Newton & Runnr Holds a Duathlon Clinic

Tuesday, 8 May 2012  |  News + Promos

Do you want to go beyond running and start biking?  This may be the perfect event for you.  One of the speakers is my tri coach, Coach Andy Leuterio, who said we’ll have a great workout that evening.  Okay, I’m in.  Who else is coming?!

Duathlon

To help enthusiasts of all levels prepare properly for duathlon races, Newton and RUNNR in partnership with Bonifacio Global City and Fitness First will conduct a “Discover Duathlon,”a run-bike clinic on May 10, 7-9 pm at the building B3 Activity Pod of Bonifacio High Street in front of RUNNR.

Breaking down the basics and the more technical aspects of the sport is Andy Leuterio, a veteran of many local and international races including the Ironman 70.3 in Las Vegas and in Camarines Sur.

The clinic will cover everything duathlon, from gear and proper workouts to tips on the course and in the transition areas. Choosing, handling and fitting of other equipment such as protective gear and bicycles will also be discussed in the clinic. Edmund Mangaser of All Terra Cyclery and Joey Ramirez of Dan’s Bike Shop will also be there as resource speakers.

The participants, which will be limited to 30 persons, also get a chance to experience scientific training with the Tri Team SB-RUNNR.

To join, visit RUNNR Bonifacio High Street from May 7 to 10 and pay the registration fee. The clinic is valued at P1,000 but registration fee is P395 only.

Registrants will receive the following:
  • Newton singlet
  • Runnr Elite Socks Single
  • snacks

For more on running and world-class running gear, visit www.runnr.com.ph, facebookcom/RUNNRPhils or newtonrunning.com or follow RUNNR on twitter.com/RUNNRStore.

Sponsors:
Event is co-presented by RUNNR & Bonifacio Global City and powered by RUNNR & Fitness First. Event is backed by Bonifacio High Street, CW-X, Smith Optics, Swimbikerun.ph, Alpha Training Systems, Yurbuds & Specialized, Xtenex & Polar Heart Rate Monitor.

And the Winner of the Grand Prize for 5 to 5/5 is…

Monday, 7 May 2012  |  News + Promos

First of all, thank you to everyone who participated in the TBR 5 to 5/5 Contest the past several days. It makes this birthday / anniversary week even more special for me by making a few of you a little bit happier. Now you winners just better make sure you use those shoes and other running items well (read: minimum of 3x a week for training sessions) or else I will take them back. (Kidding!)

Anyway, on to the finalists for the Grand Prize.  Below are the 20 entries I picked out from all the submissions.  ALL of them were touching and meaningful, but I really did have to shortlist the entries since I don’t have 186 pairs of shoes to give away.

1 – allyn: I will give it to a running teammate, doc yruma, in his 70s I think, who has done all milo marathons and a total of 80 marathons to date.

2 – Joseph C. De Jesus: I will give the 2nd shoes to my cousin friend who motivated me to run and continues to support me.

3 – Prants: I will give the 2nd shoe to my brother who always look up on me on everything I do. After I got hook up into running, he’ll do drills around our village using only his old rubber shoe since high school just to keep the pace and his condition with me. Since currently unemployed, he can’t buy one on his own.

4 – Jhudann: I would give the second shoe to my grandmother she recently joined hyundai run and she did 5k in 1 hour at the age of 75. We saw a positive result of running to her health that’s why we encourage her to run every morning.

5 – charles: Who would you give the 2nd shoe to and why? I would give it to my 52yrs old running mate who is using a shoes he purchased from an ukay-ukay store. I know this will be a big help to him to reduce all the pain he is experiencing during our run using his old shoes and makes running more fun to him…

6 – Julio Judilla Jr: Who would you give the 2nd shoe to and why? I will igive it to one of my running mate in ANR Moa, to Mr. Pepper Rosales because at first he run bare foot All i know he likes to run without a shoes but the real reason he has no money to buy a running shoes that’s why he run barefoot.

7 – russell: I will give the 2nd shoes to my dad because I love him to see running again. Despite that I didn’t showed much of my concern from his diabetic condition, this shoe (if I win) will be a motivational factor to get him back to shape at least alleviates his worsening condition and hoping for a good and healthy life.

