Tagged ‘Bike’
- Holy Week Training
As long as we fulfill our religious duties, we can use our free time this Holy Week to train, rest, and train. Well, that’s what I’ve done the past few days. This morning, we got a good group together for a long 25k run that turned into a shorter 14k run. I felt ill at [...]
- Biking for Dummies
Biking for Dummies. That’s the book I need right now for two obvious reasons: 1) This February, my goal is to learn how to bike with cleats, and 2) I’m the dumbest person I know when it comes to biking. My brain has the capacity to memorize pace and time for marathons, but it struggles [...]
- My New Training Buddy
I met her for the first time a couple of days ago. She’s slim, fast, and beautiful. Looks like we’ll hit it off when we start training together after I return from NYC Marathon. Meet Contessa… – with Leroy, part-owner of The Brick Multisport Store, and my new bike – I ordered the bike a [...]
- 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 [...]
- Biking Bravado
We were to meet at 6:30 am on that fine Saturday morning. I was a little bit excited over my first bike trip with my two girlfriends, Annie and Marga, but it certainly did not compare with the usual over-the-moon feeling I have over each and every morning run. Put it this way, for a [...]
- The Bull Gets a Bike
Last Sunday, I dropped by my brothers’ place to pick up my new old bike. One of my brothers unselfishly agreed to lend me his mountain bike so I could gradually dip my feet into the world of cycling. – My new hand-me-down bike – I have three brothers. And they have three bikes, if [...]
