Athena: My Running Partner

Close-up of Perico Goddess Athena, a year-old beagle I bred




















Athena hanging around Puma and R.O.X. after 5 rounds of brisk walking around Boni High Street.

I used to jog around our village with then 8-month old Athena who easily outrun me. After months of hiatus, I am resuming my regular runs with her. I can outrun her for now, but in a few more outings I am sure she will get her groove back and outpace me. Bred for hunting, the indefatigable beagle will easily outrun the marathoner!

When done with running, the friendly Athena loves being caressed by children and adults alike.

Speed, Power and Endurance

Athleticism is defined by speed, power and endurance. Of the three, the one quality I have the most is probably endurance. I am not a natural athlete but one thing I possess is a mind that empowers my body to endure repetitive, low-impact physical activities, to transcend the drudgery of repetitive motions, and to plod on when the going gets tough.

More than my physical abilities (which are limited to start with), it is my confidence on seemingly boundless powers of the mind that attracts me to physical challenges like the road races, marathon or the triathlon. They may seem like physical feats, but for me they are achievements of the mind. If the mind wills it, these races can be done, even by an overweight bloke like with me flat feet and no history of athleticism to be proud of.

It was this thinking that made me do and finish my first 5K run. I may not ran fast, but I can endure through it all and finish. I progressed and endured through 10K, 16K and even 25K runs. I even did 2 mini-sprint triathlons. All these times, my goal was simply to finish, and hopefully have fun in the process. It was fun for most of the races I did, but for a few others (e.g. the 25K), I simply endured them. I have accumulated enough finisher shirts - an achievement by itself when I look back to the times that I envy friends who sport these shirts. At this point, I guess I am finished with simply finishing. It is time that I progress to other goals apart from simply enduring and finishing.

This brings me to speed. Can I run faster? Swim or bike faster? I may be mentally fast, but I am physically slow. Speed was something that I never trouble myself with. I run to finish within maximum allowable times; I swim to relax and keeping times for my swim laps seemed inconsistent. I would count laps swam or hours spent swimming, but never how fast I swim a particular distance. I can swim for 2 hours straight in pools without really getting tired. Often, it is simply boredom, wrinkled fingers or running out of things to ponder on while stroking the water that forces me out of the pool. I have become so efficient at swimming that I seldom get dead tired. Neither do I lose a lot of pounds after hours of swimming. What I probably achieved from it is aerobic workout, a week's load of endorphins, a breakthrough in an issue I have been mulling over, or plain mental relaxation.

I had a rude awakening about this desire for speed when a friend casually asked me to race him in a 25m swim. I gave it my best shot but my friend to whom I have been giving swim tips beat me to the finish line. Yes he was taller than me and he was almost dying from shortness of breath but the fact is he beat me. Why is that? I am supposed to be the better swimmer who do not tire easily. Indeed, I was not huffing after the impromptu race. Therein lies the answer - I was simply not trying hard enough. I simply aimed to finish with slightly faster than normal pace, while my friend pulled all the stops to get the best time. I was not mentally geared for speed. I am not hungry for it.

My disappointing time in the bike leg of a recent mini-sprint triathlon I did made me assess how fast I can bike. On a cycling machine in a gym, I tried to check how many RPMs I can do. I was underwhelmed. Even on the lowest resistance level I was having difficulty reaching the 100 RPMs. I was not tired and huffing, but my nervous system and muscles simply do not react fast enough. My body is not used to speed!

I am really thrilled with trying to push my speed limit in swimming, biking and running. I am still trying to achieve and get used to 100++ rpms and slowly building my treadmill pace from leisurely 7km/hr to hopefully at least 10km/hr. Last night I comfortably reached 8.5km/hr and I am pleasantly surprised to discover it is more enjoyable than the 7km/hr I am used to. Slowly I am trying to teach myself to enjoy instead of fear downhill biking - to savor the wind on face instead of constantly putting on brakes out of fear of accidents. I am also excited to beat my test time of 32min for a 1km swim.

I just have one concern in my new found craving for speed. I want these athletic pursuits to be my outlets for relaxation. I do not want to be caught up in the mad drive for speed. Every now and then I will probably benchmark my times against others, but I do not want to compete with others. At best I will compete with myself. For the most part, I will enjoy the moments I am on the road or in the water.

I am exploring the concept of power. With power comes speed too. The last time I focused on power was when I was active in dragonboat rowing. I am now trying to put more power in my swim, bike and run by doing weights and resistance training. If there is one kind of power that I want to be intoxicated, it is this power.

