05 Training Archive
- Life Happens
While the rest of the world was at Camsur Marathon over the weekend, Hubby and I rushed Little Miss TBR into the E.R., watched a mascot go naked before our eyes, and showed up 30 minutes late for our regular Sunday long run with friends over the weekend. SICK ON HER 6TH Little Miss TBR counted [...]
- TIPS ON RUNNING RACES SAFELY FROM THE EXPERTS
During last Sunday’s 34th Milo Marathon, a young male runner gunning for his 21km PR, collapsed 1km away from the finish line and was rushed to the hospital. Sadly, he passed away yesterday. I haven’t stopped thinking about him since I heard the news. I’ve collapsed once when I had just started running, and so [...]
- BACK TO BACK HARD DAYS
So, the TBR Dream Marathoners should have run their most crucial long run yesterday. Many of us ran at NUVALI together (click HERE to view how much fun we had there), but the heat was so intense by 7 a.m. that some runners fell short of their goal distance or time. We all know they [...]
- Baguio Day Two: 20KM Around Baguio
Previous Post: Baguio Day One: Camp John Hay DAY TWO: SLOW AND EASY | 2 hours, 30 min around Baguio Based on Coach Jim’s TBR Dream Marathoners training program, which hubby is following, he was to run 2 hours and 30 min. over the weekend. He was to do a 9 min. run and 1 [...]
- Baguio Day One: Camp John Hay Run
We were to spend 4 days in Baguio for Holy Week. I packed 5 sets of running clothes. Just to be sure, right? Running in cool weather—with the El Nino heat of Manila—was an opportunity that this runner wanted to take full advantage of. DAY ONE: 10K | CAMP JOHN HAY I run in Camp [...]
- Speed, Agility, and Quickness (SAQ) Camp
My good friend Coach Jim Saret sent me this. Looks like a great program coached by a powerhouse team! I sure could use more speed, agility, or quickness…or all of the above! The hottest sport training program in the US is finally here! Join the first ever SPEED, AGILITY and QUICKNESS (SAQ) CAMP in the [...]
- Marathon Diary: My Marathon Training Program
Experts say that if you want to achieve something, write it down on paper. I live by that—and I swear by it. I even take it one step further by detailing exactly how I’ll go about to achieving that goal…
- 5 Post-Marathon Rewards
Every hard step I took in my first marathon at QCIM has come back a hundredfold by way of wonderful blessings. Here are 5 rewards I received this week for the effort I put in last Sunday…
- Animo Tri Simulation
I woke up at 5 a.m. to do pre-simulation data gathering: took note of my time at last year’s mini sprint and the time of the 3rd placer who was closer to my age than the 1st and 2nd placers who were in their teens and printed out four copies of the race map, one for each of us…
- Perfect Training Morning
Yesterday morning, thick, gray clouds temporarily parted and allowed the sleepy sun to shine through for a brief but fulfilling swim-run training session in the south…
