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Tikalon

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - May 1, 2007 - 12:00am

With the elections approaching fever pitch, I just can''t help being amused with some politician''s antics. While the Ilonggos are trying to dispel the "Tikalon" (hambugero) tag, here comes my dad''s good...

Smokin'' Romy

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - April 24, 2007 - 12:00am

Dr. Romy Letigio of the Cebu Executive Runners Club came out smokin'' the other day at the Cebu City Sports Center track oval. No, Romy wasn''t in the boxing ring nor smoking cigarettes, in fact it was...

Cars

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - April 10, 2007 - 12:00am

I was never fascinated with fast cars but all that changed when I started to work here in Cebu after graduation. Growing up in Bacolod where life was good until the sugar crisis of the Eighties, I was surrounded...

Sports standstill

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - April 3, 2007 - 12:00am

All of a sudden it's Holy Week once again. It's that time when we reflect on the passion of Christ. It's also the time when almost all activities are in a standstill, sports included. Actually, it's heaven...

American dream

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - March 6, 2007 - 12:00am

What an irony being relegated to the background in a sport you popularized. I'm referring to the Boston Marathon which will enter its 111th edition next month. Since 1985 no American has won Boston of course...

We did it!

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - February 22, 2007 - 12:00am

It took some time to do it, 17 years to be exact but only one thing matters, we did it! When current Cebu Executive Runners Club president Roel Militar and several members of the club hatched the idea of...

Date with history

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - February 13, 2007 - 12:00am

Cebu will be bracing for its date with history when the Cebu Sinulog Marathon finally gets under way on February 18, at the Fort San Pedro Plaza Independencia. Every body's excited. Well it's been 17 long...

Sinulog marathon

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - January 23, 2007 - 12:00am

There's no stopping Cebu's date with history when it embarks on its first full marathon after 17 long years. Yes folks, it's all systems go for the Cebu Sinulog Marathon that unfolds on Feb.18 in front of...

Midnight Express

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - January 9, 2007 - 12:00am

The sixth edition of the Cebu Midnight 5K Run finally took off midnight of Sunday at the City Sports Club Cebu after being postponed to accommodate another race that never happened. Scheduled every second...

Kings of the road

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - December 19, 2006 - 12:00am

After capturing the crown in the other Sunday's 30th Milo Marathon Finals in Manila, Julius Sermona of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental proved once more that the road belongs to the Ilonggo runners. Of course...

Midnight Run moved

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - December 5, 2006 - 12:00am

"Para sa Bayan" is probably one of the most worn-out phrase we hear when we sort of sacrifice something for the country. So just when the 6th CEBU MIDNIGHT 5K RUN was all set to fire off at the City Sports...

Overtraining

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - November 28, 2006 - 12:00am

After those tips on finishing your first marathon, here are more advices on how to prevent injuries and get to the starting line. As I said in my previous columns, you need at least six months to train for...

The Sixth Midnight Run

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - November 22, 2006 - 12:00am

The much-awaited Cebu Midnight 5K Run will again be staged on Dec. 17 in front of the City Sports Club Cebu in the Cebu Business Park. As early as last month, City Sports Club Cebu sports manager Rey Fuentes...

The Sixth Midnight Run

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - November 22, 2006 - 12:00am

Your first marathon

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - October 17, 2006 - 12:00am

Every runner's dream is to finish a marathon. Thus, there's something lacking if you don't finish one. In response to the clamor of several runners who will be joining the Cebu Sinulog Marathon early next...

Mecca of football

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - October 10, 2006 - 12:00am

As promised I wanted to write tips on how to finish a full 42K marathon but I was intrigued by an article on Cebu footbal. No doubt about it football is on the rise in Cebu but the question is how long will...

Run for Mama Mary

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - October 3, 2006 - 12:00am

All is set for the Archdiocesan Shrine of our Lady of Lourdes 5K Run that fires off on October 29 in front of Lourdes Parish Church in Punta Princesa. The race is being organized to drum beat the start of the Jubilee...

King of the Road

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - September 26, 2006 - 12:00am

Touch down in Manila the other Saturday to catch the Adidas King of the Road 10K run at the Mall of Asia. Actually the run was only secondary. The real reason why we were in the Big City was our date at the US Embassy...

Deadlier than smoking

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - September 12, 2006 - 12:00am

During my odyssey to Hong Kong in the past several years, I've come to conclude that the Honkies do not have time for anything except business. Although the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon attracted over 40,000...

Guimaras

by SPORTS EYE By Raffy T. Uytiepo - September 5, 2006 - 12:00am

After the record-breaking Milo Marathon Cebu Elimination, one-legged triathlete Rudy Fernandez and I were in the MV Malaysia of Trans Asia en route to Iloilo City. Part of my mission besides bringing Rudy back to...

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