Category: Gears

Shoe Review: adidas CC Ride

Every one’s in a while, a shoe comes along that breaks the monotony of stereotype and blurs the line between performance and fashion.  The adidas ClimaCool Ride is one such shoe, but with its good looks, can it also perform? I was on the lookout for a good daily shoe that can also double as…

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Half Marathon, Full Fun: The Yamaha Run for Heroes Chronicles

At long last I was finally able to get back to regular racing, and staging this comeback was with the Yamaha Run for Heroes held last July 03, 2011 at Bonifacio Global City.  it may “just” be a half-marathon, but it was a race of different caliber.

Shoe Review: Merrell Trail Glove

Merrell recently introduced to the Philippine market their Barefoot Collection and I was lucky enough to win a pair of their segment for trails, the Trail Glove.  At first glance it looks like a regular pair, but given its name with a matching Vibram name on its sole, it had got to be much more…

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“Cross-Dressing”

By all means I’m not a shoe expert (nor is claiming to be) but I was asked lately by a woman if she could wear men’s shoes.  It’s not much of a vanity reason; it’s just that her feet are bigger than the typical women’s shoe sizes—a problem that apparently the local market fails to…

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New Work, New Shoes, New Route

It felt like eternity since my last run with my GF, about 20 days to be exact.  With all the hassles of changing work, turnovers, countless meetings, transferring to a new office location, settling down and getting oriented with my new job, and all the nitty gritties in between, I found it very difficult to…

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GF Found “Dead”

It’s been so long since I last ran that I didn’t even realize that my GF405 had “died!”  It was one of those moments that I never thought would happen as I always used my GF to run and always noticed that it’s running out of batteries.  Now I only use my GF during races…

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Shopping for Labels

It’s been a very long while since I last shopped for shoes.  My most recent two pairs were sponsored and won in a raffle, so I admit that I really do miss that feeling!  I guess it’s what some would call “shopping therapy.”

Picture of the Week

What would happen if one of your favorite shoe brand gives 24% discount on all their items, including their latest shoes? Madness. 😀

Holey Moley!

Do you invest in your running attire?  Don’t you just love wearing tops that you explicitly bought for running and not that free one from an event you joined?  Now then, could you imagine putting holes in them?

My GF’s Facelift

Even since I had some issues with my GF I found myself less and less interested spending my time with her, and now that I have my new BB, her most formidable rival, she has more reasons to be concerned about our “relationship.”  As such, my GF had to undergo some major facelift.