So what do I now?

I have finally accepted that I cannot enter another triathlon this year. The next one is set for October 12 in AAV but it is a real sprint. I am not geared up for it at this point. I can do a decent 1k swim in 32 minutes and finish a 7k run, but no way can bike 30K in about an hour with my current mountain bike and pedalling rate. I have been inspecting road bikes in several stores in the metropolis, but that is all I can do for now. I have just purchased a show dog and need to save up for a new bike. I have to read further on bike types and make sure that whatever bike I will buy will not end up in storage after a few months.

I have resigned myself to running in the 2008 Adidas King of the Road race. I think I have run this years ago and I still have the red singlet as souvenir. Since I ballooned to 200lbs I had opted to tuck away this singlet to avoid offending other people's sensilibilities. I heard this year's singlet is nice. Thank God I can now fit into a large size. In a few months' time I hope to slid back to my natural medium size.

For my previous road races I have always aimed to simply finish. I get a deep sense of self-pride and accomplishment from finishing initially the 5K, then the 10K, the 16K and eventually the 25K. I was average in the 5K and 10K categories and far from the last runner in the 16K, but I always end up in the tail-end for the two 25K New Balance runs I did. Yes I finished running the 25K but it always came at the price of cramps and egos deflated from organizers running out of water and pulling out all the street barricades as the alloted time came to end. It was not a good feeling, and it took away a lot from the personal euphoria I was supposed to enjoy for having conquered what seemed to be an impossible distance for a person of my weight.

For the Adidas run, I opted to do the 10K. This will just be the second road race for me in at least 3 years. I did the 5K about 3 months back. I used to have a personal best of 1:15 for the 10K. For this race, I simply want to improve my time. I want to prove to myself that not only can I finish something, I can also race well. By sheer will I conquered the 5K, 10K, 16K and 25K. By the same will I will improve my running pace and time. My current training reflects that philosophy. Instead of aiming for finishing a specific distance, I am concentrating on elevating my average speed. I am working on developing longer strides. This is a major challenge for me in view of my weight. I am glad I have shed the initial 15 lbs and now tip the scale at 190 lbs. The weight loss improved considerably my ability to take longer strides and set quicker pace without causing debilitating stress on my heels and knees. I hope I can shed 10 lbs more before the Adidas race. So help me God.

Enjoying my Second Triathlon

I enlisted in the Animo Sprint Triathlon (mini-sprint category) with only two goals in mind. First is to have a better finish (I finished last in my first triathlon!) and second is not to have cramps during the race. (My hamstrings and ankles ached during the bike and run legs in my first triathlon). My miserable performance is my triathlon debut is attributed to lack of preparation. A week after doing my first Milo 5K race in Baguio where I sprained my ankle from race start due to lack of warm-up, I wanted to redeem myself and do the next first challenge that came along - the 2003 UP Los Baños Triathlon. With crazy egging from my group of rowing friends who did the Baguio Milo race, I enlisted in my first triathlon.

I was better prepared in my second triathlon. I knew that biking and running are my weak points so I hit the gym almost daily for exercises on the cycling machine and treadmill. I also did the bike race route for two consecutive weekends prior to the race. I of course made sure that I could still swim the 350m required.

I was bent on enjoying the whole race that I took my sweet time for most of the course. I forget it was competition and acted like I was doing leisure sports. For starters, I arrived relatively late at 6:30am. I calmly got my race back and had myself number-marked. I very slowly unpacked and laid out the stuff I would need for transition to biking. Finally I proceeded to the pool area to wait.

I believe I was too successful in calming my nerves before the race that I became too relaxed. I took my sweet time cooling myself by showering. Because I was not hurrying, I lost the opportunity to do practice swims before the race. I was a bit jolted when the signal for swim start was given and a swarm of guys swam through me as I was still navigating myself toward the starting wall. I tried to get my bearings in the first 2 laps, and then I relaxed again. I did the same meditative strokes I use to do when I swim alone. I do not know if I was fast or slow, but I did leave behind some people. Towards the middle of the swim course, I felt the lanes were mine alone. I suppose the good swimmers went ahead, while the new ones were left behind. I was there in the middle concentrating on form and conserving energy for the next legs.

