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Enjoyable as it may be, vertical ascents do not equate to horizontal running. This was the lesson I learnt the hard way in the recent Penang Hill Heritage Forest Challenge, held on 20 August 2017. The race began at the Quarry Recreational Park, located at the entrance of the Penang Botanic...

LUCENA CIY – Two-time MILO Marathon Queen Jho-An Banayag-Villarma showed she still has what it takes as she ruled the 41st National MILO Marathon Lucena qualifying race Sunday (September 3) at the SM City Lucena.  Her dominating run shared the limelight with a down the wire ending in the...

‘I’ve always wanted to run but it feels so hard and I’ve never managed to get that runners high you hear about,’ a new acquaintance lamented to me recently. Firstly I was amazed by the lady’s desire to run. As passionate as I am about running, up until six years...

Been caught up with mundane routine and so not able to write as often.  About 3 weeks ago, a week before the SAFRA Bay Run and Army Half Marathon, I found myself at The Performance Series (TPS) Race 2, Punggol East/Coney Island, preparing to run the second race in...

NAGA CITY – Decorated runner Luisa Raterta added another achievement to her resume by winning the 41st National MILO Marathon Naga qualifying race held last Sunday (August 27) at SM Naga.  Meanwhile, Jeric Payong showed the way in the Men’s Division in the process towing a few family members...

THE RUNNING boom of the last decade is not yet over as adidas Philippines launches adidas Runners Manila, a club that seeks to connect like-minded people in their hometown and around the world.  For starters, ARM is not only about serious training sessions but participants can also look forward...

The Green Race Forest 60 Date: 26 August 2017 Flag Off Time: 6:15 AM ------------------------------------- I wanted to challenge myself to try running 42KM on the trails. Have done so many 21K road races and 1 trail race, I know I can do 21K but not sure about 42K. So I signed up...

This is my first Puma Night Run ? There is 6km and 12km distance for individual, group of 2 or group of 4. I participated in the 12km individual category. It's a little bit siao the race village opens at 3pm and flags off is at 7pm ?...