intelligent ways to improve running
Sorry again for not posting new materials on this blog lately not because I haven't been running, on the contrary, I've been logging the longest runs of my running life. I haven't been joining races lately because I hate joining them if I know I only have minimal improvement from my previous PR, so
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About 3months ago, when I was about to finish a 20mile long run, I had to stop at 18miles feeling exhausted. Really exhausted. When I removed my sunglasses, I realized it was really hot at 9AM, and I could no longer run any faster than my planned 9mins/mile pace. It really sucks not to finish a long
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The past 3weeks when I tried to run my 20milers, I fell short by a couple of miles. OK, it was more like 4miles. Right after 10miles, running felt harder and no longer enjoyable. It felt different from hitting the wall like I did last year. I couldn't really explain it, I thought I was over-traini
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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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Dearest Runners, here's an announcement from adidas: adidas offers free running clinics, conducted by Ani de Leon Renowned tri athlete and coach Ani De Leon will offer free running clinics in preparation for the 2009 adidas King of the Road on October 25 at the Fort Bonifacio Global City. Re
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Running involves a combination of aerobic (oxygen-powered) and anaerobic (absence of oxygen) activities. Our running muscles have two types of fibers, the “Slow-Twitch” and the “Fast-Twitch”, which are randomly mixed depending on our genes. Fast-Twitch muscles are generally more powerful (a
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Introduction This post is my training advice to aspiring new and old marathoners who would like to run a sub-4 hour marathon. I've done a 3:57 Marathon in just a little over a month ago, so while good and bad moments of the training and the race are still fresh in my memory, I should share my exper
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I thought that with more experience comes more wisdom. So far, I have been running for 1year and 9months and have been confident as a runner. But today I felt a little uncomfortable reading the latest edition of Runner's World Magazine September 2009, about "The Rules" in page 55. It talks about t
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Last week I thought I had experienced the "second wind" and I couldn't believe I've run a 20miler at a pace of 9:08/mile or 5:40/km, my target pace for the marathon. The "second wind" is an overused word in the world of sports with its mysticism due to its rarity. I thought if I could repeat another
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Sorry for not updating my blogs lately, I've been a very busy at work and training for the Marathon. Well also sometimes it's hard to blog a run when making one actually takes a longer time than doing the real running. However there have been a lot of stories I wanna to tell and ideas/experience I w
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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...