In an attempt to get into my swim zone, I zoned off all the chaos and commotion. Very calmly, I climbed out of the pool and headed to the bike transition area. Only after the swim did I realize that my watch chrono was off. In the transition area, I leisurely put on bike clothes and shoes and chewed through half of a powerbar. I just realised I needed to hurry up when a friend arrived from the swim leg. The transition from pool to bike mount took me six leisurely minutes!

The bike leg is my Achilles heel. In my first and crazy triathlon attempt 5 years ago, my thigh muscles hurt like hell from lack of previous use. For my second triathlon, I was better prepared. I pushed the effort level on the cycling machine to 10 (with 12 being the highest) to prepare for the arduous uphill segments. On race day, I purposedly did not exert much effort on the level surfaces so I could have energy stocks for the uphill. The ascends worked my upper leg muscles but not really to the point of pain or exhaustion. Confident that I managed the first ascend, I relaxed even further. It was then that I turned the sprint into a bike tour of the village. I admired the nice houses and beautiful dogs from my road vantage point. I saw labrador retrievers, a German shepherd and a pug. After my village tour, I dismounted from my bike with the urgency of a vacationer. One of the race organizers was yelling "Finish strong, brother" but it took him two friendly yells for me to realise that they were addressed to me. I was still calm in my second transition phase, but was faster.

The running leg for me was most uneventful. For one, many others have already finished that there were less people to race with. More importantly, for an overweight person like me, running puts so much stress on the knees and ankles. My wide flat feet does not help either. I cannot run fast for instance. I am just jogging really. So I I have not reached that point where running is pure bliss, where you have long, effortless strides fully supported by adequate heart and lung capacities. I would like to believe that swimming has developed my heart and lung, but my weight is really killing my legs. I have shed 15 lbs since I started training again in August, but I need to shed more! I enjoy this kind of bliss in swimming; soon, I hope to have the same feeling in running.

Return to Triathlon

On September 14, 2008, I completed my second triathlon. After 5 years, I am returning to the sport I first tried in 2003. It was September 13, 2003 when I first tried to do what seemed to be the unthinkable for me - swim, bike and run in the same day. An Aquarian, I have always loved the water and can spend hours swimming in a pool, but I do not really biking and I hate running because of the stress the sport and my heavy weight put on my legs.

I knew I would want to do triathlon again, but I was not sure when that will happen. Middle of this year a group of officemates were trying to learn to swim. I am far from an excellent swimmer but I swim long enough to offer a few tips. While I did attend swim classes in high school and college, I was mostly self-taught. I view myself as an intuitive swimmer. By sheer passion for it, I learned to swim the free and the breast stroke for up to 2hrs straight at a relaxed pace - becoming bored way before my body gets tired. I was never fast, in fact I think I'm average, but I know how to swim without getting tired easily. And so my officemates and I will trade experiences and learning techniques. The little that I know I shared. I am not sure if my technique is correct, but my greatest self-discovery in freestyle is learning how to roll my shoulders and body with each stroke, allowing my arms to reach farther and my body to do some of the work involved. I picture myself as a streamlined screw efficiently boring through just below the water surface. I learned this by watching how the Olympians do it. I still remember my teen hero 1998 Seoul Olympian Matt Biondi of USA and recently I get inspiration from greatest Olympian ever (so far), Michael Phelps.

My frequent exchanges with my new swimmer-officemates bring back memories of those years when I was quite active with sports. From 2001 to 2003, I picked up a variety of sports - badminton, dragonboat rowing, underwater hockey, running and triathlon. I did not excel in any but I was having a lot of fun trying them. I was far from being a natural athlete, but during those years my nerdy self was at its fittest form. My officemates now are also getting to be more active. Four of us even tried a 5K road race. I am also itching to be fit again. Two years of being dog crazy has left me spoiled and plump like the toy dogs I show and breed. I thought it was unthinkable but my 5'7" frame ballooned to a high 205 lbs! Slowly our interests intensified and goals converged, until eventually we summoned the will and courage to sign-up for a mini-triathlon - a first for three of my officemates, the second for me after 5 years of lethargy.

