Lenten Reading

I’ll be in Baguio City for the long Holy weekend(actually I’ll be in Baguio City again 3 weeks from now for the TNF 100). While there, among other things, I hope to be able to do some relaxation, some true-blue hill workouts, some bit of writing, and a lot of reading. Among the books I [...]

Tags: Dr. Sheehan on Running, George Sheehan

Every Second Counts

For some reason I always end up finding a great running related book whenever I go to SM City Baguio’s Booksale. I got my Duel in the Sun there last holy week; last time around, when I went to Baguio for the Centennial Run, it was Lance Armstrong’s Every Second Counts(okay, not exactly a running-related [...]

Tags: Every Second Counts, Lance Armstrong, Tour de France

Duel in the Sun: A Book Review

Whenever I read or hear stories about Kara Goucher, Alberto Salazar, the Boston Marathon, or Dick Beardsley(like this one), I can’t help but be reminded of this book, Duel in the Sun.

I was able to get a copy from Booksale at SM City Baguio while vacationing at the City of Pines last Holy Week. Needless [...]

Tags: Alberto Salazar, Boston Marathon, Dick Beardsley, Duel in the Sun, Kara Goucher, Ryan Hall

Murakami’s running book now on paperback

I was in SM City’s National Book Store earlier today when I spotted the paperback version of Haruki Murakami’s “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running”. It hardly classifies as Lenten season reading material but I immediately bought it as I had been waiting for the book’s paperback version to come out since [...]

Tags: Books, Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running