Author: Ronald Declarador

April 5, 2009 — the day I ran 102 kilometers under the unforgiving summer sun of Bataan and Pampanga. BDM102 was the first road ultramarathon in the Philippines, a mix of midnight headlamp miles, desert-like daytime heat, and the camaraderie of the “Fiesta Boys.” We started as a pack, survived aid stations like barangay fiestas,…