Beginners Guide to Running a 5K

Many runners, myself included, started running to trim down and lose weight. I just started jogging around our neighborhood. It didn’t occur to me that I will be able to finish a 5K fun run nor reach as far as 42K!  You may now be thinking seriously of running...

In for Review: Adidas MiCoach Pacer

In 2008, Adidas introduced miCoach.  It is a real-time training system that is design to work like a personal coach.  Instead of just reading the data like time, distance, and pace, miCoach has an audio feature that gives you feedback on your workout.  However, the first design was bundled...

How to Join a Race in 5 Steps

I see that you have the interest in joining races as you land on this page. You just don’t ready yourself and join the race on the day of the event. Road races, especially the widely-talked events, can fill up within hours of opening so be sure you plan...

Tips to Start Barefoot Running

Last week, I mentioned about the latest research on barefoot running.  It showed how natural and habitual barefoot runners are able to land properly on their feet with the forefoot striking first on the ground and distributing the impact and weight of the body evenly across the feet.  Heel...

Choosing a place to run

This is a guest post from Carlo aka hydraice.  Carlo is an IT Consultant and has a blog called Drum and Run.  As of this writing, Carlo considers himself as a newbie who has been running for less than a year.  In this post, Carlo answer the newbie question: ...

Beginners Guide to Your First Race

So the hardest part is finally over, you have overcome your share of challenges in training for your first race. You have trained hard and now you feel you are ready for your first marathon run. There’s a lot to know before heading for your first road race. It...

Barefoot Running Benefits Explained in Recent Breakthrough Research

There has been much debate on whether barefoot running is really beneficial to runners.  To those who strongly advocate it say that it is the natural form of running and it eliminates common injuries.  They are even blaming our running shoes for the injuries we get because these shoes...

Spyder Zero Product Review

This Spyder sports eyewear is definitely unique.  You can change its lenses and at the same time its frames while providing the same good quality at a reasonable price.  Spyder offers a products on sports eyewears, moto helmets and cycling helmets.  For runners, they have sports eyewear that fits...

Are you running safe? Take the Awareness Test

Safety is an important factor when running.  Whenever we run in the highway, we are very prone to a lot of dangers that can cost us our lives.  There are dogs who chases us.  Cars that can sweep us.  And even humans who harms us.  We have to pay...