Adidas Katipunan Sale 40% Off

Saw this last Saturday... a lot of running & cleat shoes (for Ultimate players). :)

40% OFF ON ALL ITEMS!!! :D

Torn between Running & Ultimate?

Source: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=dpvard&s=3

This long weekend's about to become a hectic one for me. I signed up for the QC Heads Up Ultimate Open and will be starting with the clinic this afternoon at the Ateneo HS field, 2-6pm.

On the other hand, I have a big race tomorrow with the Mizuno Infinity Run where I'll be aiming for 1:15 in 15K.

Source: http://running.rso.wisc.edu/Valentines5k/

Running will always be my first love (in sports, I mean). What I can say is that "walang tsamba sa running" since you can't improve your game without putting any sacrifice in hard work through regular training. I confess I shifted from being a recreational runner to a serious/competitive one, and it really motivates me to run more frequently.

Ultimate for me would be a cross-training, pseudo-speedwork activity that I plan to continue--with utmost care--until I decide one day that I should let the young boys get all the fun. To have a good or winning team, it take a lot of players with skill and, of course, teamwork.

I'm still focused on my goal for the Milo Marathon on July 4, weight loss and progressive training included.

Good luck to everyone training for their own goals. Ika nga sa Mizuno, "Never Settle!"

A Different Summer w/ Ultimate

Beach, bum, and run under the sun... if you want a different experience this summer, why not try this one? It starts on April 10, first come, first served. Includes a playing disc already so P600 is definitely good value.

Check out their Facebook page for registration details & updates.

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As I'm joining this, my weekly schedule for April would now be running 5x a week, playing ultimate 2x a week, and resting 0x a week. :P Whew!

Team Probies: From Olats to Champs

From 0-3 last week to 3-0 yesterday.

Nobody expected us to win, even our own teammates conceded to the fact that there was not way Team Probies (Professional Newbies--I coined the name :) ) would be able to get that Boracay trip c/o Nestea Camp Hot.

Guess what...we did it! :) Hats off to our players who gave their all last Sunday to help us top this competition. Ang gagaling ninyo! :D

Photos c/o Grace Patdu & Rainier Valde.

Another happy thought! :)

My Full Running Potential

Here in Isabela, my 3rd day out of town for work, but I'm finally going home tomorrow. Three reasons why I preferred to be in Manila this week:

1) Run! Not that I live to run, but I'm just really missing it already. I once attempted to continue my training here in Isabela, but after my night experience, I said to myself that I definitely cannot run here.

I'm also missing a lot of runs in my training program (given to me by Jon)... :(

2) Wednesday Mizuno press conference - missed it, plus Timmy had to text just to tell me that a lot of Takbo.ph peeps won in their raffle. The lucky devils! Congrats anyway, guys! :) Galing!

3) Ultimate frisbee practice - Also on a Wednesday...I had wanted to join that practice with my new Ultimate team for our competition at the Nestea Camp Hot this Saturday. A lot of room for improvement for me. I wanna handle that disc! Go Pro-bies!!!! (Professional Newbies, dunno where I got that team name) Get a win, please! :P

Realization: With this kind of work that I'm doing (frequent travels), I can never reach my full running potential. Well, I can look at it this way...I don't intend to have running as a career and I'm sure I'd have other opportunities later on to improve my game... or rather, run. Also, without my work, I wouldn't have the chance to splurge with all the running stuff that I have right now, and even pay for increasing race registration fees.

It's a give and take thing, I guess. :)