July 2008 Archive
- Wake Up, Sleepyhead
I set my alarm for 5:00 this morning with the intention of running for 45 minutes on my treadmill for the scheduled V-Run today. I was to run a bit earlier than my virtual friends hoping to run my last kilometer with them as they started at 6:00 a.m. Manila time. (Mommy duties beckon for [...]
- Virtual Training Run No. 6
It’s back. The Virtual Training Run that a few of us crazies so happily took part in last year. (Search for “Virtual Run” in my archives if you want to read V-Runs 1 through 5). Now, the headmaster of our V-runs, E-rod, is back from hibernation and is raring to go again. This is [...]
- The Tough TNF
For weeks, I was mourning the loss of the opportunity to join The North Face 100. In fact, as I’ve said, I ran the Robinson’s Buddy Wellness thinking of how much fun all the other runners were having at TNF in Batangas. Little did I know that I should’ve been glad I didn’t join (only [...]
- Robinson’s Buddy Wellness Run
We almost didn’t show up for this one. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. to the sound of rain outside so I immediately consulted my team mate a.k.a. The Hubby who was quite conveniently half awake on the other side of my bed. ”Do we go?” (Yawn) I wasn’t particularly excited about this race as, [...]
- The North Face 100 Update
I texted Neville Manaois of Pinoy Ultra Runners last night wishing him a great run for tomorrow’s TNF (which I am still moping over since I forbade myself from joining due to the risk of re-injury). He replied from Batangas with this SMS: “Raining hard here. River rising daw. Winds picking up. And temperature dropping. [...]
- Salad for the Stomach (and the Soul)
In an effort to banish the blues this week (caused by tactless people, mischievous househelp, chaotic schedule, etc.), I decided to put on my frilly, pink TBR apron—the one I own only in my delusional Martha Stewartesque world—and whip up a Salad Nicoise for dinner last night. You must know that this was a special [...]
- Nike+ Virtual Race
First the BAD NEWS: Manila wasn’t chosen as one of the 25 cities where the Nike Human Race would be held. The lucky 25 are: Austin Bogotá Buenos Aires Caracas Chicago Istanbul London Los Angeles Lima Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Munich New York Paris Quito Rome São Paulo Seoul Shanghai Singapore Taipei Tokyo Warsaw Vancouver But, [...]
- My First Brick
Bricks, in the triathlon world, is defined as training in two disciplines during one workout: bike/run, swim/bike, or run/bike. Most triathletes practice bike/run as their brick workout with minimal interruption in between as if they were in a real race. It was Sen. Pia Cayetano who first introduced me to bricks when I interviewed her for [...]
- Nike Human Race, Anyone?
On August 31, 2008, Nike will be conducting The Human Race, a 10k run to be done simultaneously in 25 cities around the the world. Here in the Philippines though it seems as if they’re still gathering a list of interested participants before they organize the Manila leg. (What for?! Singapore is all set to [...]
- One La Salle, One Wet & Wild Race
Despite the gloomy weather, over 5,000 runners showed up for the One La Salle run at The Fort yesterday. As I viewed the sea of green before me, I wondered if I had registered for a race or unwittingly signed up for one big La Salle family day. – A sea of green – - [...]
