A month ago, New Balance Power Run 25km.
Today, Milo Marathon 21km.
Should be doable, right?
Problem: Super undertrained for this run. I lacked long runs... As a matter of fact, I did not do any long run since NB Power Run! Hah. I just registered for Milo since it was cheap and I was looking for a December run. Anyway, I tried cramming my LSDs early this week, did 2 consecutive 10KMs, Monday and Tuesday. Last week I did one 10KM and that's it plus a couple of spinning classes here and there. The culprit for no long runs? Yaya leaving for the province for a little over a week plus being busy with other things.
All creative excuses came to mind last night - maybe I'm not ready, skip ko nalang ito... Anyway P600 lang naman ito. Just sleep in... and the list goes on. But of course, the more I wanted to skip it, the more I wanted to do it to prove that I am stronger than laziness! So, off to MOA I went, with our ever trusty and supportive driver, Greg. This time, I wasn't running with anyone. I registered on my own and ran on my own from KM 1 to 21.
I started off on a bad note, at about KM 6 I was already hungry (WHAT?! After eating a cup and a half of rice last night with homemade Kare-Kare?!!). I think it was because I skipped my usual PB sandwich on the way to MOA and traded it for extra sleep. I was watching out for bananas (which I never saw, BTW) in the hopes of easing my hunger. Thank God I eventually forgot being hungry... maybe because all other aches and pains came to consciousness, haha. At about KM 12, I thanked God I was more than halfway through. I did not check out the race route so I was thinking this would be the same route as RU3 which was all flat, no flyovers. Well, surprise, surprise! We had to cross 2 flyovers over Roxas Blvd.! When I saw that uphill, I seriously wanted to cry... don't ask me how I felt when I saw ANOTHER uphill. HAHAHA.