Training Log & Personal Bests

Personal Bests

5K / 00:30:00 / Oct 19, 2003 / Milo Finals

10K / 01:05:07 / Dec 20, 2009 / Philstar Celebrity Run 
15K / 01:49:22 / Jun 7, 2009 / Mizuno Infinity Run

16K / 01:48:19 / Dec 7, 2008 / Yakult 10-miler

21K / 02:28:11 / Feb 21, 2010 / Century Superbods Run
25K / 03:07:15 / Nov 16, 2008 / New Balance Powerrace

30K / 04:08:02 /  Dec 30, 2009 / Rizal Day Run
42K / 05:16:00 / Jul 5, 2009 / Milo Marathon

2010





 









2009

Milestones:

• Jan 31, 2009  -    First 90km Bike Ride (birthday ride)
• June 5, 2009  -    First 500kms of Running
• Sep 13, 2009 -    First 1,000kms of Running

By Sheer Will

By Sheer Will is a blog created and maintained by recreational runner/triathlete Enrico P. Villanueva. The phrase "by sheer will" encapsulates the manner by which Rico finished his first ever foot race - a 5K during the Milo Baguio Eliminations in August of 2003. That was a race joined on a whim, prodded by rowing mates, stupidly started late and without warm-up, done with an ankle sprain and limp, and completed within 59 gruelling minutes. On that particular race Rico learned that races are won not by how fast you get to the finish line, but how you will yourself to complete the task at hand despite difficulties.

Rico brought the same sheer will to complete his first ever sprint triathlon a week after doing his first 5K. He finished last, but he finished, and that memory and satisfaction of having completed what seemed to be an arduous and impossible task will spur him on to complete a series of other races.

Rico continues to finish races by sheer will, often learning life lessons in the process. While he learns something new about himself and others with each race, he continues to be basically the same - a strong-willed person trying to push his limits and rise above his limitations. His motto has changed a bit though, for now he knows that races are not won by sheer will alone, but also by the grace of God.

By sheer will, by God's grace, everything is possible.


ricov/sheerwill
enrico_villanueva@yahoo.com

My Race Calendar and History

2024
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Oct 7     Turbo Flash Triathlon  400m Swim (22:56min) - 10km Bike (44:04min) - 2.5km Run (31:55min)    Total:  1:38:57

2023
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Aug 13     Turbo Flash Triathlon  400m Swim (25:31) - 10km Bike (47:43min) - 2.5km Run (40:13min)

2022
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Jul 3         The Green Run Vermosa 5K (58:50)
Aug 14    Turbo Sprint Triathlon   800m Swim (40min) - 20km Bike (1h15min) - 5km Run (1hr)

2020
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Mar 8   Vermosa Aquathlon   500M Swim - 5Km Run 28:46 05:06 1:07:34 1:41:25

2019
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Sep 28     UPLB Trantados Club's Beginners Triathlon    

Oct 12     UPLB Trantados Full Moon Run 5K (second place in age group)

2018
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Mar 11   Vermosa Aquathlon   500m Swim- 5km Run  0:42:50 1:07:08 1:49:58 

Aug 12   Turbo Sprint Triathlon     00:44:40 01:13:08 00:59:53 02:57:42

2017
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Gyeongyu Cherry Blossom Half-marathon (South Korea)

Maxicare Run

2016
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Mar 13   Run United 1   21K (3:27:47)
Jun 5      Run United 2   21K  (3:47:27)
Jul 17     Takbo.ph Runfest 21K  (3:25)
Jul 23     Open Water Challenge - Punta Fuego (1:09 for 2K swim)
Jul 31     Milo Marathon 5K (45min)
Aug 7     Cobra Ironman 70.3 Cebu (Overall:  8:47:48, Swim 57, T1 6, Bike 4:17,T2 6, Run 3:22)
Aug 27   UPLB Trantados Aquathlon
Sep 4      Unicef Heroes for Children Run 21K
Sep 11    Caliraya 360 34K
Sep 17    UPLB Trantados Triathlon Mini-sprint
Oct 2      Run United Philippine Marathon (21K)
Nov 6     New Balance Power Run 25K


2015
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Jan         Takbo.ph 20 miler
Feb 1      Condura Skyway Marathon (7hrs)
Feb 22    Cordillera Mountain Marathon 11K  (4:45)
Apr         Asian Triathlon Cup (Subit)
Jul          Tri United 2
Jul 27     Milo Marathon (6:57)
Sep 13    Subaru Marathon (6:55)
Sep 27    Bike King Duathlon (SCTEX) 4:54
Oct 25    Tri United 3
Nov 8     CDO Run for Odyssey 21K
Nov 15   Pinoy Fitness 21K Challenge


