Last 16 November 2008, a group of MASTERS runners conducted the 1st 10K MASTERS Run at Fort Bonifacio. I was not able to participate in that race but I was informed that the race was a success.
For this year, the Bald Runner's Events is coming up with a longer distance run for the MASTERS which will cover a challenging 15 kilometers of paved roads.
As a starter, MASTERS are those runners from the age of 40 and above for the Men's Category and for those 35 years old and above for the Women's Category. The age categories will be grouped every 5 years of age, both for the Men's and Women's.
The 1st MASTERS 15K Run will be held inside Camp Aguinaldo on September 6, 2009. The race will start at 5:30 AM infront of the GHQ Grandstand. The race will cover two (2) loops of 7.5-kilometer loop inside the camp.
The registration fee is P 100.00 per runner. Our staff will start accepting registration to this race during the KR Urbanite Run this Saturday evening. Just look for the Bald Runner/Project Donate A Shoe Banner/Tarpaulin in one of the designated Parking Areas. Each runner must be able to bring their ID for verification of their printed Birth Date on their Card.
Race packets (race bib, rules & regulations, and map of the route) will be available for distribution starting on August 23 in any of the racing venues in Metro Manila.
There will no singlets or Finisher's T-shirts as the registration fee will defray the cost of race packets, water/hydration needs, trophies & medals, and Finisher's Certificate which will be mailed to the runner's address.
Since we do not have any "marketing people" or PR means to ask for sponsors for this race, this race will be a "no-frills" race but each runner will be assured of a safe race route & parking areas, a challenging but fast course, accurate course distance, lots of water, a race timer (sponsored by reinier6666), and more fun & running experience.
If there are "Good Samaritans" out there to support or sponsor this race, we will be glad to accept whatever help you can give to make this race a memorable one. Please feel free to post a comment on this post. Our staff could also be contacted at this landline telephone number---497-6442 for more details of this event.
To make this race something unique and for us to bring back the "good old times" of running in the late 70s and the 80s, "friends" of BR will be donating lots of beer for all the runners!!! Beer will be served at the Finish Line (and in the Aid Stations)!
See you at the Starting Line!!!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
1st Bataan Death March 102K Race: Updates & Reminders
Bataan 102K: Latest Updates & Reminders
1. Last Day of Registration and Acceptance of Registration Fees is next Monday, 16 March 2009. Effective March 17, registration and payments for registration fees will not be accepted except for the special accommodation given to the “foreign runners” from Singapore and other countries for them to register at the starting area on D-Day.
2. Final List of Participants will be posted in this site and at www.bataan102.com; www.baldrunner.blogspot.com; and www.baldrunnerevents.blogspot.com. Only those who have paid their registration fee up to March 16, 2009 will be included in the list.
3. Race packets will be available for pick-up effective 17 March 2009 at the ULTRA Oval Track on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 5:30 to 9:00 PM or at our office at 115 2nd Floor M.H. Del Pilar corner E. Angeles Streets, Santo Tomas, Pasig City or call telephone number–497-6442.
4. Race packet will include a “soft backpack”, white long-sleeved race shirt, a running cap with cover on the nape, race bib, GU Sports Gels, PowerBars, Salt, tissue paper (just in case) and Pain Reliever tablets. The “soft backpack” with the printed Race Number of the participant will serve as a “Drop Bag” of the runners where they can put in their extra shoes and clothes. These “drop bags” will be in the care of a dedicated Mobile Aid Station during the race.
5. There will be Aid Station in every twenty (20) kilometers where food, water and sports drinks will be available. In addition, three (3) Mobile Aid Stations will serve as a General Support Vehicle for everybody which will alternately “leap frog” as the race will progress. These Mobile Aid Stations will provide water and sports drinks for everybody and one Mobile Aid Station will serve as the repository of the “Drop Bags”. Gatorade, Propel, RC Cola & Zesto Tetra Pack Drinks are the brands available during the race. Foods available in the Aid Stations will include boiled bananas, boiled sweet potatoes, boiled eggs, fresh ripe bananas and other fresh fruits, Fita Biscuits, Sky Flakes Crackers, Peanut Butter Sandwich, raisins, chocolates, and “hot” cup noodles at Km Post # 50.
6. Finishers (within the cut-off time of 18 hours) will receive a Finisher’s Medal, Finisher’s Trophy, and Finisher’s T-Shirt. A Certificate of Achievement will be given on a later date where the name & time of finish will be printed. We plan to give the Certificate with an appropriate Finish Picture of each runner-finisher.
7. Each runner is advised and encouraged to carry with them Hand-held Hydration Bottles, Hydration Belt, or Hydration Bladder during the race. Remember, the Number Enemy or Opponent during the the race is not the other runners but the “Heat of the Sun and the Pavement”. Good luck to everybody!
8. Donors and Sponsors are highly appreciated to give anything (services, money, and material things) to make this ultramarathon race a success and memorable event. A part of your donation will support the “needs” of the surviving veterans of World War II who are presently under the care of the Veterans Medical Center. For those who supported this historical event and those who made “commitments” to support this endeavor (you know already who you are), my deepest appreciation and thanks to all of you.
1. Last Day of Registration and Acceptance of Registration Fees is next Monday, 16 March 2009. Effective March 17, registration and payments for registration fees will not be accepted except for the special accommodation given to the “foreign runners” from Singapore and other countries for them to register at the starting area on D-Day.
2. Final List of Participants will be posted in this site and at www.bataan102.com; www.baldrunner.blogspot.com; and www.baldrunnerevents.blogspot.com. Only those who have paid their registration fee up to March 16, 2009 will be included in the list.
