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Humble & Friendly
It could be friendly and humble. These two words simply describe a person whom I’ve met during the Miwok 100K Run at the Marin Headlands where I served as one of the volunteers. He is Jorge Maravilla,...
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Record Time: 52:37 Minutes
This was the elapsed time it took me to reach the peak of Mt Taklang Damulag as I started from the Fernandez Hill of the Special Forces Regiment’s Camp and Training Area inside Fort Magsaysay. The...
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Review: Hoka One One Bondi B
It has been awhile that I posted a shoe review for the past months. So, this new pair of shoes that hit the market early this year is making a lot of “noise” in the Internet among ultra trail runners....
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“Survivor” @ TD100 Endurance Run
There is ONLY ONE Finisher within the cut-off time of 32 hours in the “Taklang Damulag” 100-Mile Endurance Trail Run. Dick Balaba’s Official Finish Time in the Inaugural TD100 Trail Endurance Run is...
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2nd International Mt Apo Boulder Face Challenge
This is the 5th Edition of this Adventure Race being held in Sta. Cruz, Davao Del Sur and at the same time the 2nd International Edition of this race which was held last April 28, 2012. I came to know...
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The Big Dance
Ultra Trail Runners call the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Run as “The Big Dance”. It is considered by many as “the most prestigious 100-Mile trail run” in the world. It is due to the fact that it...
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Official Result: 3rd Mt Pinatubo 50K Ultra Trail Challenge
3rd Mt Pinatubo 50K Ultra Trail Challenge 5:05 AM-5:05 PM October 21, 2012 Sta Juliana, Capas, Tarlac To Crater Lake & Back Starters: 102 Runners Finishers: 100 Runners Group Picture Before Start...
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Champions & New Course Record Holders
Marcelo Bautista broke the course record and was awarded as the Champion in the 2nd edition of the Clark-Miyamit 50-Mile Trail Run (CM50) with a time of 11:09:28 hours, breaking the old course record...
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Recce/Recon
Recce is a British English term while Recon is a North American English/Australian English term of the word Reconnaissance. The word is defined as: “Reconnaissance is a mission to obtain information by...
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Fear Of Darkness
You always hear the usual greetings, “ Welcome to the Dark World of Ultra Running”, when you finish an ultra race. The way I understand the greetings or statement is that an ultra runner needs to run...
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“Purist”
What is the problem with some of the people watching movies in movie theaters? They go to the movies to eat their snacks; tinker with their cellphones; do some conversation and talking with their...
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DNF @ 2013 TNF Phil 100 Trail Ultra
The first reason why I DNFd in this race was because of my being dumb and hard-headed. In the middle of March of last year, I had a bad slip and fall on a paved road that caused some injuries to my...
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Result: 1st Playground “Alpha” 50K Trail Ultra
***By Invitation Only 5:30 AM March 16, 2014 Pastolan Trails, Dinalupihan, Bataan Number of Starters: 21 Number of Finishers: 17 @ The Start/Finish Area RANK BIB # NAME TIME (HRS) 1 2 Wilnar Iglesia...
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Race Report: 2014 TNF 100K Trail Run (Part 1)
Last Year’s DNF 100 I reached halfway of the course at AS5 with 30 minutes to spare before the cut-off time of 14 hours. After eating and resting, I continued the run but after hiking for about 2...
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Race Report: 2014 TNF 100K Trail Run (Part 2)
@ AS #5/Bridal Veil Falls, Camp 1, Kennon Road It took me 2 hours and 25 minutes to reach AS #5, a distance of 12 Kilometers from AS #4 in Barangay Alang. As soon as I reached the paved road of Kennon...
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Shoe Review: ALTRA Lone Peak 1.5
In November 2013, it was a choice of buying an ALTRA Lone Peak 1.5 and La Sportiva Vertical K and after reading some reviews and technical specifications, I opted to buy the La Sportiva Vertical K. The...
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If You Want To Join And Finish A Trail Ultra
On the day of my 62nd birthday, US Navy Admiral (Four-Star General) William H. McRaven, Ninth Commander of the US Special Operations Command and a US Navy Seal, delivered a Commencement Speech to...
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Jag Lanante: The FIRST Pinoy Finisher Of The Hongkong Four Trail Ultra...
When everybody was still sleeping on the early morning of the First Day of the Year 2015, a “low-key” ultra marathon race event was about to start in Hongkong. The ultra event is called the “Hongkong...
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Race Report: 2015 TransLantau 100K Ultra Trail Run
Race Report: 2015 TransLantau 100 Ultra Trail Race Place: Lantau Island, Hongkong Date & Time: 11:30 PM March 13, 2015 To 7:30 AM March 15, 2015 Introduction I could be one of the few Pinoy runners...
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“Cheat” Sheet @ TransLantau 100
I don’t have any printer for my Mac Air and this what I did on the day before I left Manila for the TransLantau 100 Trail Run. I simply wrote the names of the Checkpoints on a piece of paper (one of...
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