8 – richard loma: I want to give the 2nd shoe to blind runner,not sure his name ,richard seguia because he truly inspires a lot of people. A truly strong inspring guy.

9 – Terrence Joseph G. Dizon: I would like to give the 2nd shoe to John Onofre G. Dizon, who taught me to run and buy me a pair of running shoes. I want to show my appreciation and gratitude to him by sharing the prize if ever i will win this.

10 – heather cerezo: I would give the shoe to Kuya Nestor, a churchmate, who has to earn enough to send his two college kids, a 2nd grader and a preschooler to school, but still manages to run with us on weekends. With his hand-me-down rubber shoes, he never fails to join each Milo Marathon at Batangas and encourages his two kids to join him.

11 – Ed Calinao: My wife’s nephew, John Carlo, is a young runner with great enthusiasm in the sport, but due to financial constraints brought about by recent events and problems faced by his parents, nobody could afford to buy him a pair of running shoes. If I were to win in this contest, I’d like to give him the 2nd pair to help him develop his passion for running.

12 – paul ablaza: I would give the 2nd shoe to my girlfriend because I found the best running partner in her. I’ve seen that she’s been staring at running shoes whenever we go to a store but since she’s been supporting her family financially and helping her brother in his college studies that’s why she opted not to buy a new pair of running shoes and just continue using her old worn out pair.

13 – hadrian gabiola: I gave it to my ex-wife because she is the one who encourage me to run. Now I am a Marathon man!

14 – Noelito Castillo: I tend to share my winnings to my wife Nette for her Birthday this coming June. Because the last shoes I bought her was a second hand 30K used running shoes that is now also worn-out.

15 – Louie Bautista: I would give it to my father because he has just been buying shoes from the ukay-ukay. Maybe those kind of original shoes will earn him higher mileage and healthy lifestylfe to stay longer with us.

16 – Goldy: I would give the 2nd pair of shoes to Omar, a friend, an amateur runner, but rather a coach, not just to me, but to every runner he knew, because he never fail to share different running techniques, encourage everyone to train and run, or even remind us on what to do before and after the race. He’s running for more than 10 years and been winning in different local races (that’s when someone pay for his registration because he can’t afford to).

17 – Arnel Villanueva: I would like to give it to the most important person in my life, my inspiration and the one who wakes me up every time I have a race so I wont be late – my mom who just started to get infected by my passion for running last month.:)

18 – Conrado M. Angala: I will give the 2nd shoe to my brother because he’s running shoes now looks to old and dirty. He do not have enough money to buy new shoes because all of his salary goes to our parents.

19 – berniceruth: I choose to give them my husband Aaron, who always joins me in my morning runs even if he does not like to run and he has to sacrifice precious sleep time. He deserves a pair of shoes because, for months now, he has only been using his old pair of basketball shoes which he fixes and refixes every time they fall apart.

20 – Netzky: If I win, I’ll give the 2nd shoe to Jho Diaz, a 2012 TBRDM batchmate and a really determined, passionate runner. She actually deserves to win this contest (if she joined) because instead of buying a new running shoes, the soles of her shoes are kinda worn off na here & there and was detached during our last long run in Nuvali but she just took it to a Mr. Quickie & still used it last March 18th, she choose to still help her parents financially & sends her siblings to school. (sorry Jho, i really have to share your story.)

Of the top 20, I used random.org to choose the winner.  And the winner is…

GrandPrizeWinner

CONGRATULATIONS TO NETZKY! (#20 above) I’ll be emailing you on how to claim your prize for yourself and Jho.

Day Five: 5 to 5/5 – Win Over P20,000 Worth of Prizes

Saturday, 5 May 2012  |  News + Promos

This is DAY FIVE, the last day, of TBR’s 5 Days to 5/5 Anniversary Contest 2012. For more info, click HERE.

DAY5_5to5

WHAT CAN YOU WIN?

The Grand Prize for the 5 Days to 5/5 Contest is worth over P20,000!

HOW MANY WINNERS?

There will be one (1) winner, but, just like last year, there’s a catch!

