Running Without Music

Starting Line

Posted by Marvin Tabangay under events, videos

Last year, I ran my first marathon in San Diego. The other day, I found the starting line video from that event. You can see the magnitude of this event, and see how many TNT participants are involved.

The Running Man

Posted by Marvin Tabangay under videos

I’m a man who runs, but do you know how to do the running man? har har har.

The Office: Fun Run

Posted by Marvin Tabangay under videos

Ever hear about The Office’s episode about their fun run? Well, thanks to my work’s Hulu Beta test run, I can embed the whole episode for you to watch here. If you’ve ever ran a 5k to a marathon, you’ll enjoy this episode.

Update: Video was deleted on Hulu, but watch the “Fun Run” video if you’re into running. Hilarious!

XTraining With Crunch

Posted by Marvin Tabangay under training, videos

In the beginning of February, representatives of Crunch, a gym in Hollywood, offered to give all employees a one month complimentary pass. February flew by so fast, and time’s running out! I finally decided to go since today was scheduled to be a “rest day” or a “crosstrain day”. It’s somewhat on the way home, it’s free, I’ll get some cardio in, and there won’t be traffic when I’m done. How can I resist? I looked at the classes online and at 8pm there was something called “Raw Groove.” Fair enough, that’s what I decided to do.

The gym is somewhat small, but seems to have a wide variety of things to do. It had all the machines and weights of what you’d expect from a gym. What sets itself from 24 Hr Fitness or LA Fitness is the amount of classes they offer, multiple rooms for classes, they have a boxing ring, and it has that sense of “Hollywood” style. Not sure if that last one is a good or bad thing. No one really hassled me about signing up for a year contract which some gyms do. I had some time to kill before my class, so I worked on my shoulders with some of the machines.

I felt a little weird when I first entered the class because aside from the instructor, there were only 2 other guys… and there were oh, 30 other girls. 10 girl to 1 guy ratio? Oh darn, right? Who am I to complain? Once the music started though, I knew I wasn’t in a “beginner” class. I eventually got used to the moves, after a few moments of just standing there, and some times when I’d spin the wrong way. Damn, they were making some difficult “U Got Served” moves to Justin Timberlake, Flo Rida, Mary J Blige, and more. I came to realize how uncoordinated I am, but it was really fun. Watch out now, I’ll bust some of these moves out in the clubs! There were so many 8 counts, jumps, spins, and hits for a whole hour.. it was a well worth cross train session and was a good break from the running monotony. Tomorrow night’s classes: Cardio Tai Boxing, or Pole Dancing?

My Lovely Mentor

Posted by Marvin Tabangay under Experiences, photos, videos

Just found out that MARCELA is my mentor! We were TNT virgins last year training for the San Diego RNR, and now we’re addicted to TNT! Ahh yeah, it’s going to be that much more fun!

Oh, and here’s a nice pic from a night out in Santa Monica. Love ya Marcela!

TNT 20th Anniversary Video

Posted by Marvin Tabangay under videos

2008 is Team In Training’s 20th Anniversary. Learn more about Team In Training in this very inspirational video about how it all started.

All About Team In Training

Posted by Marvin Tabangay under Experiences, videos

I give credit to my friends Anna Catolos and JoAnne Samson, for introducing me to Team In Training. They were the first ones who inspired me to run a marathon, as they trained for the San Diego Rock N’ Roll Marathon back in the summer of 2006.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training® has trained more than 10,000 Southern California residents to run or walk a marathon or half marathon; cycle a 100-mile century ride; complete an adventure race or a triathlon. All participants are involved in a lifesaving mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Below is the informational video that was showed at all the informational meetings: