Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve at least heard of “Runner’s World” now available in our country. I got a copy delivered to my office days ago and while browsing some pages, I noticed that there are topics there I could use to achieve my dream sub 4h for marathon. One particular post there is about achieving fast results by training like experts, where you can be ready year-round for any race in just 4 weeks. I’m not going to give you any details but it sure gonna  help you improve your performance.

Fellow BDM classmate Sherwin Botabora also has a little section in this magazine where he shares how he spends six hours training on the ship’s treadmill (!!!!!)  for the ultramarathon. I could only last 30 minutes on treadmill,  beyond that I’ll go nuts. He must be one of those runners with extra patience, focus and determination.

Go get yourself a copy and I hope you’ll enjoy every pages of it.

from Runner’s World Press Release

Runner’s World comes to the Philippines

For runners, running is not just a hobby—it’s a lifestyle. More attitude than action, running is about being alive and well. As more and more Filipinos get into the habit of running, Summit Media brings to Philippine shores the leading voice of running worldwide—Runner’s World. Read the rest of this entry »

Back when I was a struggling 5 km runner (sorry Brian, really have to borrow this line hehehehe)….

I was stucked in 183lbs body made of flesh and bone.

I was a clueless runner then. I have no watch to time myself, was using wrong shoes, wrong apparel and wrong source of electrolyte for my runs. I was using those “colored beans”. And it left a nasty color on my tongue.
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Last year, I never joined any trail run. Why? I just believe a trail run is for tough people with tough legs with an even tougher shoes. I’m not a tough person with tough legs, but now I have a trail shoes called Mizuno Ascend and hopefully use it for this Mizuno sponsored trail run. As I just recovered from an injury, I believe trail running is a lot easier on my legs. Running on the road subjects you to continuous jarring that often results in constant re-occuring injuries. The trail is a much softer, more runner-friendly surface that will actually do a better job of strengthening your core muscle groups and making you a stronger runner in the long term. Additionally, I’m sick and tired of usual race roads in Manila, hopefully this will eliminate the monotony of running the same road routes all the time and makes it easier to motivate myself to get out. In such a soothing environment such as this one, your mind can wander; contemplate the meaning of life (!!!!!) or just enjoy the solitude. Running should be fun and enjoyable rather than an obligation.
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Please go to Globe Run For Home 2010 website to see the result.

The Kenyans ruled 21km and 15km races (male).  I understand they’re robbing off potential income for some of our elite athletes but I guess they also help in such a way they “level-up” our own athletes abilities. I just hope that in the future, these Kenyans be allowed to run in “International” races only (e.g SIM, PIM, Condura etc).

I ran in the Globe Run For Home race yesterday. I was not suppose to join this race at all, hence the race bib I got was not registered under my name. I plan to make this my comeback race, with the real intention of beating my previous 21km PR of 1.56 from Phil Star Celebrity Run. I must admit I felt confident on this race, I did some serious speed session 1 week after my 102km BDM race.  Yes folks, one week after running an ultramarathon I was already hitting the oval at 5am doing my intervals. To make matters worst, I did some speed runs in a treadmill a few hours before this race for that MiCoach device.  Think about careless. I didn’t win, but got that signature glow in the dark yellow Adidas singlet  for free

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