Comments on: Botak Paa-Tibayan 42k Race Report

By: napardas

napardas — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:28:48 +0000

i think the race organizer and race director of that botak race are knowleadgeable and expert and that kind of activities, but unfurtunately there are some people na they would like to destroy the race, but the person involved in that race want to have a perfect race, in my point of view there is no such perfect, all of us makes a mistakes and that we learned from our mistakes.

By: runnning man

runnning man — Sun, 17 May 2009 09:23:16 +0000

yeah, the race did start late at around 6am together with the others. im very disappointed with the organization. compared to the condura which did an excellent job promoting and handling the race itself.

im actually surprised Botak would even organize a 100km run when they even couldnt handle organizing a 5-10-21km run the first time. lack of cups, good thing there was gatorade headed back to the fort and i love the fire-struck on the fly-over kalayaan.

anyways, a word of advise to botak. get organized!!!

By: raymundcanta

raymundcanta — Sun, 17 May 2009 07:18:22 +0000

yup…i have the same sentiments with the other runners…

i ran the 10k…

they only have markers for the 42k i guess…wala para sa other distances…clueless tuloy kung ilang km na ung natatakbo…

then, after the 5k stretch siguro un….they do not have water na….sun is starting to come out na nun

they started late na din about 6am….sana mas earlier like sa greenfield or southern race..

the loopcord handed by the marshalls, nakakalat na lang sa street specially the one near market market na (corner of serendra)…runners have to pick it up na lang..

tama ba un?

By: Deo P.

Deo P. — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:21:46 +0000

Hi TBR,

Just like to add some more not so nice observations re: Botak 42K. I ran the 21K and here are what I believe they need to improve on:

1. Safety of the runners. I almost got sideswiped by a passenger jeepney along Kalayaan near Burgos in Makati;
2. “Knowledgable” marshalls. Having marshalls is good, but these guys not having an idea about the route makes them useless;
3. More cups on water stations. Its hard to hydrate by scooping water into your mouth.

I hope they read the blogs of those who ran the 21K and 42K so they’d have 1st hand info on what we experienced.

Thanks and give my regards to Miguel.

Deo Patalinghog

By: thebullrunner

thebullrunner — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:56:29 +0000

Hi sudipto, it probably went straight to the spam box which was cleaned up. Kindly resend

By: Sudipto Mukherjee

Sudipto Mukherjee — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:25:24 +0000

What reply can I leave? sent a long (negative) feedback on the 21K but it probably got moderated out, I suppose deemed unfit for this site.

By: Toti

Toti — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:46:57 +0000

HI, Botak Paa-Tibayan was my 3rd 5k run. I’ve been wanting to know the official results to know if I’ve improved as compared to my past two runs. Any idea where we can check on this?

By: D

Tue, 12 May 2009 12:11:58 +0000

I also ran the 10. they probably couldn’t replenish on time

By: Paolo D. Manuel

Paolo D. Manuel — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:58:57 +0000

Balde = Super Laughing Out Loud!

I was late during the race and asked the half hearted marshalls what turn to take from the first corner.

Marshall in the Dialect: “Hanapin nyo lng yung marameng tao”

Me: “Excellent…”

By: jj

jj — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:05:20 +0000

some thoughts about the 42k botak,

matindi, worst 42k experience, to think that it was the 1st 42k for 2009 (phils). sabi pa ng speaker before the race “wag magalala every 2k may water at gatorade. may marshalls din along the way… ” palakpakan naman kami… walanjo, hanggang 8k lang pala ung promise n un…
may 1 pa marshall ako pinagtanungan “sir, saan ako? 42k, kaliwa kanan direcho?” marshal: (nagulat) ahhh… “kaliwa ata sir.” buti may dumating na iba runner na mukhang mga lokal na taga maynila. ayun dumirecho, sumunod na lang ako! ang mga marshall hindi alam kung saan ang ruta, mukha pinasuot lang ng tshirt at binigyan ng meryenda na nakapack sa styro… ayun marshall na!
wala man lang support for 42k’ers kahit itlog o skyflakes man lang.. matindi ang pagkabarat ng organizer nito. ang gatorade baso, ang laman tubig galing sa tanke ng trak ng maynilad ata un… kapag iinom ka pa sa iba station, wala n baso at wala na din tao.. sasahod ka na lang sa trak para makainom at mabasa man lang ulo!
sa may flyover going back to fort area may hinimatay na marshall sa init. kahit marshall nila wala mainom na tubig..
pag dating mo naman finish ang finisher gift mo… matindi din. 1 gatorade! hehehe!
pag nagpatakbo ulit ang botak… bumotak na tayo.. bo-tak palayo sa mga organizer! not worth it (effort, time, wag na consider race fee)
on the good side. basta nakatakbo. yun naman gusto natin e tumakbo. basta nakatakbo, masaya na tayo!!!
jj “TBR(thebeerrunner)” hehehe