A one-hour free marathon clinic every Sunday for nine months will be conducted by the Metro Dumaguete Roadrunners Club, Inc., in Dumaguete City.

The activity is open to all interested individuals who want an easy, relaxed and recreational form of physical activity to improve their fitness, Paultom Paras, MDRCI vice president and event coordinator, said.

He said the clinic will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 a.m., on Sundays, except for three weekends. Dr. Aparicio Mequi of Foundation University and pioneer marathon clinic organizer in Quezon City, will lead the clinic with a brief lecture on topics such as training, nutrition, water intake, proper shoes and prevention, and treatment of injuries.

Training groups will be led and paced by volunteers who have completed at least one marathon.

Groups during the clinic will be classified as follows: beginners or the sedentary types and people just starting their exercise programs; intermediates or those who are already running but haven't transitioned yet to a marathon; and advanced which is similar to intermediates but at a faster pace.

The marathon clinic is inspired by the Honolulu Marathon Clinic founded by cardiologists Jack Schaf and John Wagner in the early 70s. It aims at getting sedentary people and even cardiac patients to participate in an easy, relaxed and recreational form of physical activity to improve their fitness and ward off what are called "lifestyle diseases."

The activity is supported by the Dumaguete City Tourism and City Health Offices.*RG

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