3. Race packets will be available for pick-up effective 17 March 2009 at the ULTRA Oval Track on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 5:30 to 9:00 PM or at our office at 115 2nd Floor M.H. Del Pilar corner E. Angeles Streets, Santo Tomas, Pasig City or call telephone number–497-6442.
4. Race packet will include a “soft backpack”, white long-sleeved race shirt, a running cap with cover on the nape, race bib, GU Sports Gels, PowerBars, Salt, tissue paper (just in case) and Pain Reliever tablets. The “soft backpack” with the printed Race Number of the participant will serve as a “Drop Bag” of the runners where they can put in their extra shoes and clothes. These “drop bags” will be in the care of a dedicated Mobile Aid Station during the race.
5. There will be Aid Station in every twenty (20) kilometers where food, water and sports drinks will be available. In addition, three (3) Mobile Aid Stations will serve as a General Support Vehicle for everybody which will alternately “leap frog” as the race will progress. These Mobile Aid Stations will provide water and sports drinks for everybody and one Mobile Aid Station will serve as the repository of the “Drop Bags”. Gatorade, Propel, RC Cola & Zesto Tetra Pack Drinks are the brands available during the race. Foods available in the Aid Stations will include boiled bananas, boiled sweet potatoes, boiled eggs, fresh ripe bananas and other fresh fruits, Fita Biscuits, Sky Flakes Crackers, Peanut Butter Sandwich, raisins, chocolates, and “hot” cup noodles at Km Post # 50.
6. Finishers (within the cut-off time of 18 hours) will receive a Finisher’s Medal, Finisher’s Trophy, and Finisher’s T-Shirt. A Certificate of Achievement will be given on a later date where the name & time of finish will be printed. We plan to give the Certificate with an appropriate Finish Picture of each runner-finisher.
7. Each runner is advised and encouraged to carry with them Hand-held Hydration Bottles, Hydration Belt, or Hydration Bladder during the race. Remember, the Number Enemy or Opponent during the the race is not the other runners but the “Heat of the Sun and the Pavement”. Good luck to everybody!
8. Donors and Sponsors are highly appreciated to give anything (services, money, and material things) to make this ultramarathon race a success and memorable event. A part of your donation will support the “needs” of the surviving veterans of World War II who are presently under the care of the Veterans Medical Center. For those who supported this historical event and those who made “commitments” to support this endeavor (you know already who you are), my deepest appreciation and thanks to all of you.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Bataan Death March 102K Ultramarathon Race
The Bataan Death March 102K Ultramarathon Race, simply called "Bataan 102" is the first ultramarathon race event being undertaken by the Bald Runner's Event. Thinking of this idea was made last August 2008 after I participated in the Bulldog 50K Trail Run in Malibu Creek State Park in Calabasas, California. However, in 2000, I was able to organize and conduct the "first and only" edition of the Bataan Death March Challenge last April 2000 where teams from the US Army and the Philippine Army competed in the said race.
A yearly running event is being conducted to commemorate this historical event of World War II which is a relay run composed of runners from Kilometer 00 in Mariveles, Bataan to San Fernando, Pampanga on the "Araw Ng Kagitingan" (Heroes Day, April 9 of the year.
Due to the advent of competitive ultramarathon races in other countries, I deemed it better to have an ultramarathon race along the actual route of the historic event and have it announced to the whole world, through my blog, that the country will conduct its inaugural Bataan Death March 102K Ultramarathon Race Event for 2009.
After few months of preparation/coordination and posting of articles on our dedicated website for the said event (www.bataan102.com), the Bald Runner's Events is finally pushing through with this project.
The 1st Bataan Death March 102K Ultramarathon Race Event will be conducted on 1:00AM of April 5, 2009 and it will start at Kilometer 00 in Mariveles, Bataan and finish at the vicinity of the old railways station and Kilometer 102 in San Fernando, Pampanga. Since this is a competitive running event, there will be a cut-off time of 18 hours to finish the race.
At present, there are eight (8) foreigners who registered as participants and eighty-two (82) local runners who also registered and were given slots for the limited number of participants to only One Hundred (100) runners. Ten (10) more slots are open to applicants for the said ultramarathon race.
A yearly running event is being conducted to commemorate this historical event of World War II which is a relay run composed of runners from Kilometer 00 in Mariveles, Bataan to San Fernando, Pampanga on the "Araw Ng Kagitingan" (Heroes Day, April 9 of the year.
Due to the advent of competitive ultramarathon races in other countries, I deemed it better to have an ultramarathon race along the actual route of the historic event and have it announced to the whole world, through my blog, that the country will conduct its inaugural Bataan Death March 102K Ultramarathon Race Event for 2009.
After few months of preparation/coordination and posting of articles on our dedicated website for the said event (www.bataan102.com), the Bald Runner's Events is finally pushing through with this project.
The 1st Bataan Death March 102K Ultramarathon Race Event will be conducted on 1:00AM of April 5, 2009 and it will start at Kilometer 00 in Mariveles, Bataan and finish at the vicinity of the old railways station and Kilometer 102 in San Fernando, Pampanga. Since this is a competitive running event, there will be a cut-off time of 18 hours to finish the race.
At present, there are eight (8) foreigners who registered as participants and eighty-two (82) local runners who also registered and were given slots for the limited number of participants to only One Hundred (100) runners. Ten (10) more slots are open to applicants for the said ultramarathon race.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Official Site
Effective today, this is the official site of the Bald Runner's Events.
Information about the conduct of running events in the Philippines will be posted here.
Bald Runner's Events will dedicate its efforts in the promotion of ultramarathon races, mountain trail runs, outdoor events, and running events in the Masters Division.
Information about the conduct of running events in the Philippines will be posted here.
Bald Runner's Events will dedicate its efforts in the promotion of ultramarathon races, mountain trail runs, outdoor events, and running events in the Masters Division.
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