The winner doesn’t get to keep all the prizes.  He must “share the wealth” with a DESERVING RUNNER OF HIS CHOICE. I repeat, the person chosen must be a RUNNER so that the items will not go to waste!  That person may be a loved one, a teammate, a colleague, or even a stranger who you’ve seen racing without shoes. The items that MUST be given to the other runner are:

  • 1 of the two shoes (KSwiss or New Balance)
  • 1 Runnr race hat
  • 1 Runnr dry max socks (3-in-1)
  • 1 Runnr sports towel
  • 1 Runnr water bottle

HOW TO JOIN?

1) Follow The Bull Runner on Twitter
2) Like The Bull Runner Page on Facebook
3) Subscribe to TBR Mailing List (upper right of this blog)
4) Post a comment on this blogpost with the following:

IN 1-2 SENTENCES ANSWER THIS QUESTION: (using more than 2 sentences leads to disqualification)

Who would you give the 2nd shoe to and why?

Also include:

– your Name
– Name used in Twitter and FB
– Shoe size
– Gender

HOW CAN I WIN?

  • Deadline for submission of entries: Sunday, May 6, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
  • All entries submitted within this period complying with directions above will be evaluated by TBR.  20 entries will be shortlisted (I expect to have a hard time choosing among all your answers.  I’m such a softie!) and these entries will then be will be eligible for a raffle to be conducted by TBR via random.org.  There will only be one winner.
  • All entries will be moderated and will be approved upon closing of the contest.
  • Only one entry per runner. Submission of more than one entry leads to disqualification.
  • Winner will be announced on TBR Pages on Facebook and Twitter ONLY and will be advised via email on how to claim the prize.

May the best runner win!

Win Over P20,000 Worth of Running Items on May 5, 2012

Friday, 4 May 2012  |  News + Promos

Tomorrow is the big day: the last day of my 5 Days to 5/5 Contest. For more info, click HERE.

Thank you to every one who’s participated so far. I never thought my index finger could get so tired approving all your entries!  It’s been fun and I hope it was just as thrilling for you to wait with bated breath for the winners’ names to be announced each day.

The GRAND PRIZE is waiting to be won. What exactly can you win? I’m so excited to tell you I couldn’t wait till tomorrow. Wait, that’s not true. I’ll be biking and swimming then enjoying brunch with friends tomorrow so I thought I’d go ahead and tease you already.

Drumroll please…

DAY5_5to5

The Grand Prize for the 5 Days to 5/5 Contest is worth over P20,000! Woohoo!

Now, don’t ask me just yet how you can win this. Contest mechanics will be announced tomorrow.

May the best runner win!

Day Four: 5 to 5/5 – Win On Running Shoes

Friday, 4 May 2012  |  News + Promos

This is DAY FOUR of TBR’s 5 Days to 5/5 Anniversary Contest 2012. For more info, click HERE.

DAY4_5to5

WHAT CAN YOU WIN?

1 On Running Shoe (actual model may vary from the photo below) and 1 box of Enervon HP 700g

On
– On Cloudsurfer. I have a pair of these and it makes you feel like you’re running on clouds –

HOW MANY WINNERS? One (1) winner

HOW TO JOIN?

1) Follow The Bull Runner on Twitter
2) Like The Bull Runner Page on Facebook
3) Subscribe to TBR Mailing List (upper right of this blog)
4) Post a comment on this blogpost with the following:

IN ONE (1) PHRASE/SENTENCE ANSWER THIS QUESTION: (using more than one phrase/sentence leads to disqualification)

What about running turns you ON?

Also include:

– your Name
– Name used in Twitter and FB
– Shoe size
– Gender

HOW CAN I WIN?

  • Deadline for submission of entries: Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
  • All entries submitted within this period complying with directions above will be eligible for a raffle to be conducted by TBR via random.org.
  • All entries will be moderated and will be approved upon closing of the contest.
  • Only one entry per runner. Submission of more than one entry leads to disqualification.
  • Winner will be announced on TBR Pages on Facebook and Twitter ONLY and will be advised via email on how to claim the prize.

May the best runner win!

UPDATE: Congratulations to Tara Tecarro for winning this contest!