Skechers GOrun launches mid-foot strike running clinic in Davao City

After a series of successful Running Essentials clinics in Metro Manila and in Cebu, Skechers recently mounted its Davao City leg featuring Skechers’ Fitness Ambassador, ultramarathoner and fitness coach Michelle Estuar.

The running clinic was held at the Activity Center of Abreeza Mall last August 24, 2012, from 6:00pm to 8:30pm, which saw the participation of over a hundred avid new and veteran Davaoeño running enthusiasts. Skechers Fitness Ambassador, Michelle Estuar, and her team of ultrarunners led the free clinic with the aim of teaching runners proper running technique particularly mid-foot striking.

According to Estuar, “observing good running techniques is extremely important for every runner. These techniques allow runners to enjoy every run as they are able to improve their overall performance and lessen injuries that will keep them off the road.”

Estuar also shared some of the most important techniques that runners should remember.  Below are helpful tips that beginner and professional runners should keep in mind to enjoy a great run:

Warm up, cool down and stretch - Before and after the start of any run, be sure to engage in warm-up exercises. If muscles are properly warmed up, the strain on muscles, tendons, and joints is reduced. A combination of sustained and steady stretches, not forced, is perfect to help loosen the muscles.

Check your upper body - Make sure to maintain good posture while running by keeping your shoulders back and down and keeping your body upright. A good posture enables the lungs to expand fully and in turn, allows you to breathe deeply.

Be aware of your breathing- Whether you’re a leisure or professional runner, proper breathing can have a significant effect on your performance. Relaxation breathing can help a runner because this type of controlled breathing eases muscle tension, helps your limbs move smoother and increases the oxygen your muscles get.

Check your leg and foot striking technique - A common mistake among runners is to heel strike. Such style of running is not only inefficient, but generates sudden and large impact, which in the long run affects the knees and muscles. Therefore, runners must gradually adapt to mid-foot striking.

To help runners easily transition from heel striking to mid-foot striking, they can now lace up a pair of Skechers GOrun – a new minimalistic lightweight shoe line that integrates the revolutionary mid-foot strike technology. Skechers GOrun’s mid-foot strike technology is designed to enhance the natural running performance of runners by positioning the body for an efficient mid-foot strike so that you could run faster, stronger and longer.

By keeping these basic tips in mind and sporting on a pair of Skechers GOrun, runners can definitely feel the big difference in their performance. The Running Essentials clinic is sponsored by 100 Plus and Vitamilk, with media partners Juice.ph, Takbo.ph, and other running blogger friends.

Skechers GOrun exploded into the serious running scene in November 2011 when elite marathoner Meb Keflezighi wore the shoes to set a new personal record as the fastestAmerican to cross the finish line in the 2011 NYC Marathon in 2:09:13. He also set another personal best in the London Olympic trials held in Houston, Texas at 2:09:08 where he was named the fastest qualifier for the US Olympic Marathon Team.

The running community has followed Meb’s story and embraced Skechers GOrun with Competitor and Women’s Running naming it the “Most Innovative” new running line for 2012.  Meb also wore the Skechers GOrun footwear when he recently represented the United States at the London Olympics where he placed fourth.

To get updates on upcoming Running Essentials events, check out www.facebook.com/SkechersFitnessPhilippines. For more information on Skechers GO Run, visit www.skechers.com.ph/gorun or simply drop by the Skechers stores at 2nd Level, Gaisano Mall and Ground floor, Abreeza Mall in Davao City.

For inquiries, please contact: Niza Forschler PR Manager (TL) (632) 584-9974 / 584-9818 loc. 114 (M) 0917.6976809 (Email) niza.forschler@gmail.com

Michelle Obligacion Marketing Associate (TL) (632) 584-9974 / 584-9818 loc. 111 (M) 0922 813 7717 (Email) m.obligacion@i-trend.com.ph

CAFE FRANCE BRINGS A NEW DINING EXPERIENCE TO DAVAO CITY

            

         Cafe France brings a different dining experience to the premier city of Davao as it sets to open three stores.  In its first venture out of Luzon, CafeFrance is determined to capture the palates and hearts of Davaoeños with the opening of stores at the Manila Bulletin Building on J.P. Rizal Street, at the Upper Ground Floor of Gaisano Mall of Davao, and at The Peak at the 4^th level of the same mall.

            “CafeFrance is more than your usual coffeeshop,” says Enya Baltazar, CafeFrance's Business Unit Head.  “We go further by providing not only a place for a coffeebreak, but a hangout where people can relax, spend time with friends and family over good food at any time of day.” 

