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Running Aid at ROX

Despite the terrible weather, runners of all shapes and sizes—wannabes, newbies, recreational, serious, ultramarathoners—showed up in large numbers at ROX last night for the Running Aid Part 2 session. 

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- Neville Manaois on anything and everything a runner needs -

Neville Manaois, team principal of Pinoy Ultra Runners, gave a comprehensive talk on Running Essentials enumerating each item a runner needs—from shoes to petroleum jelly—for distance runs. Neville was very knowledgeable about the topic, not just discussing items he’d picked up from a book, but obviously drawing from his own experiences as an ultramarathoner.  

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- Dr. Paolo Punsalan on the proper form for runners -

The next speaker, Dr. Paolo Punsalan, a Pinoy Ultra runner and Orthopedic Surgeon, discussed Running Form & Technique for distance runs. I was in and out of the session but I did pick up a number of important points. He emphasized mid foot landing which is consistent with Coach Jo-Ar’s training with me. Dr. Punsalan also mentioned leaning forward, minimizing arm swing, high cadence (90 per leg per minute) and maintaining balance while running.  He even dissected the form of Haile Gebresellasie for all of us to attempt to emulate…yeah let’s keep on dreaming.

I highly recommend this talk for runners. I hope the Pinoy Ultra Runners and ROX will have another run (no pun intended) of these talks as it promotes running to non-runners and gives us runners the opportunity to improve ourselves while avoiding injury.

To all those I saw last night—Marga, Jeremy, Hector of Nike, Philip and his wife, Felipe of SOS Village, Andrew of Epic, my TI coach Nonoy B., dad and mom of CougCat, bugobugo, Mel, Irene, and Omar—it was nice seeing you. Neville, nice chatting with you again. Hope to run with you on my side of the world.

Posted on 09.12.08 to 04 Gear & Product Reviews. Tags: , , , . Subscribe to follow comments on this post. 6 comments. Add your thoughts or trackback from your own site.

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6 Responses to “Running Aid at ROX”

  1. Sayang we missed it. Swthrt and I have to go home early. Sana next time they will schedule it on a weekend. Mahirap kasi kapag may pasok.

    I’ll mention that to Neville. I’m sure other runners share your concerns. :)

    Bro J said on Sep 12 08 at 7:21 AM Reply

  2. hi tbr,
    i regret that i missed that lecture. i had to attend my daughter’s PTA meeting, eh… :-( . it is sometimes hard to squeeze my running sched being a mom.

    I know what you mean, Mae! I’ve missed a lot of runs due to mommyhood too but no worries. Family comes first. I hope you can make it to the next talks.

    mae said on Sep 12 08 at 10:10 AM Reply

  3. nice post! even the floor area on the side was occupied!

    There’s obviously a great interest in running nowadays. I hope there’ll be more talks like these to educate non-runners and runners alike.

    hector yuzon said on Sep 12 08 at 10:38 AM Reply

  4. Thanks Jaymie for being there, I personally appreciate your presence and it was really nice seeing you again. Thank you also for posting our Running Aid and hope to see you at Running Aid 3 and 4. By the way Hector and I are planning to drop by on your side of the world to do some running with you. Good luck with your Triathlon. hehehe

    Neville, thanks for giving the talk and sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to running with you!

    neville said on Sep 12 08 at 6:54 PM Reply

  5. Hi TBR,
    :P I knew I made a moment when I just blurted out of nowhere.. Hope you guys didn’t mind. hehe Anyway, thanks and nice to meet you (and all of the running peeps)

    Nice meeting the following: Peeps from Happy Feet (marga, jeremy). Peeps from the past (Philip Dumpit! What a reunion! He was actually my shepherd in our LSS retreat 5-6 years ago!), Ms. Fritzie (My boss at Office of the Career Services when I was still an undergrad stud from LS).

    Thanks to Doc Paulo, for the consultation on my aching feet. :)

    Again, nice to meet all of you.

    Omar Cruz said on Sep 13 08 at 2:13 PM Reply

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