2nd Karera sa Hacienda notes & photos

Just a quick post about the 2nd Karera sa Hacienda race which was held last March 22, 2009, at the Hacienda Escudero resort at Tiaong, Quezon.
The event falling on a Sunday I brought my whole family to the event. Instructions for support were given to my wife.

We met up with my fellow Backout Boys at [...]

Sunday morning rain is falling…

Article title taken from Maroon 5′s song Sunday Morning.
After the freak out #2 moment I was sitting at my PC, checking mail, checking the 4×4 Philippines and PhilMoFo forums, and thinking of going back to sleep.
My cellphone then beeps at a little past 5 A.M. It was Frank. He’s asking if I would be riding.

Well, [...]

Epic Fail!

Wallet, check.
Cellphone, check.
Bike lock, check.
IPod, earphones, check.
Energy bars, check.
Sun block, check.
Camera, check.
Gorillapod imitation tripod, check.
I’m ready to go. This is the first time again I’m going to use my hydropack, mainly because I’ve been using my Deuter Nordic Lite water bottle hip pack, plus the bite valve of my hydropack’s bladder has been leaking (after [...]

Too Quickie Sunday

Last Saturday Frank wasn’t able to join the group’s ride. This seemed odd as the whole week we have been talking via Yahoo! Messenger and he’s been excited to ride.
Nearing the end of the ride, around 10 A.M. I get a text message from him. Seems like he just woke up. He was blaming not [...]

One-oh-four-point-three-nine

Lolo Zaldy waiting for breakfast: binalot na lechon kawali
5:00 A.M., time to get up, I can’t miss this ride. One reason is I haven’t been to the Sta. Rosa trails in a while. Another reason is I haven’t really ridden the Sta. Rosa trails, I have only been to a few. But the main reason [...]

DH RACE, but not downhill…

Bladder? Bottle? Bladder? Bottle?
As I was preparing for the Hari ng Daang Hari race that was what was running through my head. The bladder would enable me to carry more water, a maximum of 2 liters, but it would also mean I would be carrying more weight with me than necessary. During my trial runs [...]

Auditions

It was supposed to be a quick weekday ride. What should have been done in a relaxed 1-hour loop took up most of the morning, with us finishing around 11:30 A.M.

I was at the meeting place, at the police outpost along Daang Hari, at 7 A.M. Jun arrived at around 8 A.M., followed shortly by [...]