Mukhang Guilty’s BLOG

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:

1. 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.
2. 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).
3. Race route was simple, and distance was accurate.
4. Water and Gatorade stations were plentiful, they also had enough cups filled with either water or Gatorade as I ran past the stations.
5. MAPSA did a good job with the traffic
6. 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

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