
January 8-9, 2011/24 Hour Category
adidas Supernova Glide II
2nd QCIM
42.6KMS 2nd Quezon City International Marathon (QCIM)
12.05.2010
05:13:08. OFFICIAL PACER for 5:15:00.
Newton Racer
4th PAU 1st T2N
50KMS 4th PAU T2N 2010
11.14.2010/07:38:14
Nike Pegasus +25
2nd PAU P2P. Angas shot.
70KMS 2nd PAU P2P
08.29.10/12:35:04
Anta Running Shoes
34th MILO Marathon Elimination
42.195KMS 34th Milo Marathon
07.04.2010/05:42:14 (Chip Time)
Newton Racer
1st PAU in Tanay. Bliss at the Finish Line
50KMS 1st PAU Tanay Run
05.09.10/7:47:50
Nike Pegasus +25
Stretch to the Finish Line (Nobody recognized me until I passed them) LOLz 
102KMS Bataan Death March 2 International Ultramarathon
03.06.10 to 03.07.10
17:54:10
Nike Pegasus +25
with RHONEIL beating the 6-hour cut-off via 7:1 Galloway!
42.195KMS Condura Run 2010 Marathon
02.07.10/5 hours 56 minutes 16 seconds
Newton Racer
1st CEBU Marathon. Near the Finish Line.
42.195KMS Cebu Marathon
01.10.10, 5:49:21
Newton Racer
(WORST race after SIM. No picture)
42.195KMS Philippine Int’l Marathon
11.08.09/05 hours 47 mins/Newton Racer
WORST race of 2009.
(WORST race of the year. Good preparation for an Ultramarathon if you are on self-support)
42.195KMS SUBIC Int’l Marathon
10.24.09
07:36 (unofficial)
Nike Pegasus +25
San kaya? LOLz
42.195KMS Quezon City Int’l Marathon
10.18.09/06:31
Nike Pegasus +25
CANT FIND ANY PICTURE!
42.195KMS 33rd Milo Marathon, 07.05.09
5:20, Nike Pegasus +25
Doc Sherwin - ME - Doc Roy
42.195KMS BOTAK PAA-BILISAN, 05.10.09
6:30++, Nike Pegasus +25
so much memories.
…and this was me on my very first race =
RUN Against PAIN in LUNETA, October 18, 2008 (cam date is not updated)
January 07 to 08, 2012 is FAT-Ass Day.
I was able to join the event last year and was eager to join again this year.
Lucky for those who will be doing the 102. This year’s Fat-Ass event have a 36 hour category aside from the usual 24-12 and 6.
For this year, I registered only for the 12-hour event. Last year was 24 hours. The date is too close for the big event I am preparing for. I need to be very cautious. I’d rather extend the distance and time of running when and after accomplishing the 12-hour/72K plan.
Yes. That’s my plan. That would be my idea of a good training come this weekend.
..and I intend to stick to it. WHY? Because that’s the purpose of my run. To get a good training run – something that could simulate the big event in terms of:
How am I to do just that? Here:
#01 NO overspeeding. This is a very long run. Doing TEMPO is not the way to do it. Easy/Long Run pace is the right pace. N.B.: my easy pace is relative.
#02 DO Moderate stops and walk breaks only. I should be simulating a maximum of 10 minutes per KM only. Rest/Break included.
#03 WEAR Full battle gear. Since I will be starting (hopefully BEFORE) sunrise, I’d be preparing for a hot run. That means light and white for me. Light for the skin to breath. White to repel the sun’s scorching and heating effect. N.B.: always prepare for the changing weather. If it rains – I’d have a set ready for that too.
#04 IDEALLY first 10K / 5 loops continuous. Succeeding 3 loops or 5K is followed by Hydration Stops. Meals follow depending on the call of nature. Why EAT when you’re not hungry?
#05 Careful MONITORING of Hydration. This I know well. But I must do it.
I hope my readers get the idea.
Running is also about knowing what to do – all the time.
MILEAGE
A word most loved by everybody these days…
…and that is especially true to the BDM 160K runners on January 28, 2012.
A mere 1 month to go and everybody is “secretly” training. LOLz
Such fun it is to learn that friends and team mates are preparing well.
For me, it’s the last 2 to 3 weeks of hard training.
Base and Speed, before tapering.
The big day is near.
The mileage is low to medium low for me.
The intensity so far is quite high (for me).
My low is a relative low. My easy pace is a relative east too.
I give thanks and praise to God for guiding me and giving me the strength to train.
I have ran at almost all the time of the 24-hours.
I ran even after a graveyard work.
also after mid-shift.
“FELT Blah” is something I never felt.
