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We beat the No. 1 team in Urbanathlon 2008

Posted: November 27th, 2008 | Author: Ben | Filed under: Wellness | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Last year, I participated in the first Men’s Health Urbanathlon here in the Philippines. It was held in  Bonifacio Global City last November 18, 2007. I finished the race in 1 hr 23 mins 16 secs.

This year, the Men’s Health Urbanathlon was held in U.P. Campus last November 16, 2008.  I and my friends – Allan Vistan, Verchie Totanes and Echo Santos – registered as a team. We were team T-0147.

  1. We ran a total of 10 kilometers (3 laps)
  2. Walked and balanced myself over a long zigzag and slippery planks
  3. Got up and over the hurdles
  4. Crawled under the net
  5. Got over a series of barricades
  6. Went over Toyota pickup trucks
  7. Went thru a Toyota “car” maze
  8. Got up and over the 10-foot wall and unto the finish line.

And guess what? We beat the no. 1 team (literally, T-0001). Hehe.


I lost 9 lbs. in 5 weeks.

Posted: December 11th, 2007 | Author: Ben | Filed under: Wellness | 31 Comments »

To read more about my weight-loss project, visit http://body.alegre.ph.


Week 4: Lost a total of 8 lbs.

Posted: December 4th, 2007 | Author: Ben | Filed under: Wellness | 1 Comment »

To read more on how I lost 8 lbs. in 4 weeks, click here.


Week 3: Lost a total of 7 lbs.

Posted: November 27th, 2007 | Author: Ben | Filed under: Wellness | 28 Comments »

To read more on how I lost a total of 7 lbs., click here.


Ben finishes the Men’s Health Urbanathlon 2007

Posted: November 19th, 2007 | Author: Ben | Filed under: Wellness | 199 Comments »

Read more about how I survived the first Urbanathlon here in the Philippine. Visit Ben Alegre =.) Body | body.alegre.ph.