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I’ve got the flu, and it sucks, this screws my training routine
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The non stop rain in the week prior to race day made me assume that this wet and windy weather will spill over to Sunday’s race. I was wrong! The weather turned out to be warm and sunny… someone must have forgotten to do the rain dance….
They say that three’s a charm, and those who choose to ignore history are bound to repeat it. This was Mizuno’s 3rd time to host a road race (1st was on March 30, 2008, 2nd was on June 29, 2008), and I expect that they have learned quite a few things from their past races and that this race should be close to, if not spot on perfect. So did they do a good job? Read on…..
The following were my observations / opinions:
- As expected of Mr Biscocho, his races never start on time… they always start AHEAD of time. The gun time was 5:25 am. Knowing that it was a Biscocho race, I was there at least 40 minutes before the scheduled start.
- Race corral areas for 15, 10, 5 kilometers were clearly marked. Race marshals checking you in were easily identifiable (they were dressed like golf caddies).
- Race route was simple, and distance was accurate.
- Water and Gatorade stations were plentiful, they also had enough cups filled with either water or Gatorade as I ran past the stations.
- MAPSA did a good job with the traffic
- 1.10.10 is a clever idea, they’ve one upped Nike and Adidas this time around.
Pending the official race results (whether accurate or not), I don’t have any complaints about this race, it was perfectly managed (please keep it up Mr Biscocho and Mizuno). The only constructive suggestion I could give would be for Mizuno to provide OFFICIAL PACERS in the future. Running with a pacer can help a runner achieve their their race goals… be it a target time or target pace.
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I ran my heart out this race, and just like any other race, my only goal was to beat my personal best time. I am displeased with my race results as I only managed to shave a minute off my personal best time of 1:13:28. I do have some theories as to why, but we have to wait and see in 2010. For now, balik training for MILO….
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RACE RESULTS ARE OUT:
Place No. Name Age S 15k Pace
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38 624 Harry Tan Jr. 34 M 1:12:25 4:50
