MultiSport Philippines' Camp 101 Cycling Leg

I joined the cycling leg of MultiSport Camp 101 at Fort Bonifacio today. I've been a subscriber of the magazine for over a year now and since the magazine is free (my subscription covers the delivery) I take every chance I get to maximize the value of my subscription by joining their free training sessions. I joined their running session and the timing was great because my first 32K run was coming up and I've been training for it.

Coach Patrick Joson at the Multisport Camp 101 2013

Bike coach Patrick Joson led the 5:30 AM session which I attended and he taught the group proper biking techniques to help us ride our bikes more efficiently. I've been riding a bike since before I was ten and this is my first time to hear someone teach proper riding techniques. Heck, who would've thought there's more to riding your bike than just pushing down on your pedal?

Coach Joson has a good teaching style, he focused on teaching one thing (proper riding technique) for the session so that the riders can retain the info and I could say that it worked. In terms of results, I'll say that my knee feels less pressure after I applied his technique. I took one session, imagine what I could learn from more session!

Application Ride

As with previous sessions, there were sponsors booths at the session. Dan's Bike Shop had a booth and they were touting their Specialized line of products. Their entry level road bike was selling for around P39,000 (if I remember right) while I was told their entry level Tri-bike sold for P80,000 to P90,000. Steep, but Specialized is a quality brand.

There's only one more session left and that will be the swimming leg for their Multisport Camp 101. I can't swim well and all I can do is swim from one short end of the pool to the other so I could definitely use some tips in that sport.

I wish they raffled off one of these bad boys

Multisport Magazine is free and you could get it from sports stores but you can subscribe to Multisport Magazine and have it delivered to your home so you don't miss an issue.