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Surprise surprise! We have a special offer for TBR Dream Marathon 2011 participants. As part of your training, lifestyle and weight loss management coaches, husband-wife team, and contributors of TBR Magazine, Armand and Mitch Felipe Mendoza, will be offering a WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM for TBR Dream Marathoners. Yey!  Get this…it’s for FREE!

Here are the details:

WHAT? Weight Management Program by Armand and Mitch Felipe-Mendoza

WHEN? During the 5-month training period of TBR Dream Marathon

FOR WHOM? Exclusively for TBR Dream Marathon 2011 Participants. Program is recommended for those who want to lose weight safely and properly while training for TBR Dream Marathon

HOW MUCH? FREE

OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM:

1. To guide participants in their weight loss journey (if this is their goal) by giving advice on balanced eating and exercise
2. To promote responsible running by preventing injuries while training and avoid overtraining
3. To prepare runners for weight maintenance even after the marathon

WHAT DO YOU RECEIVE?

• Group weight loss sessions (once a month)
• Weigh ins
• Monitoring
• Exercise and food program
• Tips on weight loss
• Tips on cross training

WHO WILL CONDUCT IT?

Armand and Mitch Mendoza will conduct the weight management program. While the program is exclusively for TBR Dream Marathoners, meetings, consultations, or group sessions will be coordinated and conducted by Armand and Mitch.

HOW DO I START?

Armand and Mitch want you to get started early, so first WEIGH-IN and meet up for those who are interested is scheduled for three days next week (choose one):

• October 25, Monday, 6pm
• October 28, Thursday, 7pm
• October 30, Saturday, 530am

Please choose one day and pre-register by emailing:

• Armand – askarmand@gmail.com
• Mitch – mitchfelipe@gmail.com

NOTE: Bring your TBR Dream Card as proof of your participation.  No card, no entry in the Weight Management Program.

Next WEIGH-INS and SESSIONS will be emailed to you by Mitch/Armand.

IS THIS REQUIRED OF TBR DREAM PARTICIPANTS?

NO. This is a special offer from Armand and Mitch.  They decided to offer this free service after noting the need for experts to guide and regularly monitor runners who joined the marathon while hoping to lose weight.  It is not mandatory for TBR Dream Participants.

WHO ARE THE COACHES?

Armando “Armand” Mendoza Jr., PTRP is a licensed physical therapist, an ACE-certified personal trainer and lifestyle & weight management consultant for 10 years. He specializes in weight loss programs that integrates exercise training, healthy eating, lifestyle coaching and behavioral modification. Armand is also a full marathon-running coach and a certified sports nutrition counselor. At present, Armand focuses on lifestyle modification/weight management coaching for private/corporate clients and is currently the weight loss columnist for Men’s Health Philippines.

Mitch Felipe-Mendoza is a lifestyle & weight management coach, fitness trainer and runner who has helped her clients manage weight and improve running performance by combining her background in psychology, exercise, nutrition, and injury prevention. She is a licensed physical therapist (DLSU), holds a masters degree in psychology (Ateneo de Manila University) and also certified by the American Council on Exercise. She is also a regular wellness contributor of Philippine Daily Inquirer, a weight loss columnist for Women’s Health Philippines, and nutrition contributor for The Bull Runner Magazine.

CONTACT:

Please direct all inquiries to:

Armand – askarmand@gmail.com
Mithc – mitchfelipe@gmail.com

Thank you to all of you who participated in the Guess How Many Sports Beans contest.  Imagine, out of 130 entries only 7 runners guessed the right quantity: 32 Sports Beans! We may be fast runners, but we gotta sharpen our counting skills, guys!  Sorry, I’m just teasing.

Among the 7 correct guessers, I then raffled off the 3 prizes.  Here are the names of the winners of 1 box each of Sports Beans:

• william
• JCo
• Eric

Congratulations! Winners will receive an email from me regarding pick up of prizes. Until the next contest!

Last week, I was invited to guest on Sports Insider, a sports show on Solar Sports hosted by Jinno Rufino and Noel Zarate which features the most happening and most talked about in sports.  (I say Solar Sports should produce a show just like that but specifically for running!)

As I watched Noel and Jinno, two of the most articulate sports hosts in my book, spew out names of basketball players and teams from their mouths faster than I could sprint a mile, I wondered: What the hell am I doing here?  And…what the heck are they talking about?! Basketball terms—especially the names of players—are a foreign language to me.

But, being the great hosts they are, I felt completely at ease during the interview.  We talked about the blog and the magazine, my running, and about the upcoming TBR Dream Marathon.  It was a lot of fun!

The show above was aired Monday.  There will be another episode on TBR Dream Marathon early next year.

One last thing: I promised Jinno that I would ask all of my running friends—that’s YOU, by the way—to click LIKE on their Facebook page.  You see, if they hit 50,000 fans, Noel Zarate will shave off his hair.  I say: if 1,000 likes come from runners, he should run 10k early next year, too.

Click HERE to go to Sports Insider Facebook page.

Sports Insider airs on Solar Sports every Mon, Wed, & Fri at 9pm (replays 6am) and on Basketball TV every Tue, Thu & Sat at 10pm (replays 6:30am).

Things are crazy over here in my world. I hope it’s much more sane in yours!  So, to lighten things up a bit (and also as a going away gift for all of you since we leave for LA this Saturday already before going to New York!), I thought of a little contest for all of you.

The contest is sponsored by our friends over at Candy Corner, the local distributor of Sports Beans.  Sport Beans, made by popular jelly bean maker Jelly Belly, are not your typical jelly beans. These yummy little babies are packed with electrolytes, carbohydrates and Vitamins B1, B2, B3 & C—basically what your typical athlete or sport enthusiast needs during long periods of exercise or activity. It’s like having your Gatorade in candy form.  We have a ton of these at home so I thought of sharing them with you instead.

Game?!

The contest is called GUESS HOW MANY SPORTS BEANS!

– Sorry for the mushy beans. They sweated it out in our Running Gear closet –

PRIZE:

Three (3) winners will win one (1) box each of Sports Beans.  There are 24 packs of Sports Beans in one box.

CONTEST RULES:

1. Guess how many Sports Beans are in the photo above.
2. Post your answer in the comment section below.
3. All correct entries will be raffled off.
4. One entry per email address. Double or more entries will lead to disqualification.
5. Contest ends Thursday, October 21, 2010, 5:00 pm.  All entries submitted after the deadline will be disqualified.
6. Winners will be notified via email on how to claim their box of Sports Beans.

May the best runners win!

See you at the 1st Bull Session for TBR Dream Marathon 2011 this coming Saturday.

When: Saturday, October 23, 2010
Where: in front of KRISPY KREME, Bonifacio High Street (please note revised venue)
What time:

• 5:30 am – Assembly
• 6:00 am – Talk on Chi Walking by Lit Onrubia, certified instructor of Chi Walking and Chi Running
• 6:40 am – Long walk (45 mins) around Bonifacio High Street

Who should attend:

• For new runners: Start with walking to gradually introduce your body to running
• For runners using the RUN-WALK sequence in long runs/marathons: Learn how to walk efficiently with less fatigue
• For runners who want to maximize their walk breaks by learning how to walk properly and efficiently
• Most especially for TBR Dream Marathon participants, long walk of 45 minutes follows your TBR Dream Marathon Training Program this week

All Bull Sessions are free and open to the public.  No need to pre-register.