Dare to be Fit ‘n Right Blogging Contest Acceptance Speech

“AND THE 2009, DARE TO BE FIT ‘’N RIGHT BLOGGING CONTEST 1ST RUNNER UP GOES TO…. (Drum-roll….) ”

“THE ARGONAUT!”

“The role of the first runner up is very important, in the occasion that if the Best Blogger did not fulfill his duty, the first runner up will take place.”
No, there are no cheesy words like that in [...]

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Manila to Tagaytay by Foot… Again

Try and try until you succeed! 
A couple of weeks ago, takbo.ph set-up an LSD from Km0 to Tagaytay; I joined the group back then but only from Km 24 to Km 49 due to some personal reasons.
Last Sunday, they formed another group again and I was not able to come due to the Corregidor Race.
Monday… [...]

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Bald Runner’s 1000-Km Club

Distance makes things more sweet…
After 10 months of running and 8 months of logging my mileage, I’ve finally reached my 1000th Km last Philippine International Marathon and now I’m already a member of the 1000-Km Club.  This was awarded to me by Sir Baldrunner himself. 
I thank Baldrunner and takbo.ph for inspiring me to do it.  [...]

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The Quest for the Golden Fleece (PIM, 2nd blast)

Continuation…
The five of us are still together… Even Rod.Runner joined us in our quest… Then, the group suddenly broke at Km 21.  We are still trying to pace with the Team Logan group but I guess we have no match for them.  It was hard for us to maintain a pace with them for new [...]

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The Quest for the Golden Fleece (Philippine International Marathon 1st blast)

With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable. – thomas buxton
It was Athena the Godess of Wisdom and Eros the god of love and passion who strained me to join the Philippine International Marathon. I was on my slumber the night after the Subic International Marathon when the gods visited me. Athena had [...]

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Dare to be Fit ‘n Right

You Think You Are Fit? Think Again…
How fit are you? This is the question that struck me when the so called coach Jim Saret asked me in last Dare to be Fit n Right Blogger’s launch held at Taste Asia in SM Mall of Asia . I am confident to say I am fit. I [...]

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DNF

To give up means to loose everything…

DNF. What is this three letter word? What does it mean to a runner like me.  Is it really such a big deal for other runners to accept it?
DNF. Did Not Finish.  Yes, I have to admit that I just encountered this.  I don’t know if I have already [...]

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Up

Have you ever imagined yourself fly above with 10,000 baloons?
 
I always believe that animated films would give you a lesson that you could actually incorporate in your daily lives; however, I never thought that the movie “UP” that I just seen recently would give me a euphoric experience.  It’s so cheesy to mention it but [...]

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The Yellow Badge of Courage

It was long time ago when I heard that yellow became a symbol of valor.  I couldn’t reckon any single detail of it, but everything just came out from my mother’s mouth and others I got from different pages of books. I was a little over two years old when everything happened. A woman, a mother, [...]

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SHORT SHORTS, A NOSTALGIA

Cross-training shoes, a basketball shorts and cotton shirt was my first get up when I started running.  Seeing all those running apparrels during my first race, I immediately thought of purchasing one… 
After finishing my first 5K, Together with my running friends, we went to this “tiangge” of apparrels.  I bought a pair of singlet and [...]

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