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Confirmed: Phil. Marathon on Feb 2009

It’s confirmed. The Philippine Marathon—initially cancelled—will be pushing through on February 22, 2009 thanks to the support of the ABS-CBN Foundation.  

With that news confirmed by race organizer Gay Maddela and announced by Patrick C. via SMS yesterday, there were a lot of runners sporting wide grins and walking on cloud nine rejoicing over the fact that all the past months’ training had not gone for naught; there’s a confirmed marathon for February!  Woohoo!

As for Clark Marathon, I shall wait for news of this race, which is also scheduled for February 2009, and post it here once I find out.  (I separated List of Races 2008 and List of Races 2009 already.  See sidebar on the right.)

For now, I will keep myself busy happily training for my first full marathon in February 2009—whatever it may be.

Posted on 11.26.08 to 03 Race Announcements. Tags: , , . Subscribe to follow comments on this post. 10 comments. Add your thoughts or trackback from your own site.

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10 Responses to “Confirmed: Phil. Marathon on Feb 2009”

  1. Ayos yan, tuluy-tuloy lang training para masarap kumain sa holidays :)

    Good Luck sa 42K ha. From the looks of it, everything appears to be on schedule.

    Ate Virgs

    levyang said on Nov 26 08 at 10:17 AM Reply

  2. Jaymie, that’s really good news. The runners deserve a marathon and a top-notch one at that. I’m sure that ABS-CBN will do a great job with the organization.

    Good luck with the training. Mine starts next Monday for next May’s Los Angeles Marathon.

    sfrunner said on Nov 26 08 at 11:10 AM Reply

  3. Full blast na ang bull runner! Good luck in your training Jaymie. Just don’t forget:injury-free pa rin ang priority okay?

    I’m happy to tell you that I registered for my first 10k race at the PSE Bull Run on Jan. 18, 2009. I wish you’ll be there too. Well, you should! This race is named after you!

    Nora, the golden girl said on Nov 26 08 at 1:35 PM Reply

  4. Great! Now there’s something to look forward to 2009. I can go for a repeat. Happy training, happy holidays.

    run unltd. said on Nov 26 08 at 3:35 PM Reply

  5. muy bien!

    not that i’m worthy enough, but is this the aims certified boston marathon qualifier?

    from what i gathered from bostonmarathon.org, there are only two, gay maddela’s international philippine marathon and sam tucay’s subic international marathon.

    mikey said on Nov 26 08 at 9:16 PM Reply

  6. As a faithful runner, I am really happy to hear that Philippines will have its marathon next year, I am sure I will try one there too but I will have to finish those in NYC and Berlin first…then…Greece…Hawaii…SF…can’t wait!

    Though I think it will be a huge challenge for lots of runners to have it in the Phil due to its lovely hot temperature (luckily there are not much elevations) but I am sure many of you would be able to overcome with couple gallons of water with you while running means lots of preparations! Good luck, Jaymie, please don’t forget to consume tons of carbs for energy and bananas for potassium which help with cramping which will happen alot during the race. Also, Watch out for places which may occur blisters and try to prevent that beforehand coz they can be extremely annoying added to the pains from the cramps and mucles!!

    Good luck to all my fellow pinoy runner friends there and have fun running! Remember, the moment when you are at the finish line while holding your medal, the feeling is priceless :)

    Edgar from Chicago

    5k/25’48″
    10k/52’45″
    10miles/45’25″
    13miles/1’56″25
    26.2miles/4’45″37

    oh..Happy Thanksgiving to all!

    Edgar said on Nov 28 08 at 1:06 AM Reply

  7. Sakto, Feb din balak ko mag-full 42k. Pero you’re right, mas maganda na sa flat ang unang 42k!

    marga said on Nov 28 08 at 10:10 AM Reply

  8. Your very welcome.
    I am planning to this race again if not as part of their stirring committee of which I was invited to be one.
    Thank you again

    runningshield - patrick concepcion said on Nov 28 08 at 3:33 PM Reply

  9. Excellent news ;o). Does somebody know, if the run starts again at around 4 am? And how much there were participants last year? Thanks a lot and hope to be there.

    Ron said on Dec 01 08 at 5:34 PM Reply

  10. Hi;-)

    Would just like to know if the philippine marathon is still open for registration?
    If yes where can we register?;)
    You can contact me if ever at 0920.953.2986 or lulu_aquino@yahoo.com also.
    Thank you so much in advance.

    Phil mara has been postponed to end of the year. Please contact them regarding registration.

    Lulu said on Feb 09 09 at 3:29 PM Reply

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