Seven Tips On How To Run Faster
While visiting the Chatbox, runnerfish asked the question on how he can improve his speed. He has finished a 10K run already and wants to run faster and eventually hit the sub-50 mark. I started running with 10K races and for 4 years, I have never reached the sub-50...
New Balance Tech Summit – Anatomy of a Shoe
After the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon, I attended the New Balance Tech Summit. This was attended mostly by New Balance employees for sales and marketing. Of course, they need to know about their products. Being there was a wonderful learning session as I get a lot of information...
Tips When Running During Hot Weather
No doubt this month is officially summertime. Just feel the heat! And there’s no stopping the runners to stay indoors. In fact, we have a lot of races prepared for the summer or races where we prepare during summer. Unfortunately, running in heat and humidity has some risks involved...
How To Improve Your Stride Rate
Coach Frank of FrunkTraining was able to look at the data from some of my runs using Adidas miCoach. Coach Frank is one of the coaches in Bacolod. His elite students are winning several races in Negros as well as in other provinces in Visayas. We met last August during...
Beginners Guide to Running a 5K
Many runners, myself included, started running to trim down and lose weight. I just started jogging around our neighborhood. It didn’t occur to me that I will be able to finish a 5K fun run nor reach as far as 42K! You may now be thinking seriously of running...
Sticks for Good Measure: What to do when you don’t have a Garmin
I had my knees checked by a doctor and I was told I am still ok to run. I need a few sessions of therapy and I have missed some of them. Bad. Sorry Doc. I’ll be back this week. Promise. It was nice to be back on the...
How to Join a Race in 5 Steps
I see that you have the interest in joining races as you land on this page. You just don’t ready yourself and join the race on the day of the event. Road races, especially the widely-talked events, can fill up within hours of opening so be sure you plan...
Tips to Start Barefoot Running
Last week, I mentioned about the latest research on barefoot running. It showed how natural and habitual barefoot runners are able to land properly on their feet with the forefoot striking first on the ground and distributing the impact and weight of the body evenly across the feet. Heel...
Choosing a place to run
This is a guest post from Carlo aka hydraice. Carlo is an IT Consultant and has a blog called Drum and Run. As of this writing, Carlo considers himself as a newbie who has been running for less than a year. In this post, Carlo answer the newbie question: ...
Beginners Guide to Your First Race
So the hardest part is finally over, you have overcome your share of challenges in training for your first race. You have trained hard and now you feel you are ready for your first marathon run. There’s a lot to know before heading for your first road race. It...