Weekday Wellness Clique

Get fit with friends! Join the Weekday Wellness Clique at ATC for your mid-week workout! 

RSVP on our event page:https://www.facebook.com/events/399455133451271

KabataRUN 2012

KabataRUN will be held on August 26, 2012 at the UP Academic Oval. This charity run for the Balay Aklatan (Library Building Project) and Handog Ngiti (Charity Event for Cancer Patients), two of the primary beneficiary projects of UP PRIME. It is the first “Run Event” organized by UP BETA EPSILON together with UP Progressive Responsive Innovative Movement in Engineering (PRIME) and UP Mass Communicators Organization (MCO).

KabataRUN 2012
August 26, 2012 @ 5AM
UP Academic Oval
2.2K / 5K / 11K
Organizer: UP Beta Epsilon Fraternity

Registration Fees:
2.2K – PHP 350.00
5K – PHP 400.00
11K – PHP 450.00

Registration Venues:

1. UP Beta Epsilon Fraternity
2nd Floor Melchor Hall,
College of Engineering UP Diliman

2. UP Mass Communicators Organization
Plaridel Hall, College of Mass Communication

3. Selected Kopi Roti Branches

KabataRUN 2012 – Singlet Design

Contact Details:
Randolf – Cell: 0917-8566378
Tommy – Cell: 0926-6887808

7-Eleven Run 800: Takbo Para sa Kalusugan

After Tour 700, the Philippines’ biggest bike race event held at the SCTEX last May 13, 2012, 7-Eleven now celebrates the opening of its 800th store with RUN 800 on August 26, 2012 at the Aseana City in Paranaque.

Runners joining the 10k, 15k or 21k half marathon will enjoy this new closed-circuit race course set along the coastal road – CAVITEX. Those joining in the 3k and 5k categories can look forward to an organized race course along Macapagal Ave. This is made possible with 7-Eleven’s system of allowing SELF-SELECTED WAVE STARTS, enabling them to run with people with the same skill or speed (or with friends!). To make this run more exciting, the top 3 per age category will receive medals. Top 3 Filipino males and females in the 21k will be sponsored to join the Macau International Marathon on December 2012.

To complete registration, runners can pay reg fees at the 7-Eleven a nearest them. Take note of the 7-Connect number and pay at any 7-Eleven store within 24 hours. Race Kits can be claimed on the date indicated on the receipt, and from the same store where payment has been made.

Be part of Run 800 and also support your city. Click on the ADVOCACY PAGE to know about Run 800: Takbo para sa Kalusugan

7-Eleven Run 800 : Takbo para sa Kalusugan
August 26, 2012 @ 4AM
Aseana City
3K, 5K, 10K, 16K, 21K
Organizer: Phil. Seven Corporation

Registration Fees:
3K – Php 350
5K – Php 450
10K – Php 550
16K – Php 650
21K – Php 750

Registration Fee includes: (1)Singlet, (2)Race Bib with Built-in Timing chip, (3)Stubs for Drink, Bag, and Finisher’s Shirt (on the Race Bib)

Registration Venues:
Register online -> www.run711.com

7-Eleven Run 800 – Singlet Design:

7-Eleven Run 800 – Finisher’s Shirt Design:

Contact Details:
Visit: www.run711.com
Email: run711@7-eleven.com.ph

Pick UP The Pace

The UP Society of Geodetic Engineering Majors (UP GEOP), a student organization in the University of the Philippines Diliman, will be organizing a fun run: Pick UP the Pace marking the 75th anniversary of the Geodetic Engineering Department. This activity is open for all ages, both amateur and professional runners who wanted to keep and stay fit while having fun. It will be held inside the campus of UP Diliman.

Pick UP The Pace
August 12, 2012 @ 6AM
University of the Philippines Diliman Campus
3K / 5K / 10K
Organizer: UP Society of Geodetic Engineering Majors in cooperation with the Department of Geodetic Engineering

Registration Fees:
3K – PHP 300.00
5K – PHP 350.00
10K – PHP 400.00

Inclusive of singlets, bibs, timechips, finisher medals and photos.

