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Dailymile now has Garmin GPS watch support
Mar 20th
Social training log dailymile has started rolling out its support for Garmin devices and can now retrieve total distance, time and map coordinates from your Forerunner GPS devices.
Dailymile is a website that serves as training log for runners, cyclists and triathletes. What differentiates it from sites like Garmin Connect is that it has a social networking component. It allows you to connect with other runners, cyclists or triathletes. You can view your workouts as well as that of your contacts and people near your location in a Twitter-like stream of entries.
MY DAILYMILE PROFILE PAGE. Dailymile is a cool social training log for runners, cyclists and triathletes. It now supports both Nike+ and Garmin devices. CLICK TO ENLARGE.I used the site for a while in July but stopped visiting it when I discovered Garmin Connect. The site supported Nike+ but didn’t work with the Garmin Forerunner. Since I use a Forerunner 305 to track my runs, I had to manually enter records in dailymile and it was tedious. Without Garmin support, I didn’t have the incentive to continue maintaining my dailymile account. But for so long, the site indicated that Garmin support was “coming soon” so I didn’t delete my account.
Running an unplanned marathon
Mar 2nd
“What was in those beans?” I chuckled to myself on my first pass by the Cansaga Bay Bridge on my way to Liloan early this morning.
John Pages, the person responsible for my addiction to running, sent me a coffee brewing set because he wanted me to try preparing one using a French Press. I brewed one cup as soon as I woke up yesterday morning and proceeded to suit up to run for work.
My day had already been planned: I was to run to work, write my column piece on Joel Garganera, perform my news desk duties, meet with the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) staff for lunch to discuss a fun run they were planning, and run back home at night.
I had formulated my lead for the Garganera column piece in my head but I felt something was amiss. I felt I knew Garganera based on the several occasions that I interviewed him, many times while on the run, but I was anxious I was incapable of doing justice to his story.
City Hall to close half of roads for Cebu City Marathon
Dec 8th
For the first time in Cebu City, the City Government will be closing half of the road for a run. Cebu City Councilor Sylvan “Jack” Jakosalem announced in a press briefing yesterday that half of the road of the Cebu City Marathon route will be closed from the firing of the gun at 4 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. The entire stretch of the South Road Properties (SRP), however, will be closed starting at midnight. (For an interactive map of the marathon route, please check our previous article)
Jakosalem and officials of Cebu Executive Runners Club (CERC), which is organizing the Cebu City Marathon 2010, said they decided to close the road to ensure the safety of runners.
RUNNERS’ SAFETY. Organizers Meyrick Jacalan and John Pages of the Cebu Executive Runners Club and Cebu City Councilor Sylvan “Jack” Jakosalem discuss the closure of the entire SRP route and half of the Cebu City roads that are part of the marathon route on Jan. 10, 2010. Organizers said they pushed for the closure of part of the road to ensure safety of runners. (Photo by Max Limpag)John Pages of CERC said that although there are runs every Sunday in Cebu, roads aren’t closed and runners have to contend with at times impatient drivers angered by the traffic jam. (On a side note, I actually punched the side of a jeepney that cut me off in Mandaue City during the Rock and Run, not to be recommended, believe me.)
In other developments announced in yesterday’s press conference at the City Sports Club:
- Ayala Center Cebu has confirmed that a pre-race pasta party will be held on Jan. 8 at The Terraces. Ayala Center Cebu division head Joy Polloso said there will be free food for the first 500 runners.Polloso also said they are working with Ayala Center Cebu merchants, especially those in Active Zone, to offer registered runners discounts during the marathon expo, which will be held the week before the marathon.
Cebu City Marathon to use ChampionChip transponder chips for 21K, 42K races
Nov 25th
Organizers of the Cebu City Marathon have decided to use RFID chips of ChampionChip to time participants in the 21K and 42K races of the Cebu City Marathon on Jan. 10, 2010.
The development was announced in a press conference this noon at the Casino Español.
Smart Subic marathon photos
Oct 31st
If you were a participant of the Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) last October 24, we might have taken a picture of you along the race route.
Check out our marathon photos at the Facebook page of CebuRunning and leave a message if you want a high resolution copy of your picture e-mailed to you. You might need to add yourself as a fan of the Facebook page in order to leave a comment.