            And the menu, indeed, has an array of yummy treats to satisfy a hungry tummy anytime of the day.  Start off with a hearty Breakfast Plate that comes with freshly-baked, breakfast meats, eggs, fresh fruits and premium coffee.  Lunch could either be the picture-perfect Tray Couture of California Chicken Clubhouse Sandwich and Garlic Pesto Pasta, served with soup, a chocolate for dessert, and drink; or a filling rice meal of Chicken Mediterranean and fresh Red Grape Frappé.  Punctuate your day with CafeFrance's mouth-watering pasta, man-sized club sandwiches, and an assortment of breads and pastries—all baked on-site.

            “CafeFrance is here to offer fresh and healthy food choices which are sorely missing in the urban foodscape.  Our food is prepared only as ordered, and we have studied out menu items carefully checking on nutritional values that each one gives the diner.  We know no shortcuts—just serving food the way food should be cooked and served,” Ms. Baltazar adds. 

            The arrival of CafeFrance in Davao is definitely something to look forward to as it brings new flavors, new dishes to enjoy, a new coffeshop experience, and a new way to enjoy life.  As the French say, “C'est la vie!”

email: haydee,evangelista@cafefrance.net

Arise Davao 2012 HUMANITARIAN PROJECT Public Common CR donated to the coastal community

ARISE DAVAO in cooperation with ARISE ASIA

Arise Davao 2012

HUMANITARIAN PROJECT

Public Common CR donated to the coastal community

Volunteers from Arise Davao Youth Movement turn-over the Public Common CR to the community in Purok 8, Brgy. 31-D, Poblacion, Davao City last July 31, 2012. The turn-over was spearheaded by Arise Philippines National Coordinator – Rev. Danny Lagdamen together with volunteers and Arise Davao Humanitarian Project Committee headed by Mr. Bay’ Arths Cagumbay. The turn-over ceremony attended by Kagawad Teofilo Sacay and Mrs. Sheba Leones, BCW President all of Brgy. 31-D. Dr. Ashley Lopez of City Health Office also attended the turn-over.

The construction of a Common CR is the flagship project of Arise Davao. This is in response to the deepest need of the families living in this coastal barangays wherein more than 50% of the houses don’t have access to a clean and healthy toilet. Or if they have a toilet but they don’t have a septic tank where their waste is thrown directly to the sea or a pipe connected to a canal then to the sea – the Davao Gulf.

According to Mrs. Sheba Leones, the common toilet project will benefit around 100 families in our barangay.

And this is also our little way in supporting the city government thru the implementation of the “City Ordinance No. 0363-10 - Section 11. Construction of Communal Toilets and/or Septic. The City, through the barangay local government unit in the area, shall construct Communal Toilets and/or Septic Tanks in areas where there are informal settlers who cannot afford to build one”, Lagdamen said.

Dr. Lopez shared that it’s his first time to witness a project with this kind. “This is a laudable project done by Arise Davao”, Dr. Lopez added.

"In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness, and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us." - Titus 2:7-8 (NIV)

DAVAO LIFE IS HERE a poem

Ringggggg!!!. . .  the clock ting aling..
Hearts beating while rushing like a wind
It's seven in the morning! Oh my... oh my, get up!
Dancing and leaping and moving


I'm going home again
My heart's whispering your name...
Davao, Davao, Davao you are beautiful
Your name is fire as you burn the darkness of enemies


You are surrounded with passionate leaders
You are adorned with wisdom and life
Your beauty rises as the sun kisses your face
As I look upon your eyes, tears of joy overflows

Nest of mother eagle with eyes glaze like fire
Spare a beak of love into her eaglets
Who can compare the beauty and your likeness
Nation shall rise to crown with peace


OUR KING CAN FLY!

Villa Carmelita Inland Resort, Toril Davao City

Eden Nature Park, Toril Davao City

LOLENG'S RESORT, Toril Davao City

#DavaoLifeIsHere
#DBtour2012

Toril Trailblazers! xD

Holy Week- a point of view!

Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross

Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:6-11

Crucial, crux, holiday -- in these words we see even our language bowing to the essential nature of the event we remember during Lent and Easter. Good Friday is not just a day off work; it is a holy day. Easter's Resurrection could happen only after the Crucifixion, and the cross is like a crossroads in our lives. Every one of us must stand at that crux, that point requiring resolution, and must choose which way to go. The decision we make is crucial -- the crisis of our lives is resolved by our turn toward either life or death. Jesus said, "Truly, Truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but he passed from death to life" (John 5:24).

We reveal to ourselves and others what is important to us by the way we celebrate. Is the season before Easter mainly a hassle to get to the mall and a strain on the budget purchasing clothes, candy, cards, and groceries for a big dinner? Or is it several days or weeks of considering God's work in our lives through Jesus, along with special activities to help us think about Jesus' death and resurrection?

