15 Feb ‘09: Team BR Performance

TBR’s weekend performances:

            a. Milo Marathon (Batangas elimination)-

                            -Marecil Maquilan, Champion, 21K Women

                            -Gerald Sabal, 2nd Place, 21K Men

                            -Ellen Tolentino, 2nd Place, 21K Women

                            -Rey delos Reyes, 6th Place, 21K Men

            b. Power Run (SM MOA)

                            -Cris Sabal, Champion, 15k Men

                            -Bernardo Desamito, 2nd Place, 15k Men  

                            -Elmer Sabal, 3rd Place, 15k Men  

                            -Jujet de Asis, 4th Place, 15k Men

                            -Ailene Tolentino, Champion, 15k Women

                            -Ana Vargas, 2nd Place, 10K Women  

               c. Bards aka Banana Running & Vicky got their respective new PR best time in the Milo 21K Batangas Elimination Race

                    The rest of the Team Bald Runner members registered their respective new PR best time in the Power Run 15K Race at the SM MOA &  PICC Complex.

Congratulations to Everybody!  

08 Feb ‘09: Team BR Performance

Following were the results of our team performance last Sunday, 08 February ‘09:

            a. Milo Marathon Subic Elimination (21K):

                 Cresenciano Sabal, Champion (Time: 1:09:42)

                 Bernardo Desamito, 2nd Place (Time: 1:10:47)

            b. Deltan Run @ UP Campus:

                

                  Elmer Sabal, Champion, 10K Open

                  Michael Embuedo, 2nd Place, 3K Open 

            c.  Deltan Run @ UP

     

                   “Ting” Pascual, 5K @ 26:05 (PR Time with 4+ minutes improvement)

             d.  12-6 Midnight To Sunrise Run with Albert aka Run2Dmoon

                   All members of Team Bald Runner finished the 6-hour run.

                    (See previous post on “Midnight To Sunrise Run” at www.baldrunner.com)

1 Feb 09: TBR Wins Aquathlon & 21K Events

Team Bald Runner Members won in their respective Age Category in yesterday’s SPEEDO Aquathlon held at the ULTRA/Philsports Swimming Pool & Oval Track/Roads. Rosalina “Ting” Pascual won as the Champion in the 40-44 age category. Javy Olives also won as the Champion in 30-34 age category. The Aquathlon event consisted of 1,000-meter swim in the sports complex swimming pool and 3-K run along the roads of the ULTRA compound. Congratulations, Ting & Javy. Hardwork , Patience & Discipline really made you as champions!

In the 2009 Baguio-Benguet Flower Festival 21K Run held yesterday in Baguio City, Elite members of Team Bald Runner Cresenciano Sabal won as the Champion Overall and Male Category and Ailene Tolentino won as Champion Overall in the Female Category. Congratulations, Cris and Ailene.

Team Bald Runner expresses its thanks and appreciation to Jonel aka Bugobugo85 for supporting the transportation and accommodation requirements of the Elite members to Baguio City. Mabuhay ka, Jonel!

25 Jan 09: Latest “Team BR” Performance

At the 2009 Resolution Challenge held in SM Mall of Asia (MOA) 10K Race, Elite Team Bald Runner’s Cresenciano Sabal won the Championship with a time of 30+ minutes. Another Elite Team BR’s Alley Quisay won the 1st Runner-Up with a time of 31+ minutes. Rene Herrera, Gold Medalist in the past ASEAN Games 3,000-meter steeplechase placed 2nd Runner-Up. This is the second time in road races that members of Elite Team Bald Runner defeated a member of the RP Athletics National Team. In the Female Category, Ailene Tolentino and Anna Vargas of Elite Team Bald Runner won 1st Runner-Up and 2nd Runner-Up, respectively. The Female Championship in the 10K went to Mercedita Manipol of the RP Athletics National Team.

In the Resolution Challenge 5K Run, Gerald Sabal of Elite Team Bald Runner won the Championship with a time of 15:55 minutes. Oher members of Elite Team BR, Rene Desuyo and Jujet De Asis won 2nd Runner-Up and 3rd Runner-Up, respectively. In the Female Category, Marecil Maquilan won the Championship.