CLICK TO ENLARGE. Photographs of the Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) can be found at the CebuRunning Facebook page. If you find yourself in the photos, tag yourself and leave a message, we’ll send you a high-resolution version of the image.If you know of someone who joined the marathon that was ran along the stretch of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac-Expressway (SCTEX), starting from Floridablanca town in Pampanga up to Remy Field in Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Olongapo City, let them check out our Facebook page for their photos. We’ve posted a total of 78 photos of marathon runners in different areas of the route.
The Smart Subic International Marathon fired off at 4:30 p.m. and was dominated by Kenyan runners, who grabbed the first eight slots in the top 10 of the men’s category and top two places in the women’s category.
Kenyan runners dominate Smart Subic International Marathon
Oct 25th
NEWS quickly spread by word of mouth early Saturday afternoon throughout Remy Field in Subic Bay: the Kenyans are coming.
They filed in, toting backpacks that are quickly disemboweled of running gear as they sat on the grass and put on running shoes in front of an eager crowd.
People gawked as they fitted for the marathon and did short runs to warm up. Look at those legs, several people said, talking animatedly about their runner’s physique: thin frame with long, lean legs.
FRONTRUNNERS. Kenyans led the Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) from the start to take the first eight spots. Vincent Chepsiror (third from left) won the marathon with a time of 2:27:54. Click on photo to view larger image.People were still talking about the Kenyans even after they were bused out of Remy Field to the Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) 2009 starting line 42 kilometers away in Floridablanca, Pampanga toll gate of the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTex). The starting gun was fired at 4:30 p.m.
A little over two hours later, large, loud speakers conveyed the news: the Kenyans are coming.
One by one, they sprinted to finish—Vincent Chepsiror coming in first at 2:27:54; Willy Rofich, 2:28:14; Daniel Koringo, 2:29:57; Alex Melly, 2:30:23; Richard Mutisya, 2:30:30; Hilary Kimurai, 2:31:51; Vincent Kipchirchir, 2:35:58; and David Kipsang, 2:37:50.
Chepsiror, 29, was so far ahead of any local runner he would still have won had he been asked to pay toll to pass the toll gates of the flat and scenic SCTex marathon route. He won $5,000 for his feat.
Hernanie Sore was the top Filipino finisher at ninth place with a time of 2:40:20. Alquin Bolivar, a native of Cagayan de Oro City, was 10th with his time of 2:40:42.
5 Cebu runners target sub-5 runs in Smart Subic International Marathon 2009
Oct 24th
Five runners from the Cebu Executive Runners Club (CERC) will attempt to run under five hours the Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) 2009, which fires off at 4:30 this afternoon.
Kenneth Casquejo, Roy Trani and doctors Rosan Trani, Alex Junia, and John Clifford Aranas will be running a few hours from now. Casquejo is optimistic that the CERC runners can finish the full 42-kilometer race in less than five hours.
Casquejo said he is optimistic because the course is “relatively flat” and they will have no problems on the heat because they will be running late in the afternoon until the evening. He said majority of the surface they will be running on is aphalt.
Kenyans, led by last year’s champion Nelson Kirwa Rotich, are favored to win the race that will fire off at the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. Among local runners, Allan Ballester and Bernardito Desamito are favored to do well.
Getting ready for Subic International Marathon 2009
Oct 23rd
The second Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) will fire off from the Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway (SCTex) Floridablanca, Pampanga Toll tomorrow, Oct. 24. Unlike other marathons in the country, SIM 2009 will be held in the afternoon.
The marathon, scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m., will be held in what organizers described as a scenic and runner-friendly course.
The other running events—21K, 10K, 5K, and 3K—will be held early morning of Oct. 25 and will start and end in Remy Field in Subic Bay, Olongapo.
SIM 2009 SINGLET. The singlet for the Smart Subic International Marathon (SIM) 2009. Marlen and I will be running in the 10K event. Click on image to load larger version of photo.The first SIM was held last year inside the eco reserve of the American base. Organizers said 7,000 runners joined the event. It was won by Kenyan runner Nelson Kirwa Rotich. Filipino long distance runner Eduardo “Vertek” Buenavista placed second.
This year, organizers are targeting 10,000 runners to join. SIM offers P1.6 million in total cash prizes.
