MT Beginner’s road training: DON’T GET HIT BY A CAR!

Started at 5am, had asked our driver to convoy with me until we reach the city cause I wanted to try ridding from home, but I’ll need to pass a kilometer stretch of the national highway. Which from my experience (in running) if you are lucky enough to have a truck or 8 wheeler pass …

MT Beginner’s road training: PART 2 EPIC INDEPENDENCE DAY

(Note: Check out the skies at home, that’s what I was up agaisnt! That mountains on good nice rainy days provide a fog around our home that would rival Baguio or Tagaytay! You can imagine how I love my home…) So I set out knowing what I did, I adjusted my seat height and it …

MT Beginner’s road training: PART 1 EPIC INDEPENDENCE DAY

(Note: Notice how dark the background is on Betsy’s bike… ) Decided after a week of bike rest (due to right arm stress from my previous road adventure) will go for an Independence day ride on my own. The benefits of it being a holiday was the roads will be traffic free… I figured but …

MT Beginner’s road training: RIDE WITH A FRIEND

(Note: Don’t expect a pretty picture… I was wasted after this.) When Agie, our resident UP genius went home to Masbate for a 5 day visit to her Family I found out she didn’t really do much during the opportunity and found it a waist. I wondered what would be an easy, yet cool last …

Solgar Whey to Go! Whey Protein

  I was having trouble maintaining weight loss during my training, and it did not help that every time I lost a kg. I would become so weak after. I just felt overwhelmed as if weight lost and running is just impossible for me. Then it occurred to me to try what I did not …

Carb Boom! Energy Gel

(picture from ecorunners.blogspot.com) Claiming my kit from Safeguard 2xU leg 1 I realized they gave us an energy gel, particularly Carb Boom! Banana Peach flavor. Although I must say I have never tried energy gels before was curios how it would fair to my taste. An excellent opportunity presented itself while I neglected to buy …