Registration Venues:
1. UP Society of Geodetic Engineering Tambayan,
College of Engineering, infront of room 124

Facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/pickupthepace2012

Pick UP The Pace – Singlet Design

Pick UP The Pace – Race Route

Contact Details:
Chris
Cell: 0917-5296020

Mikka
Cell: 0917-8538065

Rexona Run 2012

The race date for the upcoming Rexona Run 2012 has finally been released! Time to save the date guys! Outdo Yourself at the upcoming Rexona Run 2012 on August 12, 2012 to be held at SM Mall of Asia!

Rexona Run 2012- Outdo Yourself!
August 12, 2012
SM Mall of Asia!
5K/21K/21K Relay

Registration Fees:
5K – PHP 700
21K – PHP 900
21K (relay of 2 persons) – PHP 1600 (800 per runner)

- includes singlet, bib, b-tag, rexona, Riovana 10% discount, bag, drink
- 21K individual gets Finisher’s Medal and Finisher’s Shirt
- 21K Relay gets One Race Belt and Finisher’s Medal

Gun Start:
5K – 5:50AM
21K Relay – 5:00AM
21K Individual – 4:40AM

Registration Venues:
ONLINE Registration (with delivery): July 2 to 22, 2012

IN-STORE Registration: July 2 to 29, 2012

RIOVANA
- BGC – 9th Ave corner 28th Street, Bonifacio Global City – Mon to Sun, 12PM to 10PM
- KATIPUNAN – 3rd Floor Regis Center, Katipunan, QC (Across Ateneo and Beside KFC) – Mon to Sun, 10AM to 9:30PM

TOBY’s
- SM Mall of Asia – Mon to Sun, 12PM to 8PM
- Trinoma – Mon to Sun, 12PM to 8PM

Rexona Run 2012 – Singlet Design:

Rexona Run 2012 – Shirt Design:

Rexona Run 2012 – Medal Design:

For more information:
Visit the Source -> http://runrio.com/

Regent Foods 24th Anniversary Run

Check out the Regent Foods 24th Anniversary Run happening on August 12, 2012 at the Bonifacio Global City!

Regent Foods 24th Anniversary Run
August 12, 2012
Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
100m/3km/5km/10km/16k

EVENT BENEFICIARY: Philippine National Red Cross

Registration Fees:
100m – P450
3K – P450
5K – P550
10K – P550
16K – P700

Inclusive of Race bib, singlet, FREE limited edition of Saver’s Treat with 13 Regent product inside.

REGISTRATION PERIOD: June 22 to August 5, 2012

Finisher Medals: 5K, 10K and 16K
Finisher Shirt: For 16K runners only
Regent Foods Gift Packs to all Runners on event day.

Registration Venues:
- RUNNR Store Bonifacio High Street

Customer Services Area of the following ROBINSONS SUPERMARKET Branches:
- Robinsons Supermarket GALLERIA
- Robinsons Supermarket PIONEER
- Robinsons Supermarket ERMITA
- Robinsons Supermarket TIMOG
- Robinsons Supermarket BF HOMES, Paranaque

RAFFLE PRIZES:
- Round-trip ticket for 2 to Bangkok, Thailand via Thai Airways
- Overnight Accomodation at the Dusit Thani Hotel

Regent Foods 24th Anniversary Run – Singlet Design:

Regent Foods 24th Anniversary Run – Medal Design:

Regent Foods 24th Anniversary Run – Shirt Design:

For More Information:
Contact Number: 641-5688
Official Website: www.regentfoods.com.ph
Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/regentfoodscorp
Official Twitter Account: @regent_food

Burn 100 Calories RIGHT NOW

FITFIL BGC Fitness Camp 2012

If you’re out of shape, sedentary, obese or if you’re fit and want to get challenged — Join FITFIL for a 5 Week Fitness Program and be amazed at how much Stronger, Slimmer and Fitter you can get! No matter how old, young, fit or unfit you are, this is the Fitness Camp for you!

