Protect and Tame Your Hair (While Running!) with Vitress

Wednesday, 13 August 2014  |  News + Promos

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Last Friday, I had the pleasure of attending the Vitress Catwalk event at Bonifacio High Street. Vitress, the country’s number one hair cuticle coat and hair polish, introduced their endorsers to the press: model and actress Solenn Heussaff, fashionista and TV host Kim Jones, and volleyball superstar Gretchen Ho. (more…)

Unilab Active Health Camp Alpha: Toughen Up!

Wednesday, 13 August 2014  |  Race Announcements

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 TOUGHEN UP!  Unilab Active Health Camp Alpha presented by Specialized and sponsored by Newton and RUNNR.

The final legs of Unilab Active Health Camp Alpha will be just what you need to prep for IM and half-IM races this quarter.

+ Aug. 30 (Saturday): 4k Swim – 150k Bike – 15k.  Run Alpha Day (Village Sports Club, BF Homes – Caylabne – Village Sports Club)
+ Oct. 11-12 (Sat/Sun): Speed and Volume for 70.3 and 140.6 races

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Road to Chicago: The Hanson’s Marathon Program

Tuesday, 12 August 2014  |  Running + Triathlon

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9 Weeks to Chicago Marathon!

Most of you know that I’ve been training for Chicago Marathon on October 12.  Chicago Marathon will be my 11th marathon and my 5th World Marathon Major (I don’t think I’ll ever do Boston…sigh!) yet I’m excited about it as if it was my first.

This will be the first marathon where I’ll be using the Hanson’s Marathon Program.  I availed of The Classic Hanson’s Beginners Marathon Program online through Hanson’s Running.  With the program comes online supervision by a Hanson’s coach.  My coach is Coach Melissa Johnson-White who is a member of the Brooks-Hansons Distance Project (how cool is that?!) and, oh, by the way, she has a marathon PR of 2:32. Gulp. (more…)

Who’s Running Sofitel Manila Half Marathon this Weekend?

Tuesday, 12 August 2014  |  Race Announcements

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Who’s joining Sofitel Manila Half Marathon this coming Sunday? I need to run 24k this weekend as part of my Chicago Marathon training program so I’ve signed up for 21k. (more…)

TBR Dream Marathon 2015: Are You In?

Monday, 11 August 2014  |  Race Announcements

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Congratulations to the first 900 Selected Runners for TBR Dream 2015! We hit 900 applications in less than 2 hours during registration last Friday!  Woohooo!

For those who didn’t make it, we’re releasing the list of Waitlisted Runners and you’ll still get a chance to participate. (more…)