I make it a point to decide first what kind of run I’d be doing before I go out.
The decision really sets the mood.
Unless otherwise possible, I stick to my easy pace – that pace where I have no problem talking and I run with normal breathing.
Leg pains are temporary.
Calf-muscle cramps are normal.
Low mileage is better than no mileage.
Undertraining is better than overtraining.
Undertraining is good enough…compared to no training at all.
It’s easy to tell if one has committed the sin of overtraining. We all are responsible for our own being.
See the figure below.
The training done will prove itself effective on race day.
Let’s hope that everybody finishes “ON TIME”.
with Carlo, Vic, Chever, Marky and Mccoy + bandit Ronnel
One fine morning in U.P. oval
December 24, 2011
@ the BORING Xmas Party
Dave’s House in Marikina City.
December 17, 2011
(majority arrived when I left)
We have been running for so long already. If my memory serves me right, we already have ran an ultra distance even before the team formalized into a team of UltraRunners.
We’ve morphed from the fun distance of 5 and 10K to the more serious 21 and 42Ks. ..and we hungered for more.
Not that we are fast…
Not that we are too slow…
Not that we got too excited…
Maybe because we have gotten used to the boredom.
Maybe because we got challenged.
Maybe because we just loved to run.
Maybe because we enjoyed each others’ company.
For whatever reason, we are already a small team grown big. The growth was a bit proportionate to the distance we now cover.
Majority are ultrarunners. A good number have done 100Ks and 102Ks. Some have 160Ks on their belt.
This is my team.
Try to experience running with us.
See for yourself if we are worth the enjoyment running can offer.
We just dont get bored.
Really.
Coming Very Very Soon!
5 places already in the pipeline.
I am excited!
This page will be filled by the details of it . . . after it happened!
What you can expect?
Boredom. Lots of it.
Each event would clearly indicate the following:
It was not an ordinary weekend.
Friday night to past 5am of Saturday morning, I was at an intercessory service.
Tried to sleep. Up again by 9am to get to a luncheon meeting/exhibit.
Near 11:30am of Saturday, I am already inside the venue. Too early. I learned it afterwards.
I was having lunch on my own…no other bloggers came until it was past 12 noon.
Noelle aka Kikay Runner came, then Michelle aka The Sweet Life Runner, then Sam aka The Running Ninja.
I wonder where our pictures are now….hmmmmm.
After lunch – which is not really a meeting we participated in, we split. The exhibit is something else.
We (Sam, Michelle and me) proceeded to the event site to claim our race kits. The run will start at 4:30pm. We were claiming at near 2pm!
From there, I went to BO’s Coffee. Enjoyed some newspaper while having a hot latte. Killing time. Trying my darndest hard not to fall asleep standing. I still have a 10K to race. And I have to be where I should be on a worship service by 9pm.
…and Piolo showed up. At least about 2 minutes before gunstart. Yes, I was checking the time.
Then it started.
I was not planning to really race. I just want to run easy because by midnight I have an ultramarathon training run.
My body lied.
My first 3K took me only 16:09.9. That averaged 5:23/kilometer. So i took to carefully monitor my pace. I was running faster than planned.
Next 2K, up to the 5K mark, I clocked 27:23.7. That an additional 11:13.8 for the 2K. That averaged 5:36/kilometer. The average pace for the first 5K would be 5:28/kilometer.
It was a welcome thought for me. If I could maintain the run at this pace. So I continued. Same pace. Same cadence. Same breathing for the next 2K…
…And it hit me.
Somewhere past the 7K mark, I cramped. Big time….
Green is the pain area
I clocked 18:27.1 or an average of 6:09/kilometer from KM Marker 5 to KM Marker 8. It was at KM Marker 7 to KM Marker 8 where I suffered. I was reduced to a walk by the pain.
What I did?
I shortened my stride.
I ran erected and straight.
I minimized the very minimal hand swaying I have.
What happened?
KM Marker 8 to KM Marker 9 took me only 5:28.7. Thank God.
I thought I was back in my pace…
A few meters past KM Marker 9, the cramp re-surfaced. So painful I have to walk again.
Of course, I didnt surrender. I did yield to the pain, but it’s not enough to stop me from running at my best.
KM Marker 9 to the Finish LINE took me 7:18.9. Yes, very slow. But still, a good one.
10K time is 58:38.4 (unofficial, via POLAR). Not a PR but still a good one.
Thank God for the gift of strength and perseverance.
I have never had this type of cramp. I hope it will never be an experience – again.
By 6pm, I’m off to where I should be.
Thanks to TEAM USB for my pictures!
may extra pa!
nice! through the pain!
