I consider myself a “recreational runner” in the sense that I incorporate running into my lifestyle because aside from its health benefits, it’s fun! I don’t do it as a profession, for prestige or bragging rights, or anything remotely in that direction. As such, I do have a very long list of dream destination races…
Tag: Miscellaneous
Yabu is now at SM City North EDSA!
The newest branch of Yabu: The House of Katsu has just opened its doors yesterday, August 27, 2013 at the second floor of The Block, SM City North EDSA. To celebrate this milestone, the first 100 guests were treated to a free Katsu set complete with bottomless drinks!
Mythical Five: Five Years of Running
August 17, 2008—five years ago when yours truly got introduced to running, and the rest as they say, is history. And instead of my usual nostalgic thoughts about that milestone, I thought of sharing some information that may be useful to other runners out there. And because it’s my fifth running anniversary, I didn’t just thought of sharing a list of five items I liked—I’m sharing five lists of five items each!
All About Warming-Up (And It’s Not a Stretch!)
Before undergoing any activity it is always advised to warm-up the muscles to be involved, but how do we properly and safely warm-up? Hint: Not all stretching is safe for warming-up!
The Terrifying Truth About Bananas
Ba-ba-ba ba-ba-na-na… Bananas has got to be one of the most preferred fruits by humans (I’ve yet meet anyone who doesn’t like a banana) most especially runners during races. I just found this very interesting clip about our favorite bananas:
Enervon Activ powers fitness experts and students of the 2013 PHASES Conference
Unilab Active Health invited yours truly to bear witness to the Philippine Association for Sport and Exercise Sciences (PHASES) Conference, held at the University of Santo Tomas Medicine Cinematorium last May 23-25, 2013. I was only able to attend the final session, but here’s the rundown of this event:
Food Trip: IHOP
One of the latest US franchises to reach Philippine shores is IHOP, formerly known as International House of Pancakes. As a food lover, I’m always open to trying out new things, and IHOP was naturally included in my “must try” list. I’ve heard mixed reactions when it came to the lone IHOP store in the…
Behind the Scenes: Pico Tri Invitational 2013
I’ve been very privileged to have been part once again of Pico Tri Invitational for the second year in a row, and this year’s event saw the event grew much bigger than the previous. Here’s a behind the scenes look back at this event that happened last April 06, 2013.
Mornings with Active Health (Behind the Scenes of 2013 Run United 2 Launch)
I seldom do blog posts about event launches (since my intention is to focus on the event itself, not the launch) but every so often an event launch comes along worthy of one, and that “one” being the recent launch of this year’s second leg of Run United. Unlike most event launches which happen on…
Visita Iglesia 2013
Like many Filipinos, I commemorated this year’s Holy Week with a visit to various churches. I realized that I wasn’t able to do this last year, so this year it’s a must that I outdo the shortcomings of the previous year.
Summer is Here! My Long Overdue Return to Puerto Galera (Part 2)
The following day was a total opposite of the day before: it begun with rains and for the most part cloudy. Just as when I was seriously considering running barefoot on the beach!
Summer is Here! My Long Overdue Return to Puerto Galera (Part 1)
After what seemed like eternity, at long last, I was able to return to Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro last March 02, 2013 to officially kick off (at least for me) the summer season for the year!
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