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Botak Postponed to Aug. 23

Botak has announced that it will only hold the BOTAK Paa-tibayan Takbo 100KM Ultra-Marathon Race this Sunday.  All other race distances—the street mile challenge, 5 miler, and 10 miler—-has been postponed to August 23, 2009.

Official memo from Botak: 

The Ultra-Marathon Races – 100K and 50K solo shall proceed this coming weekend but due to the pressure from our school participants we are re-scheduling the date for our Street Mile, 10 and 5 Miler Race this coming June 28, 2009 to Aug. 23, 2009 in the UP Campus Diliman.

We had received a number of requests from our school participants who had been affected by the recent virus scare also. BOTAK has been tapping grass roots participants (kids and students from various schools, public and private) to participate however a lot of schools had been closed or either cancelled. The bulk of our registrants came from the corporate and schools category.

With all this we had painstakingly considered a changed of schedule.

 

 

 

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7 Responses to “Botak Postponed to Aug. 23”

  1. That’s kind of flimsy is it not. If the students are ill then they should not run. But do they also mean the students who are not ill cannot run during school holidays?

    It’s probably all for the best though. The sponsors should concentrate on one event and prove that their recent mistakes are one-off teething problems. Once they prove themselves capable then they can go for multiple events in one go.

    miraclecello said on Jun 24 09 at 2:12 PM Reply

  2. Well Jaymie, at least Gig o Dua na lang pagpipilian mo.

    Nelson said on Jun 25 09 at 6:32 AM Reply

  3. Runner’s conundrum!

    I’m not sure if I coursed this through the right means but I just would like to express my feelings about the race/run organizations in our country. I’m a newbie in the sport but I feel that there is a lack of professionalism amongst some of the organizers.

    They would say the run will start at a certain time and would eventually end up starting an hour later. They would say that there would be an aid station every kilometer or mile or so, but not!

    Are we just plagued by some inherent Filipino trait such as ningas kogon? I don’t think lack of resources is a good excuse…

    As runners, I feel that we are bound by the clock, distance, challenge or at the very least the exactness of a challenge.

    This is not a cry out to the runners to be prepared but to the organizers who bring false hopes. I beg you, please stick to your word. We are one community, one effort or one drive – to better ourselves. Don’t excuse lack of resources as an excuse.

    As a community, can we break tradition and better ourselves?

    Paa-moyan said on Jun 28 09 at 11:09 AM Reply

  4. Paa-moyan…

    I think BOTAK delivered on the 100KM Race. If only you had seen the mobile blockade that they gave to the runners during that night… it was momentous and very awe inspiring.

    3 Marshals for every participant. There was a bike marshal, Mobile police escort and a scooter marshal for one participant. They blocked out the commonwealth highway…

    I think that is not an easy task to do especially in organizing a race. 100KM is not an easy feat… the permits that the organizers need to get the support from the govt and their own.

    The race last sunday was one for the books. Kudos to the BOTAK new organizers!

    Ultra-runner said on Jun 30 09 at 12:09 PM Reply

  5. I have witnessed the BOTAK Paatibayan 100K race and all i can say is kudos to the organizers and the runners.

    At the carbo loading night, I was just amazed to see all our great runners in one room. Everyone was just attentive to the instructions given to them and not a single primadona (person who worries about everything under the sun and drags everyone with him). They all came prepared to race, i would haver been worried about water station, signages- but these are different breed of runners.

    Hours prior to the race, you’ll see runners gathering, getting ready for the race. You’ll see escorts getting instructions from organizers. Everything was well syncronized.

    In the end I realized a great event is a partneship or the runners and the event organizers.

    To see a 100K event go smoothly, is no easy task and this is one race we can be proud of.

    I’ll be expecting bigger and better races from our organizers.

    Again, Kudos to 100K

    Jay Em said on Jun 30 09 at 6:31 PM Reply

  6. Finished it in 16 hours and 45 minutes then made it to work an hour before log in.

    Second ultra ko in less than 3 months.

    Looking forward to next years BDM!

    “It keeps you running, yeah it keeps you running! It keeps you running!” from the Doobie Brothers

    rock and run 12 said on Jun 30 09 at 8:36 PM Reply

  7. astig… kahit expectator lang ako, hinintay ko hanggang 3am na dumaan sa harap ng building sa Fairview yung runners para lang makapag-cheer.

    Kahit sa Milo di pa ako nakakita ng lahat ng runner me marshal/escort.

    Sarap tuloy mag-cheer! Next sa August 23, asahan nasa finish line na ako para mag-cheer at photo-ops.

    vayne said on Jul 03 09 at 10:53 PM Reply

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