Monday, October 4, 2010

Best Times

2010 RACES

2010 Road races

42K Dec. 5, 2010 Quezon City Int'l. Marathon 04:38:20
[clock showed 04:32
when I crossed the finish line]
32K Nov.21, 2010 UNILAB 2 (Runrio Leg 3) 03:09:07.73
21K March 7, 2010 UNILAB Run [Runrio Leg 2] 01:45:26
20K Dec. 11, 2010 ING RUN at the Fort, Taguig City 01:43:10
16K May 2, 2010 RUNEW Alabang Run 01:25:25
15K May 16, 2010 The Neutrogena Run 01:14:01
10K April 17, 2010 SLIMMERUN 00:46:57

2010 Trail Runs

24K Nov. 13, 2010 Salomon X-trail Run, Pamulaklakin
Forest Reserve, SBMA 03:13:10
21K Sept. 4, 2010 UPLB Biodiversity Run 02:13:04
15K June 20, 2010 NEW BALANCE Trail Adventure
Father's Day Run, Nuvali 01:25:55
11K Feb. 14, 2010 The Thrill of the Trail 11K
Couples Nuvali Run 01:07:09

2009 Road Races

10K Nov. 29, 2009 New Balance Run 00:47:15

TOTAL DISTANCE [KMS.]OF ALL THE RACES I'VE PARTICIPATED IN: 580.39 kms.

REVISED results of the FS Fortstriders run

I salute the Fortstriders group for promptly acting on my request for a correction of the results. Kudos to Melvin of the FS group. In the initial results, my daughter Tin was inadvertently placed in the middle of the pack with a different race bib number. With the revised results, Tin got her true ranking with a time of 56 minutes and 31 seconds. She ranked No. 69 out of 455 runners. My other daughter, Cham, submitted a decent time in the 5k category with her 00:35:25 and the 73rd rank out of 662 runners.
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

CAMSUR CHRONICLES Part 2

September 25, 2010, Saturday
By 6:30 A.M., our gracious host Atty. Audie Samar [a native from Naga; took up his pre-law in UP Diliman; finish law at San Beda, Batch ‘92] fetched us from our hotel in order to familiarize ourselves with the race route. By 6:45 A.M., we were at the starting line. Of course, the usual photo-ops came next.




With our host, Atty. Audie Samar







We then proceeded to traverse the race route, stopping every now and then to ask the city folks for directions even if we had a race map. At distinct points of the route, we went down the vehicle to take pictures.


42k runners Atty. Alex Martin [future prosecutor of Malolos, Bulacan], Atty. Audie Samar [better-half of RTC Judge Olive Escubio-Samar], and myself



Past 7 A.M. and at the 18k mark, we saw a vast field covered with fog.
We reached the finish line before 10 A.M. Wondering why my Garmin 305 registered only a distance of about 34.5 kilometers, we all concluded that we certainly missed a certain stretch of the race route. Nonetheless, we decided that what we had was just about enough to guide us with what to expect during race day.
So off we went to have our breakfast at a coffee shop along Magsaysay street.
We saw a group of runners from Manila having their breakfast at the other table. While I was thinking that I was done for the morning, Atty. Audie said that our trip to Naga won’t be complete if we don’t go take a look at the foot of Mt. Isarog, a volcano which has remained dormant for hundreds of years.















Next stop was the Basilica de Minor located in the heart of Naga City.
From there, we had an unexpected “bisita iglesia” as we transferred from the Basilica to Peñafrancia church then to some other churches in Naga. To the left is the inner portion of Basilica.



The Penafrancia church.



With topnotch lawyers Alex Martin and Audie Samar.



The front portion of the Basilica.








We ended the short trip with a sumptuous lunch courtesy of our host.
The rest of the afternoon was “sleeping time”. In the evening, the Slimmers Adriatico group had dinner at Shakey’s SM Naga. Back at the hotel, it was time to prepare everything – attire, bib number, rubber shoes, watch, hydration belt, socks, timing band, sunblock, sunglasses……



The supposed rest and sleep turned out to be a case of restlessness…… tik… tak… tik….tak….