intelligent ways to improve running
(Pictures thanks to Iris Camille Mejia-Acosta and Queenie Gavan) Last Saturday I was invited by Dincee Caluag of Green Bulb PR to join the adidas' miCoach treadmill challenge, where we would run for 10minutes on the treadmill, and then the top 3 runners who could run the farthest would win the fol
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I got a little confused searching takbo.ph's racing schedule because the Mizuno Run was removed. Then I looked at facebook, it seems that they moved the race to April 2010. Now here is the official information from Mizuno (Tha dates are quite easy to remember 1.10.10, and 4.11.10). I think I'll sche
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In order to run a faster 5K someday, one of takbo.ph's speed king Ritchie Alava advised me to buy racing flats. Shoes that first came to my mind were adizero rocket, RC, PRO, and mizuno ronin and musha. These racing flats look really hot and light, but they also look like I could only wear them fo
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Last Friday while chatting on takbo.ph’s shoutbox, “Winceth” (Patrick) asked a question on how to edit the data taken from garmin. Then “Crashandburn” (Neil Barrios) informed us that we could actually open Garmin’s data from Garmin Training Center® by first exporting a run or workout an
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Have you worn-out your shoes because of the high mileage training required for the multiple marathons last October? Did they already reach the maximum recommended limit of 600kms? Have you already received your Christmas Bonus? Yes?! Then you should go to Mizuno @ Magallanes in Makati City on Dec 4-
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Dear running fans, here's an announcement from adidas, our favorite running form & fashion apparel. Too bad I wasn't able to get a discount from buying 3running shorts :-( the promo is only for the "Originals" Jackets. The jackets really look great though. "SHOP ADIDAS This holiday sea
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In the past, I really never cared what I wore when I ran, normally just use an old beat-up shirt and rip-off the sleeves. Now that the running scene in Metro Manila is full of runners and races--in all shapes, sizes, and distances, I notice that it's the newbies that mostly wear the free singlets, w
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Registering for and claiming the adidas KOTR race kits in the Megamall B Megatrade hall last week have been the worst experience I've ever had (at least in the world of running). Just asking for questions at the information booth induced one of the worst headaches. And among all the pains I've ever
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I get the impression that running shoes from Newton means breakthrough, or a new invention. When they first released their first line of racers and trainers, like the Newton Gravity, it got some brows raising because they look different by adding those lugs at the soles. Just recently, Newton re
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Mizuno's Marketing Officer, Miss Jai Cortes, offered me to review their Precision 9 model. Having used the older Precision 6 model before, I knew this was a great performance training shoe--something that's going to help me train faster and even use for racing faster marathons. First Impressions
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This is the second part of my Nike Lunar Glide Review where I will share my experience on actually using the shoes durin...
Yesterday was the worst and best race experience of my life. (Pictures courtesy of Doc Marvin, Argonaut, and Beth of tak...
Am I nuts to even attempt this? Not really. Because of the dreaded ITBS since the Milo Marathon, I haven’t been runni...
