As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Friday, April 26, 2013

Two More Days... Friday, April 26

With my half marathon just two days away, the pressure is definitely on and being felt. Sponsors calling me, checking up and asking me "Amy, condition ok?", to which I know I have no choice but to answer "yes". Really though, I'd love to say "HELL NO!"

And just for the record, let it be known, I am by no means any kind of pro star runner.  I started running longer runs back in high school when they said we had to pick a race to run on Track & Field Day.  With a multitude of students picking the shorter runs, like the 100m and 200m dash, I only picked the longer runs, like the 1500m, because the probability was greater.  If the 100m dash had 5 heats of 8 students, the chances of me winning first place was 1 in 40.  However, if the 1500m had only 8 students, the chances of me winning was now down to 1 in 8.  Sounded like pretty good odds to me!  I never did win a long distance run but I definitely fell in love with the endurance demand and mental control it required of me.
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