Experience TRX, Boxing, Yoga, Pilates, Circuit, P90X and other newest workout techniques in one fitness camp!

FITFIL BGC Fitness Camp
Starts on June 27, 2012
M-W-F @ 6:30-8:00pm
Bonifacio Global City

Registration Fee:
PHP 1,000

Registration Details -> Click Here

Running 2012: Top 10 Health Benefits of Running

Running is a healthy outlet to assist in living a low stress life. Understanding the right way to warm up and cool down can add to the health benefits of running.

Physical Strength: Physical strength is one of the most popular reasons for beginning a running routine. Building strength in your lower body, muscles, tendons, and ligaments can greatly reduce the daily effects of fatigue and aging. Building physical strength also helps prevent future injury to muscles and bones due to increased stability.

Weight Loss: Gaining more muscle helps you lose weight from fat. The motion of the extra weight from fat moving up and down, helps to break it down into more manageable portions for the body to get rid of. Running also helps tighten the skin as the weight comes off. Losing weight greatly reduces the risk of heart attack and other illnesses that extra weight can cause.

Heart Health: Running helps build healthy heart muscles and increase the amount of blood the heart can pump. Having a healthy running schedule also helps reduce the risk of heart attack and increases the amount of blood the heart can pump without over exerting itself. A healthy heart can increase length and quality of life.

Helps Prevent High Blood Pressure: Healthy arteries alone cannot prevent high blood pressure. However, getting your arteries to work does. When you run, your arteries expand and contract harder than usual. This allows them to stay just as fit as the rest of your body. Keeping your arteries elasticity up by running, is a great way to maintain a healthy blood pressure. This reduces the risk of heart attack and stroke.

Reduce Effects of Diabetes: A regular running schedule can actually help reduce the effects of diabetes on the body. Studies show that regular exercise can actually help maintain a healthy blood sugar and reduce diabetic resistance to insulin. Having more manageable blood sugar can increase the types of food you can eat, and decrease the amount of medication you need.

Lessen Effects of Asthma: Studies show that slowly adding a running regimen to your schedule can actually reduce the effects that asthma has on your life, and it can also reduce the amount and the severity of your asthma attacks. This is because your lungs and bronchi are strengthened over the time that you run.

Joint Strength and Stability:

Running not only increases strength in your leg muscles, it also increases the strength of your tendons and ligaments. Increasing the strength of your tendons and ligaments increases joint strength and stability. This can greatly reduce the risk of ankle, knee, and hip injuries.

Personal Control: Running on a regular schedule, reducing the effects of many disease processes, reducing the amount of medication needed to control your health, and allowing you to control these things, gives you a sense of self control. Being able to control your own schedule, your own health, and your own future, gives you personal control of your destiny. This helps build self confidence and increases quality of life.

Increase Bone Density: High impact sports and activities, such as running, can actually improve your bone mineral density. As bone is stressed as your foot impacts with the ground, the body recognizes this stress. Because of the stress that has been applied to it, the body sends essential materials to create new bone to the stressed areas. The result is stronger, denser bones.

Overall Mental Health: Chemicals released while running can actually help people over come symptoms of depression, anxiety, and bipolar. This is the case even in severe cases. Exercise and the accomplishment can also give you a better personal image of yourself. Feeling happy with who you are, and being satisfied with yourself is the best way to boost your overall mental health.

Running has always been a big part of my life. I enjoy the outdoors, the fresh air, and the serenity of the only sound in the area being birds, and my shoes hitting the pavement.

