Project Z Running

veni, vidi, vici: GAB THE CONQUEROR! 🇮🇹

CONGRATULATIONS to Project Z athlete Gab for finishing the HYROX Rome Open Singles Season 2026/2027!

One race finished. More to conquer.

ICYMI: TCS Sydney Marathon 2027 ballot is now open!

Your journey starts now. The 2027 TCS Sydney Marathon presented by ASICS ballot is official open.
https://raceroster.com/events/2027/139230/2027-tcs-sydney-marathon-presented-by-asics

Australia’s largest marathon brings participants from around the world together for an event experience like no other.
The marathon is one moment. Sydney is the experience.
From your first morning in this incredible city to crossing the finish line beneath the sails of the Sydney Opera House, every part of the journey becomes part of your story.
Come for the marathon. Stay for everything that makes Sydney unforgettable.

📍 Sydney, Australia
🗓️ Event Date: Sunday, 29 August 2027
🗓️ Ballot Closes: Tuesday, 19 October 2026 at 10:00 AM AEDT

PLEASE NOTE:
This is not a first-come, first-served system - every application is equally considered in a random draw. We encourage applicants to be patient, understand the key dates and reach out only if you have not heard anything after 6 November 2026.
Duo teams and non-elite racing wheelchairs have a separate application process and should not register via the ballot.

RESULTS:
Applicants will be notified of their result, and bank cards will be charged if successful, on 3 November 2026 with a confirmation email to follow. Please ensure the email address entered is correct. Sometimes emails land in your junk or spam folder; be sure to check there first before reaching out.
To ensure fairness and consistency, no correspondence will be provided regarding the status of your ballot application from the moment the ballot opens until applicants have been notified of their result. The outcome of the ballot draw is final. Please check out our FAQs for any questions.

SUNNIES SIDE UP! ☀️

Best of legs to all PZ athlete Caleb as he runs the route of Sunnies Run 2026! Good luck and have fun!

THE LONG ROAD TO TAGAYTAY.

Best of legs to all PZ athlete Joseph as he takes the uphill route of Luneta to Tagaytay Ultramarathon 2026! Good luck and have fun!

Bulalo pagkatapos? 😆

LIMAYKING IT HAPPEN. 👊

Best of legs to all PZ athletes as they run the route of HTB - Limay on September 26, 2026! Good luck and have fun!

kelan ba next? 😅

A failed race attempt can feel a lot like heartbreak, but in a different way.

When a relationship ends, you're grieving someone. When a race falls apart, you're grieving a dream you've been carrying for months.

What makes it hurt so much is how personal the investment becomes.

You don't just train for a race, you build a part of your life around it.

You wake up before sunrise while everyone else is still asleep. You run when you're tired, when it's raining, when motivation is nowhere to be found. You say no to late nights because you have a long run the next morning. You spend countless hours imagining race day, visualizing the finish line, believing that all the sacrifices will eventually lead to that one moment.

You become emotionally attached to the goal.

You start measuring time in training blocks instead of months. Every workout completed boosts your confidence. Every successful long run makes the dream feel more real. You tell yourself, "This is the race where everything comes together."

Then race day arrives.

And despite all the preparation, anything can happen.

The weather may not cooperate. Your nutrition may fail. Your legs may not respond. Your pacing may be off. Or sometimes, for reasons you can't fully explain, your body simply doesn't have the day you hoped for.

That's what makes it so heartbreaking.

It's not just a missed time goal. It's watching months of anticipation, hope, discipline, and belief fail to unfold the way you imagined. It's crossing the finish line knowing how much of yourself you poured into the process.

For days afterward, the race follows you around.

You replay every split. Every decision. Every moment where things started slipping away. You wonder what you could have done differently. You think about all the mornings, all the sacrifices, all the quiet moments when nobody was watching and you were still doing the work.

But the biggest mistake after a bad race is to simply move on and forget it.

Not because you should stay stuck in disappointment, but because every failed race leaves clues behind.

The runners who grow the most are often the ones who are willing to sit with the discomfort and learn from it. They review the race honestly. They identify what worked, what didn't, and what can be improved. They turn frustration into knowledge.

Over time, the pain begins to change.

The race that once felt like a failure becomes a lesson. The heartbreak becomes experience. And the disappointment becomes part of the story that shapes the athlete you are becoming.

Because the truth is, a bad race doesn't erase the work you put in.

The discipline, resilience, and commitment you built during those months are still yours. The finish time may not reflect them, but they exist nonetheless.

And when you stand on the next starting line, you carry more than fitness with you. You carry perspective. You carry lessons. You carry the determination that comes from having your heart broken by a goal and choosing to chase it again anyway.

That's redemption.

Not forgetting the race.

Not pretending it didn't hurt.

But using every ounce of that disappointment to become stronger for the next one.

Marathon was never the name of his training plan — it was the name of the race.

Richie came in with a half marathon already finished and a background in multisport, his most recent race a sprint triathlon — short, nothing like 42.2 sustained kilometers.

What got him across wasn't a plan branded for the distance; it was eleven weeks of honest aerobic base, built for the athlete he actually was.

A plan doesn't need 'marathon' in its title to prepare someone for one — it needs to start from where the athlete is actually coming from.

MIGHTY MIKE! 💪

CONGRATULATIONS to Project Z athlete, Mikel, for setting his new personal 21K record during the One Clark International Marathon 2026!

✅ 21km NEW PR: 01:42:57

Thank you for trusting the process.

Keep going! Onto the next!

SHE'S UNSTOPPABLE! 💅🏻

CONGRATULATIONS to Project Z athlete, Grace, for setting her new personal 21K record during the One Clark International Marathon 2026!

✅ 21km NEW PR: 02:21:12

Malapit na tayo sa exciting part!

Thank you for trusting the process.

Keep going! Onto the next!