Last week, I exercised for a total of nine hours combined. I’m pretty sure my insides look great (my heart’s probably never been better) but I still need to take care of my outsides. I wouldn’t be Kikay Runner if I didn’t!

I receive products every so often, and of course I use them in order to give them proper reviews! Here’s what I’ve recently been up to using a Sabina sports bra and Hurraw! lip balms.

Sabina Sports Bra

I think I’ve always underscored the importance of a good sports bra for women who have an active lifestyle. There are many good ones available from the major sports brands as well as lingerie lines.

Of course, that’s not me in the photo.

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Bike! Bike! Bike! at Primo Cycles

I stopped by Primo Cycles the day before my SuBIT weekend to buy a new bento box for my bike. While there, I happened upon Glenn Colendrino doing a Retul bike fit for one of the customers. We shot the breeze for a bit since we were both doing SuBIT.

I first met Glenn during one of The Next Step Tri Camp weekends last year when he demo’ed the Retul bike fit system for us. Glenn is a Retul University certified fitter with a master’s certification and additional expertise in cycling insoles and time trial bike fit. In cycling, you not only need to buy the right size of bike, but you also must make sure your position on it is one that will balance power and comfort so you can perform well. Retul gets rid of the guesswork and eyeballing.

Coach Ani de Leon-Brown gettin Retul’d

Glenn asked me if I’d ever gotten bike-fitted before. I told him that while I’d gotten a bike fit before buying my bike, I hadn’t had one since. Most adjustments to my bike Loki had been made based on rough eyeballing by manongs at bike shops. Definitely nothing scientific or quantifiable.

I mentioned that I was doing the 5150 standard-distance triathlon in June, and he said, “Let’s see if we can’t get you a faster bike split at 5150.” It was too late to get a Retul bike fit for SuBIT, so he told me to come see him again after. And so I did! read more »

I’ve pared down my must-have running accessories to a wristwatch, a visor, and sunglasses. Without any of these, I’d feel naked! I’ve tried a number of sunglass brands, but I recently got a pair of Salice sport sunglasses from Maiqui Dayrit of Cascos Inc., also the exclusive Philippine distributor of Yurbuds.

Rocking my Salices while stuck in traffic!

Salice is an Italian brand known for

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At Rip the Road 3 last month, I won a Simple Hydration bottle for tidily disposing of my paper cups at the hydration station. (Hooray for my mild OC tendencies?) Since then, I’ve used it during my Thursday morning runs, at the gym, and even while traveling.

Simple Hydration bottle with my daily vitamins

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