Interview with Christabel Martes SEA Games Champion 2001 and 2005 Womens Marathon

2. Question 1
Ojon Artiaga –
Former PATAFA
National Middle
Distance Coach
What do you think
about to much
competition in full
marathon. Ideal is 1 x
year or more than 2
full marathons?

3. Question 2
Do you think you would have ran a
better personal best time in the
Marathon if you were given more
opportunities to compete at higher level
meets?
Considering u did have great speed
compared to any other female
philippine marathoner today in 5k and
10k including Mary joy Tabal (400 PB?)
– Enzo Williams Former PSC Research
Assistant / Co-Founder Pinoyathletics /
ATFS Statiscian / Working Towards Level
3 Athletics Australia Sprints Coach Cert

4. Question 3
You worked nearly all
your career with
Coach Mario Castro
what did you learn
most from him and
what qualities makes
him such a great
coach?

5. Question 4
How helpful do you
think training at
altitude is for long
distance athletes?

6. Question 5
Are you currently coaching anyone?
You already did some certification as a
distance coach?
Do you have plans to coach in the future?
Is your daughter interested in sport?

7. Questions from PinoyMiler
• 1. Your record in the 10,000m will turn 20 yrs old next year,
do you see any potential home grown athlete that can break
this record?
• 2. If you can still remember, can you give us an idea what
was your typical training week during the year 2001 when
you set your record?
• 3. We have so many road races here in the Philippines for the
last 10 years or so (unlike during the 90s and early 2000s,
why do you think Filipina athletes of your caliber are still
hard to come by? Specifically in the 10k event?

8. Happy Birthday to “Talking Chinoy” – Stephen
Newton Pinoyathletics co-host

9. Happy Birthday to Isidro Del Prado Jr.
2013 SEA Games 4x400 Gold Medalist, Former
UAAP 200 / 400M Champion

10. UST Sports Director Abogrado resigns amid
Sorsogon Training Bubble Controversy

11. Training Group Updates
Everyone Else is doing road hills, recovery or easy workouts.
Next Week 2 Athletes testing 1 sprinter, 1 distance runner
My own Testing for weights
Cleans 165x2 (last month 155x2) PB 200kg 2016
Power Cleans 85x2 (last month 75x3) PB 110kg 2016
Finishing Level 3 Athletics Australia Sprints and Hurdles End of October

13. QUESTION TO THE ATHLETIC COMMUNITY? YES OR NO
• If a student is recruited by a school on an athletic
scholarship. A
• And they follow the coaches program 100%.
• And in a year they do not improve or marginally improve.
• Should they be removed from their scholarship?
• Considering the student has good/passing grades

14. Kristina Knott in action 1AM PHI TIME.
• Better get out the speed goggles.
• Kristina Marie Knott will run the 100 Meter Dash on
Saturday, August 29th (US Time CDT(UTC-5) 12:00
Noon at the Blue Oval Showcase at Drake, Iowa. Which
is 1AM August 30 in the Philippines (live link below).
• Knott opened her season with 11.51 just .09 off her PB.
• Tianna T. Bartoletta the 2016 Olympic Long Jump
champion and Kayla White who both have PB's under
11 seconds will join the 4 woman race.
• Kristina is being waitlisted for the Women's 200m also
which is a strong field that features Shaunae Miller-
Uibo of the Bahamas who has run 21.98 this year.
• Information provided by Knott's coach Rohsaan Griffin.