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Year of the Tiger…

As I bid farewell to the year 2010, I can’t help but look back at the things I did and races I joined during the year.  And as I welcome the new year, I’d like to share the highlights of the year that was: 

- Top 10 finish in 2nd BDM 102 Ultramarathon. Running and finishing this event was one of my goals for 2010.  My original target was to finish within the 18 hour cut-off but to my surprise, my preparation and training paid off in the end which was good enough for a 10th place finish overall at 13:20 hours. 

- On my first year to venture into the world of ultramarathon running, I was able to finish 6 ultramarathons along with 6 full marathons in one calendar year. 

- In addition to successfully completing said number of long distance races, I ended the year with a 42k PR in the Singapore Marathon beating my 3:36:45 hours target for 2010 by registering a 3:34:29 hours finish time last December.

- My last race for the year was the Rizal Day Run in Camp Aguinaldo, where I achieved my 4,000th km milestone last  Dec 27.  Interestingly, 2,000 km or half the total mileage until the end of the year was done last year alone matching the distance I was able to log for three years in the 2007 to 2009 period.  Personally, I think 2,000 km per year is not a lot considering I’ve been joining ultra races, but getting the ratio of the total 4,000 km versus the total time of all my runs yielded a 6:16 min per km pace.

races / events participated in 2010

- In total, I participated in 38 races/events (roughly 3 per month), officially and unofficially registered PR’s in all race categories.

current pr's by events...

Goals for 2011

One of the motivating factors that have worked for me to be able to strive and improve my time is setting a goal at the start of the year, making calculations based on my current PRs, finish time history and the McMillan running pace calculator / matrix.

Definitely one of the goals on top of my list is to be able to finish the 1st Bataan Death March (BDM) 100 mile/160km race.  To give my training a new twist, I’m also including joining a multi-sport race as part of my 2011 to-do list, maybe one triathlon event for the year in preparation for and hopefully be in track of my long-term goal of joining a half ironman race, perhaps in Camsur-Cobra 70.3 in 2012.

moving forward to 2011

I’m happy to note that over the years, I’ve been able to post faster finish times although this means that to be able to continue the trend, I have a much tougher task ahead of me this year.  Which translates to continued training and little time to laze around.  But like all passionate runners know, every dream is within reach if you train hard enough.

Keep those shoelaces tied and see you around the bend…

 

another tough year !!!!

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(photo credits: pat concepcion, jeff a., photovendo, brando l., agatha, tytsbogdo, tey (sg), lloyd.. thanks guys for the wonderful photos !!!)

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