Lately, most of my decisions have been influenced by last year's events. This was no different. Papa has been bed ridden since his coma. With his loss of mobility, i wanted to make up for it by doubling or even tripling my own until he learns to walk again. Everything seemed to fall into place. Running a full marathon has always been a goal since i started running, so i signed up for TBR Dream Marathon :) And by some miracle, i got my amity to join me :D
Almost 6 months of training went into this. Sunday, March 20 2011 was the date. The Tuesday before, i get sick. CRAP!!! i was thinking kaya yan, i have 4 days to get better. Saturday comes im still sick and my body just wont sleep :( 2 hours before the run, i told amity, "im really not feeling well... i dont think i can run". Im sooooo glad he didnt let me quit!!! He told me after the run he didnt let me cause he knew id be angry at him if he let me :P HAHAHA!!! thats what you call foresight! :P
One thing about me is i hate deviating from a plan. When we get there, my plan was to have my knee wrapped with kenesio tape, change into my cwx just in time for the 'gun start'. Everything was in place. i was next on the line, with just a few minutes to go. The girl before me was halving her calves taped. Anybody who knows me can attest that patience is not my virtue :P i was biting on my lips trying to muffle 'FASTER! THE RACE IS ABOUT TO START!. Finally, i thought to myself as they finished on her left leg. She turns, and in her tiny annoying voice... ummmm pwedeng patape din ng right knee ko.
AARRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGG!!! nagdilim ang paningin ko. Then we heard the count down. Oh gosh. i wasnt even able to change into my cwx. They say never try anything new on race day. Ive NEVER worn anything else during long runs because i planned to run with my cwx on. Amity, just said just deal with it. I wanted to slap him right then and there :P I mean, it might sound petty but, i really do feel the difference running without and with them and this was THE DAY the day ive been training 5 plus months for... PERO SIGE FIGHT! I was mumbling curse words at that girl and at the situation til 1.5 kilometers :P hahahahaha! When i felt better na, i went up to amity and asked for am am :)
That's how we came up with this Kiss per Kilometer marks. It may sound cheesy to some, but its an additional incentive to get to the next one. Minsan lang naman kaming maging cheesy, dun na sa patayan :P
At 18k i was reminded of my cwx, sitting in amity's car :P the left knee was starting to hurt... i wanted to change. Had a pit stop at 21k (ate up about 5 mins changing socks and trying to squeeze in the leggings) Whew! that felt soooo much better :) by kilometer 23, amity suggested having quicker intervals for our run and walks. His lack of training was starting to show :P we were doing a 10k/hour pace by this time hahahahaha!
We were lugging along at 25km, i heard him say. T*ng*n* and layo pa natin. There were a lot of times that i was tempted to run ahead and catch the time i had set as my goal, but the 42 kisses at the end weighed more. This was the first FM for both of us and i knew i could always try to go for 5:30:00 on my next :)
Honestly, the hardest part was the last 3k (Specially thanks to our dream chaser, kassy for joining us for the last 5k :D). Damn that S-shaped turnaround. Soooo near but 1.5 kilometer too far :P katabi mo na yung parking, pero kailangan mo pang umikot uli. badtrip! :P We kissed at kilometer 41 :) just one more. just one more. I asked him if we could run the last leg with no walks. I was talking to myself by this time, dont stop che dont stop, dont stop. Then right before the corner of the finish line, i stopped and waited for my amity :)despite the pain and the cramps, at the end he ran towards the finish line. Just in nick of 7 hours! we finished at 6:53 and kissed at kilometer 42 <3
Ive heard runners say, running a marathon together is a true test of a relationship. If it is, then id say we aced it :)
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post run thoughts, i wish papa couldve seen me :) when he still could, he used to drive me early morning to races :P This run was for him and for myself. Ill show him my medal tonight :)