At the Happy Run 15K which started & ended at The Fort, Jose Mari Javier of Semi-Elite Team Bald Runner placed 6th Overall and won 1st Place in the  Age “C” Category (30-39) with a fast time of 1:08:10 hours. Mayo Rodriguez of the Semi-Elite also placed 5th Overall with a time of 1:08:01 hours. Another Semi-Elite Team BR member, Jonel Mendoza aka Bugobugo85 who placed 12th Overall with a time of 1:08:20 hours and barely missed getting 1st Place in the Age “D” Category by 40 seconds from the 1st Placer. Coach Saturnino Salazar also finished the 15K in 1:08:40 hours while pacing and reminding the members to be “light & fast” with their midfoot strike and stride frequency.

The rest of the Competitive Team (about to become Semi-Elite) Bald Runner members: High Altitude, RunMD, Tri’N Hard, Banana Running, My Iron Shoes, BroJ & Baby, Jay Lee Cu-U, Jody Jacinto (whose finish time is in the Female Category), Nino Ramos, Charlie Chua, Gold’s Gym’s Power Runners, and the rest of the “Hardcore-Concerned” Runners, were able to improve their PR times in the 15K distance. Congratulations, guys!

“Team Bald Runner” Won @ TNF Thrill of the Hill; 2009 PSE Bull Run; & 2009 Sinulog Half-Marathon

Team Bald Runner Isidro Vildosola won as the Champion in the The North Face’s 20K Thrill of the Trail last Sunday in Nasugbo, Batangas. Because of the disqualification of the 2nd & 3rd finishers for not wearing a single TNF item/attire, the number 4th runner and Team Bald Runner member, Mayo Rodriguez, won the 1st Runner-Up. Finishing 3rd Runner-Up was another Team Bald Runner member, Jerry Kurendeng aka High Altitude. Due to the limited number of runners accepted for the trail run, the Team Bald Runner was not able to field its women runners and it made Cecil Morella aka Miracello very happy in telling me the breaking news that his AMCI lady climbers swept the ladies overall top podium finishes. Congratulations to the Team Bald Runner and AMCI Mountaineers! (Note: Jerry Kurendeng and Mayo Rodriguez are presently attending the “speed training” sessions with the Team Bald Runner who both improved their respective PR best times in the said trail run)

On the 2009 PSE Bull Run, the following members of Team Bald Runner won in their respective categories:

10K Men

Alley Quisay—1st Runner-Up (Overall)

Elmer Sabal—-2nd Runner-Up (Overall)

Reynaldo De Los Reyes—7th Place, Overall

Cris Sabal—11th Place, Overall

10K Women

Ailene Tolentino—Champion

Marecil Maquilan—1st Runner-Up

Anna Vargas—2nd Runner-Up

5K Men

Gerald Sabal—1st Runner-Up (Overall)

Bernardo Desamito—3rd Runner-Up (Overall)

Jujet De Asis—5th Place, Overall

Rey Antoque—16th Place, Overall

Last Saturday, 17 January, Rene Desoyo of Team Bald Runner won 1st Runner-Up in the Mizuno-Asia Miles Sinulog Festival Half-Marathon held in Mactan City, Cebu.

(Note: For more pictures at the TNF Thrill of the Trail, please visit http://highaltitude.wordpress.comand for pictures at the 2009 Sinulog Half-Marathon, please visit Cebu Sports Blog.

Saturday Morning Training Session

Effective this coming Saturday, 10 January 2009, Team Bald Runner and its coaches will conduct “speed” training on Saturdays from 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM to interested runners who could not attend training during weekdays.

Speed Training Resumes Today

The ULTRA Oval Track had announced that it is closed to the public from 25 December 2008 to 05 January 2009. However, when I visited the area this morning, I found out that the PSC Compound (to include the road to the Oval Track) is closed to any vehicle but anybody could enter the compound on foot and the Oval Track is open to the public.