R.O.X. Outdoor Festival: Trail Adventure Run (Cebu)

Be part of this first ever R.O.X. Outdoor Festival Trail Adventure Run happening on Cebu and get ready to conquer the muddy trails and obstacles of Lilo-an, Cebu!

R.O.X. Outdoor Festival: Trail Adventure Run
July 22, 2012
Lilo-an, Cebu
12KM

Registration Fee:
PHP 650.00

- Inclusive of Race Singlet, Race Bib, Timing Chip

Registration Venue: (June 22 to July 20, 2012)
- R.O.X. Ayala Center, Cebu

Run for Healthy Filipina

Please join us in the first Kellog's Special K Run to raise awareness of Kellogg's Special  K health awareness campaign- through healthy lifestyle on July 22, 2012 @ Mckinley Hill, Taguig City

Kellogg's Special K:Run for a Healthy Filipina
July 22, 2012
Mckinley Hill
3K/5K/10K/16K

Assembly Time & Gun Start

Registration Details and Inclusions

Registration Promo

Singlet Design

Registration Partners

Race Routes

See you there!

More Reason to Eat Fruit

RUNNING INJURIES:cause & symptoms

The Diet Secret That Protects against Toxic Pollution

Chemical stressors surround us. From toxic pesticides in food to harmful chemicals in food cans, soaps, and candles, it's basically impossible to get through a day without experiencing a harmful exposure. The good news is that making smarter personal choices can protect us from many everyday chemicals. And now, researchers believe that adopting certain food habits—and trashing bad ones—can help blunt the blow of pollution present in daily life.

In a commentary published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers cite evidence that eating unhealthy foods makes you more vulnerable to pollution's negative effects. For instance, although polychlorinated biphenyl compounds, or PCBs, are banned from commercial production, the once heavily used substances still persist in the environment. PCBs are particularly nasty once they enter the body, promoting the formation of disease-promoting free radicals and inflammation. This common contaminant also throws off normal cell signaling, a communication error that promotes the growth of dangerous visceral fat that envelops organs. This cell-signaling problem is also implicated in metabolic syndrome, an increasingly common medical condition that bumps up medical costs about $2,000 per person per year in the United States.

To help tame the stress that chemicals cause in our bodies, researchers suggest ditching omega-6–rich processed foods and adding healthy omega-3– and antioxidant-rich foods to your diet. While the damage is most severe in babies still developing in the womb and in young children, cleaning up your diet will help benefit you, no matter what your age.

The Protectors: Eat These 3 Things!Many everyday chemicals throw our bodies out of whack, but foods rich in omega-3s and antioxidants may help jump-start your system, helping to get processes regulated again. Smart omega-3-rich choices include:1. Old-fashioned eggs—Eggs from hens raised out on pasture contain two times more omega-3s than standard store-bought eggs. As an added measure, find a local pasture-based farm that supplements hens with certified-organic feed so you can to avoid genetically engineered ingredients and pesticide residues.2. Walnuts—A quarter-cup of walnuts weighs in at 160 calories and provides nearly all of the omega-3 fatty acids you need in a day. The source is ALA, a precursor to omega-3s that your body turns into the beneficial fat. Flaxseeds are another plant-based option for high omega-3 content.3. Wild-caught Alaskan salmon—Many fish are rich in omega-3s, but many are also also contaminated with mercury and PCBs. Wild-caught Alaskan salmon is one of the richest sources of omega-3s, but without high levels of pollution found in other seafood. Avoid farmed salmon altogether—it's full of toxic contamination.

The Disease Promoters: Omega-6–Rich Foods to AvoidWhile we all need omega-6s, the standard American diet that's heavy on the processed foods leads to an unhealthy omega-3 to omega-6 ratio. Foods rich in omega-6 fats help to amplify the inflammation, free-radical production, and cell-signaling chaos caused by the pollution you come into contact with every day. To start cutting back on omega-6s, cut out processed cereal and replace it with organic oatmeal; avoid foods containing corn or safflower oils and replace those with a more neutral oil, such as olive oil; and ditch fast food—it's saturated in obesity- and autoimmune-disease-promoting omega-6s.

