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1st Marathon Training Run – 3:56:46 by i2runner on Sep 5, 2010Before I begin this blog entry, I would like to thank Wayne Plymale for featuring me in his blog. I don’t think I’m deserving to be “featured” in his article, but I am humbly honored to be there. Wayne has been my friend in Da...

Training for the Wall by i2runner on Aug 22, 2010Sorry again for not posting new materials on this blog lately not because I haven’t been running, on the contrary, I’ve been logging the longest runs of my running life. I haven’t been joining races lately because I hate joining the...

Treadmill Marathon Training by i2runner on Jun 27, 2010About 3months ago, when I was about to finish a 20mile long run, I had to stop at 18miles feeling exhausted. Really exhausted. When I removed my sunglasses, I realized it was really hot at 9AM, and I could no longer run any faster than my planned 9mi...

61 days of Summer Running HELL by i2runner on May 5, 2010The past 3weeks when I tried to run my 20milers, I fell short by a couple of miles. OK, it was more like 4miles. Right after 10miles, running felt harder and no longer enjoyable. It felt different from hitting the wall like I did last year. I couldn&...

Garmin to Excel data crunching by i2runner on Dec 19, 2009Last Friday while chatting on takbo.ph’s shoutbox, “Winceth” (Patrick) asked a question on how to edit the data taken from garmin. Then “Crashandburn” (Neil Barrios) informed us that we could actually open Garmin’s data from Garmin Traini...

adidas free running clinic by i2runner on Oct 7, 2009Dearest Runners, here’s an announcement from adidas: adidas offers free running clinics, conducted by Ani de Leon Renowned tri athlete and coach Ani De Leon will offer free running clinics in preparation for the 2009 adidas King of the Road on...

Run Faster or Longer? Or Both? by i2runner on Sep 28, 2009A popular sports shoe/apparel company invited me to write an article for them about running, but unfortunately due to some inexplicable events, it was canceled and they couldn’t publish it. That’s just too bad and disappointing for me, because I...

Run Faster or Longer? Or Both? by i2runner on Sep 28, 2009Running involves a combination of aerobic (oxygen-powered) and anaerobic (absence of oxygen) activities. Our running muscles have two types of fibers, the “Slow-Twitch” and the “Fast-Twitch”, which are randomly mixed depending on our genes.

Run Faster or Longer? Or Both? by i2runner on Sep 28, 2009A popular sports shoe/apparel company invited me to write an article for them about running, but unfortunately due to some inexplicable events, it was canceled and they couldn’t publish it. That’s just too bad and disappointing for me, because I...

Keys to a Sub-4 Hour Marathon by i2runner on Aug 23, 2009This post is my training advice to aspiring new and old marathoners who would like to run a sub-4 hour marathon.