Marathon Foodie's blog

How do you choose your first marathon?This was the question posed by Angeli Cardinez who gave birth last year and is looking for ways to lose the baby fat. Angeli was inspired by Donna Cruz-Larrazabal’s (Marathon Mom) article about how she trained hard and finished her first two marathons despite having to raise children, running a household and being the wife of famous eye doctor and runner

The race calendar for the month of March provides the most varied choices for runners in terms of route, course distance and degree of difficulty. Except for March 14, when all the world will stand still to watch the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight, runners will be kept busy with one road race every Sunday of March. Quota International 12 K Classic This run organized by the Quota

The race calendar for the month of March provides the most varied choices for runners in terms of route, course distance and degree of difficulty. Except for March 14, when all the world will stand still to watch the Manny Pacquiao vs. Joshua Clottey fight, runners will be kept busy with one road race every Sunday of March. 1st Quota International 12K Challenge and 6K Run This run

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It hasn’t sunk in yet. Even as I write this first column, I still can’t believe how running has taken me to a totally unexpected path – from non-athlete to certified marathoner and now a sports columnist. This incredible journey started February 8, 2009, on a chilly Sunday morning in Hongkong where I got picked up by the sweeper bus at kilometer 25 for running too slow. I

The month of February came and went like a blur. While the rest of Cebu ran the weekend races that filled the weekend race calendar, I ticked my TBR calendar (free for all those who subscribe to The Bull Runner on-line alerts/ mailing list. Subscribe na! Now Na!) with super duper long runs under the heat of the sun, the longest of which lasted for ten hours covering 66 kilometers -- a

Run with a SmileDate: Sunday, February 14, 2010 Time: 6:00am - 9:00am Location: The Terraces, AyalaThe race features the 3-kilometer, 5K and 10K distances and will be open to all interested runners.The registration fee is pegged at P250 with a discounted rate of P150 for students. The registration sites are located at dental clinics Green Apple (Ayala, near Belo Medical) and Citident (SM North

Answer: Little by little, bit by bit.It's final. I will be running my first (maybe only) ultra marathon in this year's Bataan Death March 102.People ask me why and I wish I had a deeper reason for wanting to run an ultra. I want to do it because it's there -- a new running challenge waiting to be conquered.102 kilometers from Mariveles, Bataan to the old train station in San Fernando, Pampanga