Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Fall

Posted on May 31, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Last November 2009, I started this blog with the intention of promoting middle distance track running among Filipinos.  But after a while, I just realized, that the whole sports of Athletics needs a lot of help in terms of marketing. … Continue reading →

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Philippine Athletics Championships – Results & Recap

Posted on May 26, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Day 1 Highlights: Patrick Ma. Unso won the 110m High Hurdles with a blistering  run of 14.76 clocking, narrowly missing by 0.1 of a second, his one month old national junior record set at the Palarong Pambansa last April.; Mervin … Continue reading →

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2010 National Open Day 3 pictures

Posted on May 24, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Below are the pictures that I’ve taken during Day 3 of the Philippine Athletics Championships.  I will edit the captions within the week as some are tagged with the wrong divisions.

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2010 National Open Day 2 pictures

Posted on May 22, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Below are the pictures that I’ve taken during Day 2 of the 2010 National Athletics Championships being held at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex:

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2010 National Open Day 1 pictures

Posted on May 21, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Below are the pictures that I have taken during The Open’s Day 1’s morning session.  I will put the details tomorrow as soon as I get a copy of the official results. Stay tuned!

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Korean HS girl runs 15:38 in 5k

Posted on May 19, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Yeum Go-eun, a 15 year old High School freshman in Korea just recently run a 15:38 over the 5,000m which broke not just South Korea’s junior record, but the senior record as well by 3.07 seconds. The young teenage girl … Continue reading →

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Philippine Records for Athletics – Seniors

Posted on May 19, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Two days left before the start of the Philippine National Open for Track and Field which will be held at the Rizal Memorial Oval.  A lot of people are asking what records are in danger of falling during the 3 … Continue reading →

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2009 Unigames Athletics Results

Posted on May 17, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

Below are the results of the 14th Philippine University Games held last October 21-23, 2009 at the Central Philippines University at Iloilo City.  Long overdue, but better late than never: UNIGAMES ATHLETICS OFFICIAL RESULTS

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Progression of African Dominance

Posted on May 15, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

This article is the first of a 15 part series which will talk about distance running’s interesting history. 40 years ago in 1970, the world record holder for the 800m was a New Zealander (Peter Snell), the 1500m and the … Continue reading →

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All Time Lists for 10,000m

Posted on May 6, 2010 by pinoyhalfmiler

American Chris Solinsky just recently broke the 27 minute barrier for the 10,000m on the track.  He was the first non-African born runner to do so.  So how will he fare if we rank his 26:59.60 mark in the All … Continue reading →

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