Miguel Lopez

endurance athlete;
endurance coach for multisport&mountainsports

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Yo! Yo-yo!!!

[Inquirer @inquirerdotnet]

'Historic Filipinotown' episode explores the origin of the yo-yo, popularized by Fil-Am businessman Pedro Flores | via @InquirerUSA https://t.co/dQ9j46HBYQ

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

This can be done in the Philippines.

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Missing anchovies on my pizza.

[NDRRMC @NDRRMC_OpCen]

MGA AKTIBONG BULKAN
MAYON, TAAL, BULUSAN, AT KANLAON
Buod ng 24 oras na pagmamanman
6 Enero 2024
Source: Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS-DOST)

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

May you grow well 🙏

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Sunset hike

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

See you on the other side.

[Alan Couzens @Alan_Couzens]

A few important considerations...

1/ "How much am I training?"
It should come as no surprise that longer races demand more training time. It's no use signing up for an Ironman if you don't have the time to train for an Ironman.

2/ "What am I good at?"
We all fall at a different place on the speed-endurance curve. Some of this changes with training, some of this is more genetic, related to muscle fiber type. If you have a natural strength on the speed side of the curve, you should probably make use of it by focusing on a shorter event.

3/ "What is my body type?"
If you have a large frame with good absolute power, but low power to weight, hilly courses are probably not your best choice. Beyond this, running may not be your best sport - a supported or semi-supported sport like cycling or swimming may be a better short term focus.

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This is not to say that one should only race their strengths, but certainly for your "A Race" it is a lot more motivating to do relatively well in something you're naturally inclined to, than to put in a lot of training &, through no fault of your own, underperform simply because you chose the wrong event.

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Sometimes it's nice to just sit back and enjoy.

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

If not now? When?

[tom danielson @tomdanielson]

🚨 Pacelines are NOT the place to try and drop people! 🚨

Instead, the objective of a paceline is for a group to use one another to travel faster, more efficiently, using less effort.

A paceline is not where the strongest people drop everyone. That is LATER when they attack.

When the strongest riders ride to drop people in a paceline they instead just reduce the people who already would have been dropped. They isolate themselves with the other strongest riders who are more rested than them because they are on the wheel!

Shift your mindset in pace lines to be smoother when pulling and go easier on climbs so that the group can take your faster with less energy.

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Wow. Hope you bounce back Tom

[Billy Yang @BillyYang]

Whoa. @TomEvansUltra was attacked and mugged at knifepoint on the trails in South Africa. Unfortunately (and understandably) withdrawing from UTCT to return home. Sorry this happened to you Tom…best wishes 🙏🏼

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Bravo!

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Jonas Salk creates the first polio vaccine, 1955.

Salk decided not to patent his polio vaccine so that it would be affordable for millions of people who couldn't afford it. In an interview, Edward R. Murrow asked Salk who owned the patent to the polio vaccine.

"Well, the people, I would say," Salk responded. "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

As a result of his actions, he lost out on an estimated 7 billion dollars but helped save millions of lives.

[Alan Couzens @Alan_Couzens]

No person can tell another person how to live.

The best they can do is make the natural consequences of a given way of life visible.

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Casile aka The Castle. #cabuyao #laguna

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

That morning run felt great! #running #suuntoph

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Weekend spent well riding and running for fitness and health. #sarapsasouth

[Alex Hutchinson @sweatscience]

Interesting article about the move to 100-120 grams per hour of carbohydrate in cycling. That's a lot of carbs!

https://t.co/vCew4UMVaM

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

This is good...sharing here for everyone who needs hip mobility and strength.

[Gerry DeFilippo @Challenger_ST]

💊 Start your week w/ some Hip medicine

1. Rocking 90/90 (2x15)

2. SL RDL into hip gate (2x10)

3. Side lunge w/ iso hold (2x12)

4. Wall adductor opener (2x1 minute hold)

5. Fire hydrant (2x15)

Not a bad routine to use a few days per week after training!

[Miguel Lopez @Igelopez]

Insane.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

The ant stings were venomous. Thus, they shocked her heart and kept it beating. Also, the stings caused her body to produce more adrenaline which kept her alive until the paramedics arrived, gave her some quick aid and transported her to the hospital.

When she arrived at the Carolina Medical Center, doctors determined that Joan Murray skydiver injuries included shattered bones on the right side of her body, and she lost a few teeth. Thus, they put her in a coma and performed 20 reconstructive surgeries and 17 blood transfusions. The surgeries included inserting a metal rod into her right leg and 5-inch spikes into her pelvis.

Also, Joan Murray suffered a comminuted femur fracture. Fortunately, Joan had no significant hollow viscus injuries to the organs within her abdominal cavity or closed head injuries.