5K and 10K Race Idols

When I look at role models whom I could ask for advice, I would often go real life runners that are a bit faster than me, whose times I could someday hope to achieve too, if I train well.  Elites (locals and Kenyans) - they're great models too but way out of my league. My real-life role models are actually some of my teammates who are my best friends. Please read and enjoy, I hope they become your jogging idols too!

Chris Iblan (Elite Jogger)-  is the #1 fastest runner in our Team Power Puff Boys. He's young, talented, motivated, and very methodical in his training methods. He's single but sorry girls, his priority right now is running - you'll need to run really fast to chase him. His 17'44" 5K PR is jogger elite level and he's still working hard to get it to 15minutes(National Class Elite Jogger). He's been running 4 or 5 years now, but he still have clear plans and goals for the next 4years of his running career. His advice to me was to perform 200meter repeats - this is how to achieve high top end speed. Once the body adapts to this, the discomfort of running 5K's would be tolerable. My #1 idol, I wanna be like him. For me, it's a compliment to hear people say I look like his twin brother - a slower twin brother but OK :-)

idol Chris Iblan is faster than that Audi car

AJ Bergonio (Amazing Jogger) - is a newcomer to our team, but I think he's one of the most talented and most motivated. He's still 20years old, he still has a lot of miles to run, but he's already very fast with a 5K PR of 18'50". His body is the stereotypical elite runner. He reminds me of a greyhound race dog. Thin, gaunt, lean, muscular, huge lungs, and very fast! I see him as Team Power Puff Boy's hope to qualify in the 2016 RIO Olympics (no, not Coach Rio's).

AJ's training method. Man, look at his awesome stride!

Joey Odhuno (Jogger Joey) - Joey is a Filipino who looks like a Kenyan Jogger (Shhh... that's what we tell our race organizers). Humble, Kind and soft spoken person, he knows how to speak Kenyan. He know how to crack jokes too, and he's one of the pioneers of "jogging" in our team. He's very methodical in his training, and has a built-in pace monitoring GPS inside his brain. Sometimes I even calibrate my Garmin with Joe's GPS.  His training secret? The runnersworld.com's smart coach! He's my idol for the 10K race because he used to be a slower 42+minute 10K jogger, and then trained well for months and accomplished a sub 42minute 10K.  Check his blog here http://teampowerpuffboys.com/2011/08/21/my-rununited2-sub-42min10k-race/. What's impressive is his continuous improvement and eventually he accomplished the coveted sub40minute 10K in the Milo Finals, finishing 39'55". Told ya he's really accurate with his pace. He's still drafting his 10K blog entry, I will give more updates on him later.

Other Celebrity Idols:
Bearwin Meily - 45'38"
Drew Arellano - 47'19"
Piolo Pascual - 47'45"