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.

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.