Running stories in Cebu and around Philippines - Runroo
Running stories in Cebu and around Philippines
If you are looking for a running event that will take you off roads and give you a different kind of wild running experience, then find time today to register for the upcoming Cebu Safari Run. When and where is the Cebu Safari Run? Mark your calendars and save September 15, 2019, for a surely […]
I am running for almost a decade now and whenever people learn about it some of them assume I am an elite runner. Fortunately, I am not. Don’t get me wrong, I admire a few elite athletes, especially in endurance sports. The discipline, hard work, dedication, and love these people put into the heart of […]
I am still in awe every time I am reminded that it has been nine years since I started running. It doesn’t feel like almost a decade at all but it actually is. I became a runner in 2010 and like most runners we know, my first was a 3KM fun run for a cause, […]
Felipe Leyritana Sajulga III Age: 33 Group: Caltex Delo – Triathlon Bukidnon (Tri-Bu) Profession/Business: Farmer Triathlon Career Highlights: XTERRA Off-Road Triathlon World Championship – Maui, Hawaii — 2011 & 2012 Ironman 70.3 World Championship – Las Vegas/Henederson, Nevada — 2012 & 2013 5150 U.S. Championship – Des Moines, Iowa — 2013 Ironman 70.3 Japan – […]
Our moms have influenced us in so many ways. Our moms are the best. Your and my list of the many reasons why mom is the best can go on forever. Couch Talk got the chance to spend a day with a woman, who is not only an inspiring and loving mom, but an awesome […]
It’s always inspiring to read stories about runners – how they finish a marathon, how they prepare for it, how they plan out a training for a 3-kilometer run, what they think when they are running a 50K ultramarathon or a 160K (yes, needless to say we are that crazy!). We read them as they […]
by Armie Garde I am supposed to be one of the 145 ultra runners who pounded the roads of Alcoy and Santander in southern Cebu in a 100-kilometer race last Saturday, November 17, but fate had it as I ended up spending the whole day in bed, battling with body pains and fever. Last weekend’s ultra-marathon […]
by Paolo Lim A couple of very nice lines from Christopher McDougall’s Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen. A wanderer who’d go anywhere but fit in nowhere, must live inside his own head and rarely hear his own voice. Running seemed to be the fitness […]
by Armie Garde Why would you run a 200-kilometer race? What made you and how did you manage to finish it? These are the questions I would love to ask to those who joined and finished the first West Coast 200 Ultramarathon in the Philippines. On the first day, there were 33 of them – […]
by Armie Garde [View the story “The West Coast 200 Warriors” on Storify] ——————————————————————————————————————— runroo.com will keep following the developments of the West Coast 200, which is another “FIRST” in the ultramarathon history of the Philippines. ~oOo~ Armie Garde the Warat Runner, who started running ultramarathons at 23 years old, is a multimedia journalist based in Cebu City, Philippines. One of […]
by Armie Garde Without discipline to rise before dawn and pound out the miles, you’ll never make it. If the fire in your heart isn’t strong, there’s no point trying. ~~ Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathon Man Yesterday, another legend in ultramarathon has started to unfold, and it will be retold not only by the Warriors who are […]
by Armie Garde The West Coast 200-kilometer (WC200) run, which will be staged in three consecutive days, started at 5 a.m. today, November 1. The starting was at the Remy Field Oval at Subic Freeport Olongapo City. The participants are expected to finish at 5 p.m. on November 4 at the Port of Barangay Lucap, […]
by Armie Garde I am usually one of those who wake up early morning to join a race and simply run, but last Sunday morning was different, or so I thought. I cheered for my running friends and siblings who joined in the regional qualifying leg of the 36th National Milo Marathon in Cebu yesterday. […]
by Armie Garde [View the story “[Cebu Leg] Milo Marathon runners cheer online ” on Storify] ~oOo~ Armie Garde the Warat Runner, who started running ultramarathons at 23 years old, is a multimedia journalist based in Cebu City, Philippines. One of her ultra dreams is to finish BDM 102 and 160. She maintains runroo.com.
by Armie Garde BUKIDNON’S Junel Languido and Cebu’s Mary Joy Tabal ruled the 21K division of the 36th National Milo Marathon Cebu leg on Sunday. Tabal posted 1:26:58 for an easy win over Joeyry Lee, who clocked in at 1:37:52. Madelyn Carter got third place in 1:44:45, a minute ahead of fourth placer Sandra Soliano […]
by Armie Garde Related stories: Milo Marathon Cebu 2012: Little Elites Milo Marathon Cebu 2012: Team Igloria – Warrior and his Daughters Milo Marathon Cebu 2012: Putting Cebu on the National Finals Map ~oOo~ ATHLETES and enthusiasts are set to pound the roads of Cebu in the 11th regional qualifying leg of the National Milo […]
by Rose Buenconsejo Will it still be another Cebuana? Melinda Ponce, a legendary in the Cebu running community, got her first ultramarathon championship title during the inaugural of The Warrior 50K Ultramarathon in 2011. Just a week before she passed away, she was also the first placer in an ultra trail race. I was new to running when […]
by Rose Buenconsejo A lot of women probably have this instinct that exercising, like running, during and after pregnancy has a lot of benefits. Unfortunately, it’s not a mainstream practice in our society. As the first (youngest) to be a mother of plenty of kids among my friends and batchmates and who is into running, […]
by Armie Garde Photo by Columbia Eco Trail Cebu The seventh leg of the Columbia Eco Trail on September 16, 2012, Sunday, will be held again in Liloan town, this time at Lataban village. I wanted to join but I can’t because on the same day will be the opening of the Press Freedom Week […]
by Armie Garde I never thought getting myself into trail running until I tried it myself. When I did my first trail run in an ultramarathon last year, I was never satisfied. It was a 50 kilometer run and I made it to the top 10 but I felt that I missed something. I figured […]