I saw three joggers on the oval track and it was an opportunity for me to join them. I had a 30-minute run with a cool-down jog and walk for another two laps.

Speed Training with the Team Bald Runner resumes this afternoon at 5:30PM up to 8:30PM. However, you are advised to park your vehicles at the adjacent DepEd Compound and a short distance walk leads you to the ULTRA Oval Track.

Happy New Year!

Team Bald Runner Performance—Dec 21, 2008

The following was the result of Team Bald Runner’s performance at the “Patakbo sa Kabundukan” held on  21 Dec 09 at Montalban, Rizal:

          Cresenciano Sabal- Overall Champion 21K (Male)—P 10,000.00

           Ailene Tolentino- OverallChampion 21K (Female)—P 10,000.00

           Marecil Maquilan- 1st Runner-up 21K (Female)—P 7,000.00

           Alley Quisay- 1st Runner-up 21K (Male)- Note: not awarded due to technical problem

           Elmer Sabal- Overall 5th Place/1st Place, 21-33 years old, 21K (Male)—P 1,000.00 

                      

           Gerald Sabal- 1st Runner-up, 10K (Male)—P 4,000.00

           Rogelio Reli- 2nd Runner-up, 10K (Male)—P 3,000.00

           Ellen Tolentino- 2nd Runner-up, 10K (Female)—P 3,000.00

           Anna Vargas- 1st Place, 21-33 years, 10K (Female)—P 700.00

           Isidro Vildosola- 1st Place, 21-33 years old, 10K (Male)—P 700.00

 

           Rene Desuyo- 2nd Runner-up, 5K (Male)—P 1,000.00

Team Bald Runner’s Weekend Performance

13-14 December 2008 

1) Mizuno Fuego 10K Run on 5:30 PM 13 Dec 08@ Punta Fuego, Nasugbo, Batangas:

      Cresenciano Sabal— Overall Champion 10K (50min)

      Bards Bathan aka Banana Running—3rd Overall, Women’s Category 5K

 

2) UP ICTUS 5K/10K Centennial Run on 14 Dec 08 @ UP Dilliman Campus:

                   

      Michael Embuedo- –Overall Champion 5K (19mins)              

      Philip Le Roux—- 3rd Place, Men’s Overall 10K (42 min)

      Jonie Mellinger—2nd Place, Women’s Overall 10K

 

Note: CPT ESPEJO should have been 2nd Place in the 5K for running the correct route as specified in the issued map. The 2nd and 3rd took a shorter route by not doing a turn around in the UP Police check point. The Age Category Awards were scrapped in contrary to the published reminder on the registration forms for winners to present their Identification Cards prior to receiving their awards.

                                

3)  Takbo Tulong para sa Batang may Cancer 7K/15K on 14 Dec 08  from SM Fairview to San Jose, Bulacan

 

       Cresenciano Sabal—Champion, 15K

       Reynaldo delos Reyes—1st Runner-up, 15K- Time 47:41

       (Note: Sabal won an all-expense paid trip to the TAIWAN  Marathon on October 2009)

4) PMA 2001 “Kaakibat” Class 3K/5K Fun Run on 14 Dec 08 @ Camp Aguinaldo

                                   

      Ailene Tolentino— Champion, 5K (Women)

      Marecil Maquilan—1st Runner-up, 5K (Women)- 19 mins 

      Alley Quisay—1st Runner-up, 5K (Men)

       Jujet de Asis—2nd Runner-up, 5K (Men)

       Gerald Sabal—4th Runner-up, 5K (Men)- 17mins

       Bernardo Desamito—Champion, 3K (Men)

5) 12-Hour Race Walking Competition Event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 13-14 December 2008

       

       Amado Castro, Jr—Placed #45 Men’s Overall out of 500+ walker-competitors. He completed 62 kilometers in 12 hours.                               

 

Podium Finish: Team Bald Runner

BroJ of Team Bald Runner was kind enough to post in his blog the picture of the members of the Team Bald Runner who won in the Ladies Overall Category of the New Balance Power Race 25K Run. The picture was taken from yesterday’s the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s Sports Section.

Thanks, BroJ.