SOURCE: http://www.rodale.com/

Weight Loss Trends You Should Avoid

Shedding those extra kilosand regaining the perfect physique is a matter of concern for everyone today.Losing weight is essential, but undergoing this weight loss program the healthy way is extremely crucial. In the frenzy of getting rid of the bulge quickly, one tends to adopt the attractive but unhealthy route. Below are a few weight loss tips that must be avoided:

Diet Pills

Resorting to a number of diet/weight loss pills available in the market is certainly the wrong choice. Watching the so called ‘Health Shows’ on television, people fall for it and do not question the science behind it which may end up harming the body in the longer run.

Skipping Meals

Skipping meals in the day is definitely the most incorrect way to loose weight. One tends to believe in the notion that avoiding a meal will result in lesser intake of calories, hence loss of weight. Unfortunately such individuals consume more quantity of food in the next meal causing overeating and weight gain instead of loss. So any of you trying to skip your breakfast, lunch or dinner, it’s certainly not advisable to do so.

Impatience

Like everything in life, human beings are impatient and expect quick returns and results even with reference to weight loss. It is important to remember that weight loss is a gradual and time-consuming process. Regular exercise, a healthy diet and a patient attitude will eventually show the desired results. 

Fasting

A myth that plays around in the minds of people especially the youth today, is that fasting is equal to weight loss. A day or two of fasting cleans and detoxifies the system but continuous lack of food for the body can prove to be a dangerous affair. The body requires a supply of essential vitamins, minerals and fats in order to function. Starvation can invite a number of health problems resulting in the reduction of the immunity levels of the body.

Aggressive exercise regime

Planning and following an aggressive exercise routine is often mistaken with immediate weight loss. What one tends to overlook is the long-term damage done to the body in the tumult of the short-term and immediate results that it produces. A well-planned, disciplined workout regime not only aids systematic weight loss but also boosts energy, improves the overall physical and mental health of the body.

Consuming Diet products and artificial sweetener

Diet snacks, dairy products available in the market certainly facilitate the weight loss process but it is imperative to consume them in moderation as per the diet plan 

suggested by the expert. Also, artificial sweeteners incorporated in the diet must be consumed in small quantities since anything can excess can be harmful for the body.

Keeping away from these basic pointers will not only help you achieve your weight loss target but also ensure that the process is systematic, not causing any major damages to the body. Stay Fit! Stay Happy!


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Fitness Xplosion

The biggest fitness marathon in the Philippines is back! Go beyond your limits on September 1.

RUNNR:Free Running Clinic!

FREE RUNNING CLINIC! Join us at UP Diliman (A.S. Parking lot) on May 20 and June 10, 2012 and learn more about running techniques Freebies and raffle prizes await you there.

Kuwait Marathon

Race details and Map

Start & Finish

Cut of time for all races is at 4PM, with the exception of the Ultra Marathon.

Getting to the start

Information will be provided later

Please plan to come early to avoid any rush or delays.

Run Number Collection

Information regarding the collection of Run Number will be provided later.

Check Points

Check points are located every 5km

Water

Water stations will be available at every check pint.

Medical

Medical tents will be located at every check point

Medical car will be supervising runners between every check point.

Entertainment

Various activities will be present to entertain the participants and spectators. Food and Beverage facilities will be available.

Winner Prizes:

Information regarding prizes will be provided later.

Kuwait Marathon races will take place at the the northern desert of Kuwait on hard sand, with the start and finish line being at the same spot in KM Base Camp as shown in the map.

U-Turn Style: KM is a U-Turn style race; runners will run half the distance and come back to the finish line located at the same base camp near the start line. It will give you and your family the privilege to celebrate your finish line crossing moment “together”.

Accurate route map will be provided 3 months before the race

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