Over the course of the Lenten and Easter season, we are remembering the lowest points of sin and the highest peaks of what God has done for us through Jesus. We have a way, the only way, to the Father through Jesus. That's worth celebrating!

Jesus said....I'm the way and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
And yet every year somehow it's so easy for Easter to slip up on us, and suddenly we're saying, "Oh, my goodness, it's Palm Sunday already!" Let's think of some ways to be prepared, to be waiting for Easter.
It is no small think to "proclaim the Lord's death" (1 Corinthians 11:26), which is what we are doing not just on Good Friday, but every time we eat and drink together the Lord's Supper. Jesus' suffering is very real to his people who suffer because of their faith. May we not take our Lord's death for granted. Our lives depend on it.

I don't want to aim so purposefully toward Easter that I speed unthinkingly past the cross. But at the same time, the Crucifixion -- Jesus' death -- is not the end.

TV5 invades Davao in ‘Sugod Mga Kapatid sa Araw ng Dabaw’

TV5's PressCon at Claude's Le Cafe

photo source: Doc Charles Ortiz  

Summer in Davao will heat up as Kapatid stars paint the town red to celebrate Araw ng Dabaw with TV5’s  exciting ‘Sugod Mga Kapatid’ activities.

On Friday, March 16, TV5 starts the day right with the live airing of Good Morning Club straight from Davao, with hosts Amy Perez, Chiqui Roa-Puno and Tintin Bersola-Babao sharing highlights on the Parada Dabawenyo as well as special Araw ng Dabaw updates.

Starting at 2:00 p.m., Dabawenyos can head off to the Rizal Park to and catch the special TV marathon of TV5 dramaseryes. Recent episodes of the  David Archuleta-starrer ‘Nandito Ako’ and TV5’s afternoon soaps ‘Felina’ and ‘Isang Dakot na Luha’ will be shown.

The highlight of the Kapatid Araw ng Dabaw celebration is a special show top-billed by TV5 stars Lorna Tolentino, Zoren Legazpi, Alex Gonzaga, Arnel Ignacio, Shalala and Davao’s own Talentadong Pinoy grand finalist Beatbox Gor. To be held at the Rizal Park starting at 4:00 p.m., ‘Sugod Mga Kapatid sa Araw ng Dabaw’ offers exciting games and even more exciting prizes right before the special performance prepared by the Kapatid stars.

The grandest and biggest adventure race in the world will also hit Davao City as The Amazing Race Philippines hold auditions on March 17 and 18. Details of the auditions will be announced at the ‘Sugod Mga Kapatid sa Araw ng Dabaw’ show on March 16. For more information on audition requirements, visit www.theamazingrace.ph.

Sugod Mga Kapatid is a regional campaign that promotes TV5’s programs and artists in key cities nationwide, engaging more Filipinos and giving them a taste of what the Happy Network is all about. This is aligned with TV5’s regional expansion as the network rolls out its transmitters and strengthens its signals all across the country. 

History of Davao City

1936: THE CREATION OF THE CITY

Davao was created as a city when then Assemblyman Romualdo C. Quimpo of Davao sponsored a bill in Congress in March 16, 1936, making Davao a chartered city. The said bill was signed into law by President Manuel L. Quezon on October 16, 1936. the formal inauguration was held on March 1, 1937.

The coming of the Japanese in 1941 brought fear among Davaoeños, and because of which, a big population evacuated to the outskirts of the city. When peace and order was re-establsihed under the terms of Mayors Alfonso Oboza and Donato Endriga, most evacuees came back to the poblacion. Davaoeños were then engaged in “buy and sell”, farming and government employment. Schools in the city were opened and the Nippongo language was taught to the students, side by side with the National Language and English. However, only few students attended classes. Life was not in normal condition due to the atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers.

After the Second World War, Davao staged its march to progress. The principal industries then were logging, copra, banana, corn, abaca, ramie, mining, and fishing. When the logging industry declined, the next industry that flourished was the banana industry. Since then, Davao was recognized as the center of commerce and trade in Mindanao. Industrial and commercial establishments did business domestically and internationally.

The rest of the 80’s and the early part of the 90’s saw a vibrant and dynamic Davao City teeming with economic developments as investments poured into the city due to favorable business climate brought about by its natural advantages and the peace and order condition.

Today, Davao City is caught in the vast sweep of urbanization that it is but proper for all Davaoeños, be they natives or migrants, to be proud of Davao City as one of the fastest growing cities in the Philippines.

Source: Davao Historic Society and DCIPC