One of several gifts I received
on Valentine’s Day was a copy of the Runner’s World Philippines magazine January-March 2014 issue.
It was sent by Jieneb of Summit Publishing. Feeling happy and lucky on that day, I leafed
thru the pages and got to glimpse some interesting articles:
On pages 14-15 is a Training
write up by Lisa Marshall entitled “Master the Plan” which gives out pointers
on how to craft the best plan on race day itself. I quickly had a dog leaf on
this article as this would prove helpful
for our Mayon 360 preparations.
At page 17, I saw a familiar
name, Ige Lopez, who was the instructor at a Mizuno running clinic I attended
roughly 5 years ago. My very first
running clinic. The title of Coach
Ige’s article is “Go Hard or Go Home” and it extols the benefits of
lung-busting, gut-wrenching intervals. It promises to bring out the “speed
demon” in you. Even from a
certified penguin? Let the BP try it out.
On page 24 is an infographics listing down the benefits of running. Of the 9 mentioned, 2 are pleasant surprises
for me. The first one is that running is
not bad, but good for your knees. Say
that again. Research from Australia’s
Monash University suggests that the
impact of running can increase cartilage production, which can safeguard your
joints from arthritis. The next one is
that running saves your skin. With
runners exposed to long bouts under the sun, one would think that running is
bad for the skin but researchers at the Rutgers University found that mice who
drank caffeinated water and then ran had fewer skin-cancer tumors than rodents
who either just got caffeine or just ran. The caffeine-exercise combo caused
fewer damaged cells to develop.
In the next page, on the Body
Shop section, are 5 dynamic warm up preps that can help in the long-time quest
for pain-free running: Warrior Lunge,
Toy Soldier, Lateral Squat, Star Touch and Runner’s Touch. I wonder if there is
a warm up routine called Crouching Tiger.
The main article starts at page
50 and is entitled “Mars & Venus On the Run”. Written by Jennifer Van Allen and Micah
Vanessa Sulit, this special feature dwells on why mixing romance and running
can be so tough. For many couples, they
may love running and being together but more often than not, they may not love
running together.
At pages 4 and 5 is the Rave Run
photo spread which features the Quezon National Park which is aptly nicknamed
“Bitukang Manok.” It is a sign from the running gods for me and my 83nean buddies to perhaps run this 50-km ultra (http://www.takbo.ph/2014/02/map-50k-ultra-run-2014/)
a few weeks before our home ultra of Mayon 360.
Thank you, Jieneb. I enjoyed reading the magazine.
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