Category: Running for Beginners

Using and Dissecting the Timing Chip

Dear Cristine, First, in behalf of all the male runners, I congratulate you for finishing your 3K run last week at the Run for Home.  We are really happy that you were able to join us.  Unfortunately, I haven’t seen you since I did a 21K but I saw ...

How Gait Analysis Help in Choosing The Right Shoe

My first running shoe in 2006 gave me a lot of problems.  To begin with, it was not even a real running shoe.  It was a crosstrainer I think.  Then I started to learn about pronation and in choosing the right shoe.  It was not easy.  Selecting the right...

Takbo101: Runner’s Etiquette – Part 1

Running is also a gentleman’s sport.  Not many of us knew this, but there are unwritten rules once you start taking yourself out for a run. Below is a list of etiquette that I took from the book, “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Jogging and Running” by Bill Rodgers. ...