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i spent the better part of the last two weekends in talipanan in puerto galera where AMCI had its anniversary weekend. my first trip was a recon mission to lay down the plans for two days filled with all the things the members of the club might expect from a party: a lot of food, a lot of alcohol, a lot of singing, and a whole lot of things to do. ( Read more... )

it was evidently the result of some drunken challenge. the lights were down low at tiananmen in makati avenue early last november, and we were surrounded by pillows and buckets of beer when janice asked me to fork over 2,000 pesos to be registered for the extri, an off-road triathlon held annually at la luz resort in laiya, san juan, batangas. i ( Read more... )

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here's a hint, by way of a comic.

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my role in the 2008 white rock triathlon held just over the weekend was ambiguous. i straddled the not-so-fine line between spectator and supporter. unlike the subic triathlon in early august where i actually was able to be of real assistance to my friends, the rules of the WRT are different: the athletes cannot benefit from any form of external ( Read more... )

the other day, roy asked me to join him for a recon of the course for the white rock long distance triathlon slated for october 4. he texted to meet at 4am on saturday outside his shop along buendia, although he actually offered to pick me up outside my condo since it's along the way. i asked him again about the assembly time and he again said 4am ( Read more... )

not until i watched my first olympic-distance triathlon last saturday was i able to disabuse myself of these ideas -- or fantasies, if you will -- that triathletes must be gods and goddesses among men and women. i've always thought that they must be the most physically fit athletes across all disciplines, so much so that i've boxed them into ( Read more... )