2014
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Feb 9     Ateneo No Speed Limit 17.5K (2:39:43)
Feb 22   Challenge Family Half Distance Triathlon
Mar 1    Tri Manila
Mar 2     Ateneo Aquathlon
Mar 9    Tri United 1 Sprint 2:00:33
Mar 16  Run United 1 10K
Mar 23   Yakult 10 miler 2:22:27
Mar 30   Pinoy Fitness Sub-1hr 10K Challenge 1:10
Apr 13    Dagupan Triathlon Standard
Apr 27   Subic International Triathlon Standard 3:45 (approx)
May 4    PDIC Takbo para sa Leyte 10K
Jun 1      Run United 2 10K
Jun 8      SBR Duaman
Jun 15    Independence Day Ultramarathon 54K  10: 10
Jun 29    Run with the Stars 16K 2:19
July 6     Tri United 2  Long-distance Tri
July 13   Takbo.ph Runfest 21K
July 27   Milo Marathon 10K
Aug 4      Ironman 70.3 Cebu
Oct 26   Tri United 3 Half-distance triathlon
Nov       Pinoy Fitness Sub-2:30 21K Challenge


2013
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Jan 13    Runfor10 10K
Jan 19   Smart Live More Run 5k
Jan 26   Waldorf Trail Run 5K
Feb 3     Condura Skyway Marathon 39kms in 7hrs30min
Feb 23   Color Manila Nite Run 5K
Mar 3    Ateneo Aquathlon
May 1    La Marea Fun Run 3K
Jun 2     Run United 21K
Jul 7      Tri United 2
Jul 14    Takbo.ph Runfest 10K
Jul 21    UP Aguathlon
Sep 1     Run for Athena (UPLB) 16K
Oct 6     Run United 21K
Oct 27   Tri United 3 Standard Distance
Nov 17  Subic Festival Tri
Dec 14   NAGT UPLB Sprint Tri  1:38 (personal time)


2012
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May 13  Tour 700 Cycling 100K SCTEX  5hrs 45min 18 sec
May 19   Takbo Para Kay Kristo 10K (personal time: 1hr 20 min)
May 27  Powerade Duathlon Sprint (personal time: 2hrs 48min)
Jun 3      Brooks Happy Run 21K
June 9    BFRV 10K (?)
June 10  Animo Sprint Tri
Jun  17   Run United 2  21K   
July 1     Tri United 2  Laiya  2K-60K-15k
July 15   Springboard Run 16K

Aug 4    Ironman 70.3 Cebu 8:45

Sep 8     CDO-Dahilayan Ultramarathon 57K 11:58

Oct 31    Midnight Run 5K 1:00:30
Nov 11   New Balance Power Run 25K  4:25:25
Dec 2      QCIM 21K
Dec 8     UPLB Triathlon Sprint

2011
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Jan 16    Wetshop Green Aquathlon (800m swim - 3k run)
Jan 23    Greentennial Run 10K
Feb 6     Condura Run 21K
Mar 12   Endure BlackBerry Aquathlon (organizer, marshal)
Mar 27   Yakult 10-miler  2:03:23
May 1    SubIT Std 4:06:52  (S:  44:33; B: 1:58:  1:24:19)
May 15   Goldilocks Run 21K    2:42:30
May 22   Greentennial Run 21K   2:40:34
May 29   Greenfields Clean Air Run 21K   2:54:37
June 5     AKTV Run 21K  2:45
June 11    Mizuno Infinity Run 21K  2:40:43
June 12   Animo Sprint Tri  2:44:30 (S: 29:43; B: 1:19; R: 55:47)
June 25   SlimmerRun 10K
July 3      Yamaha Run 10K
July 17    TRiKing Long Distance Triathlon 
July 24    Takbo Runfest 10K
Aug 14    Cobra Ironman 70.3 Triathlon
Sep 10     Powerade Duathlon
Sep 18     Miles for Smiles 16K  (RSK Grp 2nd place)
Sep 24     UPLB Fun Tri (in Costume)
Oct 9       October Run 21K
Oct 15     Nike We Run Manila 10K
Oct 16     NAGT (AAV Tri) - super mini
Oct 23     Adidas King of the Road 21K
Oct 29     Adobo Run 15K
Nov 6      New Balance 25K
Nov 13    Run United 2  32K
Dec 4      Macau Marathon 42K



