theapprenticerunner

Bataan Death March Ultramarathon; commemoration of the suffering and bravery of 75,000 filipino/american POW’s.. Two different categories where organized by the Baldrunner.. BDM 102 was first stage march 2009, now with the upcoming 4th edition.. BDM 160 was for those stronger and quite bored with the latter distance.. BDM 102 is where I intend to join.. I’m waiting for october cause this is when BR will identify qualified runners.. While waiting I keep on motivating myself to continue traning through reading blogs, youtube and from running friends..

I will publish on this lonely page of my blog my training information.. hoping that somebody out of no where can get something out of this piece..

Training:

I would like to document my training progress, experience and lazy days for 102 Bataan Death March Ultramarathon 2012 edition..I plan to follow the marathon training program my cousin dowloaded from the internet, and I plan to double the intensity of the said program just to compensate the ultra distance..

Computation:

I started yesterday with a Hill training.. program indicated that I should run 4 miles on rolling terrain with 8:58 pace.. I choose Mckinley Hill for the course and as planned I double the distance, convert it to Kilometer and multiply the pace to get the estimated time for me to cover the distance: 4miles x 2 = 8miles x 1.6(convertion to KM)= 12.8km.. Run time 8 miles x 8:58 = 1:11:44(base on online time calculator).
The reason I do all this manually is simple I dont have gadget to tell me my pace, distance covered etc..

My Weapon:

I started in my usual attire white addidas running shirt and black adidas short and my asics gel kayano 16, I added my camelbak jet valve handheld bottle for hydration..

Main event: Goal Met

I went outside the main entrance of Heritage park, this is where almost all of my run starts on.. I do short jog, stretch my body and set my mind to continue(I’m really lazy at times,, I might say most of the time). I hit the road at around 7:20+pm heading directly to Mckinley Hill. I follow the Last Man Running(LMR) course added the ascent to Mckinley Hill entrance near Lawton road.. I calculated it as 3Km distance. I made 3 loops plus 4kms I think back and fort to heritage park-mackinley-heritage.. I cover the distance 1:31:15 base on my watch.I consider it as goal met because I set 30 mins as extension time above my goal time which on this run is 1:11:44..

Experience:

I feel slight pain on my left hamstring which was relieve by a pull stop and stretching.. My right knee didnt have issue during the activity and ITBS seems gone and healed completely(hope so!!!) I follow Dr. Phil Maffetones run on hot charcoal where I tried to quicken my stride and lessen the stress on my feet.. Hehe, hope this works to avoid future injury..

Nutrition/Budget:

I buy kwek2x(a quail egg covered with orange thing, a street food) for P10.00.. When I reach Mckinley entrance I stop My stop watch and buy at the 7/11 store gatorade not on bottle but on cup(the one on self serve basis)..P25.00 for 26oz. I add a bit of Mt. dew to the gatorade and pour it on my camelbak with water to make it last long( you know the reason? cost cutting…) I was back to heritage park around 8:40+pm.. I’m not really particular with the time cuase my work starts 12midnight..

whats next? hope I can avoidLazy Bug to bite me..

 
Day 2: Week 1 (goal met)

Training and Computation

10×800 repeats: 800m on 3:33 pace + 400m of slow jog for recovery.. Its supposedly 5×800 but due to same reason as above I doubled it. I do my repeats in Army grandstand and parade ground. I went there past 6:30pm. Its really hard to hit 3mins and 33 secs if you dont have the device.. First try 2:45 which really makes me grasp for air and I feel dizzy.. but determine as I am..I continue until the 800m mark. which was really a relief on my side.. I shuffle and maintain a very slow pace to compensate with the fast start..It was followed by under 3:33 splits.. I have above 3:30 mins twice. I run the last 4 rounds unshod. which was part of Dr.phil maffettone’s advice..

My Weapon

I use the same adidas running shorts, adidas climacool shoes and my mizuno technical shirt from UK(ukay-ukay)..

Nutrition and Budget

I spent P25.00 for gatorade bought on the same 7/11 store on mckinley..P35.00 for my after run meal..

next.. tempo run in Army grandstand..

August 10-11, 2011
I dont have the guts to run during this days.. My legs are sore, I believe due to not enough sleep that leads to poor muscle  recovery.. I should have covered 25.6km as for easy run and 16km as tempo run during this lazy/recovery days.. I scheduled this day as my preparation for my Long Run tommorow in bambang nueva viscaya, a total distance of 50km.. I writing this while our calls are very low..I’m excited right now, thinking of a long ride to viscaya and a long ride with my asics gel kayano 16 tommorow..

Posted in Uncategorized

I went to Healthway Clinic 4th floor Market Market in The Fort Taguig City for check-up, together with Nelson who is accompanied by her girlfriend ishel who’s chief complaint is back ache. This is my first time to have a check-up and it is for my aching knees. I have a good conversation with Dr. Bartolome, although its not expected to have a more detailed information regarding my knee problem because she is not a athletics focused doctor she really did her best to share her knowledge. For the first time I will be having a Physical therapist  put some action to my feet. A very happy feelings that after day to day hammering of my feet to the ground due to my addiction to running atleast I have find time to let my feet experience some therapy that would really help my recovery and at the same time strenghten this wheels of mine. I have scheduled 6 sessions with the kind therapist who gave me Idea on what I will be going through with the sessions. After the quick check-up and scheduling I went home and rest for 30 mins to attend the 1st annual Barefoot Running Clinic. I arrived at the venue inside ROX on the ground floor. I arrive 9 mins late to the scheduled 6pm start but due to the organizers aim to grab the opportunity to have atleast as many runners as possible attending the clinic it starts at around 7pm. While waiting for the presentors I ask the lady who handles registration of the participants if I can join the clinic even for just the lecture because I fail to register online but more than a warm yes welcome’s me it comes with a participants kit composed of singlet, reading materials, a CD and Quaker oats drinks. A quick introduction was given by organizers and off we start our lecture with Jessica Lee, she shares about why and how she get into barefoot running( with a short love story and their place of honeymoon with her husbond Michael). Presentation transitioned to the deeper study of advantages life story and present stand of Michael Sandler on barefoot running. He has a lot of experience which almost everytime works when you do presentation to much more convince audience on your cause or topic. We go out of the building to do the drills on starting running barefoot and running free. After we have a short wrap-up and Q&A back to ROX we end up the clinic with a yummy chewy something( Apology to the organizers I forget the name).

3 things I learned with in this days activity:

1. I really want to run but running is not always my option I need to listen to my body(feet) and try to balance things..

2. Make a gradual changes to things, take it easy, enjoy what your doing and enjoy life.

3. Break your habit. Do take advantage of chances that will come your way and win the game.

Posted in Uncategorized