2010
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Jan 10 Cebu Marathon 21K  2:38.34
Jan 30 Sheerwill Aquathlon Cup (SWAC 4) 600m-5K
Jan 31 Book Run 10K
Feb 21 Century Super Run 21K   2:28:11
Mar 14 Ateneo Aquathlon Classic 600m-6K
Mar 21 Globe Run for Home 21K  2:32:22
Apr 11 Mizuno Infinity Run 15K
April 18 Powerade Sprint Duathlon - 1st Leg 8K-30K-4k
May 2 Subic International Triathlon (standard distance)
May 29 Camaya Coast Aquathlon
June 13 Animo Sprint Triathlon

Jul 4 Milo Marathon 42K  6:16

July Takbo Runfest 10K  1:05
Aug 1 Rexona Run 21K   2:30:51

Aug 22 Camsur 70.3 Triathlon  8:00:22
Oct 17 National Age Group Tri Mini-sprint   1:00:25
Nov 6 Men's Health Urbanathlon 10K
Dec 5  QCIM Marathon 21K
Dec 11 UPLB Sprint Tri




2009
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Jan 18 PSE Bull Run 10K 1:08:16
Jan 25 Happy Run 3K (with beagle)
Feb 1 Speedo Aquathlon (950m swim: 27:35, 3K run: 20:53) 48:17min
Feb 15 Power Run 15K 2:00:34
Feb 22 Ateneo Aquathlon (600m swim: 16:50, run: 38:45) 58min
Mar 15 Run for Their Lives 10K (injured) 1:21:07
Mar 22 Condura 21K (injured) 2:46:10
Mar 29 Men's Health Miracle Run 10K 1:09:15
Apr 19 Greenfields City Run 21K 2:39:38
May 2 Camaya Coast Aquathlon
May 3 Southern Race 10K 1:10:01
May 10 Botak Paa-tibayan 21K official: 2:35:52, personal: 2:40:06
May 24 Baguio City Run 21K (actually 18.4K) 2:30:02
May 31 Earth Run 5k (buddy run) 38:36:65
Jun 21 Men's Health All-Terrain (trail) 10K

Jul 5 Milo Marathon 42K 5:16hrs

Jul 12 Fit & Fun Buddy Run 10K
Jul 19 Globe Run 21K 2:32:22
Aug 15 Kenny's Urbanite Run 10K
Aug 30 UP Law Triathlon
Sep 20 Powerade Duathlon (Run 52:44, Bike 30K 1:17:58, Run 28:27:, Total: 2:39:10)
Oct 10 Corregidor Aquathlon (400m swim, 7K run, 400m swim)
Oct 11 Milo Marathon 21K 2:56:44
Oct 18 Quezon City International Marathon 21K 2:45:42
Oct 24 Smart Subic Marathon 42k    DNF.  Ran 28kms in 4hrs, stopped to help a friend
Nov 29 New Balance Power Run 21K  2:37:41

Dec 6 Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 42K  6:11:15

Dec 20 Celebrity Run 10K 1:05:07
Dec 30 Rizal Day Run 30K 4:08:02


2008
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Apr 13 On Your Mark (GMA) 5K 45:14
Apr 20 4th Bonifacio Global Run (Anta) 5K 43:14
Sep 4 Animo Sprint Tri (350m: 17:55, 12K : 46:57, 3.4K: 21:16) 1:26:08
Oct 11 Adidas King of the Road 10K Official: 1:18:43 Personal: 1:18:58
Oct 12 Speedo Mini- sprint Tri (S: 10:55, B: 38:28, R: 24:38) 1:14:01
Oct 18 Takbong May Yabang 5K 31:42
Nov 9 VSO Bahaginan 15K 1:50:34
Nov 16 New Balance Power Race 25K 3:07:15
Nov 23 Animo Run 10K 1:07:04
Nov 30 Milo Finals (bandit) 1:06:49
Dec 7 Yakult 10-miler 1:48:19
Dec 14 UP Ictus Run 10K 1:06:25


2006
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May 28 New Balance 25K 3:45



2004
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Nov 7 Yakult 10miler 2:25 (actually run 21K!)
Nov 24 New Balance 25K 3:32


2003
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Sep 6 Milo Baguio 5K 59min (sprained ankle)
Sep 13 UPLB Sprint Tri (800m:24:58, 20K: 59:09, 5km: 43:35)
Oct 12 Avia Race 5K 40min
Oct 19 Milo Finals 5K 30 min
Oct 26 Direct Link 10K 1:17
Nov 9 Yakult 10miler 2:15
Nov 23 DLSU 10km 1:17